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2009 SESSION
SB 1436 Crime victims; no law-enforcement officer shall inquire into immigration status of victim of crime.
Introduced by: Janet D. Howell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Crime victims; immigration status. Provides that no law-enforcement officer or other agent of state or local government shall, when investigating a crime, inquire into the immigration status of any person who reports that he is the victim of the crime or is the parent or guardian of a minor victim, or is a cooperating witness in the 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 or 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.
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HISTORY
- 01/16/09 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 098605248
- 01/16/09 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/19/09 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 01/28/09 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/09 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/13/09 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/09 House: Read first time
- 02/13/09 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
- 02/18/09 House: Assigned MPPS sub: #2
- 02/19/09 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
- 02/28/09 House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety