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2007 SESSION

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SB 1421 Admission to bail; persons not lawfully present in United States.

Introduced by: Mark R. Herring | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Criminal procedure; admission to bail; persons not lawfully present in the United States; presumption.  Adds a presumption, subject to rebuttal, against admitting to bail any person who commits a felony while not lawfully present in the United States.  Requires judicial officers, to the extent feasible, to verify with the Law Enforcement Support Center of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the United States Department of Homeland Security prior to a bail hearing whether a person is a citizen or is otherwise lawfully present in the United States.

FULL TEXT

• 01/19/07  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 079851738  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/19/07  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 079851738
• 01/19/07  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/06/07  Senate: Left in Courts of Justice