U.S. Representative

Brian Babin 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 5)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal House Bill HB30

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens ActThis bill establishes certain criminal grounds for making non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) inadmissible and expands the crimes for which a non-U.S. national is deportable.First, the bill establishes that a non-U.S. national is inadmissible if the individual has admitted to or is convicted of acts constituting the essential elements of stalking, child abuse, child neglect, child abandonment, a sex offense, conspiracy to commit a sex offense, a violation of certain protection orders, or domestic violence (including physical or sexual abuse or a pattern of coercive behavior when it occurs within certain close relationships).  Next, the bill establishes additional grounds for deportation. Under current law, a non-U.S. national is deportable for certain criminal convictions, including domestic violence, stalking, and child abuse. The bill makes any sex offense (including crimes against minors) or conspiracy to commit a sex offense a basis for deportation. The bill also expands the domestic violence crimes that make a non-U.S. national deportable to include physical or sexual abuse or a pattern of coercive behavior when it occurs within certain close relationships.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal House Bill HB151

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Equal Representation Act of 2025
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal House Bill HB28

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025This bill generally prohibits school athletic programs from allowing individuals whose biological sex at birth was male to participate in programs that are for women or girls.Specifically, the bill provides that it is a violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 for federally funded education programs or activities to operate, sponsor, or facilitate athletic programs or activities that allow individuals of the male sex to participate in programs or activities that are designated for women or girls. (Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded education programs or activities, including in public elementary and secondary schools and in colleges and universities.) Under the bill, sex is based on an individual's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.The bill does not prohibit male individuals from training or practicing with programs or activities for women or girls as long as such training or practice does not deprive any female of corresponding opportunities or benefits.The Government Accountability Office must report on the benefits for women or girls in single-sex sports that would be lost as a result of male participation. In particular, the report must document the negative psychological, developmental, participatory, and sociological effects of male participation on girls.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal House Bill HB29

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Laken Riley ActThis bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain certain non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. The bill also authorizes states to sue the federal government for decisions or alleged failures related to immigration enforcement.Under this bill, DHS must detain an individual who (1) is unlawfully present in the United States or did not possess the necessary documents when applying for admission; and (2) has been charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admits to having committed acts that constitute the essential elements of burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting.The bill also authorizes state governments to sue for injunctive relief over certain immigration-related decisions or alleged failures by the federal government if the decision or failure caused the state or its residents harm, including financial harm of more than $100. Specifically, the state government may sue the federal government over adecision to release a non-U.S. national from custody;failure to fulfill requirements relating to inspecting individuals seeking admission into the United States, including requirements related to asylum interviews;failure to fulfill a requirement to stop issuing visas to nationals of a country that unreasonably denies or delays acceptance of nationals of that country;violation of limitations on immigration parole, such as the requirement that parole be granted only on a case-by-case basis; orfailure to detain an individual who has been ordered removed from the United States.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal House Bill HB26

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Protecting American Energy Production Act
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal House Bill HB21

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act This bill establishes requirements for the degree of care a health care practitioner must provide in the case of a child born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion. Specifically, a health care practitioner who is present must (1) exercise the same degree of care as would reasonably be provided to any other child born alive at the same gestational age, and (2) ensure the child is immediately admitted to a hospital. Additionally, a health care practitioner or other employee who has knowledge of a failure to comply with the degree-of-care requirements must immediately report such failure to law enforcement. A health care practitioner who fails to provide the required degree of care, or a health care practitioner or other employee who fails to report such failure, is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, up to five years in prison, or both. An individual who intentionally kills or attempts to kill a child born alive is subject to prosecution for murder. The bill bars the criminal prosecution of a mother of a child born alive under this bill and allows her to bring a civil action against a health care practitioner or other employee for violations.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal House Bill HB16

Introduced
1/3/25  
Stopping Border Surges Act
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal House Bill HB38

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal House Bill HB22

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
SAVE Act Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal House Bill HB282

Introduced
1/9/25  
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 107 North Hoyne Avenue in Fritch, Texas, as the "Chief Zeb Smith Post Office".
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal House Bill HB272

Introduced
1/9/25  
Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2025
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal House Bill HB445

Introduced
1/15/25  
Refer
1/15/25  
Border Security Investment ActThis bill imposes a fee on the electronic transfer of funds (i.e., remittances) sent to certain countries and provides funding for border security activities from the collected amounts.Specifically, the fee shall apply to remittances sent through money services business to one of the five countries that had the most citizens or nationals unlawfully enter the United States in the previous fiscal year, as determined by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The fee must be 37% of the amount sent.Half of the money collected by the fee must be placed in a trust fund for reimbursing border states for expenses incurred for border security enforcement measures. The other half must be placed in another trust fund for (1) deploying technology and installing physical barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, and (2) paying the wages and salaries of U.S. Border Patrol agents.If the amount in the trust funds exceeds a certain threshold, the excess money must be used only for deficit reduction.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal House Bill HB103

Introduced
1/3/25  
Congressional Border Security Assessment ActThis bill grants Members of Congress and their accompanying staff lawful access to Indian reservations for the purpose of assessing national security, public safety, and the security of the border. Specifically, the bill applies to an Indian reservation that includes 50 or more contiguous miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. 
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal House Bill HB283

Introduced
1/9/25  
Panama Canal Repurchase Act of 2025This bill authorizes the President to negotiate with the appropriate Panamanian government officials to reacquire the Panama Canal. The President must submit a report to Congress within 180 days of enactment detailing the progress of such negotiations, potential challenges, and anticipated outcomes. 
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal House Bill HB6155

Introduced
11/19/25  
Federal Carjacking Enforcement Act