TITLE: Relating to law enforcement reports concerning certain arrest information of persons who are not lawfully present in the United States.

SUMMARY: Relating to law enforcement reports concerning certain arrest information of persons who are not lawfully present in the United States.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to law enforcement reports concerning certain arrest information of persons who are not lawfully present in the United States. 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 the United States. (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; and (2) the total number of offenses for which the person was arrested. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.