---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to certain federal officers or agents."
description: "Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to certain federal officers or agents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3863"
citation: "Texas HB 3863 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (I0020)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE", "U. S. (V0450)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Wilson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/836914fc-6217-466c-8536-f2fa80b854fb"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03800_HB03899/HB 3863.xml"
source_hash: "85826ab90002e2db2940f1f2a3aa484181cc54ed161dce3310c0e6b973a23646"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 3863 (86) — Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to certain federal officers or agents.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB03863I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **125–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-17** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-25** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-25** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-06** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-13** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-13** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/836914fc-6217-466c-8536-f2fa80b854fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).