This bill mandates semi-annual reporting on the number of individuals detained for civil immigration violations by state, county, and local law enforcement or correctional facilities. It introduces a new section, RSA 106-R:3-a, which requires any state or county correctional facility that has detained a person for a civil immigration violation to submit a report to the attorney general detailing the number of such detentions and the duration of each, starting December 31, 2026. Similarly, local law enforcement agencies are also required to report the same information. The attorney general is tasked with compiling these reports and providing a summary to the governor, senate president, and speaker of the house by February 1, 2027.

The bill does not allocate funding or authorize new positions to support the reporting requirements, although it is estimated that the Department of Justice would need a part-time Investigative Paralegal to manage the data collection and reporting process, with projected costs of $50,505 in FY 2027, $48,959 in FY 2028, and $50,825 in FY 2029. The Department of Corrections has indicated that the bill will not impact its operations, as it does not detain individuals for civil immigration violations. Overall, the bill aims to enhance transparency regarding civil immigration detentions while imposing additional reporting obligations on law enforcement and correctional facilities.