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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The results will be promptly shared with DHS to assist in enforcing federal immigration laws.
- How we approach the fiscal note in this aspect. is we were going to work with the federal authorities
- The way we read the bill is that we'd be working for the federal authorities, so we'd be assisting them
- That would not be a DPS lab decision. and that would be on the federal authorities.
- to trigger this after we've turned these people over to them. we'd be assessing the federal authorities
Bills:
HB256 , HB1308 , HB1554 , HB1743 , HB2308 , HB2351 , HB2858 , HB3676 , HB3784 , HB4312 , HB4552 , HB4823 , HB4852 , HB5007 , HB5010 , HB5520 , HB5524 , HCR19 , HB256 , HCR19
Committee:
House State Affairs
Keywords:
E-verify, employment verification, illegal employment, state contracts, government entities, license suspension, immigration compliance, state grant funding, E-Verify, compliance, penalties, immigration, government contracts, employee status, state contractors, E-verify program, legally present, employment practices, legal services, public money
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Enforcement is supported by coordination with both state and federal authorities.
- By enacting this bill, Texas is not changing federal immigration law, but rather requesting the authority
- Immigration Courts.
- Many immigrants legally qualify for work authorization, but they need assistance navigating the complex
- Legal defense funds don't interfere with federal immigration enforcement; they simply ensure that our
Bills:
HB256 , HCR19 , HB256 , HB1308 , HB1554 , HB1743 , HB2308 , HB2351 , HB2858 , HB3676 , HB3784 , HB4312 , HB4552 , HB4823 , HB4852 , HB5007 , HB5010 , HB5520 , HB5524 , HCR19
Committee:
House State Affairs
Keywords:
severe weather, adaptation plan, vulnerability assessment, environmental protection, state agencies, federal agents, transparency, law enforcement, identification, public trust, immigration enforcement, HCR 19, Texas concurrent resolution, federal immigration enforcement, masked agents, facial coverings, visible identification, uniforms, badges, name tags
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Federal courts have long since ruled that immigration enforcement falls under federal jurisdiction.
- How does charging an individual with incarceration for immigration violation not constitute a federal
- We know the federal government has failed on immigration issues.
- COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AGENCIES IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW.
- IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
Keywords:
immigration enforcement, unauthorized alien entry, death penalty, capital felonies, 287G agreements, in-state tuition, undocumented students, DACA, TPS, Venezuelan immigrants, law enforcement funding, immigration detention, federal preemption, equal protection, constitutional challenges, immigration status determination, school resource officers, conscientious objection, clergy protection, teacher protection
Summary:
The Florida House passed two immigration enforcement bills during a special session. Senate Bill 4C creates new state offenses for unauthorized alien entry/reentry into Florida and mandates the death penalty for unauthorized aliens convicted of capital felonies. Senate Bill 2C establishes a state immigration enforcement board, provides $300+ million for local law enforcement immigration cooperation, creates a $1,000 bonus program for officers participating in federal immigration enforcement, and repeals in-state tuition for undocumented students effective July 1, 2025. Multiple amendments were proposed but failed, including protections for Venezuelan TPS holders, DACA recipients, students in critical professions, and conscientious objection provisions for clergy and teachers. Debate included constitutional concerns about federal preemption, equal protection violations, and mandatory death penalty provisions. The session also included a memorial urging DHS to provide 287G agreement training opportunities.
NM
Committees:
Senate Senate Judiciary , Senate House Judiciary
Keywords:
Immigrant Safety Act, immigration detention, civil immigration violations, ICE, federal immigration enforcement, sanctuary policy, public bodies, local government, sheriff's department, school district, higher education, deputization, 287(g), 8 U.S.C. 1357(g), 8 C.F.R. 287.7, intergovernmental services agreement, detainer, immigration cooperation, public property, attorney general enforcement
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- That's who I am from the Healthcare Authority.
- And then there's a temporary authorization to practice called TAP.
- The FBI took the case and we prosecuted it federally.
- So they're a little more strict federally not on a state level.
- That's all federal. That's happening on a federal level.
Committee:
House House Judiciary
Keywords:
Immigrant Safety Act, immigration detention, civil immigration violations, ICE, federal immigration enforcement, sanctuary policy, public bodies, local government, sheriff's department, school district, higher education, deputization, 287(g), 8 U.S.C. 1357(g), 8 C.F.R. 287.7, intergovernmental services agreement, detainer, immigration cooperation, public property, attorney general enforcement
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on County and Regional Government Apr 14th, 2025
S/C on County & Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Sarah's mixed-status family was seeking emergency help when federal immigration officers detained them
- This would essentially turn local law enforcement into federal immigration... ...agents, without the
- It is about giving already over-stressed local police the power to act as federal immigration agents.
