Monitoring the SessionHB 1072
Died in committee
The caption speaks only of a database of records, but the body orders officers to detain children and interview them apart from accompanying adults. That new detention duty is the bill's biggest real-world change, and the caption does not mention it.
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relating to a database containing certain records of children who are not lawfully present in the United States.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Caption: a database. Bill: detain, fingerprint and interview children apart from adults.
The bill orders Department of Public Safety employees working in Operation Lone Star to detain any child they reasonably suspect is not lawfully present, take the child's full fingerprints, and interview the child alone about safety and trafficking. It touches children under 18 found at the border and the adults traveling with them, who are kept out of the interview. DPS must build a fingerprint and identity database on these children, use it to track how often they cross unlawfully, keep records up to 15 years, and write rules on access and release of the data starting September 1, 2025.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 2576 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 2576 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House State Affairs committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB1072 · 2024-11-12
relating to a database containing certain records of children who are not lawfully present in the United States.
Caption: a database. Bill: detain, fingerprint and interview children apart from adults.
The bill orders Department of Public Safety employees working in Operation Lone Star to detain any child they reasonably suspect is not lawfully present, take the child's full fingerprints, and interview the child alone about safety and trafficking. It touches children under 18 found at the border and the adults traveling with them, who are kept out of the interview. DPS must build a fingerprint and identity database on these children, use it to track how often they cross unlawfully, keep records up to 15 years, and write rules on access and release of the data starting September 1, 2025.
[x] CAPTION MISMATCHanalysis confidence 50%
The caption speaks only of a database of records, but the body orders officers to detain children and interview them apart from accompanying adults. That new detention duty is the bill's biggest real-world change, and the caption does not mention it.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
THE TEXT
…“establish a database to store the records of fingerprints collected”…
Bill text, introduced version (I)
The bill builds a state fingerprint and identity database on children stopped at the border, with release procedures set by the DPS director's rule.
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$113,206 raised in 4 of 4 reports since Oct 27, 2024. Derived sum of published report totals. Flow, Oct 27, 2024 through Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026. 4 of 4 filed reports carry a published figure. Partial total. Regular reports do not cover Jul 9, 2025 to Aug 15, 2025, Aug 15, 2025 to Sep 4, 2025.
$220,212 spent since Oct 27, 2024. Derived sum of published report totals. Flow, Oct 27, 2024 through Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026. 4 of 4 filed reports carry a published figure.
$54,238 cash on hand. Published report total. Stock, as of Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026.
$0 loans outstanding. Published report total. Stock, as of Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived sum of itemized contributions in regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Unitemized contributions are not included. Flow, Oct 27, 2024 through Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026.
MoneyMissing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Schatzline, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, Mar 13, 2023: Referred to State Affairs
Relating to a database containing certain records of children who are not lawfully present in the United States.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024
03/07/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 7 2025 2:33PM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · State Affairs · Final status: Died in committee
Aliens
Crimes--Against Persons--General
Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual
Criminal Procedure--General
Electronic Information Systems
Minors--Crimes Against
BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIERS & VOICEPRINTS
BORDER
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF
The text as introduced · 447 words
89R5110 EAS-D By: Schatzline H.B. No. 1072 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to a database containing certain records of children who are not lawfully present in the United States. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by adding Subchapter S to read as follows: SUBCHAPTER S. DATABASE CONTAINING CERTAIN RECORDS OF CHILDREN NOT LAWFULLY PRESENT IN UNITED STATES Sec. 411.551. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "child" means an individual who is younger than 18 years of age. Sec. 411.552. FINGERPRINT RECORDS; INTERVIEWS. (a) An employee of the department who is working as part of Operation Lone Star or a successor operation conducted by the department shall: (1) detain a child who the employee has reasonable suspicion to believe is not lawfully present in the United States; (2) obtain a complete set of fingerprints from the child for purposes of including the fingerprint record in the database described by Section 411.553; and (3) conduct a wellness interview with the child to ensure that the child is safe and not a victim of a trafficking offense and contact other appropriate state entities if the child is not safe. (b) An interview under Subsection (a)(3) must be conducted outside the presence of any person accompanying the child at the time the employee detains the child. (c) A child may not be detained under this section for any period longer than necessary to satisfy the requirements of Subsections (a)(2) and (3). Sec. 411.553. DATABASE. (a) The department shall establish a database to store the records of fingerprints collected under Section 411.552 and other information regarding the child's identity and well-being. (b) The department shall use the database to investigate the frequency with which a child described by Section 411.552 has entered the United States unlawfully through the international border with Mexico. (c) The director shall establish best practices for the database. (d) The department shall establish a process to ensure that a child's record is removed from the database as soon as practicable after a child is determined to be lawfully present in the United States or on the 15th anniversary of the initial inclusion of the record in the database, whichever date is earlier. Sec. 411.554. ACCESS TO DATABASE. The director by rule shall establish procedures to: (1) prevent unauthorized access to the database; and (2) release information maintained in the database. SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the Department of Public Safety shall establish the database required by Subchapter S, Chapter 411, Government Code, as added by this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.