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Ways and Means panel approves amended bill limiting school staff sharing of immigration-related information
Summary
The House Ways and Means Committee on Feb. 25 approved an amended bill that bars school personnel from sharing immigration-status information except when presented with a valid warrant, expands protected locations and covered staff, and requires annual Attorney General guidance updates.
The House Ways and Means Committee approved an amended bill on Feb. 25 that restricts school staff from sharing information for federal immigration enforcement except under a valid warrant or legal order.
The measure, moved favorable by committee members after roll-call votes, expands current sensitive-location protections to add courthouses, school buses and bus stops and extends the ban beyond school resource officers to principals, teachers and school counselors. Sponsors also designated the bill an emergency measure and required that Attorney General guidance be updated by Oct. 1, 2026, with covered agencies adopting policies consistent with that guidance.
Sponsor Delegate Ebersole (as identified in the transcript) told the…
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