- Federal immigration enforcement would encourage this abuse of authority due to a lack of oversight and
- By giving local law enforcement the authority to act as federal immigration agents, this bill invites
Committee:
House S/C on County & Regional Government
Keywords:
transportation, infrastructure, funding, state budget, public safety, child welfare, county boards, membership, local governance, public welfare, government service, social services, Texas Family Code, regulation, vendors, solicitors, roadside sales, county authority, Sweeny Hospital District, board of directors
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on County & Regional Government Apr 14th, 2025
S/C on County & Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- It's authorized under Texas law; it's authorized under federal law, but it's not mandated.
- It's authorized under Texas law; it's authorized under federal law, but it's not mandated.
- It's authorized under Texas law; it's authorized under federal law, but it's not mandated.
- It's authorized under Texas law; it's authorized under federal law, but it's not mandated.
- ICE's Immigration Authority Delegation Program, or the ICE Immigration Basic Training Course, requires
Committee:
House S/C on County & Regional Government
Keywords:
transportation, infrastructure, funding, state budget, public safety, child welfare, county boards, membership, local governance, public welfare, government service, social services, Texas Family Code, regulation, vendors, solicitors, roadside sales, county authority, Sweeny Hospital District, board of directors
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/09/2026 - Senate Military Affairs and Border Security
Military Affairs and Border Security
Transcript Highlights:
- administered program for federal veterans.
- It's federally illegal. It's against the law.
- Business entities authorized... ...remittance transfer business entities authorized to conduct these
- Arizona, we, you know, this is, immigration is not a state law, it's a federal law.
- This is outside of the legislature's authority.
Committee:
Senate Military Affairs and Border Security
Keywords:
outdoor advertising, military compatibility, zoning, electronic signage, permitting, undocumented immigrants, financial services, identification requirements, loans, foreign remittances, transitional housing, military, veterans, grant program, supportive services, SB1511, commercial driver license, CDL, nondomiciled CDL, nondomiciled commercial driver license
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/03/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair, members, House Bill 2148 grants the legislature the authority to appropriate non-constitutional
- federal monies.
- Now, of course, you and I both know that the governor will veto any effort to try and take authority
- But, for example, under the federal funds, and I won't be long, sir, I promise, who's to say that we
- don't want to participate in some of these federal programs?
Keywords:
federal funding, state budget, appropriation, block grants, noncustodial funds, legislative authority, Arizona attorney general, Department of Public Safety, DPS, consumer fraud revolving fund, consumer protection fund, gang and immigration intelligence team enforcement mission fund, public safety appropriation, supplemental appropriation, outside counsel, state agency legal representation, legal services, state settlement proceeds, general fund, A.R.S. 41-192
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Community Safety Feb 3rd, 2026 at 04:00 pm
Community Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill authorizes the court to impose a sentencing alternative or sentence below the standard range
- As a reminder, House Bill 2648 concerns state and local law enforcement interactions with federal immigration
- agents rather than United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees conducting immigration
- United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees conducting immigration enforcement activities
- Minnesota showed us the consequences of federal immigration enforcement operating without transparency
Committee:
House Community Safety
Keywords:
domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, survivor protections, legal remedies, defendants, sexual exploitation, minors, child safety, law enforcement, victim support, criminal justice training commission, CJTC, law enforcement training, peace officer certification, decertification, corrections officer certification, tribal police certification, police accountability, police oversight
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/16/2026 - House Public Safety & Law Enforcement
Public Safety & Law Enforcement
Transcript Highlights:
- members, Senate Bill 1520 requires the state and its agencies to share any data requested by the federal
- The bill requires the state and its agencies to share any data requested by the federal government regarding
- the status of or any information relating to an unauthorized alien, undocumented immigrant, or individual
- I was with the Port Authority Police in New York City. I served for 20 years.
- I was with the Port Authority Police in New York City. We had a large department, about 1,200.
Committees:
House Public Safety & Law Enforcement , House House Public Safety & Law Enforcement Committee of Reference
Keywords:
trauma, public safety, counseling, mental health, employee benefits, law enforcement, stress management, suicide prevention, workforce readiness, disciplinary action, appeals, termination, superior court, investigative process, reinstatement, immigration, data sharing, federal government, undocumented immigrants, visa overstays
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Community Safety Jan 29th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Community Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- So it is sort of nuanced and surprising, but under federal immigration law, our current system in Washington
- For context, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, is a federal law enforcement agency under the
- House Bill 2648 concerns state and local law enforcement interactions with federal immigration enforcement
- House Bill 2648 concerns state and local law enforcement interactions with federal immigration enforcement
- of the federal courts. immigration, and federal law enforcement duties are under the jurisdiction of
Committee:
House Community Safety
Keywords:
rehabilitation, felony offenses, criminal justice reform, first-time offenders, pathways to rehabilitation, mental health, sentencing alternative, criminal justice, diversion programs, HB 2641, ICE out act, law enforcement hiring, immigration and customs enforcement, ICE officers, former federal employees, sworn officer, police staffing, general authority law enforcement agency, limited authority law enforcement agency, immigration enforcement
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Subcommittee Subcommittee on State Federal Relations will come to order.
- So whatever we can do as a state to urge our federal counterparts to make sure that they go and.
