SB 2-C: Immigration
GENERAL BILL by Gruters ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Fine
Immigration; Providing that certain persons who vote in an election are guilty of a felony; prohibiting the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles from issuing a driver license or identification card to unauthorized aliens and undocumented immigrants; requiring a state attorney to seek to have the court sentence certain persons as dangerous unauthorized alien offenders; creating the State Board of Immigration Enforcement within the Department of Law Enforcement; creating the State Immigration Enforcement Council within the State Board of Immigration Enforcement for a specified purpose; requiring the Attorney General to initiate judicial proceedings in the name of the state in order to enforce compliance with an immigration detainer issued by a federal immigration agency; creating the Unauthorized Alien Transport Program within the Division of Emergency Management within the Executive Office of the Governor for a specified purpose, etc. APPROPRIATION: $298,830,552
Effective Date: except as otherwise provided
Last Action: 2/14/2025 - Chapter No. 2025-1
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 2/14/2025 - Chapter No. 2025-1
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Appropriations (AP)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/10/2025 Senate • Filed
• Referred to Appropriations
2/11/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/12/25, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
• Introduced
2/12/2025 Senate • Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 12 NAYS 6
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/13/25
2/13/2025 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 8
• Amendment(s) ruled out of order (885906) -SJ 9
• Amendment(s) failed (682278) -SJ 9
• Read 3rd time -SJ 9
• Passed; YEAS 27 NAYS 10 -SJ 9
2/13/2025 House • In Messages
• Substituted for HB 1C
• Read 1st time
• Read 2nd time
• Amendment 115685 Failed
• Amendment 046705 Failed
• Amendment 418549 Failed
• Amendment 881101 Failed
• Placed on 3rd reading
• Added to Third Reading Calendar
• Read 3rd time
• Passed; YEAS 85, NAYS 30
2/13/2025 Senate • Ordered enrolled
2/13/2025 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• Approved by Governor
2/14/2025 • Chapter No. 2025-1
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SB 2-C, Enrolled (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/13/2025 at 3:36 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 1C Immigration McClure Identical Last Action: 2/13/2025 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2-C (Ch. 2025-1) 
Citations - Statutes (25)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 104.155 Unqualified noncitizen electors willfully voting; prohibited defenses; aiding or soliciting noncitizen electors in voting prohibited. Page 5 (pdf) 319.001 Definitions. Page 5 (pdf) 320.01 Definitions, general. Page 6 (pdf) 322.02 Legislative intent; administration. Page 6 (pdf) 322.033 Unauthorized aliens; invalid out-of-state driver licenses. Page 7 (pdf) 322.08 Application for license; requirements for license and identification card forms. Page 8 (pdf) 322.121 Periodic reexamination of all drivers. Page 10 (pdf) 322.19 Change of address or name. Page 11 (pdf) 775.0824 Dangerous unauthorized alien offender; legislative intent; definitions; mandatory minimum prison terms. Page 12 (pdf) 775.0848 Commission of a felony after unlawful reentry into the United States; reclassification. Page 13 (pdf) 874.03 Definitions. Page 14 (pdf) 895.02 Definitions. Page 15 (pdf) 903.046 Purpose of and criteria for bail determination. Page 19 (pdf) 907.041 Pretrial detention and release. Page 19 (pdf) 908.102 Definitions. Page 23 (pdf) 908.1031 State Board of Immigration Enforcement; creation; purpose and duties. Page 24 (pdf) 908.1032 State Immigration Enforcement Council. Page 26 (pdf) 908.1033 Local Law Enforcement Immigration Grant Program. Page 29 (pdf) 908.104 Cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Page 32 (pdf) 908.105 Duties related to immigration detainers. Page 34 (pdf) 908.107 Enforcement. Page 35 (pdf) 908.11 Immigration enforcement assistance agreements; reporting requirement. Page 35 (pdf) 908.13 Unauthorized Alien Transport Program. Page 36 (pdf) 921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. Page 37 (pdf) 1009.26 Fee waivers. Page 46 (pdf) Citations - Chapter Law (1)
Chapter Law Section Amended Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 2023-3 Section 1 Page 47 (pdf) -
SB 2-C, Original Filed Version Posted 2/10/2025 at 7:11 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Appropriations (Pre-Meeting) 2/11/2025 (pdf)
Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 2/12/2025 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 1C Immigration McClure Identical Last Action: 2/13/2025 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2-C (Ch. 2025-1)
Floor Amendments (8)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format 885906 - Amendment
Between lines 325 and 326 insert:Pizzo 2/12/2025
7:11 PMSenate: Ruled Out of Order
2/13/2025Web Page
PDF682278 - Amendment
Delete line 1152 and insert:Pizzo 2/12/2025
5:56 PMSenate: Failed
2/13/2025Web Page
PDF708450 - Amendment
Delete line 1152 and insert:Pizzo 2/12/2025
5:57 PMSenate: Withdrawn
2/13/2025Web Page
PDF115685 - Amendment
Between lines 964 and 965, insert:Bartleman 2/13/2025
11:59 AMHouse: Failed
2/13/2025PDF 046705 - Amendment
Remove line 1140 and insert:Eskamani 2/13/2025
12:17 PMHouse: Failed
2/13/2025PDF 418549 - Amendment
Remove lines 1151-1152 and insert:Woodson 2/13/2025
12:37 PMHouse: Failed
2/13/2025PDF 233191 - Amendment
Between lines 1263 and 1264, insert:Antone 2/13/2025
11:49 AMHouse: Withdrawn
2/13/2025PDF 881101 - Amendment
Between lines 1263 and 1264, insert:Driskell 2/13/2025
12:43 PMHouse: Failed
2/13/2025PDF Committee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 2/12/2025 10:00 AM Appropriations 12 Yeas - 6 Nays Floor Votes (3)
Date Chamber Result 2/13/2025 10:03 AM Senate - Amendment 682278 14 Yeas - 22 Nays 2/13/2025 11:46 AM Senate 27 Yeas - 10 Nays 2/13/2025 3:25 PM House 85 Yeas - 30 Nays Citations - Statutes (25)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 104.155 Unqualified noncitizen electors willfully voting; prohibited defenses; aiding or soliciting noncitizen electors in voting prohibited. Page 5 (pdf) 319.001 Definitions. Page 5 (pdf) 320.01 Definitions, general. Page 6 (pdf) 322.02 Legislative intent; administration. Page 6 (pdf) 322.033 Unauthorized aliens; invalid out-of-state driver licenses. Page 7 (pdf) 322.08 Application for license; requirements for license and identification card forms. Page 8 (pdf) 322.121 Periodic reexamination of all drivers. Page 10 (pdf) 322.19 Change of address or name. Page 11 (pdf) 775.0824 Dangerous unauthorized alien offender; legislative intent; definitions; mandatory minimum prison terms. Page 12 (pdf) 775.0848 Commission of a felony after unlawful reentry into the United States; reclassification. Page 13 (pdf) 874.03 Definitions. Page 14 (pdf) 895.02 Definitions. Page 15 (pdf) 903.046 Purpose of and criteria for bail determination. Page 19 (pdf) 907.041 Pretrial detention and release. Page 19 (pdf) 908.102 Definitions. Page 23 (pdf) 908.1031 State Board of Immigration Enforcement; creation; purpose and duties. Page 24 (pdf) 908.1032 State Immigration Enforcement Council. Page 26 (pdf) 908.1033 Local Law Enforcement Immigration Grant Program. Page 29 (pdf) 908.104 Cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Page 32 (pdf) 908.105 Duties related to immigration detainers. Page 34 (pdf) 908.107 Enforcement. Page 35 (pdf) 908.11 Immigration enforcement assistance agreements; reporting requirement. Page 35 (pdf) 908.13 Unauthorized Alien Transport Program. Page 36 (pdf) 921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. Page 37 (pdf) 1009.26 Fee waivers. Page 46 (pdf) Citations - Chapter Law (1)
Chapter Law Section Amended Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 2023-3 Section 1 Page 47 (pdf)