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Three priority bills have been filed so far:
✅ SB 245 / HB 444 - Public Safety – Immigration Enforcement Agreements – Prohibition - would prohibit a law enforcement agency from intering into an agreement with ICE under Section 287(g) to assist in enforcing immigration laws.
✅ SB 1 / HB 155 - Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Face Coverings - would require the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to develop a model policy prohibiting the use of a face covering in the performance of duty and would prohibit a certain law enforcement officer from wearing a certain face covering while in the performance of duty in the State, except when actively engaged in an undercover operation.
✅ HB 711 \ SB 504 - Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act) - would require a custodian of a public record to take reasonable steps to determine whether a public record is accessed for enforcing immigration law and establishes procedures for governmental entities to account for data containing sensitive attributes, such as racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, consumer health data, sex life, sexual orientation, status as transgender or nonbinary, national origin, citizenship or immigration status genetic data or biometric data, personal data of a consumer that the government knows or has reason to know is a child, or precise geolocation data.
✅ HB 309 - Judicial Facilities - Stops, Detentions, and Arrests - Limitations - would prohibit a person from being stopped, detained, ose of attending a meeting, a hearing, or another official proceeding in the Judicial facility or while traveling within 1 mile of a judicial facility for the purpose of attending a meeting, a hearing, or another official proceeding in the Judicial facility.
For more information, please contact our Immigration Issue Lead, Jim Caldiero at Immigration@uulmmd.org
Subject | Bill Number | XFile Bill Number | Sponsor | Title | Status | Current Location | Priority | Position | Action | Synopsis |
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Attorney General-Independent Investigations | HB1036 | Delegate Bartlett | Office of the Attorney General - Independent Investigations Division - Federal Law Enforcement or Immigration Enforcement | Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | Requiring the Independent Investigations Division of the Office of the Attorney General to investigate the death of a person that occurs in connection with an interaction with federal law enforcement or federal immigration enforcement; requiring the Division to submit a certain report to the Governor and the General Assembly after conducting the investigation; and requiring the Attorney General to prosecute a certain case under certain circumstances. | ||||
Aviation Health and Safety Act | HB0639 | SB0505 | Delegate Charkoudian | Transportation - Aviation - Passenger Health and Safety (Aviation Health and Safety Act) | Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m. | Environment and Transportation | Priority | Support | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Requiring the Maryland Aviation Administration to develop certain passenger forms for aircraft traveling with detained individuals; requiring certain flight crews to distribute and collect certain forms; requiring certain aeronautical service providers to confirm that the forms are on board an aircraft before servicing the aircraft; prohibiting the refueling of an aircraft if an individual on board is in any kind of restraint; requiring that certain individuals who are removed from an aircraft be provided certain services; etc. |
Aviation Health and Safety Act | SB0505 | HB0639 | Senator Lam | Transportation - Aviation - Passenger Health and Safety (Aviation Health and Safety Act) | Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. | Finance | Priority | Support | Contact your Senator on Committee | Requiring the Maryland Aviation Administration to develop certain passenger forms for aircraft traveling with detained individuals; requiring certain flight crews to distribute and collect certain forms; requiring certain aeronautical service providers to confirm that the forms are on board an aircraft before servicing the aircraft; prohibiting the refueling of an aircraft if an individual on board is in any kind of restraint; requiring that certain individuals who are removed from an aircraft be provided certain services; etc. |
Ban on Sanctuary Policies | HB0719 | Delegate Arikan | Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement - Prohibition Against Sanctuary Policies | Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | Oppose | Prohibiting the State, a unit of local government, a county sheriff, or an agency, an officer, an employee, or an agent of the State or a unit of local government from adopting or having in effect a certain sanctuary policy; and repealing certain provisions of law that are inconsistent with the Act. | |||
Corrections and Public Safety – Immigration Enforcement | HB1575 | SB0791 | Delegate Phillips | Correctional Services and Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement - Prohibitions (Community Trust Act) | Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | Prohibiting employees and agents of State and local correctional facilities from taking certain actions related to immigration enforcement, subject to certain exceptions; and prohibiting law enforcement agents from taking certain actions related to immigration enforcement, subject to certain exceptions. | |||
