HB 3591

relating to prohibiting contracts between certain state agencies
and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Subtitle F, Title 10, Government Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 2278 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 2278.  PROHIBITED CONTRACTS WITH CERTAIN FEDERAL AGENCIES
Sec. 2278.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "state agency"
(1)  a board, commission, department, office, or other
agency in the executive branch of state government that is created
by the constitution or a statute of this state, including a river
authority and an institution of higher education as defined by
Section 61.003, Education Code;
(2)  the legislature or a legislative agency; or
(3)  the Supreme Court of Texas, the Court of Criminal
Appeals of Texas, a court of appeals, a state judicial agency, or
Sec. 2278.002.  CONTRACTS WITH BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO,
FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES PROHIBITED.  A state agency may not enter
into a contract with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives of the United States Department of Justice.
SECTION 2.  Chapter 2278, Government Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the
effective date of this Act.  A contract entered into before that
date is governed by the law in effect on the date the contract was
entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.