This amendment to House Bill No.

Plain English Breakdown

Checked against official source text during the last sync.

Amendment to House Bill No. 182

This amendment clarifies which law-enforcement-agency agreements are prohibited, removes a provision about information sharing, and adds rules for enforcing court orders and complying with federal laws.

What This Bill Does

• Clarifies that law-enforcement agencies cannot enter into or extend certain types of agreements related to immigration authority under federal law.
• Removes a part of the bill that talked about how information is shared between agencies.
• Adds rules stating that agencies can still enforce court orders and follow other federal laws when sharing criminal history information.

Who It Names or Affects

• Law-enforcement agencies that enter into or extend agreements related to immigration authority under federal law.
• Agencies involved in enforcing court orders and sharing criminal history information.

Terms To Know

Immigration and Nationality Act

A U.S. federal law that sets the rules for people coming into or leaving the country, including who can become a citizen.

Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS)

A system used by law enforcement to share criminal history and other important information about crimes.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if an agency violates the new rules.
• It is unclear how this amendment will affect existing agreements between agencies before it becomes law.

Official Summary Text

This amendment to House Bill No. 182 clarifies which agreements are prohibited, eliminates a provision relating to information sharing, and adds a provision clarifying that the section is not intended to prohibit enforcement of valid court-issued warrants or orders or to prohibit compliance with information sharing required under other federal law, particularly that related to the Criminal Justice Information System.
It also changes the date for exercise of termination of any existing agreements to 30 days after the effective date of the Act.

Current Bill Text

Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Rep. Gorman

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

HOUSE BILL NO. 182

AMEND House Bill No. 182 by deleting lines 14 through 17 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“

(a) A law-enforcement agency may not enter into, modify, renew, or extend an agreement for either of the following:

(1) To exercise federal civil immigration authority under § 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

”.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 182 on line 18 by deleting “

Causes the law enforcement agency to

” and inserting in lieu thereof “

To

”.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 182 by deleting lines 20 through 22 in their entirety.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 182 by deleting “

before July 1, 2025.

” as it appears on line 25 and inserting in lieu thereof “

by [30 days after the effective date of this Act].

”.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 182 by inserting the following after line 25:

“

(c) Nothing in this section is intended to limit a law-enforcement agency from enforcing any valid court-issued warrants or orders, nor does this section prohibit a law-enforcement agency from complying with other federal statutory or regulatory requirements regarding disclosure of criminal history record information under 28 C.F.R. §20 et seq.

”.

SYNOPSIS

This amendment to House Bill No. 182 clarifies which agreements are prohibited, eliminates a provision relating to information sharing, and adds a provision clarifying that the section is not intended to prohibit enforcement of valid court-issued warrants or orders or to prohibit compliance with information sharing required under other federal law, particularly that related to the Criminal Justice Information System.

It also changes the date for exercise of termination of any existing agreements to 30 days after the effective date of the Act.