SF 3653 Minnesota Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Prohibit certain contracts to provide detention facilities federal immigration purposes

This bill prohibits Minnesota counties, cities, and joint government entities from entering contracts with the federal government to provide detention facilities for people held under federal immigration law. It makes any existing or future agreements for this purpose void, regardless of when they were signed. The law directly affects local governments that currently or potentially provide space for federal immigration detention. It does not impact other types of detention or immigration enforcement activities.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 19, 2026 Last action Mar 9, 2026
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Introduction 1st Engrossment · 2 edits · Mar 9, 2026
MINOR
The bill was formally updated to its first engrossment version, reflecting a change in its legislative status. The core policy prohibiting local governments from entering agreements with the federal government for civil immigration detention remains unchanged, but the effective date clause was modified to clarify that the law applies to agreements entered into on or after the effective date.
Scope change
The bill's substantive scope regarding prohibited contracts remains the same, but the applicability timeline was clarified to cover future agreements.
TIMELINE

The effective date provision was expanded to explicitly state that the ban applies to agreements entered into on or after the effective date, clarifying its temporal reach.

TECHNICAL

The document header was updated from 'Introduction' to '1st Engrossment' and the posting date was changed from March 6 to March 10, 2026.

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Committee
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Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Judiciary and Public Safety
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Committee
Referred to State and Local Government
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Introduced
Introduction and first reading
upper
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors

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