Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session
Relating to: eligibility for appointment as a law enforcement or correctional officer.
Citizenship Jail Police Prison
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, no person may be appointed as a deputy sheriff of any
county or police officer of any city, village, or town unless that person is a citizen of
the United States. This bill provides that no person may be appointed as a law
enforcement officer or correctional officer unless that person is legally eligible to
work in that position in the United States and, if the person is not a citizen of the
United States, has been lawfully present in the United States for the six consecutive
years preceding appointment. The bill specifies, however, that noncitizen holders of
A-3, N-8, or N-9 visas may not be appointed to any of these positions.
Sponsors
Full history
- Sep 19, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Penterman, Baldeh, Melotik, Ohnstad and Ortiz-Velez; cosponsored by Senator James
- Sep 19, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- Oct 11, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
- Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1