Bill Text: TX SB997 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to peace officer enforcement of federal immigration law at places of worship, hospitals, public schools, and courthouses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-06 - Referred to State Affairs [SB997 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB997-Introduced.html
| 85R8926 SCL-D | ||
| By: Garcia, et al. | S.B. No. 997 | |
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| relating to peace officer enforcement of federal immigration law at | ||
| places of worship, hospitals, public schools, and courthouses. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Article 2.255 to read as follows: | ||
| Art. 2.255. ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW AT | ||
| PLACES OF WORSHIP, HOSPITALS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND COURTHOUSES. (a) | ||
| A law enforcement agency or other governmental entity that employs | ||
| a peace officer shall adopt and enforce a policy that prohibits the | ||
| agency's or entity's peace officers from participating in the | ||
| enforcement of federal laws relating to immigrants or immigration, | ||
| including the federal Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. | ||
| Section 1101 et seq.), on the property of a place of worship, | ||
| hospital, public school, including a public institution of higher | ||
| education, or courthouse. | ||
| (b) The attorney general, in consultation with agencies and | ||
| entities described by Subsection (a), shall develop and publish a | ||
| model policy on the attorney general's Internet website for the | ||
| enforcement of federal immigration law at places of worship, | ||
| hospitals, public schools, and courthouses to ensure that those | ||
| facilities remain safe and accessible to all residents of this | ||
| state regardless of immigration status. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
