law enforcement agencies; immigration enforcement

Plain English Breakdown

The official status indicates the bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, but no effective date was provided in the source text.

HB2657: Limits on Law Enforcement Immigration Agreements

This bill stops Arizona local police agencies from making new deals with federal immigration officials to enforce laws or hold people in custody.

What This Bill Does

• Prohibits law enforcement agencies from entering into, modifying, or renewing agreements with federal immigration authorities.
• Bans these agencies from exercising federal civil immigration authority under specific U.S. Code sections through such agreements.
• Stops local police from detaining or housing individuals who are in the custody of federal immigration officials for breaking federal laws via new agreements.
• Allows law enforcement to continue enforcing valid court-issued warrants and orders.

Who It Names or Affects

• Municipal police departments
• County sheriff's offices
• Publicly funded law enforcement departments
• The Arizona Department of Public Safety

Terms To Know

Federal civil immigration authority

Power given to federal agents under U.S. Code Section 1357(g) to enforce immigration laws.

Law enforcement agency

A municipal police department, county sheriff's office, publicly funded law enforcement department, or the Department of Public Safety in Arizona.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not stop agencies from enforcing valid court-issued warrants.
• Agencies must still comply with other federal requirements that are not part of these specific agreements.
• The effective date for this law is not listed in the provided text.

Official Summary Text

HB2657 - law enforcement agencies; immigration enforcement

Current Bill Text

HB2657 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
law enforcement agencies; immigration enforcement

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2657

Introduced by

Representative
Blattman

AN
ACT

AMENDING TITLE 38, CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE 1,
ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 38-1121; RELATING TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT agencies.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 38, chapter 8, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 38-1121, to read:

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38-1121.

Law enforcement agencies; federal agents; immigration; applicability;
definition

A. Notwithstanding any other law, A
law enforcement agency in this state may not enter into, modify or renew an
agreement with federal immigration authorities To do either of the following:

1. exercise federal civil immigration
authority under 8 UNITED STATES CODE SECTION 1357(
g
).

2. detain or house individuals who
are in the custody of a federal immigration authority for violations of federal
immigration law.

B. This section does not prohibit a
law enforcement AGENCY in this state from enforcing any valid court-issued
warrants or orders or from complying with other federal requirements.

C. For the purposes of this section, "Law
enforcement agency" means a municipal police department, a county
sheriff's office, a publicly funded law enforcement department and the
department of public safety.
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