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2008 SESSION

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SB 441 Crime victims and witnesses; prohibits inquiry of immigration status.

Introduced by: Janet D. Howell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Crime victims; immigration status. Provides that no law-enforcement officer or other agent of state or local government shall inquire into the immigration status of any person who reports that he is the victim of a crime or is the parent or guardian of a minor victim, or is a cooperating witness in a criminal investigation or is the parent or guardian of a minor witness. The bill does not prohibit a law-enforcement officer from inquiring into the immigration status of a victim or witness who has been arrested and charged with a criminal violation, or when such inquiry is required by federal law or is essential to the investigation or prosecution of the crime to which the person is a witness or of which the person is a victim. This bill incorporates SB 639.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/08  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 089824248  pdf
• 01/31/08  Senate: Committee substitute printed 080280248-S1  pdf
• 03/03/08  House: Committee substitute printed 080358248-H1  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/09/08  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 089824248
• 01/09/08  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/28/08  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special on Immigration
• 01/30/08  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/08  Senate: Committee substitute printed 080280248-S1
• 02/01/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/08  Senate: Read second time
• 02/04/08  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/04/08  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 080280248-S1
• 02/04/08  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB441S1
• 02/05/08  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/08  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/12/08  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/12/08  House: Read first time
• 02/12/08  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/14/08  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
• 02/29/08  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 10-N)
• 03/03/08  House: Committee substitute printed 080358248-H1
• 03/04/08  House: Read second time
• 03/05/08  House: Read third time
• 03/05/08  House: Committee substitute agreed to 080358248-H1
• 03/05/08  House: Pending question ordered
• 03/05/08  House: Defeated by House (46-Y 52-N)
• 03/05/08  House: VOTE: --- DEFEATED (46-Y 52-N)
• 03/05/08  House: Reconsideration of defeated action rejected by House (45-Y 53-N)
• 03/05/08  House: VOTE: --- RECONSIDER DEFEATED (45-Y 53-N)