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S.B. 136: Enforcement Activities Amendments

2026 General Session · Originating chamber: Senate

Saved official records and Ledger coverage. The outcome below is from the Legislature’s own step list.

What the bill does

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026.

It would have barred state and local officers from helping with federal immigration enforcement at sensitive locations or houses of worship, and generally prohibited law enforcement employees from wearing face coverings, with criminal and civil consequences and an exemption for agencies that publicly post a policy. It never reached a Senate floor vote: a committee held it, and it was filed on March 6, 2026.

This bill creates requirements for certain enforcement activities.

  • Defines terms
  • Prohibits certain state or local law enforcement officers from assisting with a federal immigration enforcement operation in a sensitive location or house of worship
  • Prohibits, with certain exceptions, an employee of a law enforcement agency from using a facial covering
  • Provides: a criminal penalty for an illegal use of a facial covering; a waiver of immunity and allowance for damages against an employee of a law enforcement agency who violates the facial mask prohibition and commits a specified offense; and an exemption from the criminal penalty if the employing law enforcement agency has established and publicly posted a facial covering policy
  • Requires a law enforcement agency to establish and publicly post a facial covering policy and includes requirements for a law enforcement facial covering policy
  • Requires, with certain exceptions, a governmental entity operating a sensitive location to not allow into certain non-public areas an individual who is seeking access to conduct an immigration enforcement operation
  • Contains severability clauses
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

The description and list come from the bill's own long title as recorded by the Legislature; the paragraph above is the Ledger’s summary. Read the official bill. The Ledger takes no position on it.

Subjects: Counties · Libraries · Health and Human Services · Health Care · Health Care Facilities · Labor and Employment · Peace Officers · Courts · Immigration · Judicial Operations · Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice · Municipalities · Political Subdivisions (Local Issues) · Public Safety · Punishment · Arrest and Detention

How it moved

  1. · Senate1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
  2. · Senateto standing committeeJudiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
  3. · Senatefiledfile for bills not passed

Steps as the Legislature recorded them; clerical and fiscal-staff entries are left out. Numbers such as 54-14-7 are yeas, nays and absent.

Fiscal note

From the Legislative Fiscal Analyst's note on 2nd Sub. S.B. 136 (Salmon), dated January 26, 2026. A fiscal note estimates direct costs and revenue; it is not an appropriation.

  • State revenue: To the extent that more people are convicted as a result of this legislation and pay their financial obligation, this could increase state revenue per case in the following amounts: (1) General Fund $70; (2) Court Security $38.
  • State expenditures: Enactment of this legislation likely will not materially impact state expenditures.
  • Local government: Enactment of this legislation could increase revenue to local governments by about $230 per case for fines/fees. Local government entities could experience the following estimated expenditures: 1. Prosecutors - $812 per case; 2. Public Defense - $900 per case; 3. County Jails - unknown increase at about $83 per day per offender in incarceration costs; 4. Local Justice Court - unknown increase.
  • Individuals and businesses: To the extent that individuals violate provisions of this legislation, this could cost certain offenders about $340 per case; however, the total amount is unknown.

Bill overview

Sponsor: Nate Blouin

Legislature passed-list status: Not available in the saved metadata.

Passed-list membership is not a finding that a bill was signed or took effect. A bill absent from that list is not necessarily pending or defeated.

Latest recorded action

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The full step list is above. Find the bill in the official session list for status, hearings and committee records.

Recorded floor votes

No floor-vote records for this bill and session are available here. This does not mean no vote occurred; consult the official bill record.

Ledger coverage

No Ledger stories with an explicit source link to this bill and session are listed here.