Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that prohibits correctional facilities from taking certain actions related to immigration enforcement in Maryland.

Highlights:

• Prohibits a correctional facility from doing the following regarding a non-convicted individual (Sec. 1):

• Inquiring about or investigating an individual’s citizenship, immigration status, or place of birth;

• Detaining or prolonging the detention of an individual based on suspicion of a civil immigration violation or at the request of federal immigration authorities;

• Notifying federal immigration authorities that an individual is in custody unless required by a valid court order or judicial warrant; or

• Transferring an individual to federal immigration authorities without a valid judicial warrant.

• Exempts the Baltimore City Detention Center and the centralized booking facility in Baltimore City from the provisions of this section (Sec. 1).

• Requires a state correctional facility to notify federal immigration authorities of the release of an individual who is the subject of an active immigration detainer (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits a state correctional facility from coercing, intimidating, or threatening an individual based on their actual or perceived citizenship or immigration status (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes the Attorney General to bring civil action to enforce this section (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the state definition of “court order” does not include a document issued by the United States Department of Homeland Security, the United States Department of Justice, or any successor agency (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits law enforcement agents from providing federal immigration authorities with information about an individual obtained in the course of their duties (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes a district court commissioner to consider the existence of an immigration detainer when determining whether to authorize pretrial release or set bond or bail for a defendant charged with a felony (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that this Act takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 3).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that prohibits correctional facilities from taking certain actions related to immigration enforcement in Maryland.

Highlights:

• Prohibits a correctional facility from doing the following regarding a non-convicted individual (Sec. 1):

• Inquiring about or investigating an individual’s citizenship, immigration status, or place of birth;

• Detaining or prolonging the detention of an individual based on suspicion of a civil immigration violation or at the request of federal immigration authorities;

• Notifying federal immigration authorities that an individual is in custody unless required by a valid court order or judicial warrant; or

• Transferring an individual to federal immigration authorities without a valid judicial warrant.

• Exempts the Baltimore City Detention Center and the centralized booking facility in Baltimore City from the provisions of this section (Sec. 1).

• Requires a state correctional facility to notify federal immigration authorities of the release of an individual who is the subject of an active immigration detainer (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits a state correctional facility from coercing, intimidating, or threatening an individual based on their actual or perceived citizenship or immigration status (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes the Attorney General to bring civil action to enforce this section (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the state definition of “court order” does not include a document issued by the United States Department of Homeland Security, the United States Department of Justice, or any successor agency (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits law enforcement agents from providing federal immigration authorities with information about an individual obtained in the course of their duties (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes a district court commissioner to consider the existence of an immigration detainer when determining whether to authorize pretrial release or set bond or bail for a defendant charged with a felony (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that this Act takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 3).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that prohibits correctional facilities from taking certain actions related to immigration enforcement in Maryland.

Highlights:

• Prohibits a correctional facility from doing the following regarding a non-convicted individual (Sec. 1):

• Inquiring about or investigating an individual’s citizenship, immigration status, or place of birth;

• Detaining or prolonging the detention of an individual based on suspicion of a civil immigration violation or at the request of federal immigration authorities;

• Notifying federal immigration authorities that an individual is in custody unless required by a valid court order or judicial warrant; or

• Transferring an individual to federal immigration authorities without a valid judicial warrant.

• Exempts the Baltimore City Detention Center and the centralized booking facility in Baltimore City from the provisions of this section (Sec. 1).

• Requires a state correctional facility to notify federal immigration authorities of the release of an individual who is the subject of an active immigration detainer (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits a state correctional facility from coercing, intimidating, or threatening an individual based on their actual or perceived citizenship or immigration status (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes the Attorney General to bring civil action to enforce this section (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the state definition of “court order” does not include a document issued by the United States Department of Homeland Security, the United States Department of Justice, or any successor agency (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits law enforcement agents from providing federal immigration authorities with information about an individual obtained in the course of their duties (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes a district court commissioner to consider the existence of an immigration detainer when determining whether to authorize pretrial release or set bond or bail for a defendant charged with a felony (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that this Act takes effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 3).

Full Bill Text