Kansas § 12-16,140 Certain actions by municipalities prohibited and declared null and void relating to restricting local officials from actions regarding information of citizenship

Kansas Statutes

§ 12-16,140 — Certain actions by municipalities prohibited and declared null and void relating to restricting local officials from actions regarding information of citizenship

Kansas § 12-16,140

Ch. 12CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES

Art. 16MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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Bluebook

Kan. Stat. Ann. § 12-16,140 (2026).

Text

(a)No municipality shall enact, implement or enforce an ordinance, resolution, rule or policy that prohibits or in any way restricts a law enforcement officer, local official or local government employee, from taking the following actions with regard to information of the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of an individual:

(1)Communicating or cooperating with federal officials;

(2)sending to or receiving information from the United States department of homeland security;

(3)obtaining or maintaining information; or

(4)exchanging information with another federal, state, or local government entity.

(b)Any ordinance, resolution, rule or policy that violates subsection (a) is null and void.

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(a) No municipality shall enact, implement or enforce an ordinance, resolution, rule or policy that prohibits or in any way restricts a law enforcement officer, local official or local government employee, from taking the following actions with regard to information of the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of an individual:
(1) Communicating or cooperating with federal officials;
(2) sending to or receiving information from the United States department of homeland security;
(3) obtaining or maintaining information; or
(4) exchanging information with another federal, state, or local government entity.
(b) Any ordinance, resolution, rule or policy that violates subsection (a) is null and void.