| Last Action | 02/05/25: to Committee on Committees (H) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to sanctuary policies. |
| Bill Documents | Introduced |
| Fiscal Impact Statements |
Corrections Impact
Local Mandate |
| Bill Request Number | 875 |
| Sponsors | J. Bauman, T. Roberts, J. Calloway, C. Lewis, J. Nemes |
| Summary of Original Version | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 61 to define terms; prohibit state and local governmental entities from adopting sanctuary policies; require law enforcement agencies to use reasonable resources to support the enforcement of federal immigration law; prohibit policies which would restrict the sharing of information with federal immigration agencies; require compliance with federal requirements when a defendant subject to an immigration detainer has been sentenced in a criminal case; require correctional facilities to provide information regarding the date of discharge to federal immigration agencies and cooperate in the transfer of an inmate to federal custody; require completion of a sentence before an inmate may be transferred to federal custody in cases where the inmate is a violent offender; require a law enforcement agency to provide notice to a judge if a person in their custody is subject to an immigration detainer; require counties to endeavor to enter into agreements with federal immigration agencies regarding the housing of persons in county jails who are subject to immigration detainers; create a rebuttable presumption that a state or local officer who intentionally violates any of the provisions has committed malfeasance and neglect of duty and is subject to impeachment; allow the Attorney General to make findings that a local government has violated the Act; and to withhold road aid funding if the local government willfully violates the Act by refusing to cease a violation; create a private right of action against an official that has adopted a sanctuary policy; waive immunities when a person is injured by a person released as a result of a sanctuary policy; amend KRS 177.360 and 177.366 to require county road aid moneys be suspended upon notice by the Attorney General of willful violations by a local government and reinstated upon notice by the Attorney General of compliance; provide that the Act may be cited as the Lawful Immigration System Act of 2025. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Corrections Impact - Immigration law compliance, requirement Local Mandate - Immigration law compliance, requirement Courts - Federal immigration law compliance, requirement Crimes and Punishments - Federal immigration law compliance, requirement Federal Laws and Regulations - Immigration law compliance, requirement Jails and Jailers - Federal immigration law compliance, requirement Local Government - Sanctuary policies, prohibition Peace Officers and Law Enforcement - Federal immigration law compliance, requirement State Agencies - Sanctuary policies, prohibition, immunity waiver State Employees - Sanctuary policies, prohibition, immunity waiver Transportation - Federal immigration law compliance county road aid, withholding Immigration - Sanctuary policies, prohibition Attorney General - Sanctuary policies, compliance, findings, establishment Corrections and Correctional Facilities, State - Federal immigration law compliance, requirement Counties - County jails, contracts with federal immigration agencies, requirement Short Titles and Popular Names - Lawful Immigration System Act of 2025 Public Protection - Federal immigration law compliance, requirement |
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Last updated: 2/6/2025 5:44 PM (EST)