This amendment significantly narrows the bill's scope by removing provisions related to public benefits verification and driver's license requirements, and refocuses it on immigration enforcement by sheriffs with federal agreements, while appropriating $1,000,000 for county reimbursements.
- Removes the reference to public benefits verification from the bill's title and purpose. (Page 1, lines 4-5)
- Removes the requirement for verifying citizenship status for public benefits and documentation requirements for driver's licenses from the bill's scope. (Page 1, lines 9-10)
- Adds language indicating the bill provides an appropriation. (Page 2, line 1)
- Changes statutory references from sections 9-25-101 through 9-25-105 to sections 9-25-101 and 9-25-102, eliminating the public benefits and memoranda of understanding sections. (Page 2, lines 6-7)
- Removes the entire section establishing employer verification of employees and reporting requirements. (Page 3, lines 10-13)
- Modifies the peace officer inquiry requirement to require reasonable, articulable suspicion of illegal immigration status before asking about immigration status. (Page 3, lines 15-24)
- Adds a new requirement that each sheriff shall investigate the immigration status of any person arrested and booked into jail. (Page 3, after line 17)
- Changes the definition reference from 9-25-101(a)(iv) to 9-25-101(a)(ii) and removes language about unverifiable lawful status. (Page 3, lines 20-22)
- Changes the responsibility for notifying federal immigration authorities from the detaining law enforcement agency to the sheriff. (Page 3, line 23)
- Removes references to detaining law enforcement agencies and replaces them with sheriff authority. (Page 4, lines 3-5)
- Removes provisions about law enforcement agency policies and replaces them with specific sheriff detention authority. (Page 4, lines 6-8)
- Adds new language allowing a sheriff to continue holding an unauthorized alien pending federal custody or proof of lawful status, in compliance with signed agreements with federal immigration agencies. (Page 4, after line 8)
- Removes sections related to penalties for hiring unauthorized aliens and violations. (Page 4, lines 17-18)
- Removes the entire Chapter 25 sections on public benefits verification and memoranda of understanding requirements. (Pages 6-11)
- Removes driver's license and identification card citizenship verification requirements. (Page 15, lines 4, 8-23; Page 16, lines 1-14)
- Appropriates $1,000,000 from the legislative stabilization reserve account to the attorney general for county reimbursement of implementation expenses and anti-terrorism training, with reimbursement provisions based on county population or first-come-first-served basis after July 1, 2027, through June 30, 2028. (Page 19, after line 14)Agency: Office of the Attorney General · $1,000,000.00 Legislative Stabilization Reserve Account
- Simplifies rulemaking requirements to specify only the attorney general, department of transportation, and department of corrections are responsible for promulgating rules. (Page 19, lines 16-19)
- Updates section numbering to reflect the removal of intermediate sections. (Page 20, lines 1, 6)
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