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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 402

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Relating to: local contracts with the federal government related to housing or detaining persons in locked detention facilities and a limitation on establishing county secured facilities.

Contracts Corrections department of County Federal_state relations Immigration Juvenile detention facility Kindergarten Municipality Police Prison Refugees Town Village

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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 certain local governmental units from entering into certain

detention contracts with the federal government. Specifically under this bill, a city,

village, town, or county or local law enforcement agency (local governmental unit)

may not:

1. Enter into or extend a contract with the federal government to house or

detain noncitizens in a locked detention facility for purposes of civil immigration

custody.

2. With an exception, enter into or extend a contract with the federal

government to house minors in a locked detention facility.

Under current law, a county may establish houses of correction, jails, lockup

facilities, and other secured facilities only with the approval of and subject to

inspection by the Department of Corrections. Under this bill, DOC is prohibited from

approving any such facility that is proposed to be established for the purpose of

detaining noncitizens for the purpose of civil immigration custody.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Smith (D)

6 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Cabrera (D) , Haywood (D)

Full history

  1. Sep 16, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Larson, L. Taylor, Smith and Johnson; cosponsored by Representatives Cabrera, Brostoff, C. Taylor, Haywood, Bowen and Anderson

  2. Sep 16, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts

  3. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1