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	53	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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	55	+	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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33		-	SENATE BILL NO. 868 By: Frix and Jett of the Senate
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	57	+	SENATE BILL 868 By: Frix
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	63	+	AS INTRODUCED
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43	65		An Act relating to immigration policy; creating the
44	66		Prohibition on Sanctuary Policies for Illegal
45	67		Immigration Act; providing short title; d efining
46	68		terms; prohibiting certain policy; requiring support
47	69		of federal immigration law; prohibiting certain
48	70		restriction on certain actions; requiring certain
49	71		documentation; authorizing certain transport of
50	72		detainee; disallowing certain detainment; stating
51	73		certain clarifications; requiring certain agreements
52	74		between county correctio nal facilities and federal
53	75		immigration agency; authorizing certain action for
54	76		violation; authorizing certain relief; requiring
55	77		court to enjoin policy in certain event; stating
56	78		criteria for certain injunction; authorizing Governor
57	79		to suspend certain funding; providing for
58	80		codification; and providing an effective date .
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63	85		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
64	86		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
65	87		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 22 -126.1 of Title 11, unless
66	88		there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
67	89		A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Prohibition
68	90		on Sanctuary Policies for Illegal Immigration Act”.
69	91		B. As used in this section:
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97	143		1. “Federal immigration agency ” means the United States
98	144		Department of Justice and the United States Department of Homeland
99	145		Security, a division within such an agency, including United States
100	146		Immigration and Customs Enforcement and United States Customs and
101	147		Border Protection, any succe ssor agency, and any other federal
102	148		agency charged with the enforcement of immigration law ;
103	149		2. “Immigration detainer ” means a facially sufficient written
104	150		or electronic request is sued by a federal immigration agency using
105	151		that agency’s official form to request that another law enforcement
106	152		agency detain a person based on probable cause to believe that the
107	153		person to be detained is a removable alien under federal immigration
108	154		law, including detainers issued pursuant to 8 U.S.C. , Sections 1226
109	155		and 1357 along with a warrant described in subparagraph c of this
110	156		section. For purposes of this section, an immigration detainer is
111	157		deemed facially sufficient if:
112	158		a. the federal immigration agency ’s official form is
113	159		complete and indicates on its face that the federal
114	160		immigration official has probable cause to believe
115	161		that the person to be detained is a removable alien
116	162		under federal immigration law, or the federal
117	163		immigration agency’s official form is incomplete and
118	164		fails to indicate on its face that the federal
119	165		immigration official has probable cause to believe
120	166		that the person to be detained is a removable alien
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148	218		under federal immigration law, but is supported by an
149	219		affidavit, order, or other officia l documentation that
150	220		indicates that the federal immigration agency has
151	221		probable cause to believe that the person to be
152	222		detained is a removable alien under federal
153	223		immigration law, and
154	224		b. the federal immigration agency supplies with its
155	225		detention request a Form I-200 Warrant for Arrest of
156	226		Alien or a Form I-205 Warrant of Removal/Depo rtation
157	227		or a successor warrant or other warrant authorized by
158	228		federal law;
159	229		3. “Inmate” means a person in the custody of a law enforcement
160	230		agency;
161	231		4. “Law enforcement agency ” means an agency in this state
162	232		charged with enforcement of state, county, municipal, or federal
163	233		laws or with managing custody of detained persons in this state and
164	234		includes municipal police departments, sheriffs ’ offices, state
165	235		police departments, state unive rsity and college police departments,
166	236		county correctional agencies, and the De partment of Corrections ;
167	237		5. “Local governmental entity ” means any county, municipality,
168	238		or other political subdivision of this state ;
169	239		6. “Sanctuary policy” means a law, policy, practice, procedure,
170	240		or custom adopted or allowed by a state entity or local governmental
171	241		entity which prohibits or impedes a law enforcement agency from
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199	293		complying with 8 U.S.C. , Section 1373 or which prohibits or impedes
200	294		a law enforcement agency from com municating or cooperating with a
201	295		federal immigration agency so as to limit suc h law enforcement
202	296		agency in, or prohibit the agency from:
203	297		a. complying with an immigration detainer,
204	298		b. complying with a request from a federal immigration
205	299		agency to notify the a gency before the release of an
206	300		inmate or detainee in the custody of the law
207	301		enforcement agency,
208	302		c. providing a federal immigration agency access to an
209	303		inmate for interview,
210	304		d. participating in any program or agreement authorized
211	305		under Section 287 of the Im migration and Nationality
212	306		Act, 8 U.S.C., Section 1357, or
213	307		e. providing a federal immigration agency with an
214	308		inmate’s incarceration status or release date ; and
215	309		7. “State entity” means the state or any office, board, bureau,
216	310		commission, department, branch, division, or institution thereof,
217	311		including institutions within the state University System.
