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S4138 • 2026

Prohibits State's law enforcement from participating in immigration enforcement unless action is premised upon valid judicial warrant.

Prohibits State's law enforcement from participating in immigration enforcement unless action is premised upon valid judicial warrant.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Cryan, Joseph P.
Last action
2026-05-11
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits State's law enforcement from participating in immigration enforcement unless action is premised upon valid judicial warrant.

Prohibits State's law enforcement from participating in immigration enforcement unless action is premised upon valid judicial warrant.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits State's law enforcement from participating in immigration enforcement unless action is premised upon valid judicial warrant.
  • Topic: Law and Public Safety Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-11 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee

Official Summary Text

Prohibits State's law enforcement from participating in immigration enforcement unless action is premised upon valid judicial warrant.
Topic:
Law and Public Safety
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S4138

SENATE, No. 4138

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 11, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� JOSEPH P. CRYAN

District 20 (Union)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Diegnan

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits State�s law enforcement from participating
in immigration enforcement unless action is premised upon valid judicial
warrant.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
concerning law enforcement officers and supplementing
Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� As used in this section:

���� �Judicial warrant� means a
warrant based on probable cause and issued by a federal Article III judge or
magistrate, or the State equivalent, that authorizes federal immigration
authorities to search a location or apprehend a person who is the subject of the
warrant.�

���� �Law enforcement officer�
means a person whose public duties include the power to act as an officer for
the detection, apprehension, arrest, and conviction of offenders against the
laws of this State.

���� b.��� A law enforcement
officer shall not participate in a civil immigration enforcement operation
unless the operation is premised upon a valid judicial warrant.

���� c.���� The Attorney General
shall issue guidelines or directives as necessary to effectuate the provisions
of this section. �

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

STATEMENT

�� This bill
prohibits law enforcement officers from participating in a civil immigration enforcement
operation unless the operation is premised upon a valid judicial warrant.�

�� The bill
defines a law enforcement officer as a person whose public duties include the
power to act as an officer for the detection, apprehension, arrest, and
conviction of offenders against the laws of this State. �The bill defines a
judicial warrant as one based on probable cause and issued by a federal Article
III judge or magistrate, or the State equivalent, that authorizes federal
immigration authorities to search a location or apprehend a person who is the
subject of the warrant.�

���� Under the bill, the Attorney
General is required to issue guidelines or directives necessary to implement
the bill�s provisions. �