Kansas HB2706: Prohibiting certain federal law enforcement officers from entering hospitals, schools and places of worship under certain circumstances and prohibiting law enforcement officers from wearing a facial covering that conceals or obscures their facial identity in the performance of their duties with certain exceptions

What the bill says

An act concerning law enforcement; prohibiting certain federal law enforcement officers from entering hospitals, schools and places of worship under certain circumstances; prohibiting law enforcement officers from wearing a facial covering that conceals or obscures their facial identity in the performance of their duties with certain exceptions.

From the introduced text, February 4, 2026:

AN ACT concerning law enforcement; prohibiting certain federal law enforcement officers from entering hospitals, schools and places of worship under certain circumstances; prohibiting law enforcement officers from wearing a facial covering that conceals or obscures their facial identity in the performance of their duties with certain exceptions. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: Section 1. (a) No enforcement action by any federal law enforcement officer may take place in or be focused on any hospital, school or place of worship. (b) As used in this section: (1) "Enforcement action" means an apprehension, arrest, interview, request for identification, search or surveillance for the purposes of immigration enforcement, including, but not limited to, an action that is part of a joint case led by another law enforcement agency; (2) "federal law enforcement officer" means an officer or agent of the department of homeland security, including an officer or agent of U.S. immigration and customs enforcement or U.S. customs and border protection and any individual designated to perform immigration enforcement functions pursuant to a written agreement with a federal department or agency; (3) "hospital" means a medical care facility as defined in K.S.A. 65425, and amendments thereto; and (4) "school" means any public or private educational institution, including, but not limited to, postsecondary school, college, university, community college, …

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