Overview
- Illinois confirms HB 460 will take effect on January 1, 2026, opening state and local financial aid to residents regardless of immigration status.
- HB 1312 establishes a civil cause of action against officers for constitutional violations, prohibits civil immigration arrests in and around state courts, and allows damages up to $10,000 for knowing illegal detentions.
- Under HB 1312, acute-care hospitals must adopt law-enforcement interaction policies by January 1, 2026, other hospitals by March 1, universities must set campus entry procedures before January, and licensed childcare centers must finalize privacy and response plans on a similar timeline.
- Illinois’s HB 3247, the Safe Schools for All Act, bars denial of public education or exclusion from school programs based on immigration status, restricts immigration agents’ entry to school facilities without identification, a written purpose, and a valid court order, and permits civil suits within two years of violations.
- California has approved measures reported as SB 98 and AB 49 requiring school safety-plan reviews, notifications about immigration agents without disclosing personal data, and court-order requirements for access, alongside labor and community protections set to phase in between January and March 2026.