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SB 623 · 2026 · Senate · Judiciary Committee

Police immigration enforcement requirements

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relative to requirements for law enforcement officers assisting in immigration enforcement.

Establishes requirements for law enforcement officers assisting United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the federal 287(g) program.AI-generated

Status

Killed in the Senate — Inexpedient to Legislate · March 5, 2026
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✕Senate
  3. House
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Analysis

This bill establishes requirements for law enforcement officers assisting the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement pursuant to the federal 287(g) program.

From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.

In the bill's words

Quoted verbatim from the bill as introduced. Passages chosen from the operative text.Computed by this site

“Any state or local law enforcement officer who is assisting the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement pursuant to the federal 287(g) program as outlined in RSA 106-P:1 shall be required to adhere to all of the following while performing duties pursuant to a 287(g) program:”
RSA 106-P:2
“State and local law enforcement agencies shall develop disciplinary measures for officers who do not comply with paragraph I.”
RSA 106-P:2
“All complaints alleging violation of this section shall be forwarded to the department of justice's civil rights unit for investigation.”
RSA 106-P:2

Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Sponsors

Sen. Debra AltschillerDPrime
  • Sen. Cindy RosenwaldDDeputy Democratic Leader
  • Rep. David MeuseDDeputy Ranking Member· Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Public testimony

No one submitted online testimony on this bill. See the record

Votes

yeanay
Starting text: Bill as introduced
  • Feb 19, 2026SenateCommittee report: Inexpedient to Legislate3–2
    Overall
    60% yea
  • Mar 5, 2026SenateCommittee reportCommittee report: Inexpedient to Legislate3–2
    Overall
    60% yea
  • Mar 5, 2026SenateRoll callInexpedient to LegislateAdopted16–8How they voted
    Overall
    67% yea
    Party-line vote
    Republicans
    16–0100% yea
    Democrats
    0–80% yea

Hearings and debates

  • Jan 27, 2026Public hearingSenate Judiciary1:42:56–1:48:065m 10slocated in the stream transcriptHearing
  • Feb 19, 2026Floor debateSenate floor6:05:27–6:05:5023slocated in the stream transcriptCommittee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate; Special Order to the Next Session, Without Objection — adopted
  • Mar 5, 2026Floor debateSenate floor5:04:25–5:12:418m 16slocated in the stream transcriptCommittee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate; Inexpedient to Legislate — adopted, roll call 16-8; Special Order to the end of the calendar, Without Objection — adopted

Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.

Legislative history

  1. Jan 7, 2026SenIntroduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Judiciary; SJ 1
  2. Jan 27, 2026SenHearing: 01/27/2026, Room 100, SH, 01:40 pm; SC 3
  3. Feb 19, 2026Sen: Inexpedient to Legislate, 02/19/2026, Vote 3-2; SC 6
  4. Feb 19, 2026SenSpecial Order to the Next Session, Without Objection, MA; 02/19/2026; SJ 4
  5. Mar 5, 2026SenCommittee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 03/05/2026, Vote 3-2; SC 8
  6. Mar 5, 2026SenSpecial Order to the end of the calendar, Without Objection, MA; 03/05/2026; SJ 5
  7. Mar 5, 2026SenInexpedient to Legislate, RC 16Y-8N, MA === BILL KILLED ===; 03/05/2026; SJ 5

Coverage

No reporting linked yet.

Background reading

Evergreen reading on the policy area — spanning perspectives — not coverage of this specific bill.

  • “Sanctuary” Jurisdictions: Legal OverviewExplainer — legal

    Congressional Research Service — What federal law does and does not require of state and local governments, including 8 U.S.C. § 1373 and the constitutional limits on commandeering local police.AI-generated

  • Sanctuary Policies: An OverviewExplainer

    American Immigration Council — A plain-language primer on what “sanctuary” policies actually say, how detainers work, and why the term covers a wide range of local rules.AI-generated

  • Delegation of Immigration Authority: Section 287(g)Federal program — primary source

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — ICE's own description of the three 287(g) models and what a participating sheriff or police department agrees to — the program the New Hampshire laws protect from local interference.AI-generated

  • Fact Sheet on Sanctuary Policies and 8 USC 1373Immigrant-rights / legal

    Immigrant Legal Resource Center — Argues that § 1373 reaches only information sharing, so most local limits on detainer compliance remain lawful — the counter-reading to the anti-sanctuary case.AI-generated

  • Map: Sanctuary Cities, Counties, and StatesEnforcement advocacy

    Center for Immigration Studies — The restrictionist tally of jurisdictions that decline detainers, built from ICE detainer-refusal data — the dataset most often cited by supporters of bans like this one.AI-generated

  • Sanctuary policies reduce deportations without increasing crimeAcademic — national evidence

    PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) — A 2020 study finding sanctuary policies cut deportations by about a third, with no measurable effect on crime rates and no drop in deportations of people with violent convictions.AI-generated

  • Know Your Rights: Immigrants’ RightsNH context — civil liberties

    ACLU of New Hampshire — New Hampshire-specific guidance on encounters with police, ICE, and Border Patrol — the practical side of what changes when local agencies cooperate.AI-generated

Documents (PDF)

  • Introducedversion

Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.