Corrections and Public Safety – Immigration Enforcement | SB0791 | HB1575 | Senator Lam | Correctional Services and Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement - Prohibitions (Community Trust Act) | Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings | Prohibiting employees and agents of State and local correctional facilities from taking certain actions related to immigration enforcement, subject to certain exceptions; and prohibiting law enforcement agents from taking certain actions related to immigration enforcement, subject to certain exceptions. | |||
Data Privacy | HB0711 | SB0504 | Delegate Charkoudian | Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act) | Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | Economic Matters | Priority | Support | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Prohibiting a certain controller from selling the personal data of a consumer to a purchaser who seeks to use the data for immigration enforcement; requiring a custodian of a public record to take reasonable steps to determine whether a public record is accessed for enforcing immigration law; requiring an entity that operates a certain message switching system to take certain actions regarding system access; requiring certain procedures of certain governmental entities to account for data containing sensitive attributes; etc. |
Data Privacy | SB0504 | HB0711 | Senator Lam | Data Privacy - Consumer Data, Public Records, and Message Switching System (Data Privacy Act) | Hearing 2/26 at 1:00 p.m. | Finance | Priority | Support | Contact your Senator on Committee | Prohibiting a certain controller from selling the personal data of a consumer to a purchaser who seeks to use the data for immigration enforcement; requiring a custodian of a public record to take reasonable steps to determine whether a public record is accessed for enforcing immigration law; requiring an entity that operates a certain message switching system to take certain actions regarding system access; requiring certain procedures of certain governmental entities to account for data containing sensitive attributes; etc. |
Detention Facilities-Minimum Standards | HB1018 | Delegate Stewart | Correctional Services - Immigration Detention Facilities - Minimum Mandatory Standards | Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Priority | Support | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Requiring the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services to adopt regulations establishing certain minimum mandatory standards governing the care, custody, and conditions of civil detainees in immigration detention facilities; altering certain duties of and prohibitions on the actions of the Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards relating to correctional facilities and immigration detention facilities; etc. | |
Enforcement - Required Notice & Transfer | HB0725 | Delegate Arikan | Correctional Services - Immigration Enforcement - Required Notice and Transfer | Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | Oppose | Requiring an employee or agent of a State or local correctional facility, if requested by federal immigration authorities, to provide notice of the release of an individual at least 48 hours prior to the release and to transfer the individual to federal immigration authorities. | |||
Enforcement Agreements | HB0675 | Delegate Arikan | Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement - Immigration Enforcement Agreements | Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | Oppose | Requiring local law enforcement agencies in the State that operate a correctional facility to enter into an immigration enforcement agreement by January 1, 2027; and establishing penalties for local law enforcement agencies that fail to comply with the requirements of this Act. | |||
Enforcement Limits and Transparency | HB1536 | Delegate Lopez | Maryland Enforcement Limits and Transparency (MELT) Act | Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | Prohibiting a person from voluntarily assisting in immigration enforcement under certain circumstances and requiring a person who assists immigration enforcement to make and maintain certain records; authorizing a person injured by a violation of the Act to bring a certain civil suit; authorizing the Attorney General to make a certain investigation and to take certain actions to enforce the Act; etc. | ||||
Face Coverings Prohibited | SB0001 | HB0155 | Senator Augustine | Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Face Coverings | First Reading Judiciary | Judiciary | Priority | Support | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to develop a model policy prohibiting the use of a face covering in the performance of duty; requiring a law enforcement agency to adopt a policy consistent with the model policy developed by the Commission; and prohibiting a certain law enforcement officer from wearing a certain face covering while in the performance of duty in the State, except when actively engaged in an undercover operation. |