- We're deeply grateful for the resolution because it gives Texas farmers a voice in federal diplomacy
- Even though some people say this is a federal issue and not a state issue, we disagree.
- I think we're the federal government has done a lot of things that are trying to streamline that. and
Committee:
House S/C on State-Federal Relations
Keywords:
COFA, Compact of Free Association, Palau, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, COFA islanders, Texas House resolution, commemorative resolution, COFA Day, March 18 2025, Pacific Islands, insular affairs, U.S. territories, federal benefits, SNAP, TANF, FEMA, in-state tuition, veterans, Indo-Pacific
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Civil Rights & Judiciary Feb 4th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Civil Rights & Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- immigration enforcement.
- So in a sentence or two, federal 1983?
- immigration enforcement.
- So in a sentence or two, federal, 1983. In a sentence or two, federal 1983?
- So it could be a state official, a local official, a federal official.
Committee:
House Civil Rights & Judiciary
Keywords:
litigation finance, legal funding, lawsuit, financial services, access to justice, common interest communities, homeowners association, property management, housing regulations, community governance, criminal justice, judgment, collateral attack, legal proceedings, sentencing reform, firearm regulation, manufacturing, safety standards, background checks, license requirements
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 16th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Workplace Standards
Transcript Highlights:
- By way of brief background, federal law prohibits employers from knowingly hiring immigrants who are
- HB 2105 would place employers in a no-win situation, trapped between federal immigration enforcement
- There is a potential for employers to be cited for violation of federal immigration law by complying
- The current immigration enforcement strategy employed by the federal government is unprecedented.
- The current immigration enforcement strategy employed by the federal government is unpredictable and
Committee:
House Labor & Workplace Standards
Keywords:
public employers, employee information, bargaining representatives, labor relations, union representation, immigrant worker protections, immigrant rights, worker protections, I-9 audit, Form I-9, employment eligibility verification, workplace raid, federal immigration inspection, employer notice, anti-retaliation, retaliation, Attorney General enforcement, private right of action, labor law, workplace rights
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It, it doesn't alter any federal immigration laws.
- It grants Texas the authority to enforce federal immigration law without any input from the federal government
- federal immigration law.
- But as far as enforcing federal immigration law goes, the federal government needs to be involved.
- So, what I would say is that federal, when the federal government has a body of law, like federal immigration
Committee:
House S/C on State-Federal Relations
Keywords:
tax, ad valorem, voter-approval, local government finance, property tax, repeal, tax rates, school finance, tax reduction, compressed tax rate, education, funding, HB 176, Texas border security, interstate compact, Government Code Chapter 794, Texas-Mexico border, border enforcement, immigration enforcement, ICE 287(g)
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/16/2026 - Senate Military Affairs and Border Security
Military Affairs and Border Security
Transcript Highlights:
- immigration authorities in the enforcement of federal immigration laws and subjects a violation of the
- of the state to enter into agreements with federal authorities to support the enforcement of federal
- Federal authorities to support the enforcement of federal immigration laws. Mr.
- bans policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
- immigration is a federal law, not a state law.
Committee:
Senate Military Affairs and Border Security
Keywords:
National Guard, active duty, combat, Arizona, declaration of war, state law, military service, property tax, exemptions, veterans, disabilities, widows and widowers, Arizona Revised Statutes, immigration enforcement, local law enforcement, federal cooperation, law enforcement training, public safety, military affairs, funding
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- H.R. 1 gives federal regulators the authority to exempt or delay a state's implementation for up to two
- authority under federal law if the waiver is not granted.
- status to immigration authorities.
- status to immigration authorities.
- The mere belief that hospital records could be accessed or shared with immigration authorities is enough
Committees:
House Health & Human Services , House House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference
Keywords:
physician assistants, licensure compact, medical services, multistate practice, patient care access, healthcare workforce, military families, adverse actions, dementia care, telementoring, healthcare education, rural communities, grant funding, HB 2233, rural health transformation, rural health transformation program, AHCCCS, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, Joint Legislative Budget Committee, JLBC
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans Jan 16th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans
Transcript Highlights:
- Creative solutions that blend local, state, and federal dollars.
- The Attorney General is required to notify the Federal Attorney General and the Federal Inspector General
- authorities could check paperwork.
- When federal immigration agents enter wildfire response areas and detain workers while fires are still
- We do know that it's happened with federal law enforcement agencies.
Keywords:
economic development, federal funds, state funding, infrastructure, grants, local government, emergency responders, emergency response, disaster response, obstruction of law enforcement, gross misdemeanor, public safety, incident command system, emergency operation zone, emergency management, law enforcement restrictions, warrant requirement, search and seizure, civil liberties, due process
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Jan 30th, 2026 at 12:05 pm
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And by individuals for federal civil immigration enforcement violations, Mr. Speaker, I don't know.
- It's also about how ICE is using its authority in the vagaries of the actual statute federally.
- Does this allow immigration officers to indeed continue their work if it is against that federal statute
- If a question is going to be related to the criminal, civil aspects of federal immigration law, I will
- immigration detention.
Keywords:
nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial