HB5234 - Relating to an exception from requirements to assist or cooperate with federal immigration officers for matters regarding activities that occur at a domestic violence shelter.

  89R15954 MZM-D     By: Flores H.B. No. 5234       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to an exception from requirements to assist or cooperate   with federal immigration officers for matters regarding activities   that occur at a domestic violence shelter.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 752.053(c), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (c)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(3), a local entity or   campus police department may prohibit persons who are employed by   or otherwise under the direction or control of the entity or   department from assisting or cooperating with a federal immigration   officer in matters regarding activities that occur:                 (1)   [ if the assistance or cooperation occurs ] at a   place of worship ; or                 (2)  at a domestic violence shelter .          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.