HB 1872 — An Act amending Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania State Police, providing for cooperation with Federal immigration authorities.
Congress · introduced 2025-09-22
Latest action: — Referred to JUDICIARY, Sept. 22, 2025
Sponsors
- Abigail Salisbury (D, PA-34) — sponsor · 2025-09-22
- Joseph C. Hohenstein (D, PA-177) — cosponsor · 2025-09-22
- Chris Pielli (D, PA-156) — cosponsor · 2025-09-22
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-09-22
- Emily Kinkead (D, PA-20) — cosponsor · 2025-09-22
- Jose Giral (D, PA-180) — cosponsor · 2025-09-22
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, PA-129) — cosponsor · 2025-09-22
- Dan Frankel (D, PA-23) — cosponsor · 2025-09-22
- G. Roni Green (D, PA-190) — cosponsor · 2025-09-22
- Ismail Smith-Wade-El (D, PA-49) — cosponsor · 2025-09-22
- Greg Vitali (D, PA-166) — cosponsor · 2025-09-22
- Heather Boyd (D, PA-163) — cosponsor · 2025-09-22
- Dan K. Williams (D, PA-74) — cosponsor · 2025-09-22
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, Sept. 22, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 2324 · 3,024 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 2324
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1872
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY SALISBURY, HOHENSTEIN, PIELLI, SANCHEZ, KINKEAD,
GIRAL, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, FRANKEL AND GREEN, SEPTEMBER 18, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania State Police,
3 providing for cooperation with Federal immigration
4 authorities.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 44 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a chapter to read:
9 CHAPTER 25
10 COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES
11 Sec.
12 2501. Scope of chapter.
13 2502. Agreements with Federal immigration authorities.
14 2503. Construction.
15 § 2501. Scope of chapter.
16 This chapter relates to agreements between the Pennsylvania
17 State Police and Federal immigration authorities.
18 § 2502. Agreements with Federal immigration authorities.
19 (a) Prohibition.--The Pennsylvania State Police may not
1 enter into, modify, renew or extend an agreement that does any
2 of the following:
3 (1) Authorizes the exercise of Federal civil immigration
4 authority under 8 U.S.C. § 1357 (relating to powers of
5 immigration officers and employees).
6 (2) Provides for the detention or housing of an
7 individual held by a Federal immigration authority for a
8 civil violation of Federal immigration law, including an
9 intergovernmental service agreement under 8 U.S.C. § 1103(a)
10 (11) (relating to powers and duties of the Secretary, the
11 Under Secretary, and the Attorney General).
12 (b) Termination of existing agreements.--The Pennsylvania
13 State Police shall terminate an agreement specified under
14 subsection (a) that is in effect on the effective date of this
15 subsection within 30 days after the effective date of this
16 subsection.
17 § 2503. Construction.
18 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to:
19 (1) limit a law enforcement agency from enforcing a
20 valid warrant or order issued by a court of competent
21 jurisdiction; or
22 (2) prohibit a law enforcement agency from complying
23 with a Federal statute or regulation governing the disclosure
24 of criminal history record information, including 28 CFR Pt.
25 20 (relating to criminal justice information systems).
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
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| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abigail Salisbury (D, state_lower PA-34) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Chris Pielli (D, state_lower PA-156) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Dan Frankel (D, state_lower PA-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Dan K. Williams (D, state_lower PA-74) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Emily Kinkead (D, state_lower PA-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Greg Vitali (D, state_lower PA-166) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Heather Boyd (D, state_lower PA-163) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Ismail Smith-Wade-El (D, state_lower PA-49) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, state_lower PA-129) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Jose Giral (D, state_lower PA-180) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Joseph C. Hohenstein (D, state_lower PA-177) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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