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2010 SESSION
SB 462 Crime victims; no law-enforcement officer shall inquire into immigration status thereof.
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 the parent or guardian of a minor victim, or is a cooperating witness in the criminal investigation or 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
- 01/13/10 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101329D
- 01/13/10 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/14/10 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 01/20/10 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/10 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/26/10 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/10 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/16/10 House: Read first time
- 02/16/10 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/17/10 House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
- 03/05/10 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 4-N)
- 03/08/10 House: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (10-Y 10-N)