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A4167 • 2026

Limits use of State, county, and municipal property or funding to support immigrant detention facilities.

Limits use of State, county, and municipal property or funding to support immigrant detention facilities.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Limits use of State, county, and municipal property or funding to support immigrant detention facilities.

Limits use of State, county, and municipal property or funding to support immigrant detention facilities.

What This Bill Does

  • Limits use of State, county, and municipal property or funding to support immigrant detention facilities.
  • Topic: State and Local Government Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee

Official Summary Text

Limits use of State, county, and municipal property or funding to support immigrant detention facilities.
Topic:
State and Local Government
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4167

ASSEMBLY, No. 4167

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Assemblywoman� ELIANA PINTOR MARIN

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

Assemblywoman� LINDA S. CARTER

District 22 (Somerset and Union)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen Quijano and Morales

SYNOPSIS

���� Limits use of State, county, and municipal property
or funding to support immigrant detention facilities.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act

limiting the use of State, county, and municipal
funds and property for the construction, operation, or support of immigrant
detention facilities and supplementing Title 30 of the Revised Statutes. ��

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

���� 1.��� a. For the purposes of
this section, �political subdivision� means a unit or agency of government
deriving its authority directly or indirectly from the State of New Jersey.

���� b.��� The State or a political
subdivision shall not:

���� (1)�� expend funds of the State
or a political subdivision to construct, renovate, or repurpose State-owned property
or property owned by a political subdivision for use as an immigrant detention
facility;

���� (2)�� sell, donate, or lease
property owned by the State or a political subdivision to a private or
governmental entity for use as an immigrant detention facility;

���� (3)�� pay, reimburse,
subsidize, or defray, in any way, the costs related to the sale, purchase,
construction, development, ownership, management, or operation of an immigrant
detention facility that is owned, managed, or operated by a private entity; or

���� (4)�� pay for costs related to
the detention of an individual in an immigrant detention facility that is, or
will be, owned at least partially by a private entity.

���� c.���� Nothing in this section
shall be construed to prohibit the State or a political subdivision from
providing health and safety resources to an individual detained in an immigrant
detention facility.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill limits the State, and
each political subdivision of the State, from utilizing funds or property to
construct, operate, or otherwise support privately and publicly owned immigrant
detention facilities. ����

���� Specifically, the bill
prohibits the State and its political subdivisions from: �1) expending funds
for the construction, renovation, or repurposing of property into an immigrant
detention facility; 2) selling, donating, or leasing property to a private
entity or governmental entity for use as an immigrant detention facility; 3)
providing funds to a privately-owned immigrant detention facility to assist
with the costs related to owning or operating the facility; or 4) paying for the
costs related to detaining an individual in an immigrant detention facility
that is at least partially owned, or will be owned, by a private entity. �Under
the bill, the State or political subdivision may still provide health and
safety resources to an individual detained in an immigrant detention facility.

���� The bill defines �political
subdivision� as a unit or agency of government that derives its authority from
the State, including counties and municipalities. �