Bill Text - HB1266 (2022)

Relative to restrictions on enforcement of federal immigration laws.


Revision: Nov. 19, 2021, 11:25 a.m.

HB 1266  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2022 SESSION

22-2308

08/10

 

HOUSE BILL 1266

 

AN ACT relative to restrictions on enforcement of federal immigration laws.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Piemonte, Rock. 4; Rep. Torosian, Rock. 14; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 6

 

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill prohibits state, county, municipal, or judicial officials from adopting or enforcing policies restricting enforcement of federal immigration laws.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2308

08/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT relative to restrictions on enforcement of federal immigration laws.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Chapter; Immigration Enforcement.  Amend RSA by inserting after chapter 103 the following new chapter:

CHAPTER 103-A

IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT

103-A:1  Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law.  A state, county, local government or judicial entity, person, employee, appointed or elected official, shall not adopt or enforce a policy or take any other action to prohibit, limit, or in any way restrict or discourage the enforcement of federal immigration laws, including but not limited to 8 U.S.C. 1373.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.