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SF3842 • 2026

State, county, and local government units entering into certain immigration enforcement agreements prohibition and certain existing immigration enforcement agreements termination requirement provision

State, county, and local government units entering into certain immigration enforcement agreements prohibition and certain existing immigration enforcement agreements termination requirement provision

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Oumou Verbeten, Boldon, Champion
Last action
2026-03-05
Official status
Author added Champion
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-05 House

    Author added Champion

  2. 2026-03-04 House

    Author added Boldon

  3. 2026-02-26 House

    Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

State, county, and local government units entering into certain immigration enforcement agreements prohibition and certain existing immigration enforcement agreements termination requirement provision

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to public safety; prohibiting state, county, and local government units from

entering into certain immigration enforcement agreements; requiring the termination

of certain existing immigration enforcement agreements; proposing coding for

new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 626.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

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[626.893] IMMIGRATION AGREEMENTS PROHIBITED.

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Subdivision 1.

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Definition.

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For the purposes of this section, "immigration enforcement

agreement" means a contract, an agreement, an intergovernmental service agreement, or a

memorandum of understanding with the federal government that authorizes the state, a unit

of local government, a county sheriff, or any agency, officer, employee, or agent of the state

or a unit of local government to enforce civil immigration law. Immigration enforcement

agreement includes an agreement made in accordance with United States Code, title 8,

section 1103; United States Code, title 8, section 1357; or any other federal law.

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Subd. 2.

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Prohibition.

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The state, a unit of local government, a county sheriff, or any

agency, officer, employee, or agent of the state or a unit of local government may not enter

into an immigration enforcement agreement.

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Subd. 3.

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Termination of existing agreements.

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The state, a unit of local government, a

county sheriff, or any agency, officer, employee, or agent of the state or a unit of local

government with an existing immigration enforcement agreement must exercise the

termination provision contained in the immigration enforcement agreement the day following

final enactment of this section.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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