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H0315Introduced in the House

Immigration, Law Enforcement, and State-issued Identification

Failed

Introduced by Dotie Joseph, District 108

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Creates Office for New Americans in Department of Commerce; provides requirements for Office for New Americans; provides that discrimination based on person's immigration status is unlawful; revises provisions of law relating to driver licenses, licensing, E-Verify System, the practice of law, federal immigration detainers, law enforcement agencies, DNA samples, education, & reclassification of penalties based on a person's immigration status; removes provisions of law relating to hospital patient data collection, human smuggling, sanctuary policies, duties relating to immigration detainees, reimbursement of costs, & sentence of death for capital offense committed by unauthorized alien; prohibits law enforcement agencies or officers, sheriff's deputies, & federal immigration agencies from engaging in certain immigration enforcement activities within a specified distance of public or private schools, child care facilities, or religious institutions; requires immigration officers to wear specified visible identification; prohibits law enforcement & immigration officers from wearing face coverings in performance of their official duties; requires specified advance notice be given to sheriff; provides criminal penalties; prohibits children from being denied free public education based on immigration status.

Where it stands

Died in Judiciary Committee

March 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.

Bill history

  1. Filed

  2. Referred to Judiciary Committee

  3. Referred to Commerce Committee

  4. Referred to Budget Committee

  5. Referred to State Affairs Committee

  6. Now in Judiciary Committee

  7. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  8. Died in Judiciary Committee

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