** REVISION **
SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

COMMITTEE:     Border Security 

TIME & DATE:   9:00 AM, Thursday, March 23, 2023 

PLACE:         E1.016 (Hearing Room) 
CHAIR:         Senator Brian Birdwell 

 

 

SB 600         Birdwell               
Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment for certain criminal offenses involving the smuggling of persons.

SB 1403        Parker
Relating to an interstate compact for border security, including building a border wall and sharing state intelligence and resources.

SB 1427        Flores
Relating to certain criminal conduct and organizations that threaten the security of this state and its residents and borders; increasing criminal penalties.

SB 1709        King
Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of sedition and engaging in organized criminal activity; increasing criminal penalties.

SB 1900        Birdwell
Relating to foreign terrorist organizations, including the acquisition of title to real property by, the compilation of information regarding, certain civil actions brought against, and the prosecution of certain organized crime offenses involving a foreign terrorist organization.

SB 2424        Birdwell | et al.
Relating to creation of the criminal offense of improper entry from foreign nation.

SCR 23         Kolkhorst              
Urging the federal government to declare foreign drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.

Pending Business

 

If submitting written testimony, please provide 12 copies to the committee clerk with your name or the name of your organization on each copy, and email a digital copy to the clerk of the committee at Shelby.Sterling_SC@senate.texas.gov.

 

 

 

Bills added after last posting:

SB 2424

 

** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **

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