SR 937: U.S. Department of Homeland Security and United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement; refrain from immigration enforcement activity in the immediate vicinity of polling places and locations; urge

This resolution does not change Georgia law. Instead, it asks the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), along with state and local law enforcement, to avoid immigration enforcement actions near polling places while ballots are being cast. It points to Georgia's existing buffer zones around polling places (150 feet from a polling building and 25 feet from voters in line) and asks that immigration enforcement respect the same zones. The resolution also urges Georgia's Secretary of State to issue uniform guidance to county election officials and poll workers. That guidance would restate existing anti-intimidation protections, create a response protocol if federal agents appear near a voting site (including notifying the county superintendent and Secretary of State's office and documenting the incident), and make clear that voter eligibility challenges must go through lawful election procedures, not intimidation. Copies would be sent to the Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Georgia's congressional delegation, and DHS.

• Urges DHS and ICE, as well as state and local law enforcement, to avoid immigration enforcement actions, surveillance, or deployments near polling places while voting is happening.
• Asks that this request apply within the same buffer zones already set by Georgia law: 150 feet from a polling place building and 25 feet from voters standing in line.
• Urges the Secretary of State to issue statewide guidance reiterating existing protections against voter and poll worker intimidation.
• Calls for a protocol if federal immigration agents appear near a polling place, including notifying officials, de-escalation steps, and documentation.
• Directs that copies of the resolution be sent to the Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Georgia's congressional delegation, and the Secretary of DHS.

Voters and poll workers at Georgia polling places, county election superintendents and officials, the Georgia Secretary of State's office, and federal immigration enforcement agencies (DHS and ICE) along with state and local law enforcement agencies that might operate near voting locations.

Because this is a resolution rather than a law, it creates no binding requirement on ICE or DHS. Its practical effect depends on whether federal agencies and the Secretary of State choose to act on the request, which could shape whether voters feel safe casting ballots without fear of encountering immigration enforcement nearby.

• The resolution cites Georgia's existing polling place buffer zones (150 feet from the building, 25 feet from voters in line) as the standard it wants immigration enforcement to respect.
• It references existing Georgia criminal penalties for election interference and voter intimidation as background, without changing those laws.
• It urges the Secretary of State to issue statewide guidance to county election officials on responding to federal immigration enforcement near polling places.
• It calls for a specific response protocol including notification of the county superintendent and Secretary of State's office, de-escalation steps, and documentation.
• It directs distribution of the resolution to the Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, the Georgia Congressional Delegation, and the Secretary of DHS.

1. 2026-03-12Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
2. 2026-03-10Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Jaha Howard (D, SD-035)Primary sponsor
• Kim Jackson (D, SD-041)
• Sheikh Rahman (D, SD-005)
• Ed Harbison (D, SD-015)
• Sally Harrell (D, SD-040)
• Josh McLaurin (D, SD-014)
• RaShaun Kemp (D, SD-038)
• Gail Davenport (D, SD-017)
• Donzella James (D, SD-028)

• voting rights
• immigration enforcement
• election security
• polling places
• voter intimidation