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H 5158Session 194thHouseStatus unavailable

An Act promoting rule of law, oversight, trust, and equal constitutional treatment ("The PROTECT Act")

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By Representatives Vargas of Haverhill and Garcia of Chelsea, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Andres X. Vargas, Judith A. Garcia and others for legislation to further regulate state and local participation in federal civil immigration enforcement. Public Safety and Homeland Security.

Latest development · Mar 23, 2026

Accompanied a new draft, see H5293

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Session
194th
Introduced
Jan 29, 2026
Latest passage
Date unavailable
TopicsSponsorsActionsRelated billsDiscussion

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Justice & Public Safety

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Bill

Sponsors

Primary sponsors are listed before cosponsors and other sponsoring entities.

cosponsorAaron L. Saunders
cosponsorAdam Gómez
cosponsorAdam J. Scanlon
cosponsorAdrian C. Madaro
cosponsorAmy Mah Sangiolo
cosponsorAndres X. Vargas
cosponsorBarry R. Finegold
cosponsorBrandy Fluker-Reid
cosponsorBud L. Williams
cosponsorCarlos González
cosponsorCarmine Lawrence Gentile
cosponsorChristine P. Barber
cosponsorChristopher Hendricks
cosponsorChristopher J. Worrell
cosponsorChynah Tyler
cosponsorDanillo A. Sena
cosponsorDavid Henry Argosky LeBoeuf
cosponsorDavid M. Rogers
cosponsorDavid Paul Linsky
cosponsorDawne Shand
cosponsorEdward R. Philips
cosponsorErika Uyterhoeven
cosponsorEstela A. Reyes
cosponsorFrancisco E. Paulino
cosponsorFrank A. Moran
cosponsorGreg Schwartz
cosponsorHadley Luddy
cosponsorHannah Bowen
cosponsorHomar Gómez
cosponsorJack Patrick Lewis
cosponsorJames C. Arena-DeRosa
cosponsorJames K. Hawkins
cosponsorJason M. Lewis
cosponsorJay D. Livingstone
cosponsorJennifer Balinsky Armini
cosponsorJessica Ann Giannino
cosponsorJohn Barrett, III
cosponsorJohn Francis Moran
cosponsorJohn J. Lawn, Jr.
cosponsorJudith A. Garcia
cosponsorKenneth I. Gordon
cosponsorKevin G. Honan
cosponsorKip A. Diggs
cosponsorKristin E. Kassner
cosponsorLeigh Davis
cosponsorLindsay N. Sabadosa
cosponsorLisa Field
cosponsorLiz Miranda
cosponsorLydia Edwards
cosponsorManny Cruz
cosponsorMarcus S. Vaughn
cosponsorMarjorie C. Decker
cosponsorMary S. Keefe
cosponsorMichael J. Barrett
cosponsorMichael P. Kushmerek
cosponsorMichelle L. Badger
cosponsorMichelle L. Ciccolo
cosponsorMichelle M. DuBois
cosponsorMike Connolly
cosponsorMindy Domb
cosponsorNatalie M. Higgins
cosponsorNick Collins
cosponsorOrlando Ramos
cosponsorPatricia A. Duffy
cosponsorPatricia D. Jehlen
cosponsorPaul J. Donato
cosponsorPavel M. Payano
cosponsorPriscila S. Sousa
cosponsorRebecca L. Rausch
cosponsorRita A. Mendes
cosponsorRob Consalvo
cosponsorRobyn K. Kennedy
cosponsorRodney M. Elliott
cosponsorRussell E. Holmes
cosponsorRyan M. Hamilton
cosponsorSal N. DiDomenico
cosponsorSally P. Kerans
cosponsorSamantha Montaño
cosponsorSean Garballey
cosponsorSean Reid
cosponsorShirley B. Arriaga
cosponsorSimon Cataldo
cosponsorSteven Owens
cosponsorSteven Ultrino
cosponsorSusannah M. Whipps
cosponsorTackey Chan
cosponsorTara T. Hong
cosponsorThomas M. Stanley
cosponsorThomas W. Moakley
cosponsorTommy Vitolo
cosponsorTram T. Nguyen
cosponsorTricia Farley-Bouvier
cosponsorVanna Howard
cosponsorWilliam F. MacGregor
cosponsorWilliam J. Driscoll, Jr.

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Accompanied a new draft, see H5293

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