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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session

HB1440 Protected areas; certain federal immigration enforcement prohibited, penalty.

Direction

Immigration enforcement sanctuary policiesAI label

Restricts immigration enforcement model confidence 90%

Prohibits state and local protected-area employees from allowing federal immigration enforcement operations in nonpublic areas of hospitals, schools, prosecutor offices, and other designated facilities without a judicial warrant, and bars unauthorized immigration enforcement acts in those areas, so

No employee or agent acting on behalf of a protected area shall knowingly permit any person to enter a nonpublic area of the protected area for the purpose or in furtherance of an operation executed in whole or part by federal authorities or out-of-state authorities that seeks to identify, arrest, or otherwise impose a penalty upon a person for purposes of federal immigration enforcement, including an immigration enforcement operation.

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Immigration enforcement state federal cooperationAI label

Restricts immigration enforcement model confidence 85%

Limits state and local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement by barring entry or acts for immigration enforcement purposes in protected areas (hospitals, schools, prosecutor offices, etc.) unless authorized by judicial warrant or exigent circumstances, so less state facilitation of ICE or

No person shall perform any act for the purpose or in furtherance of identifying, arresting, or otherwise imposing a penalty upon a person for purposes of federal immigration enforcement in a protected area, unless authorized to conduct such immigration enforcement by a judicial warrant or judicial subpoena.

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  1. Filed (completed)
  2. Committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both
  5. Governor
  6. Law

Status: Died (session ended)

Last action
2026-02-06: Incorporated by Public Safety (HB650-Callsen) (Voice Vote)
Filed
2026-01-22
Sponsor
Alfonso Lopez D + 7 cosponsors (7 D)

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates 'protected areas' (hospitals, schools, prosecutor offices, and other state/local facilities designated by the AG) and imposes misdemeanor penalties for allowing or performing federal immigration enforcement activities there without a judicial warrant or exigent circumstances. This directly limits state/local cooperation with and facilitation of federal immigration enforcement in key locations, creating a form of limited-sanctuary policy.

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History (5 actions)
DateChamberAction
2026-02-06HIncorporated by Public Safety (HB650-Callsen) (Voice Vote)
2026-02-06HSubcommittee recommends incorporating (Voice Vote)
2026-01-28HAssigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #3
2026-01-22HReferred to Committee on Public Safety
2026-01-22HPresented and ordered printed 26105679D