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A1835 • 2026

Requires AG to repeal law enforcement directive restricting law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

Requires AG to repeal law enforcement directive restricting law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Myhre, Gregory E.
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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Requires AG to repeal law enforcement directive restricting law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

Requires AG to repeal law enforcement directive restricting law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires AG to repeal law enforcement directive restricting law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
  • Topic: Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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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

Requires AG to repeal law enforcement directive restricting law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Topic:
Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1835

ASSEMBLY, No. 1835

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman GREGORY E. MYHRE

District 9 (Ocean)

Assemblyman BRIAN E. RUMPF

District 9 (Ocean)

Assemblyman PAUL KANITRA

District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen Inganamort, Clifton, Auth, Azzariti Jr.,
Barlas, McClellan, DiMaio, Webber, Sauickie, McGuckin, Assemblywoman Fantasia,
Assemblyman Peterson, Assemblywoman Flynn and Assemblyman Scharfenberger

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires AG to repeal law enforcement directive
restricting law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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An Act
requiring the Attorney General to repeal Attorney
General Law Enforcement Directive No. 2018-6.

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

���� 1���� a.� The Legislature
finds and declares that:

���� (1)�� Attorney General Law
Enforcement Directive No. 2018-6, issued on November 29, 2018, restricts law
enforcement officers from cooperating with federal immigration authorities.�

���� (2)�� Under the directive,
among other provisions, State, county, and local law enforcement are prohibited
from providing certain assistance to federal immigration authorities when the
sole purpose is to enforce federal civil immigration law.

���� (3)�� In addition to other
restrictions, the directive prohibits law enforcement from providing notice of
a detained individual�s upcoming release from custody or continuing the
detention of a person past the time the person would be released from custody
based solely on a civil immigration detainer request, with certain exceptions.

���� (4)�� The restrictions set
forth this directive pose a danger to the citizens of this State and are a
substantial threat to public safety.

���� (5)�� In order to protect the
citizens of this State, it is imperative that this directive be repealed.

���� b.��� The Attorney General
shall repeal Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive No. 2018-6.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the
Attorney General to repeal Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive No.
2018-6, which restricts law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration
authorities.

���� Under the directive, among
other provisions, State, county, and local law enforcement are prohibited from
providing certain assistance to federal immigration authorities when the sole
purpose is to enforce federal civil immigration law.

���� In addition to other
restrictions, the directive prohibits law enforcement from providing notice of
a detained individual�s upcoming release from custody or continuing the
detention of a person past the time the person would be released from custody
based solely on a civil immigration detainer request, with certain exceptions.

���� The restrictions set forth in
this directive pose a danger to the citizens of this State and are a
substantial threat to public safety.� Therefore, it is imperative that this
directive be repealed.