Bill > HB1438

Introduced Session

Agencies of the Commonwealth; law-enforcement agencies; employees and officers; agreements with federal authority for immigration enforcement; prohibitions and limitations. Prohibits a state agency or a law-enforcement agency, defined in the bill, from entering into a written agreement authorizing any employee or law-enforcement officer to perform a function of a federal immigration officer. The bill provides that federal immigration laws shall be enforced by a state or local law-enforcement agency of the Commonwealth pursuant to a valid judicial warrant, federal or statutory regulations, or as otherwise required by state law. The bill also prohibits an employee of a state agency or a law-enforcement officer, defined in the bill, from conducting certain actions or inquiries regarding a person's citizenship or immigration status while engaged in the performance of his duties and creates a cause of action for appropriate equitable, injunctive, or declaratory relief against such employee or law-enforcement officer who willfully conducts such actions or inquiries in violation of the provisions of the bill. Finally, the bill requires any state agency or law-enforcement agency that has an existing written agreement with a federal authority to perform federal immigration functions to terminate such written agreement by September 1, 2026.

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Elizabeth Guzmán (D)*,  Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D),  Nadarius Clark (D),  Rae Cousins (D),  Dan Helmer (D),  J.R. Henson (D),  Patrick Hope (D),  Marcia Price (D),  Charlie Schmidt (D),  Irene Shin (D),  Kathy Tran (D), 

Incorporated by Public Safety (HB1441-Lopez) (Voice Vote) (on 02/06/2026)

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