HB 424 — The enforcement of federal immigration law under agreeme

90R1654 MP-D By: Ordaz H.B. No. 424 relating to the enforcement of federal immigration law under agreements between certain sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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.