IM Current Session

Immigration and the 2025 Session

Protect Sensitive Locations (HB 1006)/SB 828) - Maryland’s House of Delegates, responding to the Trump Administration's rescission of Department of Homeland Security policy proscribing ICE and CBP agents from entering areas defined as sensitive and safe, has introduced HB1006, the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act. The bill requires the Attorney General to develop guidance, methods and procedures for areas such as schools, hospitals, other health facilities, social service agencies, courthouses about how to deal with ICE or CBP agents entering or attempting to enter such spaces.

Please check out the National Immigration Law Center has prepared a comprehensive fact sheet from which you may be able to develop testimony in favor of the bill.

DREAM Act Expansion (HB 207/SB 268) - In 2011, Maryland passed legislation that entitled undocumented young people to pay the in-state tuition rate in Maryland colleges if they attended a Maryland high school for at least three years and graduated from a Maryland high school. The individual or the individual’s parent or guardian also had to have filed a Maryland income tax return annually for the three-year period before the academic year in which the tuition rate would apply. The 2025 bill would reduce the number of years (from three to two) for which an individual or an individual’s parent or guardian must file a Maryland income tax return prior to the academic year in order to qualify for an exemption.

Data Privacy (SB 977\HB 1431) - While we were able to enact legislation to stop the Motor Vehicles Administration of sharing its data with ICE to identify people through their driver licenses, schools and some other state agencies still share data with ICE. We want to end this practice.

HB 1222 - End 287g Agreements - These Intergovernmental Service Agreements, named for the section of the Immigration and Nationality Act—allows the Department of Homeland Security to enter into formal, written agreements with local political entities to deputize local law enforcement officers to serve as federal immigration agents. Currently, three Maryland counties have such agreements: Cecil, Frederick and Harford.

For more information, please contact our Immigration Issue Lead, Jim Caldiero at Immigration@uulmmd.org

