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2025 [1] (2025)

handle is hein.ssl/sstn0281 and id is 1 raw text is: S~IV/e(Jiwessee PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 1 FIRST EXTRAORDINARY SESSION SENATE BILL NO. 2 By Johnson, Watson, Yager, White, Bowling, Pody, Reeves, Rose, Stevens, Taylor Substituted for: House Bill No. 1 By Lamberth, Cochran, Zachary, Todd, Terry, McCalmon, Davis, Warner, Fritts, Littleton, Stevens, Moon, Russell, Howell, Cepicky, Leatherwood, Raper, Greg Martin, Bulso, Reeves, Grills, Reedy, Moody, Powers AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 55, relative to non-United States citizens. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 20, is amended by adding the following as a new section: (a) There is created within the department of safety the centralized immigration enforcement division. (b) The chief executive of the division is the chief immigration enforcement officer, to be appointed by the governor, whose duties include: (1) Overseeing state and local collaboration with federal immigration agencies; (2) Facilitating efficient communication between state, local, and federal agencies with respect to immigration policy and enforcement; (3) Allocating resources, including the approval and distribution of grants from the immigration enforcement grant fund created pursuant to SECTION 5; (4) Developing strategic immigration enforcement plans; (5) Coordinating participation in federal immigration programs, including the 287(g) program pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. § 1357(g)); (6) Ensuring state and local compliance with federal and state immigration laws; (7) Reporting annually to the governor and general assembly on immigration- related progress and challenges. Such report is due not later than January 31, 2026, and each January 31 thereafter; and (8) Coordinating the direction of state funding to help state and local law enforcement implement federal immigration law. (c) The commissioner of safety may hire staff within the resources allocated to the department of safety and may establish their duties and responsibilities. (d) The department may maintain any information or records collected or received by the division or chief immigration enforcement officer confidentially, including, but not limited to, sensitive or confidential information collected or received from a federal, local, or state department or agency.