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HB 3083

Relating to school safety.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Ben Bowman and 5 co-sponsors

HB 3083 extends TRUST Act protections to schools, prohibiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and limiting detentions, access to facilities, and inquiries based on

Chapter 208, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.
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Bill Summary · HB 3083

Summary — HB 3083 (2025) — Relating to school safety

Overview / Purpose

HB 3083 amends the Illinois TRUST Act (5 ILCS 805) to extend key protections that limit state and local cooperation with federal civil immigration enforcement to public schools and school employees. The bill expressly defines "school" to include public elementary and secondary schools, public community colleges, public colleges, and public State universities, and adds schools/school employees to several existing prohibitions on assisting immigration enforcement.

Statutory changes are made to Sections 10, 15, 25, and 30 of 5 ILCS 805.

Status: Chapter 208, 2025 Laws. Governor signed May 28, 2025; effective January 1, 2026.

Key provisions

  • Definitions
    • Adds/clarifies definitions relevant to the TRUST Act (e.g., "school"; "immigration agent"; "immigration detainer"; "civil immigration warrant"; "contact information").
  • Prohibitions on enforcement and cooperation
    • Law enforcement agencies, law enforcement officials, schools, and school employees may not detain or continue to detain a person solely on the basis of an immigration detainer or civil immigration warrant.
    • They may not stop, arrest, search, or continue to detain a person solely because of citizenship or immigration status.
    • Schools and school employees are added to the list of entities barred from participating in or supporting federal civil immigration enforcement activities (including coordinating arrests, providing on-site support, transferring individuals to immigration agents, or giving immigration agents access to persons in custody).
    • Prohibits allowing immigration agents use of agency/school facilities, equipment, or nonpublic electronic databases for immigration-enforcement purposes.
    • Prohibits entering into or maintaining agreements to house/detain individuals for federal civil immigration violations.
  • Limits on inquiry and discrimination
    • Bars inquiry into a person’s immigration or citizenship status (with enumerated exceptions under state/federal law).
    • Prohibits denying services, benefits, classification, placement, or educational/ rehabilitative opportunities on the basis of immigration status, presence of an immigration detainer, or removal proceedings.
  • Immunity
    • Officials acting in good faith who release persons subject to immigration detainers or civil immigration warrants are immune from civil or criminal liability, except for willful or wanton misconduct.
  • Exceptions
    • Protections do not apply when there is a federal criminal warrant or where federal law otherwise requires cooperation.
    • Retains ability to notify individuals of consular rights under the Vienna Convention and to comply with specified state laws (e.g., firearm-related ID requirements).

Who is affected

  • Directly: public K–12 schools, public community colleges, public colleges, public State universities, school employees, students (including those who are noncitizens), and campus visitors.
  • Indirectly: state and local law enforcement agencies, federal immigration authorities (e.g., ICE), units of state and local government, and institutions that previously had data-sharing or facility-access arrangements.

Timeline / Legislative actions

  • Filed/Introduced: February 2025 (filed Feb 6, 2025; legislative activity throughout Feb–May 2025)
  • Passed both chambers; Governor signed: May 28, 2025
  • Effective date: January 1, 2026
  • Statutory citation amended: 5 ILCS 805/10, 15, 25, 30

Potential impact / considerations

  • Schools will be restricted from assisting or facilitating civil immigration enforcement absent a federal criminal warrant, strengthening privacy and access-to-services protections for students and school communities.
  • The changes may limit federal immigration agents’ ability to access campus facilities, databases, or take custody of individuals on campus without meeting the statutory exceptions.
  • Implementation may require schools to update policies, staff training, and data-access protocols.
  • The bill preserves certain federal-law exceptions and procedural rights (e.g., consular notifications), but could be subject to legal challenge where federal and state obligations intersect.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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