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AB 937 I'rtge I S A state or local agency shall not it of assist with the arrest, confirtcntcnt, detention, transfer, interrogation, or deportation of an individual fill- an inmrilrration enforcement purpose it any n>aroer, including but not lunited to, by notifying a tooter agency or stdbcontractor thereof regarding the release date and time of an individtat I, releasing or transferring to individual into the custody of another agency or subcontractor thereof; or disclosing paronal infin-nution ... about an individ1.1tl, including, but not tintiu d to, an individual's date of birth, work address, hone address, of parole or probation check in date and time to another agency or subcontractor thereof This subdivision Shall apply notwillhslanding any contrary provisions in Section 7282-5, subparagraphs (C) and (D) of paragraph (1) o� or pamgmph (4) of; subdivision (a) of Section 7284.6, or subdivision (b) of 7284.6. Although this bill prohibits the same irr/urrnatiorr from being shared with utvnigration authorities that the Values Act prohibited fi-om being shared with them (and the 91' Circuit ruled artld be wiTheld from i<uniaation authorities under the Values Act), it diffirs fron the Values Act iseveral sigauficant ways. Furst, it provides that, "This subdivision sl-udl apply notwithstanding any contrary provisions" in the Values Act. This apparently means that the exceptions listed in the Values Act dill allow hw enforcement agencies to provide in.6rnlation to inimigralion authorities in specified circwnstances (i-e- when law enfbrcentent officials are cooperating will federal innrigration authorities in the apprehension of individuals who have been convicted of serious and violent lelutnies, sex offenses, child molestation, and child abtue, when it is available to the public, and when it is "in response to a notilicalion request. Gom immigration aulborilies") those exceptions would not apply to dc;r the bill. these particular limits on information ;haring may not result in contict preemption, thotugh. because thcy do not necessarily hake it impossblc tin- public otticials to comply with both federal law, or'�tand[) as an obstacle to the accomplishment and execution of the fill purposes and objectives of Congress." (Ari_ona v. Urriteel States, supra. 567 U.S. at 399.) While the bill's infon-tTIauion sharing provision is more restrictive that the Values Act, the bill does not specifically prohibit the disclosure ofirfornstion about a person Is innhguation status. 0iven that, the tneaning ol'Section 1373 has been narrowly construed, the bill'% greater restriction on the release of inG>nnation likely would not violate Section 1 373 or result in conflict preemption. Tlrc second significant reason why [his bill is tune restrictive than the Values Act is [hat, unlikC the Vahucs Act. it does not specifically and expressly permit the sharing of intormation regarding a Aaron's citizo:nship or invnigration stanus, which was at least mentioned by the 9't' Circuit when it tgiheld the Values Act- (See US- v- California, supra, 921 F-3d at 890-) Therefine, it is conceivable (though unlilcely) that the 9"' Circuit could reach a different conclusion about this bill's I1mILILIUlLS on infirrn-rrtion sharing Alan it nude reFirding the Values Act because of the bill's law of express permission. Ihid, and moll significant, is the ficl thal the bill's language restricting the ability of state and local agcilcics to assistwith irnnigration enorecnent efforts is extremely broad. Tle bill provides that apublic agency cannot "assist with ihearrest, Conlinernent, detemion, transfer. interrogation. or (kportafiou of an hidividuni/uran immigration enfn-cement purpose in any Milliner. " This logically Could be interprt;ted to prohibit an agency front sanding to ICE, or receiving fi-om TCT:nlliwilration rcgiurding the citi7cnsliip or immigration status, lawful or ua lawt 1, of any individual in direct violation of Section 1373. Alternatively, this provision coo i ue cc s fnc xs an o is rc c o tc a one s uncn an cxccu ton 4