SB 1373 - This act modifies various provisions relating to illegal aliens.SANCTUARY CITIES
(SECTION 67.307)
The act provides that any municipality that enacts or adopts a sanctuary policy shall be subject to a fine of $25,500 for each day on which the municipality has such sanctuary policy in effect.
PROHIBITION ON PERMANENT HOUSING ASSISTANCE
(SECTION 208.009)
The act prohibits aliens unlawfully present in the United States from receiving any permanent housing assistance, whether directly from the state of Missouri or indirectly through a third party that has received funds from the state by virtue of any grant, contract, or loan to such third party.
E-VERIFY
(SECTION 285.530)
Current law requires only public employers to enroll and actively participate in a federal work authorization program, while all other employers are permitted, but not required, to enroll and participate. This act requires all employers to enroll and actively participate in a federal work authorization program.
This provision is similar to a provision in HCS/HB 188 (2023).
OFFENSE OF TRANSPORTATION, CONCEALMENT, OR INDUCEMENT OF ILLEGAL ALIENS
(SECTION 577.675)
The act expands the offense of transportation of an illegal alien to include the concealment or inducement of an illegal alien. Any person is guilty of such an offense, punished as a class D felony, if he or she knowingly:
· Conceals, harbors or shields or attempts to conceal, harbor or shield an illegal alien from detection in any place in this state, including any building or any means of transportation, if the person knows or recklessly disregards the fact that the alien has come to, has entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law; or
· Encourages or induces an alien to come to or reside in this state if the person knows or recklessly disregards the fact that such coming to, entering, or residing in this state is or will be in violation of law.
It shall be an affirmative defense to this offense if the person is transporting the alien to a municipality with a sanctuary policy in another state or to a port of entry to this country for the purpose of deporting the alien to another country pursuant to a lawful order under federal law.
This act is substantially similar to SB 1138 (2024), SB 130 (2023), and SB 1227 (2022).
SCOTT SVAGERA