89R16120 AJZ-F
By: Ward Johnson H.B. No. 4658
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the assistance or cooperation of campus police
departments, certain local governmental entities, and personnel of
places of worship with federal immigration officers at a place of
worship.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 752.053, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
follows:
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(3), a local entity or
campus police department shall [may] prohibit persons who are
employed by or otherwise under the direction or control of the
entity or department from assisting or cooperating with a federal
immigration officer if the assistance or cooperation occurs without
a judicial warrant at a place of worship.
(d) The personnel of a place of worship may not authorize a
federal immigration officer operating within the course and scope
of the officer's immigration-related investigation or enforcement
duties to enter the place of worship without a judicial warrant.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.