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Newsom Signs Bill 2624 Creating Immigration Address Privacy Program

8/23/2026

Summary

Story summary

Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2624 into law on Saturday.
The bill creates a state address-confidentiality program for immigration service providers, employees and volunteers.
It provides substitute mailing addresses and bans posting personal data online to incite imminent bodily harm.
The program becomes operational on Oct. 1, 2027.
Critics warn the law could chill undercover investigations and public scrutiny of immigration organizations.

History

Historical Context

In April 2010 Governor Jan Brewer signed Arizona’s SB 1070, the nation’s toughest anti-illegal-immigration law, after sponsor Russell Pearce and drafter Kris Kobach promoted an “attrition through enforcement” agenda. The measure sparked protests in more than 70 cities, led to a 2012 Supreme Court ruling that kept only the immigration-status check provision, and inspired later state efforts such as California’s 2027 address-confidentiality program that seeks a similar enforcement-privacy balance.

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Story summary

Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2624 into law on Saturday.
The bill creates a state address-confidentiality program for immigration service providers, employees and volunteers.
It provides substitute mailing addresses and bans posting personal data online to incite imminent bodily harm.
The program becomes operational on Oct. 1, 2027.
Critics warn the law could chill undercover investigations and public scrutiny of immigration organizations.

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