---
type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 8"
citation: "Texas SB 8 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "Aliens (I0032)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "County Government--Finance (I0097)", "Courts--District (I0120)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "FEDERAL RELATIONS (S0862)", "IMMIGRATION & CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT", "US (V0863)", "IMMIGRATION LAW (S0674)", "JAIL STANDARDS", "COMMISSION ON (V9946)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)", "SHERIFFS (S1013)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeAyala", "Huffman", "King", "Louderback", "Schwertner", "Spiller", "Tepper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 108
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2025-03-05"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8eab96c-256c-43ee-997b-26d2c2a7ebb7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 8.xml"
source_hash: "daed4717e13ad25e7d295d62aef2abd531768516dcc15c8e438ab392a3e9d660"
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 SB 8 (89R) — 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.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00008I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00008E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00008H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00008S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00008F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **86–47** (pass) · lower
- passage — **89–52** (pass) · lower
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- other — **11–20** (fail) · upper
- passage — **89–52** (pass) · upper
- other — **11–20** (fail) · upper
- passage — **89–50** (pass) · lower
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- other — **11–20** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- DeAyala — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)
- Louderback — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Spiller — primary (person)
- Tepper — primary (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- McQueeney — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-17** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-19** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-20** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-20** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2025-03-20** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-24** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-25** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-31** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-01** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-01** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-01** Record vote
- **2025-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-01** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-01** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-01** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-01** Record vote
- **2025-04-01** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-01** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-01** Record vote
- **2025-04-01** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-01** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-01** Record vote
- **2025-04-01** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-01** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-01** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-01** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-01** Record vote
- **2025-04-01** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-01** Record vote
- **2025-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-01** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Record vote
- **2025-04-01** Statement(s) submitted
- **2025-04-01** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-02** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-28** Recalled from subcommittee
- **2025-04-28** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-24** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2025-05-24** Record vote
- **2025-05-24** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2025-05-24** Record vote
- **2025-05-24** Amendment to amendment tabled
- **2025-05-24** Record vote
- **2025-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-24** Amendment adopted as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-24** Record vote
- **2025-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-24** Record vote
- **2025-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Co-author authorized
- **2025-05-25** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-25** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-28** Read
- **2025-05-28** Senate refuses to concur
- **2025-05-28** Senate requests conference committee
- **2025-05-28** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-05-28** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-05-28** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-05-28** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-29** House grants request for conference committee
- **2025-05-29** House appoints conferees
- **2025-05-29** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-05-29** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-30** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-05-30** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-05-31** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-01** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-01** Record vote
- **2025-06-01** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 1/1/26 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8eab96c-256c-43ee-997b-26d2c2a7ebb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).