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Read. Follow. Verify.Maryland restricts school immigration enforcement and expands sensitive locations
Last action · April 28, 2026: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 161Sponsors: Nancy King and 4 others
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What This Bill Does
Maryland prohibits public school personnel and security staff from engaging in federal immigration enforcement or sharing student and employee records for immigration investigations, while expanding the definition of s to include food distribution sites. Public school personnel must notify county superintendents if notified of immigration enforcement, and the Attorney General must update annual guidance for state and local entities.
Changes data-sharing practices and enforcement limits across public schools, libraries, and courthouses in Maryland, while setting new reporting requirements for school staff when immigration enforcement activity occurs on site.
- Wes Moore serves as the Governor of Maryland, who approved Senate Bill 810 into law. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Public school personnel
Public school staff are prohibited from participating in federal immigration enforcement, barred from sharing student or employee records for immigration purposes, and required to notify county superintendents of enforcement actions.
Public school students and families
Student educational records and personal information are protected from being shared for federal immigration investigation or enforcement.
Courthouses and Executive Branch units
Entities operating at sensitive locations must implement and annually update policies consistent with Attorney General guidance regarding immigration enforcement access.
Key Facts
- Public school personnel who receive notification of immigration enforcement at a school must immediately notify the county superintendent or the superintendent's designee.
- Public school security personnel are prohibited from engaging in federal immigration investigation and enforcement functions.
- Public school security personnel may not produce or share student educational records, employee personnel records, or other household information for federal immigration enforcement purposes.
- Public school security personnel must immediately contact the county superintendent and legal counsel if presented with a valid judicial warrant, judicial subpoena, or legal order.
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- The definition of sensitive locations is expanded to include locations that distribute food to individuals in need, designated school bus stops, and school vehicles.
- The Attorney General must update guidance relating to sensitive locations and immigration enforcement on or before October 1 each year, beginning in 2026.
- Each public school, public library, and unit of the Executive Branch of State or local government operating at a sensitive location must implement a policy consistent with the Attorney General's guidance.
- Each courthouse must implement a policy considering the Attorney General's guidance on or before October 1, 2026, and update it annually.
- Public schools, public libraries, and government units at sensitive locations must deny access to nonpublic areas to individuals seeking to enforce federal immigration law unless presented with a valid federal court warrant or exigent circumstances exist.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
18 actions- Apr 28, 2026Governor of MarylandEnrolledApproved by the Governor - Chapter 161
- Apr 13, 2026SenateFloorPassed Enrolled
- Apr 13, 2026SenateFloorThird Reading Passed (33-14)
- Apr 13, 2026SenateFloorSenate Concurs House Amendments
- Apr 13, 2026HouseFloorThird Reading Passed (100-37)
- Apr 10, 2026HouseFloorSecond Reading Passed with Amendments
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- Apr 10, 2026HouseFavorable with Amendments { 273125/1 Adopted
- Apr 10, 2026HouseCommitteeFavorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- Mar 26, 2026HouseHearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)
- Mar 24, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred Judiciary Ways and Means
- Mar 23, 2026SenateFloorThird Reading Passed (31-12)
- Mar 20, 2026SenateFloorSecond Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 20, 2026SenateFavorable with Amendments { 283621/1 Adopted
- Mar 20, 2026SenateFloorMotion Laid Over (Senator Ready) Adopted
- Mar 20, 2026SenateFavorable with Amendments { 283621/1
- Mar 20, 2026SenateCommitteeFavorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
- Feb 10, 2026SenateHearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Energy, and the Environment)
- Feb 6, 2026SenateIntroducedFirst Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Judicial Proceedings
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Expansion of Sensitive Locations
The legislation broadens the concept of sensitive locations to include food distribution sites, bus stops, and school vehicles, extending privacy and access protections.
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- Controversy80Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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