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HB0108 • 2020

Ban on sanctuary cities and counties.

AN ACT relating to cities, towns and counties; banning the implementation of immigration sanctuary policies by cities, towns and counties; providing penalties; requiring certification of compliance; requiring a report; and providing for an effective date.

Labor
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Gray
Last action
2020-02-13
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2020

Plain English Breakdown

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Ban on Sanctuary Cities and Counties

This act bans cities and counties from implementing policies that prevent local officials or employees from working with federal immigration officers.

What This Bill Does

  • Bans cities and towns from making rules that stop local workers from sharing information about someone's immigration status with federal authorities.
  • Requires counties to follow the same rule as cities, not allowing any policies that block cooperation with federal immigration officials.
  • Allows the state to withhold funding from cities or counties if they do not comply with these rules.

Who It Names or Affects

  • City and town governments in Wyoming
  • County governments in Wyoming

Terms To Know

Immigration status information
Details about a person's legal right to be in the United States.
Local official or employee
People who work for cities, towns, or counties, like police officers and city workers.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass and was not signed into law.
  • It does not specify what happens if a city or county violates the rules after it becomes law.

Bill History

  1. 2020-02-13 House

    H Failed Introduction 36-24-0-0-0

  2. 2020-02-07 House

    H Received for Introduction

  3. 2020-02-04 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
20LSO-0014
2020
STATE OF WYOMING
20LSO-0014
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HOUSE BILL NO. HB0108

Ban on sanctuary cities and counties.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Gray, Eyre, Jennings, Lindholm, Loucks, Salazar, Tass and Washut and Senator(s) Bebout and James

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to cities, towns and counties; banning the implementation of immigration sanctuary policies by cities, towns and counties; providing penalties; requiring certification of compliance; requiring a report; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 15
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116 are created to read:

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131.

Prohibition on immigration sanctuary policies by cities and towns; certification of compliance.

(a)

No governing body of a city or town, whether acting through its governing body or by an initiative, referendum or any other process, shall enact, adopt, implement or enforce any policy that prohibits or restricts local officials or employees from communicating or cooperating with federal officials or law enforcement officers with regard to reporting immigration status information while the local official or employee is acting within the scope of their official duties.

(b)

Any governing body of a city or town that acts in violation of this section shall be subject to the withholding of state funding and state administered federal funding, unless otherwise specifically provided by law.

(c)

As used in this section:

(i)

"Federal officials or law enforcement officers" means any person employed by the United States government for the purpose of enforcing or regulating federal immigration laws and any peace officer as defined in W.S.
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101(a)(iv) when the person or peace officer is acting within the scope of their employment for the purpose of enforcing federal immigration laws or preserving homeland security;

(ii)

"Immigration status" means the legality or illegality of an individual's presence in the United States as determined by federal law;

(iii)

"Immigration status information" means any information which is not confidential or privileged by law including any statement, document, computer generated data, recording or photograph that is relevant to immigration status or the identity or location of an individual who is reasonably believed to be illegally residing within the United States or who is involved in international or domestic terrorism as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2331;

(iv)

"Local official or employee" means any elected or appointed official, supervisor or managerial employee, contractor, agent or certified peace officer acting on behalf of or in conjunction with a city or town;

(v)

"Policy" means any regulation, rule, policy or practice adopted by the governing body of a city or town.

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Prohibition on immigration sanctuary policies by counties; certification of compliance.

(a)

No governing body of a county, whether acting through its governing body or by an initiative, referendum or any other process, shall enact, adopt, implement or enforce any policy that prohibits or restricts local officials or employees from communicating or cooperating with federal officials or law enforcement officers with regard to reporting immigration status information while the local official or employee is acting within the scope of their official duties.

(b)

Any governing body of a county that acts in violation of this section shall be subject to the withholding of state funding and state administered federal funding, unless otherwise specifically provided by law.

(c)

As used in this section:

(i)

"Federal officials or law enforcement officers" means any person employed by the United States government for the purpose of enforcing or regulating federal immigration laws and any peace officer as defined in W.S. 7
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101(a)(iv) when the person or peace officer is acting within the scope of their employment for the purpose of enforcing federal immigration laws or preserving homeland security;

(ii)

"Immigration status" means the legality or illegality of an individual's presence in the United States as determined by federal law;

(iii)

"Immigration status information" means any information which is not confidential or privileged by law including any statement, document, computer generated data, recording or photograph that is relevant to immigration status or the identity or location of an individual who is reasonably believed to be illegally residing within the
United States or involved in international or domestic terrorism as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2331;

(iv)

"Local official or employee" means any elected or appointed official, supervisor or managerial employee, contractor, agent or certified peace officer acting on behalf of or in conjunction with a county;

(v)

"Policy" means any regulation, rule, policy or practice adopted by the governing body of a county.

Section 2.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

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