SF2097 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to state law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration and customs enforcement.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: SALMON
Last action: 2026-01-28
Official status: Subcommittee: Schultz, Bousselot, and Knox. S.J. 159 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to state law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration and customs enforcement.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to state law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration and customs enforcement.

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Bill History

2026-01-28 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Schultz, Bousselot, and Knox. S.J. 159 .
2026-01-26 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 138 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to state law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration and customs enforcement.

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

2097

-

Introduced

SENATE

FILE

2097

BY

SALMON

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

state

law

enforcement

cooperation

with

1

federal

immigration

and

customs

enforcement.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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S.F.

2097

Section

1.

Section

27A.2,

Code

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

1

follows:

2

27A.2

Law

enforcement

agency

duties

——

immigration

detainer

3

requests.

4

1.

All

law

enforcement

agencies

and

officers

in

the

state

5

shall

cooperate

and

work

with

United

States

immigration

and

6

customs

enforcement

and

any

other

federal

immigration-related

7

agencies

when

requested.

8

2.

A

law

enforcement

agency

in

this

state

that

has

custody

9

of

a

person

subject

to

an

immigration

detainer

request

issued

10

by

United

States

immigration

and

customs

enforcement

shall

11

fully

comply

with

any

instruction

made

in

the

detainer

request

12

and

in

any

other

legal

document

provided

by

a

federal

agency.

13

EXPLANATION

14

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

15

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

16

This

bill

relates

to

state

law

enforcement

cooperation

with

17

federal

immigration

and

customs

enforcement.

18

The

bill

provides

that

all

law

enforcement

agencies

and

19

officers

in

the

state

shall

cooperate

and

work

with

United

20

States

immigration

and

customs

enforcement

and

any

other

21

federal

immigration-related

agencies

when

requested.

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