Face Coverings Prohibited | HB0155 | SB0001 | Delegate Williams | Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Prohibition on Face Coverings | Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | Priority | Support | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Requiring the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to develop a model policy prohibiting the use of a face covering in the performance of duty; requiring a law enforcement agency to adopt a policy consistent with the model policy developed by the Commission; and prohibiting a certain law enforcement officer from wearing a certain face covering while in the performance of duty in the State, except when actively engaged in an undercover operation. |
Federal Agents - Digital Unmasking | HB0351 | Delegate Moon | Public Safety - Federal Agents - Digital Unmasking | Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | Authorizing the Office of the Attorney General or a State's Attorney, upon receipt of a complaint of federal agent misconduct, to direct the Maryland State Police to gather and securely retain certain identifying digital data about a certain federal agent or federal agents; and authorizing a certain complainant to obtain certain identifying digital data only pursuant to a court order issued in a certain case. | ||||
Federal Law Enforcement Officers-Restrictions | SB0854 | HB1262 | Senator Sydnor | Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Restrictions | Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings | Establishing that a federal law enforcement officer's powers granted under a certain provision of law may be exercised only when the federal law enforcement officer is acting in accordance with State law; prohibiting a law enforcement officer of law enforcement agency from engaging in racial profiling; prohibiting a law enforcement agency from taking retaliatory punitive action against a law enforcement officer who discloses information concerning racial profiling; etc. | |||
Federal Law Enforcement Officers-Restrictions | HB1262 | SB0854 | Delegate Ruff | Public Safety - Law Enforcement Officers - Restrictions | Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | Establishing that a federal law enforcement officer's powers granted under a certain provision of law may be exercised only when the federal law enforcement officer is acting in accordance with State law; prohibiting a law enforcement officer or a law enforcement agency from engaging in racial profiling; prohibiting a law enforcement agency from taking retaliatory punitive action against a law enforcement officer who discloses information concerning racial profiling; etc. | |||
Hospitals - Immigration Enforcement Action | SB0792 | Senator Lam | Hospitals - Immigration Enforcement Action - Policy Requirement | Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. | Finance | Requiring the State Health Services Cost Review Commission to develop and publish a model policy, by October 1, 2026, describing how hospitals are required to respond to an immigration enforcement action at the hospitals; and requiring certain hospitals in the State to develop a policy describing how each hospital will respond to an immigration enforcement action at the hospital by January 1, 2027, or 3 months after the Commission publishes a model policy. | ||||
Immigration Detention Facilities-Design | HB0630 | Delegate Schindler | Correctional Services - Immigration Detention Facilities - Original Design and Construction | Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | Support | Prohibiting a person from operating an immigration detention facility at a building, structure, or facility that was not originally designed and constructed for the purpose of housing or detaining individuals. | |||
Immigration Enforcement Agreements-Prohibition | SB0245 | HB0444 | Senator Smith | Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement Agreements - Prohibition | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 1 | Enacted | Priority | Support | Prohibiting the State, a unit of local government, a county sheriff, or any agency, officer, employee, or agent of the State or a unit of local government from entering into an immigration enforcement agreement; and requiring the termination of an existing immigration enforcement agreement on or before July 1, 2026. | |
Immigration Enforcement Agreements-Prohibition | HB0444 | SB0245 | Delegate Williams | Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement Agreements - Prohibition | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 2 | Enacted | Priority | Support | Prohibiting the State, a unit of local government, a county sheriff, or any agency, officer, employee, or agent of the State or a unit of local government from entering into an immigration enforcement agreement; and requiring the termination of an existing immigration enforcement agreement on or before July 1, 2026. | |
Immunity - Court Proceeding | HB0495 | Delegate Rosenberg | Criminal Procedure - Immigration Arrest - Immunity in Connection With Court Proceeding | Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | Providing that a certain individual duly and in good faith attending a certain court proceeding is immune from a certain immigration arrest in connection with attendance at a court proceeding under certain circumstances; and prohibiting a person from making an arrest in violation of the Act. | ||||
