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SENATE BILL NO. 639 Offered January 9, 2008 Prefiled January 9, 2008 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 19.2-11.02, relating to crime victims and witnesses. ---------- Patrons-- Ticer; Delegate: Watts ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 19.2-11.02 as follows:

§ 19.2-11.02.  Prohibition on investigating victim and witness's immigration status.

When a person reports to law enforcement that he was a victim of or witness to a crime, neither the law-enforcement officer nor any other public officer or official may question the person as to whether the person making the report or any member of his immediate family, other than a member whom the reporter identifies as the alleged perpetrator of a crime, is a citizen or is otherwise lawfully present in the United States and the law-enforcement officer or other public officer or official may not investigate or cause to be investigated the immigration or legal status of such victim or witness.