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File #: 2026-0286    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Reported from Standing Committee
File created: 3/23/2026 In control: Committee on Public Safety and Wellness
On agenda: 3/24/2026 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
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Title: Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 6: Conduct, Article I: Regulated Rights and Actions by adding a new Chapter 630A: Non-Intervention with Respect to Immigration Enforcement, to place certain restrictions on the collection and use of information related to citizenship and immigration status, place certain restrictions on the use of City assets, prohibit certain forms of discrimination in City services, and provide for remedies for violations, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Barbara Warwick, Deborah L. Gross, Erika Strassburger, Robert Charland, Khari Mosley
Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 06 - CONDUCT
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Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 6: Conduct, Article I: Regulated Rights and Actions by adding a new Chapter 630A: Non-Intervention with Respect to Immigration Enforcement, to place certain restrictions on the collection and use of information related to citizenship and immigration status, place certain restrictions on the use of City assets, prohibit certain forms of discrimination in City services, and provide for remedies for violations, all under certain terms and conditions.

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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The Pittsburgh City Code, Title 6: Conduct, Article I: Regulated Rights and Actions is hereby supplemented to add a new Chapter 630A: Non-Intervention with Respect to Immigration Enforcement.

?630A.01. Definitions.

(1) CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS shall have the same meaning as defined under the City Code of Pittsburgh Title 6, Article V, Chapter 651, Section 651.04(ss).
(2) CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR shall mean any person or entity that receives City funds and is party to, or a subcontractor for, an agreement to provide services or goods to, or on behalf of, the City.
(3) CITY AGENCY shall mean any city department, division, commission, council, committee, board, or other body established by authority of ordinance, executive order, or Charter, including the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police.
(4) CITY shall mean the City of Pittsburgh.
(5) EMPLOYEE shall mean any individual employed by or acting on behalf of a City Agency.
(6) PURCHASER shall mean any individual or entity seeking to buy an interest in City-owned real property.
(7) LESSEE shall mean any individual or entity leasing City-owned real property or real property managed by the city after the effective date of this Chapter, including any individual or entity who subleases such property.
(8) JUDICIAL WARRANT shall mean a warrant based on probable cause and issued by a judge appointed pursuant to Article...

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