This bill creates requirements for certain enforcement activities.
This bill:
- defines terms;
- prohibits certain state or local law enforcement officers from assisting with a federal immigration enforcement operation in a sensitive location or house of worship;
- prohibits, with certain exceptions, an employee of a law enforcement agency from using a facial covering;
- provides:a criminal penalty for an illegal use of a facial covering;a waiver of immunity and allowance for damages against an employee of a law enforcement agency who violates the facial mask prohibition and commits a specified offense; andan exemption from the criminal penalty if the employing law enforcement agency has established and publicly posted a facial covering policy;
- requires a law enforcement agency to establish and publicly post a facial covering policy and includes requirements for a law enforcement facial covering policy;
- requires, with certain exceptions, a governmental entity operating a sensitive location to not allow into certain non-public areas an individual who is seeking access to conduct an immigration enforcement operation;
- contains severability clauses; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.