# 119-s-455: Protecting Sensitive Locations Act

119-s-455, Protecting Sensitive Locations Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT); status introduced (as of 2026-10-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-455
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protecting Sensitive Locations Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-06
- Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT)
- Cosponsors: 33
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-10

## Summary

**Would bar most immigration enforcement within 1,000 feet of designated sensitive locations such as schools, hospitals, places of worship, polling sites, and shelters.** It creates narrow exceptions for exigent threats, requires supervisor confirmation when agents are unsure, and mandates training plus reporting requirements. - Families, students, and patients: The bill presumes enforcement cannot occur within 1,000 feet of schools, child-care sites, hospitals, shelters, places of worship, and polling places. Exceptions are limited to clear exigent circumstances like imminent risk of death or violence. - DHS officers and agents: Personnel must stop if uncertain about exigent circumstances, obtain real-time supervisor approval to continue, act discreetly, and limit time and targets. The bill requires annual training and directs DHS to issue implementing rules within 90 days. - Legal and oversight effects: Evidence from actions that violate these rules can be excluded in removal proceedings and affected individuals may move to terminate their cases. DHS must provide detailed reports within 30 days after any sensitive-location action and submit annual reports to Congress and the DHS Inspector General.

## Cosponsors (33)

- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] (D-HI), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] (D-GA), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (D-RI), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2026-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2026-01-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2026-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI), 2026-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT), 2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New Homeland Security rules, training, and timing: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would define which places count as sensitive locations and who must follow the rule. The Secretary would write rules within 90 days to name authorizing officials and define supervisors. The new protections would take effect 90 days after enactment. Certain Homeland Security lea…
- No immigration enforcement near public sites: benefit, high. If enacted, immigration officers would be barred from enforcement actions within 1,000 feet of many listed "sensitive locations." That includes schools, hospitals, clinics, places of worship, libraries, Social Security and unemployment offices, DMVs, polling places, courthouses, shelters, and legal…
- Exceptions, oversight, and legal remedies: benefit, medium. If enacted, officers would have to stop enforcement when an emergency ends and get real-time supervisor confirmation if unsure about an emergency. The bill keeps narrow exceptions for medical transport from a land or sea border and for rare preapproved national-security operations. DHS would have t…

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- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026
- 119-s-1503: Equality Act
- 119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-s-2150: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025
- 119-s-2523: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-455 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/455)

## Related
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
- [119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-852)
- [119-s-2150: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2150)
- [119-s-2523: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2523)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-455 (as of 2026-10-10).