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2004 SESSION
SB 493 Illegal aliens and unidentified people; procedure for detention and arrest.
Introduced by: William C. Mims | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Arrest and detention; illegal aliens. Provides that all law-enforcement officers have the authority to enforce immigration laws and that a law-enforcement officer may, in the course of acting upon reasonable suspicion that an individual has committed or is committing a crime, arrest the individual without a warrant upon receiving confirmation from the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement that the individual is an illegal alien, and has previously been convicted of a felony in the United States and deported or left the United States after such conviction. A magistrate may issue a warrant and the person may be detained for not more than 72 hours or until taken into federal custody, whichever occurs first. The bill creates a presumption that an individual shall not be admitted to bail if he is detained pursuant to this provision. This bill is identical to HB 570.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 040186104 pdf
- 02/12/04 Senate: Committee substitute printed 041176104-S1 pdf
- 03/04/04 House: Committee substitute printed 040049772-H1 pdf
- 03/12/04 Senate: Conference substitute printed 041196772-S2 pdf
- 03/24/04 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB493ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/16/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0412) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 040186104
- 01/14/04 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/11/04 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/sub (11-Y 4-N)
- 02/12/04 Senate: Committee substitute printed 041176104-S1
- 02/13/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (33-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (33-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/04 Senate: Read second time
- 02/16/04 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/16/04 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 041176104-S1
- 02/16/04 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB493S1
- 02/16/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/04 Senate: Passed Senate (36-Y 3-N)
- 02/16/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (36-Y 3-N)
- 02/16/04 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/19/04 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/19/04 House: Read first time
- 02/19/04 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 03/03/04 House: Reported from C. J. with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/04 House: Committee substitute printed 040049772-H1
- 03/05/04 House: Read second time
- 03/08/04 House: Read third time
- 03/08/04 House: Committee substitute agreed to 040049772-H1
- 03/08/04 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB493H1
- 03/08/04 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/04 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/04 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (3-Y 37-N)
- 03/10/04 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (3-Y 37-N)
- 03/11/04 House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/11/04 House: House requested conference committee
- 03/11/04 Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/04 Senate: VOTE: ACCEDE CONF. COMM. (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/04 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/11/04 House: Delegates: Albo, Bell, McDougle
- 03/11/04 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/11/04 Senate: Senators: Mims, Rerras, Reynolds
- 03/12/04 Senate: Conference substitute printed 041196772-S2
- 03/12/04 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
- 03/12/04 Senate: VOTE: CONF. COMMITTEE RPT. (38-Y 1-N)
- 03/12/04 House: Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
- 03/12/04 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (94-Y 0-N)
- 03/24/04 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB493ER)
- 03/24/04 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/26/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/27/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/12/04 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 412 (effective 7/1/04)
- 04/16/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0412)