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Read. Follow. Verify.South Carolina requires local correctional facilities to enter into federal immigration enforcement agreements
Last action · April 7, 2026: Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 3)Sponsors: Travis Moore and 52 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Local law enforcement agencies operating correctional facilities in South Carolina must enter into written agreements with federal immigration enforcement agencies to enforce federal immigration laws under programs like . The bill requires SLED to provide training programs, mandates annual requests or formal impracticability findings if agreements cannot be reached, and grants the Attorney General enforcement authority.
Changes operational requirements for county and municipal jails by mandating federal immigration enforcement partnerships unless formally excused for fiscal or operational impracticability.
- Section 287(g) of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act allows state and local law enforcement entities to enter into partnership agreements with federal immigration authorities to perform designated immigration enforcement functions. context
- The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) serves as the state's primary criminal justice and law enforcement support agency. context
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.
Law enforcement agencies operating correctional facilities
Must enter into federal immigration enforcement agreements, submit annual requests or impracticability findings, and comply with state oversight.
School resource officers
Are strictly prohibited from performing or participating in federal immigration enforcement actions under these agreements.
Office of the Attorney General
Gains authority to enforce compliance through court actions and is required to publish quarterly reports on program data and costs.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which local entities are required to enter into federal immigration enforcement agreements?
What happens if a federal agency declines or fails to enter into an agreement with a local law enforcement agency?
Can school resource officers be utilized for immigration enforcement under this bill?
Are local officers immune from liability while carrying out these immigration duties?
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Procedural history
20 actions- Apr 7, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 3)
- Apr 7, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 3)
- Apr 2, 2026HouseRoll call Yeas-84 Nays-26 (House Journal-page 43)
- Apr 2, 2026HouseFloorRead third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 42)
- Apr 1, 2026HouseRoll call Yeas-85 Nays-30 (House Journal-page 82)
- Apr 1, 2026HouseFloorRead second time (House Journal-page 60)
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- Apr 1, 2026HouseAmended (House Journal-page 60)
- Apr 1, 2026HouseMember(s) request name added as sponsor: Gibson
- Mar 31, 2026HouseRequests for debate-Rep(s). Wetmore, Grant, JL Johnson, Howard, Govan, King, McDaniel, Williams, Luck, Henderson-Myers, Gilliard, Waters, Cobb-Hunter, Reese (House Journal-page 253)
- Mar 31, 2026HouseMember(s) request name added as sponsor: White
- Mar 31, 2026Scrivener's error corrected
- Mar 26, 2026HouseCommittee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary (House Journal-page 4)
- Mar 25, 2026HouseMember(s) request name added as sponsor: Lastinger
- Feb 26, 2026HouseMember(s) request name added as sponsor: Cromer
- Feb 25, 2026HouseMember(s) request name added as sponsor: Bailey
- Jan 22, 2026HouseMember(s) request name added as sponsor: Bowers
- Jan 13, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 107)
- Jan 13, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced and read first time (House Journal-page 107)
- Dec 16, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Committee on Judiciary
- Dec 16, 2025HouseIntroducedPrefiled
Version history
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Mandatory Federal Partnerships
Shifts local correctional facility operations from optional federal immigration cooperation to a mandatory state requirement unless specific fiscal or operational impracticability is formally documented.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy85Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz60Current news / social attention level
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