HB1438
State agencies, etc.; agreements with federal authority for immigration enforcement, prohibitions.
Status:
Consolidated
Latest Action:
Feb. 3, 2026
House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
Chief Patron:
Elizabeth Guzman (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. 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 ... (More) 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. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/22/2026 - House: Presented and ordered printed 26105618D
- 01/22/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/28/2026 - House: Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #3
- 02/03/2026 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
