By: Middleton S.B. No. 825

(In the Senate - Filed January 16, 2025; February 7, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Border Security; April 9, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 9, 2025, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 825 By: Flores

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an annual study on the economic, environmental, and financial impact of illegal immigration in this state.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 752, Government Code, is amended by adding Subchapter D to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER D. STUDY ON IMPACT OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

Sec. 752.101. ANNUAL IMMIGRATION IMPACT STUDY. (a) The office of the governor shall conduct an annual study on the economic, environmental, and financial impact of illegal immigration in this state.

(b) The office of the governor may collaborate or contract with a state or federal agency, a political subdivision, an institution of higher education, or a nonprofit organization or other private entity to assist in conducting the study required by this section.

Sec. 752.102. BIENNIAL REPORT. Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the office of the governor shall prepare and submit to the lieutenant governor and legislature a report containing the results of each study conducted in the preceding two years under this subchapter.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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