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Senate Bill 1900 |
Senate Author: Birdwell et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-23 |
House Sponsor: Guillen |
Senate Bill 1900 amends the Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, Government Code, and Penal Code to provide for the designation of drug cartels and other similar groups as "foreign terrorist organizations" under state law and to expand the scope of certain existing state laws, including those establishing criminal offenses related to organized crime and to sedition, to make those laws applicable also to foreign terrorist organizations and the conduct typical of these organizations, which includes drug trafficking and operating stash houses. Among other provisions, the bill also adds foreign terrorist organizations to current intelligence databases and allows local entities to seek public nuisance claims against foreign terrorist organizations who are operating in their communities.