Judicial Facilities - Stops, Detentions, and Arrests | HB0309 | Delegate Stewart | Judicial Facilities - Stops, Detentions, and Arrests - Limitations | Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | Priority | Support | Contact your Delegate on Committee | Prohibiting a person from being stopped, detained, or arrested for certain civil offenses while the individual is in a judicial facility or is traveling within 1 mile of a judicial facility for the purpose of attending a meeting, a hearing, or another official proceeding in the Judicial facility except under certain circumstances; establishing that evidence obtained in violation of the Act is inadmissible in a proceeding over which a State court or State or local agency has jurisdiction; etc. | |
Law Enforcement Agencies - Hiring Restriction | HB0832 | Delegate Boafo | Public Safety - State Law Enforcement Agencies - Hiring Restriction (ICE Breaker Act) | Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | Prohibiting State law enforcement agencies from hiring individuals who were hired as sworn officers by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement after January 20, 2025. | ||||
Law Enforcement-Use of Force - National Guard | HB1031 | Delegate Bartlett | Law Enforcement - Use of Force - National Guard Members | Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. | Judiciary | Establishing certain use of force standards applicable to certain National Guard members acting in the State; and prohibiting a National Guard member from violating the use of force standards, resulting in serious physical injury or death to a person. | ||||
Private Immigration Detention Facilities-Zoning | HB1017 | Delegate Wells | Correctional Services - Private Immigration Detention Facilities - Zoning Requirement | Hearing 2/12 at 2:00 p.m. | Government, Labor, and Elections | Support | Prohibiting the State or a unit of local government from approving the use of a building or structure as an immigration detention facility by a private entity unless certain zoning authority applies; establishing a certain penalty for a certain violation; and authorizing the Attorney General to bring a civil action to enforce the Act. | |||
Public Schools-Immigration Investigation and Enforcement | HB1341 | SB0810 | Delegate Ebersole | Public Schools - School Security Personnel - Immigration Investigation and Enforcement | Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary) | Judiciary | Prohibiting public school security personnel from engaging in certain federal immigration investigation and enforcement functions; and prohibiting public school security personnel from producing or sharing certain student or employee information for purposes of federal immigration investigation and enforcement, except under certain circumstances. | |||
Public Schools-Immigration Investigation and Enforcement | SB0810 | HB1341 | Senator King | Public Schools - School Security Personnel - Immigration Investigation and Enforcement | Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment) | Education, Energy, and the Environment | Prohibiting public school security personnel from engaging in certain federal immigration investigation and enforcement functions; and prohibiting public school security personnel from producing or sharing certain student or employee information for purposes of federal immigration investigation and enforcement, except under certain circumstances. | |||
Response to Immigration Enforcement Actions | SB0660 | Senator Love | Public Safety - Law Enforcement - Response to Immigration Enforcement Actions | Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. | Judicial Proceedings | Support | Requiring a law enforcement agency to respond to a report of an immigration enforcement activity within the agency's jurisdiction; requiring a law enforcement officer responding to a report of an immigration enforcement activity to observe and report certain information; and requiring that the reports and recordings created in accordance with the Act are subject to the Public Information Act. | |||
Supplemental Nutrition for Regugees and Asylees | HB1458 | Delegate Shetty | State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Refugees and Asylees - Establishment | Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m. | Appropriations | Establishing the State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Refugees and Asylees; providing the purpose of the Program is to expand food access to certain households; requiring the Department of Human Services to administer the Program; establishing that certain individuals under the Program receive a certain supplemental benefit; and requiring the Department of Human Services to adopt certain regulations. | ||||
Undocumented Students - Out–of-State Tuition Exemption | HB1530 | Delegate Woorman | Higher Education - Undocumented Students - Out-of-State Tuition Exemption Eligibility | Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m. | Appropriations | Repealing the requirement that an individual or the individual's parent or guardian file taxes for eligibility to receive an out-of-state tuition exemption at a public institution of higher education. |
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