republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/88/sb-602.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the law enforcement authority of federal border patrol agents."
description: "Relating to the law enforcement authority of federal border patrol agents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 602"
citation: "Texas SB 602 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "BORDER PATROL AGENTS (S0472)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Harless"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e44185e9-8579-4051-885d-9cf4b71793ae"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 602.xml"
source_hash: "40dc6702e91ca0b7cbd38c9608f5a345283d9cf5260cf530bdf31f783b567705"
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 602 (88) — Relating to the law enforcement authority of federal border patrol agents.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/SB00602I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00602E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00602H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00602S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00602F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **99–43** (pass) · lower
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **96–48** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 602 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Harless — primary (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-25** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Border Security `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Co-author authorized
- **2023-03-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-16** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-16** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-23** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-04** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-05** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-05** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-05** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-04-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-05** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-05** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-05** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-05** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-05** Record vote
- **2023-04-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Record vote
- **2023-04-05** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-06** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-12** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-27** Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-04** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-09** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-10** Record vote
- **2023-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-11** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-12** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e44185e9-8579-4051-885d-9cf4b71793ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).