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Texas · 90th Legislature Regular Session
HB393Relating to the regulation of residential immigrant detention facilities; requiring a license; authorizing a fee; providing administrative and civil penalties.
Imposes state licensing, detailed health/safety standards, frequent inspections, reporting, whistleblower protections, and penalties on private facilities contracting with ICE to detain immigrants, making continued or new operation of such facilities more difficult and costly.
A person may not establish or operate a residential immigrant detention facility in this state unless the person holds a license issued under this chapter.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates a new state licensing and regulatory regime exclusively for residential immigrant detention facilities that contract with ICE, imposing minimum standards for care, mandatory inspections, public transparency requirements, whistleblower protections, and significant penalties for noncompliance. These provisions increase state oversight and operational burdens on facilities used for immigration detention and transport, thereby restricting the scope of state/local involvement in immigration enforcement by making such operations harder to maintain without meeting the new state rules
Related bills
HB293Relating to a prohibition on agreements to use state park property for border security infrastructure or related improvements.↓Restricts immigration enforcement Filed
HB818Relating to prohibiting a governmental entity from entering into or renewing an agreement for civil immigration detention and from expending↓Restricts immigration enforcement↓Restricts immigration enforcement Filed
SB49Relating to border protection and economic development services, programs, and other measures, including measures to recruit health care pro↑Expands immigration enforcement↑Expands immigration enforcement Filed
HB130Relating to the Department of Public Safety performing DNA testing of certain individuals crossing the Texas-Mexico border and restrictions ↑Expands immigration enforcement↑Expands immigration enforcement Died (session ended)