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24LSO-0570
2024
STATE OF WYOMING
24LSO-0570
Numbered
2.0
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0193
Ban on sanctuary cities and counties.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Singh, Bear, Harshman, Knapp, Rodriguez-Williams, Stith, Trujillo and Western and Senator(s) Biteman, Hutchings, Kolb, Salazar and Steinmetz
A BILL
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AN ACT relating to cities, towns and counties; banning the implementation of immigration sanctuary policies by cities, towns and counties; providing penalties; providing definitions; 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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133 and 18
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117 are created to read:
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133.
Prohibition on immigration sanctuary policies by cities and towns.
(a)
As used in this section:
(i)
"Federal officials" or "federal 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;
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"Immigration status" means the legality or illegality of a person's presence in the United States as determined by federal law;
(iii)
"Immigration status information" means any information that 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 a person who is reasonably believed to be illegally residing within the United States or who is involved in international terrorism or domestic terrorism as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2331;
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"Local official or employee" means any elected or appointed official, supervisor or managerial employee, contractor, agent or peace officer acting on behalf of or in conjunction with a city or town;
(v)
"Policy" means any regulation, rule, ordinance, policy or practice adopted by the governing body of a city or town.
(b)
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 his official duties.
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Upon a determination by the governor, with advice from the attorney general, that a governing body of a city or town has violated subsection (b) of this section, the governor shall require the office of state lands and investments and the department of revenue to withhold all state and state administered federal funding directly paid to the city or town, unless otherwise specifically provided by law.
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Prohibition on immigration sanctuary policies by counties.
(a)
As used in this section:
(i)
"County official or employee" means any elected or appointed official, supervisor or managerial employee, contractor, agent or peace officer acting on behalf of or in conjunction with a county;
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"Federal officials" or "federal 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;
(iii)
"Immigration status" means the legality or illegality of a person's presence in the United States as determined by federal law;
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"Immigration status information" means any information that 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 a person who is reasonably believed to be illegally residing within the United States or involved in international terrorism or domestic terrorism as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2331;
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"Policy" means any regulation, rule, resolution, policy or practice adopted by the governing body of a county.
(b)
No board of county commissioners, 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 county 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.
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Upon a determination by the governor, with advice from the attorney general, that a board of county commissioners has violated subsection (b) of this section, the governor shall require the office of state lands and investments and the department of revenue to withhold all state and state administered federal funding, unless otherwise specifically provided by law.
Section 2
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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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