Public Safety - State Law Enforcement Agencies - Hiring Restriction (ICE Breaker Act)

Summary

The bill prevents all designated Maryland state law‑enforcement agencies from employing individuals who became sworn officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on or after January 20, 2025. It applies only to future hires, leaving existing employees untouched. The measure is intended to keep state policing separate from federal immigration enforcement.

AI-generated summary — may be incomplete or inaccurate. Verify against the official bill text.

Hearings

• Judiciary — Bill Hearing
  Judiciary · Mar 11, 2026

History

1. Mar 11, 2026Hearing canceled
2. Mar 11, 2026Hearing 3/11 at 2:00 p.m.
3. Mar 11, 2026Hearing 3/11 at 1:30 p.m.
4. Feb 16, 2026Hearing canceled
5. Feb 16, 2026Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
6. Feb 5, 2026Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
7. Feb 4, 2026First Reading Judiciary

Sponsors

• Boafo · sponsor
• Acevero
• Allen
• Amprey
• Behler
• Boyce
• Charkoudian
• Coley
• D. Jones
• Ebersole
• Edelson
• Fair
• Kaufman
• Lehman
• McCaskill
• Mireku-North
• Moon
• Odom
• Pasteur
• Patterson
• Ruth
• Stinnett
• Taylor
• White Holland
• Young

Bill text

Opens the legislature’s own copy.

Similar bills in other states

Loading the map of where bills like this one were filed.

Topics

Share