Subject	Bill Number	XFile Bill Number	Sponsor	Title	Status	Current Location	Priority	Position	Action	Synopsis
Anti-Sanctuary Policies	HB0085		Delegate Mangione	State and Local Government - Sanctuary Policies and Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law (Rachel Morin Act)	Hearing held; awaiting committee vote	Judiciary	x	Oppose	Contact Delegate on Committee	Repealing provisions of law prohibiting law enforcement agents from taking certain actions related to an individual's citizenship or immigration status; prohibiting a county or municipality from adopting, enacting, or enforcing a sanctuary policy; requiring a county or municipality to fully cooperate with federal immigration authorities regarding certain individuals unlawfully present in the United States; etc.
Enforcement (Maryland Values Act)	HB1222		Delegate Williams	Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement (Maryland Values Act)	Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.	Judiciary	x	Support	Contact Delegate on Committee	Requiring an employee or agent of a State or local correctional facility and a law enforcement agent to detain an individual not lawfully present in the United States and who has been convicted of a certain crime of violence and transfer the individual to federal immigration authorities under certain circumstances; prohibiting the State, a unit of local government, a county sheriff, or any agency, officer, employee, or agent of the State or a unit of local government from entering into a certain immigration enforcement agreement; etc.
Enforcement - Sensitive Locations	HB1006		Delegate Wilkins	Immigration Enforcement - Sensitive Locations - Guidelines and Policies (Protecting Sensitive Locations Act)	Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.	Judiciary	x	Support	Contact Delegate on Committee	Requiring the Attorney General to develop guidelines relating to immigration enforcement at sensitive locations; and requiring State agencies that operate at sensitive locations to adopt certain policies or provide notice of a decision not to adopt certain policies.
Enforcement - Sensitive Locations	SB0828		Senator Smith	Immigration Enforcement - Sensitive Locations - Guidelines and Policies (Protecting Sensitive Locations Act)	Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.	Judicial Proceedings	x	Support	Contact Senator on Committee	Requiring the Attorney General to develop guidelines relating to immigration enforcement at certain sensitive locations; and requiring State agencies that operate at sensitive locations to adopt policies consistent with the guidelines or provide certain written notice of a decision not to adopt policies consistent with the guidelines.
In-State Tuition - Undocumented Students	HB0207	SB0268	Delegate Pasteur	Higher Education - Undocumented Students - Out-of-State Tuition Exemption Eligibility	First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment	Education, Energy, and the Environment	x	Support	Contact Senator on EEE Committee	Altering, from 3 years to 2 years, the number of years before an academic year for which an individual or the individual's parent or guardian must file taxes to be eligible to receive an out-of-state tuition exemption.
In-State Tuition - Undocumented Students	SB0268	HB0207	Senator Brooks	Higher Education - Undocumented Students - Out-of-State Tuition Exemption Eligibility	Hearing held; awaiting committee vote	Education, Energy, and the Environment	x	Support	Contact Senator on Committee	Altering, from 3 years to 2 years, the number of years before an academic year for which an individual or the individual's parent or guardian must file taxes to be eligible to receive an out-of-state tuition exemption.
Maryland Data Privacy Act	HB1431		Delegate Charkoudian	State and Local Agencies - Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law - Restrictions on Access to Information (Maryland Data Privacy Act)	Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.	Judiciary	x	Support	Contact Delegate on Committee	Altering certain provisions of law to require a law enforcement agency or a unit of State or local government to deny access to certain databases by certain individuals seeking access for the purpose of enforcing federal immigration law, under certain circumstances; requiring the Attorney General to enforce certain provisions of the Act; and providing that a State employee who violates certain provisions of the Act is subject to certain discipline.
Maryland Data Privacy Act	SB0977		Senator Lam	State and Local Agencies - Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law - Restrictions on Access to Information (Maryland Data Privacy Act)	Hearing held; awaiting committee vote	Judicial Proceedings	x	Support	Contact Senator on Committee	Altering certain provisions of law to require a law enforcement agency or a unit of State or local government to deny access to certain databases, facilities, or buildings by certain individuals seeking access for the purpose of enforcing federal immigration law, under certain circumstances; requiring the Attorney General to enforce certain provisions of the Act; and providing that a State employee that violates certain provisions of the Act is subject to certain discipline.
Transfer of Undocumented to ICE	SB0387	HB0403	Senator Folden	Correctional Services - Transfers to Federal Authorities - Undocumented Immigrants (Protecting Marylanders From Violent Offenders Act of 2025)	Hearing held; awaiting committee vote	Judicial Proceedings	x	Oppose	Contact Senator on Committee	Requiring a State or local correctional facility with custody of an undocumented immigrant who is serving a sentence in the facility for conviction of a crime, on request of the United States Department of Homeland Security, to transfer the undocumented immigrant to the United States Department of Homeland Security under certain circumstances.
Disclosure of Employee Immigration Status	HB1476		Delegate Woorman	Labor and Employment - Disclosure of Employee's Immigration Status - Prohibition	Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.	Economic Matters		Support		Prohibiting an employer from disclosing or threatening to disclose an employee's immigration status to a public body for the purpose of concealing an employer's violation of certain labor, benefit, or tax laws; authorizing the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to investigate a violation of the Act on the Commissioner's own initiative or on receipt of a written complaint; and authorizing an alleged violator to request an administrative hearing.
