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S.B. 136 Enforcement Activities Amendments

Did not passWritten by Sen. Nate Blouin

  1. Introduced
  2. Senate committee (stopped here)
  3. Senate vote
  4. House committee
  5. House vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

The bill would require a judicial warrant for federal agents to enter sensitive places such as non-public areas of libraries, government health facilities, courthouses, and shelters, though not detention facilities. It would also set rules on face coverings for law enforcement and limit the use of state funds and personnel to assist federal enforcement actions.

Plain-English summary written by AI from the sponsor’s presentation in committee and on the floor. Check the official text below.

Official description
  • defines terms
  • prohibits certain state or local law enforcement officers from assisting with a federal immigration enforcement operation in a sensitive location or house of worship
  • prohibits, with certain exceptions, an employee of a law enforcement agency from using a facial covering
  • provides:
  • a criminal penalty for an illegal use of a facial covering
  • a waiver of immunity and allowance for damages against an employee of a law enforcement agency who violates the facial mask prohibition and commits a specified offense
  • an exemption from the criminal penalty if the employing law enforcement agency has established and publicly posted a facial covering policy
  • requires a law enforcement agency to establish and publicly post a facial covering policy and includes requirements for a law enforcement facial covering policy
  • requires, with certain exceptions, a governmental entity operating a sensitive location to not allow into certain non-public areas an individual who is seeking access to conduct an immigration enforcement operation
  • contains severability clauses
  • makes technical and conforming changes
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What it costs you

From the bill's latest official fiscal note, counting the state's tax funds (General, Income Tax, Education, Uniform School, and Transportation) in the first full budget year after the session. Some bills take effect partway through that year, so later years can be larger; the note shows each year. Household count: U.S. Census Bureau. An average is a starting point, not your bill.

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