HB 1645

Hurt By Someone Unlawfully Present? Bill Lets You Sue The City

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to a private civil cause of action against local entities and campus police departments that violate certain laws related to immigration enforcement.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Prove its policy violates the state ban. Immunity is waived, and the winner can get attorney’s fees.

The bill lets a person hurt by someone unlawfully present in the United States, or the family representative of a person killed, sue a city, county or other local entity or a campus police department for damages. To win, the person must prove the local entity or department had a policy that violates the state's existing ban on limiting immigration enforcement, and that its failure to follow that law gave the unlawfully present person access to the victim. The state waives governmental immunity for these suits, the court may award attorney's fees to whichever side wins, and the bill applies to claims arising on or after September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Dec 17, 2024 and referred to the House State Affairs committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB1645 · 2024-12-17

SOLD BY

Rep. Terri Leo WilsonRHouse 23

+ 1 coauthor

ITEM

relating to a private civil cause of action against local entities and campus police departments that violate certain laws related to immigration enforcement.

WHAT IT DOES

Prove its policy violates the state ban. Immunity is waived, and the winner can get attorney’s fees.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

Dec 17, 2024Filed
Mar 12, 2025Read first time
Mar 12, 2025Referred to State Affairs

FILED UNDER

SPEECH AND LAWFARE

THE TEXT

“Sovereign immunity of this state and governmental immunity of a local entity to suit and from liability is waived to the extent of liability created by this section.”

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The bill opens local governments and campus police departments to private damage lawsuits by waiving their immunity when their policies break state immigration-enforcement law.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Terri Leo Wilson

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$525K Texas Conservative Majority PAC$50K Dustin Burrows Campaign$45K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Oct 28, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$525,040.28

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$525,040.28

Cash: $65,000.00
Paid by others: $460,040.28
Total: $525,040.28

advertising $253,649.00mail $170,891.28polling $35,500.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 27, 2025 to Aug 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100994567, 101011936, 101042004, 101042009, 101070547.

Texas Conservative Majority PAC$50,000.00

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$50,000.00

Cash: $0.00
Paid by others: $50,000.00
Total: $50,000.00

canvassing $50,000.00

Also funds 42 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jan 23, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Feb 20, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101042009.

Dustin Burrows Campaign$45,000.00

Dustin Burrows Campaign

$45,000.00

Cash: $35,000.00
Paid by others: $10,000.00
Total: $45,000.00

polling $10,000.00

Also funds 39 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 13, 2025 to Sep 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 31, 2025 to Feb 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101011936, 101028233, 101042004.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$525,040.28

Cash: $65,000.00
Paid by others: $460,040.28
Total: $525,040.28

advertising $253,649.00mail $170,891.28polling $35,500.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 27, 2025 to Aug 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100994567, 101011936, 101042004, 101042009, 101070547.

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$50,000.00

Cash: $0.00
Paid by others: $50,000.00
Total: $50,000.00

canvassing $50,000.00

Also funds 42 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jan 23, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Feb 20, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101042009.

Dustin Burrows Campaign

$45,000.00

Cash: $35,000.00
Paid by others: $10,000.00
Total: $45,000.00

polling $10,000.00

Also funds 39 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 13, 2025 to Sep 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 31, 2025 to Feb 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101011936, 101028233, 101042004.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Dec 17, 2024

03/12/2025 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 12 2025 11:15AM

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Coauthors

Valoree SwansonRHouse 150

House committee · State Affairs · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Aliens

City Government--General

Civil Remedies & Liabilities

Crimes--Against Persons--General

Education--Higher--General

Fire Fighters & Police--General

Text

The text as introduced · 295 words

89R6144 SCL-D

By: Leo Wilson
H.B. No. 1645

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a private civil cause of action against local entities

and campus police departments that violate certain laws related to

immigration enforcement.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 752, Government Code, is

amended by adding Section 752.058 to read as follows:

Sec. 752.058. PRIVATE CIVIL CAUSE OF ACTION. (a) A person

injured as a result of a crime committed by a person unlawfully

present in the United States or the personal representative of a

person killed as a result of a crime committed by a person

unlawfully present in the United States may bring a civil action

against a local entity or campus police department and may recover

from the local entity or campus police department damages arising

from the personal injury or death on proving:

(1) the existence of a policy by the local entity or

campus police department in violation of Section 752.053; and

(2) a failure by the local entity or campus police

department to comply with this subchapter that resulted in the

unlawfully present person having access to the person injured or

killed when the crime occurred.

(b) Sovereign immunity of this state and governmental

immunity of a local entity to suit and from liability is waived to

the extent of liability created by this section.

(c) The court in an action brought under this section may

award reasonable costs and attorney's fees to the prevailing party.

SECTION 2. Section 752.058, Government Code, as added by

this Act, applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after

the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.