HB 1068
AN ACT relating to law enforcement reports concerning certain arrest
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
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What This Bill Does
This Texas bill requires municipal police departments and sheriff's departments to publish an annual online report detailing criminal offenses committed by individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States. By January 31 each year, law enforcement agencies must post a report listing the number of offenses, specific crimes, and total number of offenses for arrested individuals identified as not being legally in the country. The reporting requirement aims to provide transparency about immigration-related crime statistics and will take effect on September 1, 2025.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to law enforcement reports concerning certain arrest information of persons who are not lawfully present in the United BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 2A, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Article 2A.2061 to read as follows: Art. 2A.2061. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES: REPORT CONCERNING ARRESTS OF PERSONS NOT LAWFULLY PRESENT IN UNITED STATES. (a) Not later than January 31 of each year, each municipal police department and sheriff's department shall post on the department's Internet website a report on the number of criminal offenses committed in the county or municipality, as applicable, during the preceding calendar year for which a person arrested by the department is known by the department to not be lawfully present in (b) The report described by Subsection (a) must include, for each arrested person identified as not lawfully present: (1) each offense for which the person was arrested; (2) the total number of offenses for which the person SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill Sponsors
Legislators who authored or co-sponsored this bill.
Expert Lobbyists for This Bill
These lobbyists specialize in Law Enforcement and related subject areas.
Beverly C. Cornwell
PremiumKy Ash
Elizabeth Hadley
Galt Graydon
David Doran Parker
Chris Hosek
Christopher Hughes
Amanda Sheridan Kimball
Jacob Smith
Ann Baddour
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to law enforcement reports concerning certain arrest
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