TITLE: 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.

SUMMARY: 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.

FULL TEXT:
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.