Section 2A.059 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Nationality Or Immigration Status Inquiry(a) Subject to Subsection (b), in the course of investigating an alleged criminal offense, a peace officer may inquire as to the nationality or immigration status of a victim of or witness to the offense only if the officer determines that the inquiry is necessary to: (1) investigate the offense; or(2) provide the victim or witness with information about federal visas designed to protect individuals providing assistance to law enforcement.(b) Subsection (a) does not prevent a peace officer from: (1) conducting a separate investigation of any other alleged criminal offense; or(2) inquiring as to the nationality or immigration status of a victim of or witness to a criminal offense if the officer has probable cause to believe that the victim or witness has engaged in specific conduct constituting a separate criminal offense. (Code Crim. Proc., Arts. 2.13(d), (e).)Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 2A.059
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 765,Sec. 1.001, eff. 1/1/2025.