A bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House on Sept. 18, 2025 would prohibit the Pennsylvania State Police from entering into, modifying, renewing or extending agreements that authorize federal civil immigration authority or provide for the detention or housing of people held by federal immigration authorities, and would require termination of any such agreements within 30 days after the law takes effect.

The measure, printed as House Bill 1872 (Printer's No. 2324) and referred to the House Judiciary Committee on Sept. 22, 2025, would add a new Chapter 25 to Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes titled "Cooperation with Federal Immigration Authorities." The text expressly cites federal immigration authority under 8 U.S.C. § 1357 and intergovernmental service agreements under 8 U.S.C. § 1103(a)(11).

If enacted, the bill's prohibition would cover any agreement that: authorizes the exercise of federal civil immigration authority described in 8 U.S.C. § 1357; or provides for the detention or housing of an individual held by a federal immigration authority for a civil violation of federal immigration law, including agreements described in 8 U.S.C. § 1103(a)(11).

The bill would require the Pennsylvania State Police to terminate any agreement that falls within those prohibitions that is in effect on the law's effective date within 30 days.

A separate "construction" clause in the proposed chapter states explicitly that nothing in the chapter shall be construed to limit a law enforcement agency from enforcing a valid warrant or order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, or to prohibit a law enforcement agency from complying with a federal statute or regulation governing the disclosure of criminal history record information, including 28 C.F.R. Part 20.

Section 2 of the bill states the act "shall take effect immediately." The text of the bill records its introduction and committee referral but does not include committee action, votes, hearings, public comments or any executive-branch determinations about implementation.

Background: the bill text itself is the legislative proposal; it does not include analysis, fiscal notes, or statements of intent from sponsors or affected agencies. The proposal would change the authority of the Pennsylvania State Police only as to entering or maintaining agreements described in the text; it does not on its face alter other state or federal law or routine cooperation to execute valid court orders or to comply with federal criminal-history disclosure rules.