Governor turns 11 wide-ranging immigration bills into law

SB68 by Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens (Los Angeles County):

Expands a state law allowing undocumented immigrants to qualify for in-state tuition. Previously, the law said undocumented students had to have spent three years at a California high school and graduated. Under the new law, students can count years spent at a California community college or adult education courses toward the three-year requirement for in-state tuition.

SB156 by Sen. Joel Anderson, R-Alpine (San Diego County):

Requires the California Department of Veterans Affairs and California National Guard to help undocumented immigrants serving in the military and veterans with their applications for citizenship.

SB257 by Lara: Allows students whose undocumented immigrant parents are deported to continue to attend their school regardless of where they or their parents reside.

SB29 by Lara: Prevents cities and counties from entering into new or modified contracts with forprofit immigration detention facilities.

AB21 by Assemblyman Ash Kalra, D-San Jose:

Requires colleges and universities that offer Cal Grants to create policies that safeguard their campuses from immigration officials by ensuring personal information of students and faculty is not released and by notifying students and faculty when immigration agents are on campus.

AB299 by Assemblyman Ian Calderon, D-Whittier (Los Angeles County):

Bars public agencies from compelling landlords to disclose immigration information on tenants.

AB343 by Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, DSacramento:

Allows in-state tuition at California community colleges for Iraqi and Afghan nationals who have special immigrant visas to work with the American military.

AB699 by Assemblyman Patrick O’Donnell, D-Long Beach:

Requires the state attorney general to develop model policies by April on how public schools can limit immigration enforcement on their campuses and requires school districts to adopt the policy or a similar policy by July.

AB450 by Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco:

Requires employers to ask for a judicial warrant before allowing federal immigration officials into a workplace and bars employers from sharing their employees’ confidential information, such as Social Security numbers, without a subpoena. AB291 by Chiu: Bars landlords from threatening to report a tenant to immigration officials.

SB54 by Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León, D-Los Angeles:

Sets limits on when local law enforcement agencies can help the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency on deportation cases.