If you’re going to make a political statement, make it loudly. State Rep. Dave Williams’ House Bill 1134 to hold elected leaders liable in civil and criminal courts for crimes committed by undocumented residents is attracting a choir from other states.

Alaska State Rep. David Eastman, Ohio State Rep. Candice Keller and Maine State Rep. Lawrence Lockman will introduce similar bills, Williams said in a press release Monday morning. All three bills are based on Williams’ Colorado Politician Accountability Act, the Colorado Springs Republican said.

Williams went on in the release to specify “sanctuary city policies implemented by radical Democrat politicians.”

Williams, of course, has zero chance of advancing his bill past the Democratic House majority’s 6-3 advantage on the State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, but he has gotten attention from the Colorado media and Fox News.

“Since then, state legislators from coast to coast have contacted Representative Williams to join him in the fight to stop sanctuary cities and make America safe again,” the press release from Williams’ office Monday morning stated. “Because existing state laws vary, legislation being introduced around the country could take on different forms and contain different language depending on each state, but the objective remains the same: to keep Americans safe and to hold elected officials accountable to the people they represent.”

As I said in a blog last week, the courts have consistently upheld immunity for government in cases involving crimes committed by others. The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Castle Rock in 2005 after police failed to enforce a restraining order that led to the deaths of three children.

Williams first drew attention in Colorado politics when he was impeached as the student body president at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs in 2009 for refusing to sign an approval for a gay organization’s Coming Out Day event. He told his story two weeks ago to try to pass a religious exemption bill. The same House committee is scheduled to hear his sanctuary city bill Feb. 22 at 1:30 p.m.

The hearing will allow both sides to rally supporters and play politics to raise awareness for their positions.

Williams provided quotes from the lawmakers he said will file similar bills.

Eastman stated, “Any politician who cares more about pushing a political agenda than protecting the citizens they were elected to serve should be held accountable when their actions result in harm to members of the public. As an elected official, and as a military veteran, I swore an oath to uphold and protect the United States Constitution.

“All legislators who take a similar oath, regardless of the letter that comes after their name, must be held accountable. It is unconscionable that radical politicians are recklessly placing Americans in harm’s way today. I am proud to support legislation that will keep Alaskans safe from sanctuary city politicians.”

Keller stated, “All Americans deserve to feel safe in their own communities. I cannot imagine what Kate Steinle’s family has gone through. I will do everything within my power to prevent that kind of incident in Ohio.

“Local politicians who feel that they are unaccountable to the citizens need to know that we are holding them to the same high standards under which we all live. Lawlessness has no place in Ohio communities.”

Lockman said in the statement. “When I saw this proposal, I told myself, ‘This is it, the solution for safer communities.’ Corrupt politicians, for the longest time, have protected illegal aliens and we simply cannot sit here idly watching good people get hurt and no one being held accountable. I believe that this is the beginnings of a national movement for a safer America.”