Vetoed by Governor Steve Bullock

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits state agencies and local governments from enacting or enforcing policies concerning citizenship and immigration.

Highlights:

• Defines “state agency” as an office, position, commission, committee, board, department, council, division, bureau, section, or any other entity or instrumentality of the executive branch of state government (Sec. 1).

• Defines “local government” as a municipality, a county, or a consolidated city-county government (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits a state agency or local government from enacting, adoping, implementing, enforcing, or referring to the electorate a policy that prohibits or restricts a government entity, official, or employee from (Sec. 2):

• Sending to, receiving from, exchanging with, or maintaining for a federal, state, or local government entity, information concerning the citizenship or immigration status of an individual for a lawful purpose; or

• Complying with an immigration detainer request or a notification request regarding the release of an individual if the request is lawfully made by the US department of homeland security.

• Authorizes the attorney general to bring a civil action against a state agency or local government that has violated provisions in section 2 (Sec. 3).

• Specifies that a state agency or local government in violation of these provisions will be fined $10,000 every 5 days that the state agency or local government does not comply, and will not receive new grants under specified provisions nor have projects prioritized or recommended by the department of commerce for infrastructure projects under specified provisions (Sec. 5).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits state agencies and local governments from enacting or enforcing policies concerning citizenship and immigration.

Highlights:

• Defines “state agency” as an office, position, commission, committee, board, department, council, division, bureau, section, or any other entity or instrumentality of the executive branch of state government (Sec. 1).

• Defines “local government” as a municipality, a county, or a consolidated city-county government (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits a state agency or local government from enacting, adoping, implementing, enforcing, or referring to the electorate a policy that prohibits or restricts a government entity, official, or employee from (Sec. 2):

• Sending to, receiving from, exchanging with, or maintaining for a federal, state, or local government entity, information concerning the citizenship or immigration status of an individual for a lawful purpose; or

• Complying with an immigration detainer request or a notification request regarding the release of an individual if the request is lawfully made by the US department of homeland security.

• Authorizes the attorney general to bring a civil action against a state agency or local government that has violated provisions in section 2 (Sec. 3).

• Specifies that a state agency or local government in violation of these provisions will be fined $10,000 every 5 days that the state agency or local government does not comply, and will not receive new grants under specified provisions nor have projects prioritized or recommended by the department of commerce for infrastructure projects under specified provisions (Sec. 5).

Full Bill Text