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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 127

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Relating to: prohibiting local ordinances, resolutions, and policies that prohibit immigration status inquiries and reports to, and cooperation with, other units of government about the presence of illegal aliens, authorizing a resident of this state to commence an enforcement action, and providing a reduction in shared revenue payments. (FE)

Alien Attorney general Auction Circuit court County Court — Procedure District attorney Immigration Municipality Ordinance Public assistance Revenue, department of Shared revenue Sheriff Shoreland zoning Town Village

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill prohibits a city, village, town, or county (political subdivision) from

enacting an ordinance, adopting a resolution, or establishing a policy that would

prohibit an employee from inquiring whether an individual who receives public

services is lawfully present in the state, notifying the federal government of the

presence of aliens who are not lawfully present, acting according to or complying with

state law regarding arrested persons who are not lawfully present, inquiring about

the immigration status of an individual who has been lawfully detained or arrested,

or from otherwise cooperating with or assisting the federal government, or other

units of government, with immigration enforcement. Under the bill, a state resident

who believes that a political subdivision is not complying with these requirements

may petition for a writ of mandamus requiring compliance, and, if a court finds that

a political subdivision has failed to comply, the Department of Revenue must reduce

the political subdivision's shared revenue payments in the next year by $500 to

$5,000, depending on the political subdivision's population, for each day of

noncompliance.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Gannon (R) , Horlacher (R) , Jacque (R) , Kremer (R) , Murphy (R) , Schraa (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Weatherston (R)

Full history

  1. Mar 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Brandtjen, Murphy, Jacque, Horlacher, Kremer, Thiesfeldt, Weatherston, Gannon, Schraa and Allen

  2. Mar 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government

  3. Mar 23, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1