SB 1 - Motion to Instruct by Rep. Olcott

Representative Olcott offered a motion in writing to instruct the Conference Committee on SB 1 to support Amendment numbers 253 and 315 and move them from Article XI (the “wishlist”) to Articles II and V, respectively. Amendment 253 would require the Health and Human Services Commission to compile a report on the costs and impacts of uncompensated care provided to illegal immigrants in Texas. Amendment 315 would require the Department of Criminal Justice to compile a report on the confinement, costs, and impacts of criminal illegal immigrants in the State. Both of these reports would provide essential information on some of the costs of illegal immigration to Texas taxpayers. For these reasons, TFR supports the motion to instruct.