Bill Text: TX SB167 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 167 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the enforcement by certain local governmental entities and campus police departments of state and federal laws governing immigration.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-01 - Referred to State Affairs [SB167 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB167-Introduced.html

	86R1577 BRG-D

	By: Rodríguez	S.B. No. 167



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the enforcement by certain local governmental entities
	and campus police departments of state and federal laws governing
	immigration.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 752.053(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a) A local entity or campus police department may not:
	(1) adopt or[,] enforce[~~, or endorse~~] a policy under
	which the entity or department prohibits or materially limits the
	enforcement of immigration laws;
	(2) as demonstrated by pattern or practice, prohibit
	or materially limit the enforcement of immigration laws; or
	(3) for an entity that is a law enforcement agency or
	for a department, as demonstrated by pattern or practice,
	intentionally violate Article 2.251, Code of Criminal Procedure.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.