Bill Commons

TX SB 8

enacted

Relating to agreements between certain sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law and a grant program to cover the costs of implementing those agreements.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper

Quick answers

Did TX SB 8 pass?

Yes. TX SB 8 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 1/1/26

What is TX SB 8 about?

TX SB 8 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to agreements between certain sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law and a grant program to cover the costs of implementing those agreements.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 8?

Schwertner, Huffman, Spiller and 4 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 8, joined by 13 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-05
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 1/1/26
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Schwertnerprimary
  • Huffmanprimary
  • Spillerprimary
  • Louderbackprimary
  • Kingprimary
  • DeAyalaprimary
  • Tepperprimary
  • Parkercosponsor
  • Deancosponsor
  • Isaaccosponsor
  • Lowecosponsor
  • McQueeneycosponsor
  • Metcalfcosponsor
  • Ashbycosponsor
  • Bumgarnercosponsor
  • Campbellcosponsor
  • Hagenbuchcosponsor
  • Hughescosponsor
  • Kolkhorstcosponsor
  • Middletoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-05

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-03-05

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-03-06

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-03-06

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-17

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-03-17

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-03-17

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-03-17

    Left pending in committee

  9. 2025-03-19

    Co-author authorized

  10. 2025-03-20

    Considered in public hearing

  11. 2025-03-20

    Vote taken in committee

  12. 2025-03-20

    Vote reconsidered in committee

  13. 2025-03-20

    Vote taken in committee

  14. 2025-03-24

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. 2025-03-24

    Committee report printed and distributed

  16. 2025-03-25

    Co-author authorized

  17. 2025-03-26

    Placed on intent calendar

  18. 2025-03-31

    Co-author authorized

  19. 2025-04-01

    Co-author authorized

  20. 2025-04-01

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  21. 2025-04-01

    Record vote

  22. 2025-04-01

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  23. 2025-04-01

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  24. 2025-04-01

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  25. 2025-04-01

    Vote recorded in Journal

  26. 2025-04-01

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  27. 2025-04-01

    Amendment fails of adoption

    amendment-failure

  28. 2025-04-01

    Record vote

  29. 2025-04-01

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  30. 2025-04-01

    Amendment fails of adoption

    amendment-failure

  31. 2025-04-01

    Record vote

  32. 2025-04-01

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  33. 2025-04-01

    Amendment fails of adoption

    amendment-failure

  34. 2025-04-01

    Record vote

  35. 2025-04-01

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  36. 2025-04-01

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  37. 2025-04-01

    Vote recorded in Journal

  38. 2025-04-01

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  39. 2025-04-01

    Record vote

  40. 2025-04-01

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  41. 2025-04-01

    Record vote

  42. 2025-04-01

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  43. 2025-04-01

    Passed

    passage

  44. 2025-04-01

    Record vote

  45. 2025-04-01

    Statement(s) submitted

  46. 2025-04-01

    Reported engrossed

  47. 2025-04-02

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  48. 2025-04-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  49. 2025-04-17

    Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker

    referral-committee

  50. 2025-04-28

    Recalled from subcommittee

  51. 2025-04-28

    Considered in formal meeting

  52. 2025-04-28

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  53. 2025-05-02

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  54. 2025-05-05

    Committee report distributed

  55. 2025-05-05

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  56. 2025-05-22

    Considered in Calendars

  57. 2025-05-24

    Placed on General State Calendar

  58. 2025-05-24

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  59. 2025-05-24

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  60. 2025-05-24

    Amendment amended

    amendment-amendment

  61. 2025-05-24

    Record vote

  62. 2025-05-24

    Amendment amended

    amendment-amendment

  63. 2025-05-24

    Record vote

  64. 2025-05-24

    Amendment to amendment tabled

  65. 2025-05-24

    Record vote

  66. 2025-05-24

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  67. 2025-05-24

    Amendment adopted as amended

    amendment-passage

  68. 2025-05-24

    Record vote

  69. 2025-05-24

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  70. 2025-05-24

    Record vote

  71. 2025-05-24

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  72. 2025-05-25

    Co-author authorized

  73. 2025-05-25

    Rules suspended

  74. 2025-05-25

    Additional sponsor(s) authorized

  75. 2025-05-25

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  76. 2025-05-25

    Passed

    passage

  77. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  78. 2025-05-25

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  79. 2025-05-25

    Reason for vote recorded in Journal

  80. 2025-05-26

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  81. 2025-05-28

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  82. 2025-05-28

    Read

  83. 2025-05-28

    Senate refuses to concur

  84. 2025-05-28

    Senate requests conference committee

  85. 2025-05-28

    Senate appoints conferees

  86. 2025-05-28

    Senate refuses to concur-reported

  87. 2025-05-28

    Senate requests conference committee-reported

  88. 2025-05-28

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  89. 2025-05-29

    House grants request for conference committee

  90. 2025-05-29

    House appoints conferees

  91. 2025-05-29

    House grants request for conf comm-reported

  92. 2025-05-29

    House appoints conferees-reported

  93. 2025-05-30

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

  94. 2025-05-30

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  95. 2025-05-31

    Rules suspended

  96. 2025-05-31

    Record vote

  97. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  98. 2025-05-31

    Record vote

  99. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  100. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  101. 2025-06-01

    Record vote

  102. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  103. 2025-06-01

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  104. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  105. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  106. 2025-06-03

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  107. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  108. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 1/1/26

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-01 · pass · 0-0

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Blanco: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • J. Hinojosa: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no
    • West: no
    • Zaffirini: no

  • other

    2025-04-01 · fail · 11-20

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Bettencourt: no
    • Birdwell: no
    • Campbell: no
    • Creighton: no
    • Flores: no
    • Hagenbuch: no
    • Hall: no
    • Hancock: no
    • A. Hinojosa: no
    • Huffman: no
    • Hughes: no
    • King: no
    • Kolkhorst: no
    • Middleton: no
    • Nichols: no
    • Parker: no
    • Paxton: no
    • Perry: no
    • Schwertner: no
    • Sparks: no

  • passage

    2025-05-24 · pass · 89-50

    Member-level votes (151)
    • Alders: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Anchía: no
    • Bernal: no
    • Bhojani: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Campos: no
    • Cole: no
    • Collier: no
    • Cortez: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Dutton: no
    • Flores: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • Gervin-Hawkins: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Guerra: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Lalani: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Martinez: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales, E.: no
    • Ordaz: no
    • Perez, M.: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Turner: no
    • Walle: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Meza: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Vo: absent
    • Shaw: absent
    • Simmon: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-25 · pass · 86-47

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris(C): yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Anchía: no
    • Bernal: no
    • Bhojani: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Campos: no
    • Cole: no
    • Cortez: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Dutton: no
    • Flores: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • Gervin-Hawkins: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Lalani: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Martinez: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales, E.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Ordaz: no
    • Perez, M.: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Turner: no
    • Vo: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • Y: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Meza: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Wall: absent
    • Collier: absent
    • Fairly: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • King: absent
    • Lopez, R.: absent
    • Fischer: absent
    • Muñoz: absent
    • Perez, V.: absent
    • Rodríguez Ramos: absent
    • Simmons: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-31 · pass · 20-11

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Blanco: no
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • J. Hinojosa: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no
    • West: no
    • Zaffirini: no

  • passage

    2025-06-01 · pass · 89-52

    Member-level votes (156)
    • Alders: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Anchía: no
    • Bernal: no
    • Bhojani: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Campos: no
    • Canales: no
    • Cole: no
    • Collier: no
    • Cortez: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Dutton: no
    • Flores: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • Gervin-Hawkins: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Lalani: no
    • Longoria: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Martinez: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Meza: no
    • Moody: no
    • Ordaz: no
    • Perez, M.: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Turner: no
    • Vo: no
    • Walle: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Allen: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • L: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Morales Sha: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • Y: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Morales: absent
    • C: absent

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