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SB 270 Sanctuary policies; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers.
Introduced by: Thomas A. Garrett | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Compliance with detainers; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Prohibits the Director of the Department of Corrections, sheriff, or other official in charge of a facility from releasing an incarcerated alien for whom a detainer has been received from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, except to transfer custody of such alien to another facility or to an appropriate federal authority. The bill provides that an alien must be held in excess of his scheduled release date if federal or state law requires that such alien be held until transferred to an appropriate federal authority.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100723D pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16106195D-H1 pdf
- 03/11/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB270ER) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/07/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100723D
- 01/07/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 02/02/16 Senate: Reported from Local Government (7-Y 5-N 1-A)
- 02/04/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/16 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/08/16 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/08/16 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/16 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/09/16 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
- 02/09/16 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/16 Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/11/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/16 House: Read first time
- 02/11/16 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/18/16 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 02/22/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 3-N)
- 02/29/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 3-N)
- 03/07/16 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 6-N)
- 03/07/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16106195D-H1
- 03/09/16 House: Read second time
- 03/10/16 House: Read third time
- 03/10/16 House: Committee substitute agreed to 16106195D-H1
- 03/10/16 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB270H1
- 03/10/16 House: Passed House with substitute (65-Y 31-N)
- 03/10/16 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (65-Y 31-N)
- 03/10/16 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 03/10/16 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
- 03/10/16 Senate: Title replaced 16106195D-H1
- 03/11/16 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/11/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB270ER)
- 03/11/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/16/16 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/16/16
- 03/16/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 03/31/16 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/20/16 Senate: Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (21-Y 18-N)
- 04/20/16 Senate: Requires 26 afiirmative votes to pass in enrolled form