SB 4590 and its House companion HB 9069 would bar immigration enforcement at houses of worship and other sensitive locations without a judicial warrant.
SB 4590 and its House companion, HB 9069, would limit the Department of Homeland Security from detaining children and individuals with a cognitive disability, and would generally bar immigration enforcement actions at "sensitive locations" — expressly including any church, synagogue, mosque, or other place of worship — without a court-issued criminal warrant. The protection extends to travel to and from those locations.
Requiring judicial authorization before federal agents may act inside a house of worship reinforces the church's independence from state coercion and shields congregations from warrantless government intrusion. Protecting worship spaces from law-enforcement action absent a judge's order is a genuine religious liberty safeguard, and one The American Council is glad to see written into federal law regardless of the broader immigration debate surrounding the bill.
SB 4590 was read twice and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 20, 2026; the House companion, HB 9069, was introduced and referred to the House Judiciary Committee on May 29, 2026. Both bills remain pending committee action.
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