Scope: State (Texas)
Branch: Executive
Severity: Green
Date occurred: January 29, 2025
Governor Greg Abbott signed Executive Order GA-51 on January 29, 2025, directing Texas state agencies to share intelligence regarding foreign terrorist organizations with federal law enforcement personnel. The order addresses coordination between state agencies and federal authorities on terrorism-related information.
Constitutional basis: Governor directing executive-branch agencies to coordinate intelligence with federal law enforcement, a routine and long-exercised intergovernmental information-sharing function.