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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

SB 8: 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.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 8 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on March 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Charles Schwertner (Republican), Joan Huffman (Republican), David Spiller (Republican), A.J. Louderback (Republican), King, Mano DeAyala (Republican), Carl Tepper (Republican). It lists 13 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 20, 2025): Effective on 1/1/26.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 19

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Charles SchwertnerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate5
Joan HuffmanPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate17
David SpillerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse68
A.J. LouderbackPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse30
KingPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Mano DeAyalaPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse133
Carl TepperPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Trent AshbyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse9
Ben BumgarnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Donna CampbellCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Jay DeanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse7
Brent HagenbuchCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate30
Bryan HughesCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Carrie IsaacCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Lois KolkhorstCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate18
David LoweCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse91
John McQueeneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Will MetcalfCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Mayes MiddletonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Tan ParkerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate12

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Effective on 1/1/26
  2. Signed by the Governor
  3. Sent to the Governor
  4. Signed in the House
  5. Signed in the Senate
  6. Reported enrolled
  7. House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  8. Record vote
  9. House adopts conference committee report
  10. Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  11. Record vote
  12. Senate adopts conference committee report

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source