218	312		C. A state entity, law enforcement agency, or local
219	313		governmental entity shall not adopt or have in effect a sanctuary
220	314		policy.
221	315		D. 1. A law enforcement agency sha ll use best efforts to
222	316		support the enforcement of federal immigration law. This subsection
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250	368		applies to an official, representative, agent, or employee of the
251	369		entity or agency only when he or she is acting within the scope of
252	370		his or her official duties or w ithin the scope of his or her
253	371		employment.
254	372		2. Except as otherwise expressly prohibited by federal law, a
255	373		state entity, local governmental entity, or law enforcement agency,
256	374		or an employee, an agent, or a representative of the entity or
257	375		agency, may not proh ibit or in any way restrict a law enforcement
258	376		agency from taking any of the fo llowing actions with respect to
259	377		information regarding a person ’s immigration status:
260	378		a. sending the information to or requesting, receiving,
261	379		or reviewing the information from a f ederal
262	380		immigration agency for purposes of this chapter,
263	381		b. recording and maintaining the information for purposes
264	382		of this act,
265	383		c. exchanging the information with a federal immigration
266	384		agency or another state entity, local governmental
267	385		entity, or 136 law en forcement agency for purposes of
268	386		this act,
269	387		d. using the information to comply with an immigration
270	388		detainer, or
271	389		e. using the information to confirm the identity of a
272	390		person who is detained by a law enforcement agency.
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300	442		3. a. For purposes of this subsection, the term “applicable
301	443		criminal case” means a criminal case in which:
302	444		(1) the judgment requires the defendant to be
303	445		confined in a secure correctional facility, and
304	446		(2) the judge:
305	447		(a) indicates in the record that the defendant
306	448		is subject to an immigration det ainer, or
307	449		(b) otherwise indicates in the record that the
308	450		defendant is subject to a transfer into
309	451		federal custody.
310	452		b. In an applicable criminal case, when the judge
311	453		sentences a defendant who is the subject of an
312	454		immigration detainer to confinement, the judg e shall
313	455		issue an order requiring the secure correctional
314	456		facility in which the defendant is to be confined to
315	457		reduce the defendant ’s sentence by a period of not
316	458		more than twelve (12) days on the facility ’s
317	459		determination that the reduction in sentence will
318	460		facilitate the seamless transfer of the defendant into
319	461		federal custody.
320	462		c. If the information specified in subdivision a of
321	463		division 2 of subparagraph a of this paragraph or
322	464		subdivision b of division 2 of subparagraph a of this
323	465		paragraph is not available at the time the sentence is
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351	517		pronounced in the case, but is received by a law
352	518		enforcement agency afterwards, the law enforcement
353	519		agency shall notify the judge , who shall issue the
354	520		order provided for in subparagraph b of this paragraph
355	521		as soon as the informat ion becomes available.
356	522		4. A state entity, local governmental entity, or law
357	523		enforcement agency that withholds information regarding the
358	524		immigration information of a victim of or witness to a criminal
359	525		offense pursuant to paragraph 8 of this subsection shal l document
360	526		the victim’s or witness’s cooperation in the entity ’s or agency’s
361	527		investigative records related to the offense and shall retain the
362	528		records for at least ten (10) years for the purpose of audit,
363	529		verification, or inspection by the Auditor General.
