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Read. Follow. Verify.Vermont bill prohibits law enforcement from assisting federal immigration investigations
Last action · April 9, 2025: Read 1st time & referred to Committee on JudiciarySponsors: Tanya Vyhovsky and 2 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Vermont law enforcement agencies and officers are prohibited from spending resources or sharing information to assist federal immigration investigations or proceedings. The restriction extends to situations involving legally protected health care activity and drug overdose reporting, but includes exceptions for valid s and independent criminal investigations.
Changes resource allocation and information-sharing protocols for local law enforcement agencies regarding federal immigration enforcement, impacting local cooperation with agencies like U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Vermont law enforcement agencies
Local agencies are prohibited from expending resources or sharing information to assist federal immigration investigations, subject to specific exceptions.
Federal immigration authorities
Key Facts
- Law enforcement agencies and officers in Vermont are prohibited from knowingly providing information or using resources in furtherance of federal immigration investigations or proceedings.
- The noncooperation mandate extends to situations covered under 12 V.S.A. § 7306 regarding legally protected health care activity and 18 V.S.A. § 4254 regarding drug overdose reporting.
- An exception allows law enforcement assistance if responding to a judicial warrant believed in good faith to be valid in the State.
- An exception allows law enforcement assistance when responding to an investigation of a criminal offense unrelated to the enforcement of federal immigration law.
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- Federal immigration authorities are defined to include the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
- The act is scheduled to take effect upon passage.
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Can Vermont law enforcement ever assist federal immigration authorities under this bill?
Does this bill affect local responses to drug overdoses or protected health care activities?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Apr 9, 2025SenateIntroducedRead 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance65How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy80Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz45Current news / social attention level
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