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A174 • 2026

Prohibits State funding to assist immigrants facing detention or deportation.

Prohibits State funding to assist immigrants facing detention or deportation.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Fantasia, Dawn
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits State funding to assist immigrants facing detention or deportation.

Prohibits State funding to assist immigrants facing detention or deportation.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits State funding to assist immigrants facing detention or deportation.
  • Topic: Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee

Official Summary Text

Prohibits State funding to assist immigrants facing detention or deportation.
Topic:
Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A174

ASSEMBLY, No. 174

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman DAWN FANTASIA

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen McGuckin, Kanitra and Myhre

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits State funding to assist immigrants facing
detention or deportation.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act
prohibiting the use of State funding for assistance to
certain immigrants and supplementing Title 2B of the New Jersey Statutes.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.���
Notwithstanding
the provisions of any other law to the contrary, State funds shall not be used
directly, or under the terms of any contract with, or grant to, any
public agency or nonprofit entity, to provide
legal assistance or legal
services to individuals facing detention or deportation based on their
immigration status.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� The
bill prohibits
State funds from being used to
provide

legal assistance or legal services to individuals facing detention or
deportation based on their immigration status.� The bill prohibits this funding

directly, or under the
terms of any contract with, or grant to, any public agency or nonprofit
entity providing for such assistance or services
.

����
The
purpose of this bill is to prevent State funds from being used to support an
Office of Immigration Protection, or another organization or entity with a
mission of offering legal assistance or legal services to protect immigrants.�
The Fiscal Year 2019 Budget, as proposed by Governor Murphy, includes language
providing for
an amount not to exceed $2,100,000 to be appropriated for
Legal Services of New Jersey -- Legal Assistance in Civil Matters,
based on actual or anticipated caseloads,
for the
provision of legal assistance to individuals facing detention or deportation
based on their immigration status.