364	530		5. When a county correctional facility or the Department of
365	531		Corrections receives verification from a federal immigration agency
366	532		that a person subject to an immigration detainer is in the law
367	533		enforcement agency’s custody, the agency may securely transport the
368	534		person to a federal facility in this state or to another point of
369	535		transfer to federal custody outside the jurisdiction of the law
370	536		enforcement agency. The law enforcement agency may transfer a
371	537		person who is subject to an immigration detainer and is co nfined in
372	538		a secure correctional facility to the custody of a federal
373	539		immigration agency not earlier than twelve (12) days before his or
374	540		her release date. A law enforcement agency shall obtain judicial
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402	592		authorization before securely transporting an alien to a point of
403	593		transfer outside of this state.
404	594		6. This section does not require a state entity, local
405	595		governmental entity, or law enforcement agency to provide a federal
406	596		immigration agency with information related to a victim of or a
407	597		witness to a criminal of fense if the victim or witness timely and in
408	598		good faith responds to the entity ’s or agency’s request for
409	599		information and cooperation in the investigation or prosecution of
410	600		the offense.
411	601		7. This section does not authorize a law enforcement agency to
412	602		detain an alien unlawfully present in the United States pursuant to
413	603		an immigration detainer solely because the alien witnessed or
414	604		reported a crime or was a victim of a criminal offense.
415	605		8. This section does not apply to any alien unlawfully present
416	606		in the United States if he or she is or has been a necessary witness
417	607		or victim of a crime o f domestic violence, rape, sexual
418	608		exploitation, sexual assault, murder, manslaughter, assault,
419	609		battery, human trafficking, kidnapping, false imprisonment,
420	610		involuntary servitude, fraud in foreign labor contracting,
421	611		blackmail, extortion, or witness tampering.
422	612		E. Each county correctional facility shall enter into an
423	613		agreement or agreements with a federal immigration agency for
424	614		temporarily housing persons who are the subject of immig ration
425	615		detainers and for the payment of the costs of housing and detaining
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453	667		such persons. A compliant agreement may include any contract
454	668		between a correctional facility and a federal immigration agency for
455	669		housing or detaining persons subject to immigratio n detainers, such
456	670		as basic ordering agreements in effect on or after July 1, 2019,
457	671		agreements authorized by Section 287 of the Immigration and
458	672		Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. , Section 1357, or successor agreements and
459	673		other similar agreements authorized by feder al law.
460	674		F. 1. Any executive or administrative state, county, or
461	675		municipal officer who violates his or her duties under this chapter
462	676		may be subject to action by the Governor in the exercise of his or
463	677		her authority under the Oklahoma Constitution and state law. The
464	678		Governor may initiate judicial proceedings in the name of the state
465	679		against such officers to enforce compliance with any duty under this
466	680		chapter or restrain any unauthorized act contrary to this chapter.
467	681		2. In addition, the Attorney General may file suit against a
468	682		local governmental entity or local law enforcement agency in a court
469	683		of competent jurisdiction for declaratory or injunctive relief for a
470	684		violation of this chapter.
471	685		3. If a local governmental entity or local law enforcement
472	686		agency violates this chapter, the court must enjoin the unlawful
473	687		sanctuary policy. The court has continuing jurisdiction over the
474	688		parties and subject matter and may enforce its orders with the
475	689		initiation of contempt proceedings as provided by law.
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503	741		4. An order approving a consent decree or granting an
504	742		injunction must include written findings of fact that describe with
505	743		specificity the existence and nature of the sanctuary policy that
506	744		violates this chapter.
507	745		5. If the Governor finds that a local governmental entity or
508	746		local law enforcement agency has violated this chapter, the Governor
509	747		may suspend any state funding set to be distributed to that local
510	748		governmental entity or local law enforcement agency until a court
511	749		enjoins the unlawful sanctuary policy.
512	750		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
513		-	~~COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY~~
514		-	~~March 4,~~ 2025 ~~- DO PASS~~
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