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Bill Relating to prohibitions on the illegal entry into or illegal presence in this state by a person who is an alien, the enforcement of those prohibitions and certain related orders, including immunity from liability and indemnification for enforcement actions, and authorizing or requiring under certain circumstances the removal of persons who violate those prohibitions; creating criminal offenses. Relating to prohibitions on the illegal entry into or illegal presence in this state by a person who is an alien, the enforcement of those prohibitions and certain related orders, including immunity from liability and indemnification for enforcement actions, and authorizing or requiring under certain circumstances the removal of persons who violate those prohibitions; creating criminal offenses. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 884 SB 4 Texas SB 4 (884)
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Aliens (I0032)
BORDER (S0045)
Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)
Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)
MAGISTRATES (S1592)
PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)
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Bell, Keith
Geren
Hefner
Hunter
Perry
Spiller
4 148 0 2023-11-07 2023-12-18 openstates ocd-bill/aea0a033-b7c8-41e6-93e9-2cec6cbfd719 ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/884/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 4.xml e8e5769f54b5bc500907f7b8a7144890004829ee6fad313edc812082f87f6315 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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us-tx

Texas SB 4 (884) — Relating to prohibitions on the illegal entry into or illegal presence in this state by a person who is an alien, the enforcement of those prohibitions and certain related orders, including immunity from liability and indemnification for enforcement actions, and authorizing or requiring under certain circumstances the removal of persons who violate those prohibitions; creating criminal offenses.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

  • Bell, Keith — primary (person)
  • Geren — primary (person)
  • Hefner — primary (person)
  • Hunter — primary (person)
  • Perry — primary (person)
  • Spiller — primary (person)
  • Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
  • Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
  • Burns — cosponsor (person)
  • Burrows — cosponsor (person)
  • Cain — cosponsor (person)
  • Campbell — cosponsor (person)
  • Creighton — cosponsor (person)
  • Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
  • DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
  • Flores — cosponsor (person)
  • Holland — cosponsor (person)
  • Hughes — cosponsor (person)
  • Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
  • Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
  • Leach — cosponsor (person)
  • Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
  • Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
  • Meyer — cosponsor (person)
  • Middleton — cosponsor (person)
  • Parker — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul — cosponsor (person)
  • Paxton — cosponsor (person)
  • Rogers — cosponsor (person)
  • Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
  • Slawson — cosponsor (person)
  • Sparks — cosponsor (person)
  • Tepper — cosponsor (person)
  • Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
  • Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
  • Vasut — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-11-07 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing, introduction
  • 2023-11-07 Filed filing
  • 2023-11-07 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-11-07 Referred to State Affairs referral-committee
  • 2023-11-09 Co-author authorized
  • 2023-11-09 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2023-11-09 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-11-09 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2023-11-09 Vote taken in committee
  • 2023-11-09 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-11-09 Rules suspended
  • 2023-11-09 Record vote
  • 2023-11-09 Printing rule suspended
  • 2023-11-09 Ordered not printed
  • 2023-11-09 Laid before the Senate receipt
  • 2023-11-09 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-11-09 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2023-11-09 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2023-11-09 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-11-09 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2023-11-09 Amendment fails of adoption amendment-failure
  • 2023-11-09 Record vote
  • 2023-11-09 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2023-11-09 Amendment fails of adoption amendment-failure
  • 2023-11-09 Record vote
  • 2023-11-09 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2023-11-09 Amendment fails of adoption amendment-failure
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  • 2023-11-09 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2023-11-09 Amendment fails of adoption amendment-failure
  • 2023-11-09 Record vote
  • 2023-11-09 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2023-11-09 Amendment fails of adoption amendment-failure
  • 2023-11-09 Record vote
  • 2023-11-09 Remarks ordered printed
  • 2023-11-09 Passed to engrossment as amended amendment-passage
  • 2023-11-09 Record vote
  • 2023-11-09 Laid before the Senate receipt
  • 2023-11-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-11-09 Passed passage
  • 2023-11-09 Record vote
  • 2023-11-09 Remarks ordered printed
  • 2023-11-09 Reported engrossed
  • 2023-11-10 Received from the Senate introduction
  • 2023-11-10 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-11-10 Referred to State Affairs referral-committee
  • 2023-11-10 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2023-11-10 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-11-10 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2023-11-11 Committee report distributed
  • 2023-11-13 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2023-11-13 Considered in Calendars
  • 2023-11-14 Placed on General State Calendar
  • 2023-11-14 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-11-14 Amendment fails of adoption amendment-failure
  • 2023-11-14 Record vote
  • 2023-11-14 Amendment fails of adoption amendment-failure
  • 2023-11-14 Record vote
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  • 2023-11-14 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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  • 2023-11-14 Record vote
  • 2023-11-14 Motion for the previous question
  • 2023-11-14 Motion prevails
  • 2023-11-14 Record vote
  • 2023-11-14 Passed to 3rd reading
  • 2023-11-14 Record vote
  • 2023-11-14 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-11-14 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-11-14 Amendment fails of adoption amendment-failure
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  • 2023-11-14 Amendment fails of adoption amendment-failure
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  • 2023-11-14 Record vote
  • 2023-11-14 Passed passage
  • 2023-11-14 Record vote
  • 2023-11-14 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-11-14 Reason for vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-11-16 House passage reported passage
  • 2023-11-16 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2023-11-21 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2023-11-27 Signed in the House passage
  • 2023-11-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-12-18 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-12-18 Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aea0a033-b7c8-41e6-93e9-2cec6cbfd719. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).