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2020 SESSION

20101667D
HOUSE BILL NO. 262
Offered January 8, 2020
Prefiled December 30, 2019
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 19.2-11.02, relating to inquiry into immigration status; certain victims or witnesses of crime.
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Patrons-- Lopez and Levine
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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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. Prohibiting inquiry into the immigration status of certain victims or witnesses of crime.

No officer or agent of any state or local law-enforcement agency shall, in connection with the report, investigation, or prosecution of a criminal violation of state or local law, inquire into the immigration status of any person who (i) reports that he is a victim of the crime or is the parent or guardian of a minor victim of the crime or (ii) is a cooperating witness in the investigation of the crime or the parent or guardian of a minor witness to the crime.