Bill Text: TX HB424 | 2027-2028 | 90th Legislature Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the enforcement of federal immigration law under agreements between certain sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced) 2026-11-09 - Filed [HB424 Detail]

Download: Texas-2027-HB424-Introduced.html

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90R1654 MP-D
By: Ordaz H.B. No. 424

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the enforcement of federal immigration law under
agreements between certain sheriffs and the United States
Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 753, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 753.0525 to read as follows:
Sec. 753.0525. AGREEMENT REQUIREMENT: CHILD PROTECTED
AREAS. (a) In this section:
(1) "Child protected area" means premises where
children commonly gather or receive services. The term includes
health care facilities, schools, school bus stops, places that
provide assistance to children, pregnant women, and abuse victims,
child-care facilities, places that provide disaster or emergency
services, places of worship, courthouses and lawyers' offices,
facilities used as polling places, labor union facilities, and
public assistance offices.
(2) "Enforcement of federal immigration law" includes
investigating or monitoring a child or other individual suspected
of violating federal immigration law.
(b) An agreement entered into under Section 753.051 must
include a provision prohibiting the sheriff, and any officer,
employee, or, as applicable, contractor of the sheriff's
department, from targeting a child for the enforcement of federal
immigration law while the child is in or on a child protected area.
SECTION 2. Section 753.0525, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to an immigration law enforcement agreement
entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2027.