Border Security

TX - Senator Brian Birdwell (U)

Title:

Chair

TX - Senator Pete Flores (U)

Title:

Vice Chair

TX - Senator César Blanco (U)

Title:

Member

TX - Senator Juan Hinojosa (U)

Title:

Member

TX - Senator Phil King (U)

Title:

Member

TX - HB96 Relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information in ad valorem tax appraisal records.

TX - SB237 Relating to an interstate compact on border security and immigration enforcement.

TX - SB423 Relating to the use of unmanned aircraft by the Texas military forces.

TX - SB600 Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment for certain criminal offenses involving the smuggling of persons.

TX - SB602 Relating to the law enforcement authority of federal border patrol agents.

TX - SB617 Relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information in ad valorem tax appraisal records.

TX - SB1126 Relating to the awarding of grants to certain entities for homeland security expenses.

TX - SB1133 Relating to a program to compensate landowners for property damage caused by certain criminal activities.

TX - SB1209 Relating to requiring state agencies participating in Operation Lone Star to develop and report performance measures on the agency's operations.

TX - SB1403 Relating to an interstate compact for border security, including building a border wall and sharing state intelligence and resources.

TX - SB1427 Relating to certain criminal conduct and organizations that threaten the security of this state and its residents and borders; increasing criminal penalties.

TX - SB1481 Relating to the exercise of eminent domain authority by the Texas Facilities Commission to build a wall along this state's international border.

TX - SB1484 Relating to a border operations training program for peace officers employed by local law enforcement agencies.

TX - SB1518 Relating to the establishment of a terrorist offender registry and to the supervision of those terrorist offenders; creating criminal offenses related to terrorism.

TX - SB1620 Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses committed in the course of or for the purpose of unlawfully entering the United States, unlawfully bypassing certain law enforcement checkpoints, or evading an arrest or detention; increasing criminal penalties.

TX - SCR23 Urging the federal government to declare foreign drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.

TX - HB3782 Relating to establishing the Border Security Advisory Council and the Border Protection Task Force.

TX - SB1703 Relating to a study on the impact of illegal immigration in this state.

TX - SB1709 Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of sedition and engaging in organized criminal activity; increasing criminal penalties.

TX - SB1900 Relating to foreign terrorist organizations, including the compilation of information regarding, certain civil actions brought against, and the prosecution of certain organized crime offenses involving a foreign terrorist organization and of sedition.

TX - HB4337 Relating to licenses and similar documents issued by certain foreign governments.

TX - HB4422 Relating to a study on enhancing border security outcomes through public safety, technological, and transportation infrastructure improvements near Texas-Mexico border crossings.

TX - HB800 Relating to the punishment for certain criminal conduct involving the smuggling of persons or the operation of a stash house; increasing criminal penalties.

TX - HB4635 Relating to organized crime, racketeering activities, and collection of unlawful debts; providing a civil penalty; creating criminal offenses.

TX - SB2216 Relating to the awarding of grants to certain entities for homeland security expenses.

TX - SB2217 Relating to requiring state agencies participating in Operation Lone Star to develop and report performance measures on the agency's operations.

TX - SB2218 Relating to a study on the use of fiber-optic technology for the purpose of border security.

TX - SB2377 Relating to homeland security, including the creation of the Texas Homeland Security Division in the Department of Public Safety, the operations of the Homeland Security Council, the creation of a homeland security fusion center, and the duties of state agencies and local governments in preparing for, reporting, and responding to cybersecurity breaches; providing administrative penalties; creating criminal offenses.

TX - SB2424 Relating to illegal entry into this state from Mexico by a person who is not a citizen or legal permanent resident of the United States; creating criminal offenses.

TX - SCR29 Declaring an invasion of the State of Texas by transnational cartel terrorists, urging the governor to accelerate the construction of a wall along the Southern Border, and urging Congress to deploy military forces to combat transnational cartels.

TX - HB7 Relating to measures to address public safety threats in this state presented by transnational criminal activity, including by establishing a Texas Border Force, and to compensate persons affected by those threats; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses.