Creates eviction protections, debt relief, and court stays for tenants experiencing income loss from immigration enforcement activities like arrests, detentions, or removals, limiting landlords' ability to evict or penalize for nonpayment of rent tied to such activities.
“Immigration enforcement activities” includes all of the following: (A) Any efforts to investigate, enforce, or assist in the investigation or enforcement of any federal immigration law, including any federal criminal immigration law that penalizes a person’s presence in, entry or reentry to, or employment in, the United States.
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Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
Last action
2026-05-14: May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds and amends provisions creating temporary (until 2030) tenant protections triggered by 'detention-related hardship' from immigration enforcement activities, including stays of unlawful detainer actions, bans on late fees/penalties, debt non-use in screening, and limits on inquiring about or disclosing immigration status; these substantively restrict state/local cooperation with or effects of federal immigration enforcement by shielding affected tenants from eviction and related consequences.
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AB1994Defending Immigrant Victims Act.↓Restricts immigration enforcement=No change to immigration enforcement Law