All Roll Calls
Yes: 460 • No: 0
TexasSB 260189th Legislature Regular SessionSenateWALLET
Relating to the landowner compensation program.
Sponsored By: César Blanco (Democratic), Ryan Guillen
Signed by Governor
AgricultureCrimes--Against PropertyInsurance--Insurers & AgentsInsurance--Property & CasualtyLaw EnforcementState Finances--Management & ControlBORDERATTORNEY GENERAL
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.
Farm damage payments come with caps
Texas landowners and lessees can seek payment for agricultural property, livestock, timber, or crop damage from qualifying border-crime trespass or the law-enforcement response. Awards can also cover removing debris, pollutants, or contaminants as needed to restore soil to agricultural use. Payments stop at $75,000 per incident, including no more than $10,000 total for livestock, timber, and crops. The program pays as a last resort and can use state appropriations and federal grants or reimbursements. These rules cover offenses on or after September 1, 2025; earlier offenses remain under prior law.
Reported border-crime claims cannot affect insurance rates
Insurers cannot consider whether a policyholder filed a claim tied to an event documented in the required border-crime law-enforcement report. This restriction applies when insurers set rates. It covers policies delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026. Earlier policies remain under prior law.
Farm claims require proof and permission
Beginning September 1, 2025, the Texas attorney general sets eligibility, proof, application, review, payment, and award-monitoring rules. Payment for real-property damage caused by qualifying trespassers requires a written law-enforcement report linking the damage to border crime. Lessees seeking that payment need the landowner's notarized statement authorizing direct payment to them. Law-enforcement agencies must provide requested reports and related records, including witness statements and criminal history information, within 14 business days. The attorney general cannot consider prosecution outcomes for the trespass or related border crime when deciding these awards.
Compensation applicants gain privacy with disclosure limits
Beginning September 1, 2025, identifying information held by the Texas attorney general for crime-victim or landowner compensation applications is confidential. A recipient's name and award amount become public on the award date. Government employees who qualify as crime victims or have eligible property damage can choose public access to identifying information without applying. They must sign and file an election using their governmental body's form. The deadline is before the third anniversary of the latest applicable date: the crime or damage, employment start, or the body's development and provision of the form.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
César Blanco
Democratic • Senate
Ryan Guillen
House
Cosponsors
Brian Birdwell
Republican • Senate
Sarah Eckhardt
Democratic • Senate
Pete Flores
Republican • Senate
Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa
Democratic • Senate
Lois Kolkhorst
Republican • Senate
Judith Zaffirini
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/31/2025
Record vote
Yes: 129 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/30/2025
Record vote
Yes: 31 • No: 0
House vote • 5/23/2025
Record vote
Yes: 139 • No: 0
House vote • 5/22/2025
Record vote
Yes: 141 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/24/2025
Record vote
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/24/2025
Record vote
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
Committee vote: State Affairs
Yes: 15 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Committee vote: Border Security
Yes: 5 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Effective on 9/1/25
6/20/2025HouseSigned by the Governor
6/20/2025HouseSent to the Governor
6/2/2025HouseSigned in the House
6/2/2025HouseSigned in the Senate
6/1/2025SenateReported enrolled
6/1/2025SenateHouse adopts conf. comm. report-reported
5/31/2025SenateStatement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
5/31/2025HouseRecord vote (RV#4103)
5/31/2025HouseHouse adopts conference committee report
5/31/2025HouseSenate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
5/31/2025HouseRecord vote
5/30/2025SenateSenate adopts conference committee report
5/30/2025SenateConf. Comm. Report distributed
5/30/2025HouseConference committee report filed
5/29/2025SenateHouse appoints conferees-reported
5/27/2025SenateHouse grants request for conf comm-reported
5/27/2025SenateHouse appoints conferees
5/27/2025HouseHouse grants request for conference committee
5/27/2025HouseSenate appoints conferees-reported
5/26/2025HouseSenate requests conference committee-reported
5/26/2025HouseSenate refuses to concur-reported
5/26/2025HouseSenate appoints conferees
5/26/2025SenateSenate requests conference committee
5/26/2025SenateSenate refuses to concur
5/26/2025Senate
Bill Text
Engrossed
Enrolled
House Committee Report
Introduced
Senate Committee Report
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