SF 4209
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/10/2026 09:19 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to libraries; limiting access to public libraries by officials engaged in
immigration enforcement; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 134.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
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[134.52] LIMITS ON ACCESS BY OFFICIALS ENGAGED IN
IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.
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(a) An employee of a public library must not consent to a federal, state, or local official
entering a public library for purposes of immigration enforcement unless the official provides
the public library employee with a valid judicial warrant. The public library employee must
request the federal, state, or local official to provide valid identification, and must grant
entry to only the areas identified in the judicial warrant.
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(b) A public library employee granting entry to a federal, state, or local official engaged
in immigration enforcement must immediately notify the following:
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(1) for a city library, the city mayor;
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(2) for a county library or library within a federated regional public library system, the
person designated by the county board; and
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(3) for a library within a consolidated regional public library system, the person
designated by the system board.
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(c) This subdivision does not prohibit entry by a federal, state, or local official
administering a state or federally supported educational or library program.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Sec. 2. new text begin SEVERABILITY.
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If application of this act to any person, entity, or circumstance is found to be
unconstitutional and void, the remaining provisions of the law shall remain valid as applied
to any other person, entity, or circumstance.
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