HB 24-1128

House Bill 24-1128 in Colorado aims to enforce federal immigration law more strictly by allowing local police to cooperate with federal immigration officials and requiring them to report suspected undocumented individuals. The bill also revokes previous protections that prevented the sharing of personal information about individuals with federal immigration authorities and stopped state and local governments from entering into contracts for immigration detention services. Signed into law, this bill essentially reverses measures put in place since 2013 that limited cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration agencies, affecting how both police and government entities handle immigration matters within the state.

Official Summary

In 2006, the general assembly passed Senate Bill 06-090 that: Prohibited a local government from passing any ordinance or policy that would prohibit a police officer, local official, or local government employee from cooperating with federal officials with regard to the immigration status of a person within the state; Required a peace officer who has probable cause to believe that a person is not legally present in the United States to report the person to the federal immigration and customs enforcement office; Required each local government to provide notice to peace officers of the duty to report and to provide written confirmation of the notice and reporting statistics to the general assembly; and Prohibited a local government that violates this provision from receiving any grants administered by the department of local affairs. Senate Bill 06-090 was repealed in 2013. This bill recreates and reenacts the 2006 bill. Current law prohibits: A person from being arrested while the person is present at a courthouse, or while going to, attending, or coming from a court proceeding, and provides remedies for a violation; A probation officer or probation department employee from providing personal information about an individual to federal immigration authorities; and State and local governmental entities from contracting with a private entity for immigration detention services or entering into agreements for immigration detention services. The bill repeals each of these laws. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)