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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 138

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Relating to: prohibiting local ordinances, resolutions, and policies that prohibit the enforcement of federal or state law relating to illegal aliens or immigration status, authorizing certain elective officeholders to commence an enforcement action, providing a reduction in shared revenue payments, and creating governmental liability for damages caused by illegal aliens. (FE)

Alien Attorney general Circuit court County Court — Procedure Damage personal injury Damage to property District attorney Immigration Municipality Ordinance Shared revenue Sheriff 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

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill prohibits a city, village, town, or county from enacting or enforcing an

ordinance, resolution, or policy that prohibits the enforcement of a federal or state

law relating to illegal aliens or ascertaining whether an individual has satisfactory

immigration status. The bill also requires a political subdivision to comply with a

lawful detainer that is issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and

authorizes the attorney general or the appropriate district attorney or sheriff to file

a writ of mandamus with the circuit court to require compliance with the

requirements created by the bill if he or she believes that the political subdivision is

failing to comply with the requirements.

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. Also under the bill, if a court makes such a finding, the

political subdivision is liable for any damages caused by an illegal alien.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: August (R) , Edming (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Murphy (R) , Neylon (R) , Ramthun (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Skowronski (R) , Sortwell (R) , Spiros (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

6 cosponsors

Craig (R) , Jacque (R) , Kapenga (R) , Nass (R) , Stroebel (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Full history

  1. Mar 25, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Spiros, August, Edming, Kuglitsch, Murphy, Neylon, Ramthun, Sanfelippo, Skowronski, Sortwell, Thiesfeldt, Tusler and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Nass, Craig, Jacque, Kapenga, Stroebel and Wanggaard

  2. Mar 25, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Federalism and Interstate Relations

  3. Apr 10, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1