HB 2260 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in obstructing governmental operations, providing for civil immigration arrests made on Commonwealth property; and imposing a penalty.

PRINTER'S NO.   2957

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 2260
                                               Session of
                                                 2026

     INTRODUCED BY KINKEAD, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, FRIEL, KHAN, PIELLI,
        HANBIDGE, HOHENSTEIN, HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ, RIVERA, BOYD,
        BOROWSKI, MADDEN, O'MARA, SHUSTERMAN, WARREN, D. WILLIAMS,
        BENHAM, MAYES, WAXMAN, GUENST, KENYATTA AND PARKER,
        MARCH 2, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 3, 2026


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in obstructing governmental
 3      operations, providing for civil immigration arrests made on
 4      Commonwealth property; and imposing a penalty.
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7      Section 1.    Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 8   Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
 9   § 5113.   Civil immigration arrests made on Commonwealth
10                property.
11      (a)    Immigration enforcement occurring on Commonwealth
12   property.--A representative of a Federal, State or local law
13   enforcement authority may not detain, arrest or otherwise take a
14   person on Commonwealth property into custody on the basis of
15   immigration enforcement, unless the representative is acting in
16   the representative's official capacity and the representative
17   possesses on their person a judicial warrant that clearly
 1   demonstrates that the person to be detained, arrested or
 2   otherwise taken into custody is the subject of the judicial
 3   warrant.
 4      (b)     Warrant disclosure.--If a representative of a Federal,
 5   State or local law enforcement authority is performing an arrest
 6   on the basis of immigration enforcement on Commonwealth
 7   property, the arresting representative shall provide the
 8   necessary documentation under subsection (a) to a Commonwealth
 9   employee who requests to review the documentation.
10      (c)     Civil penalty.--A person that performs an immigration
11   enforcement arrest without the documentation described under
12   subsection (a), or refuses to disclose the necessary
13   documentation to a requesting Commonwealth employee as described
14   under subsection (b), shall be subject to a civil penalty of
15   $10,000 for each violation. A penalty imposed under this
16   subsection shall be paid to the Commonwealth.
17      (d)     Sovereign immunity.--The provisions of 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 85
18   (relating to matters affecting government units) shall not apply
19   to a cause of action brought in accordance with this section
20   against a representative of a Federal, State or local law
21   enforcement authority.
22      (e)     Enforcement.--The Attorney General shall institute a
23   proceeding to recover the civil penalty under subsection (c)
24   against any person liable to the Commonwealth for the penalty.
25      (f)     Criminal laws.--Except as provided under subsections (a)
26   and (b), nothing under this act shall preclude the
27   investigation, enforcement or assistance in the investigation or
28   enforcement of Federal or State criminal laws.
29      (g)     Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
30   words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this

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 1   subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
 2      "Commonwealth property."     The State Capitol Building and
 3   grounds, State buildings and grounds in Dauphin County,
 4   Pittsburgh State Office Building and grounds, Philadelphia State
 5   Office Building and grounds and Scranton State Office Building
 6   and grounds.
 7      "Immigration enforcement."     As follows:
 8             (1)   An effort to investigate, enforce or assist in the
 9      investigation or enforcement of a Federal civil immigration
10      law.
11             (2)   The term includes an effort to investigate, enforce
12      or assist in the investigation or enforcement of a Federal
13      criminal immigration law that penalizes a person's presence
14      in, entry or reentry to or employment in the United States,
15      including a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1253 (relating to
16      penalties related to removal), 1324c (relating to penalties
17      for document fraud), 1325 (relating to improper entry by
18      alien) or 1326 (relating to reentry of removed aliens).
19      "Judicial warrant."     A written order, that is signed by a
20   judicial officer, from a Federal Article III court or State
21   court that directs a law enforcement authority or some other
22   person who is specifically named in the order to arrest a
23   person.
24      Section 2.     This act shall take effect immediately.




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