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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2524
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE REED.
4793H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal section 650.475, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof three new sections relating to
immigration.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 650.475, RSMo, is repealed and three new sections enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as sections 1.3050, 590.656, and 650.475, to read as follows:
1.3050. No state funds, including in the form of personnel or facilities, shall be
2 used in the enforcem ent of discriminatory immigration policies, including policies based
3 on racial profilin g or that violate the constitutional rights of individuals.
590.656. All peace officers of the state or any political subdivision ther eof shall
2 participate in training on racial prof iling and constitutional rights, including
3 constitutional rights of immigrants. Such training shall occur at least yearly .
650.475. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law , no government entity ,
2 political subdivision, or government of ficial within the state of Missouri shall prohibit, or in
3 any way restrict, any government entity or of ficial from communicating or cooperating with
4 the United States Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement regarding the citizenship
5 or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual. The pr ovisions of this
6 subsection shall apply only when ther e is a clear and documented public safety concern.
7 2. Municipalities and political subdivisions may collect and share the identity of
8 persons by the same means the Federal Bureau of Investigation or its successor agency uses in
9 its Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System or its successor program.
10 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law , no person or agency within the state of
11 Missouri shall prohibit, or in any way restrict, a public employee from doing any of the
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
12 following with respect to information regarding the immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of
13 any individual:
14 (1) Sending such information to, or requesting or receiving such information from,
15 the United States Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
16 (2) Maintaining such information; or
17 (3) Exchanging such information with any other federal, state, or local government
18 entity .
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20 The pr ovisions of this subsection shall apply only when ther e is a clear and documented
21 public safety concern.
22 4. Upon the complaint of any state resident regarding a specific government entity ,
23 agency , or political subdivision of this state or prior to the provision of funds or awarding of
24 any grants to a government entity , agency , or political subdivision of this state, any member
25 of the general assembly may request that the attorney general of the state of Missouri issue an
26 opinion stating whether the government entity , agency , or political subdivision has current
27 policies in contravention of subsections 1 and 3 of this section.
28 5. No state agency or department shall provide any funding or award any monetary
29 grants to any government entity , agency , or political subdivision determined under subsection
30 4 of this section to have a policy in contravention of subsections 1 and 3 of this section until
31 the policy is repealed or no longer in ef fect.
32 6. The provisions of subsections 1 and 3 of this section shall not apply to any state or
33 local agency administering one or more federal public benefit programs as such term is
34 defined in 8 U.S.C. Section 1612.
35 7. Notwithstanding the pro visions of this section to the contrary , no political
36 subdivision, government entity , or government official shall cooperate with the
37 enfor cement of any immigration practice that is based on racial pro filing or violates
38 the constitutional rights of any individual.
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