No Immigration Enforcement-School Staff	HB1504		Delegate Ruff	Juvenile Law - Child in Need of Supervision - Mandatory Petition (NyKayla Strawder Memorial Act)	First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations	Rules and Executive Nominations				Requiring an intake officer to file a petition alleging that a child under the age of 13 years is a child in need of supervision if the child is alleged to have committed an act that results in the death of a victim; and requiring a law enforcement officer to forward a complaint alleging that a child under the age of 13 years committed an act that resulted in the death of a victim to the Department of Juvenile Services for appropriate action.
Private Detention Facilities-Legal Rights	HB1011	SB0786	Speaker	Correctional Services - Private Detention Facilities - Deprivation of Rights, Privileges, and Immunities	Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn			Support		Prohibiting a person from depriving an individual in a private detention facility of any right, privilege, or immunity secured by the United States Constitution, the Maryland Constitution, the Maryland Declaration of Rights, or any state or federal law; authorizing the Office of the Attorney General to investigate a violation of the Act; authorizing the Office of the Attorney General to file a civil action against a person for a violation of the Act under certain circumstances; etc.
Private Detention Facilities-Legal Rights	SB0786	HB1011	President	Correctional Services - Private Detention Facilities - Deprivation of Rights, Privileges, and Immunities	Hearing canceled	Judicial Proceedings		Support		Prohibiting a person from depriving an individual in a private detention facility of any right, privilege, or immunity secured or protected by the United States Constitution, the Maryland Constitution, the Maryland Declaration of Rights, or any state or federal law; authorizing the Office of the Attorney General to investigate a violation of the Act; authorizing the Office of the Attorney General to file a civil action against a person for a violation of the Act under certain circumstances; etc.
Required Cooperation in Enforcement	HB1307		Delegate Chisholm	Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement - Cooperation	Unfavorable Report by Judiciary; Withdrawn			Oppose		Requiring a certain law enforcement agency, law enforcement agent, and local detention facility, if requested by federal immigration authorities, to notify federal immigration authorities about certain matters and cooperate with federal immigration authorities for a certain purpose; and prohibiting the State, a unit of local government, a county sheriff, or an agency of the State or a unit of local government from adopting, implementing, or enforcing certain policies.
Required Cooperation with ICE	HB1188		Delegate Miller	Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement - Cooperation	Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.	Judiciary		Oppose		Requiring law enforcement agencies, law enforcement agents, and local detention facilities who take custody of an individual to run a search of the individual in the National Crime Information Center, make a certain notice to federal immigration authorities, and cooperate with federal immigration authorities in regards to certain individuals; and prohibiting the State, a unit of local government, a county sheriff, or an agency of the State or a unit of local government from adopting, implementing, or enforcing certain policies.
Transfer of Undocumented to ICE	HB0403	SB0387	Delegate Pippy	Correctional Services - Transfers to Federal Authorities - Undocumented Immigrants (Protecting Marylanders From Violent Offenders Act of 2025)	Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.	Judiciary		Oppose		Requiring a State or local correctional facility with custody of an undocumented immigrant who is serving a sentence in the facility for conviction of a crime, on request of the United States Department of Homeland Security, to transfer the undocumented immigrant to the United States Department of Homeland Security under certain circumstances.
Transfer of Undocumented to ICE	HB0653		Delegate Szeliga	Correctional Services - Transfers to Federal Authorities - Undocumented Immigrants (Protecting Marylanders From Violent Crime Act of 2025)	Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m.	Judiciary		Oppose		Requiring a certain State or local correctional facility, on request of the United States Department of Homeland Security, to transfer a certain undocumented immigrant to the United States Department of Homeland Security under certain circumstances.
U Nonimmigrant -Victim Helpfulness	HB0686	SB0553	Delegate Solomon	Victims and Witnesses - U Nonimmigrant Status - Certification of Victim Helpfulness	Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.	Judiciary				Altering the criteria for determining whether a certain victim or the victim's parent, guardian, or next friend shall be considered to be helpful, to have been helpful, or likely to be helpful to the detection, investigation, or prosecution of certain criminal activity for a certain purpose; altering the time periods within which a certain certifying entity shall certify or decline a certain form under certain circumstances; etc.
U Nonimmigrant -Victim Helpfulness	SB0553	HB0686	Senator Augustine	Victims and Witnesses - U Nonimmigrant Status - Certification of Victim Helpfulness	Hearing held; awaiting committee vote	Judicial Proceedings				Altering the criteria for determining whether a certain victim or the victim's parent, guardian, or next friend shall be considered to be helpful, to have been helpful, or likely to be helpful to the detection, investigation, or prosecution of certain criminal activity for a certain purpose; altering the time periods within which a certain certifying entity shall certify or decline a certain form under certain circumstances; etc.
U Nonimmigrant Status - Petition	HB0579	SB0608	Delegate Embry	Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions	Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.	Judiciary				Altering the requirements for certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; altering the individuals eligible to request a certain official to certify victim helpfulness relating to certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; and authorizing the disclosure of certain information under certain circumstances.
U Nonimmigrant Status - Petition	SB0608	HB0579	Senator Augustine	Criminal Procedure - U Nonimmigrant Status Petitions	Hearing held; awaiting committee vote	Judicial Proceedings				Altering the requirements for certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; altering the individuals eligible to request a certain official to certify victim helpfulness relating to certification of a U Nonimmigrant Status Petition; and authorizing the disclosure of certain information under certain circumstances.