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SB 491 Inquiry and report of immigration status; persons charged with or convicted of certain crimes.
Introduced by: Scott A. Surovell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Inquiry and report of immigration status; persons charged with or convicted of certain crimes. Provides that the provisions requiring (i) jail officers to ascertain the citizenship of any inmate taken into custody at a jail, (ii) officers in charge of correctional facilities to inquire as to the citizenship of any person committed to a correctional facility, and (iii) the mandatory duty of the clerk of a court committing a convicted alien to a correctional facility to furnish related court records to a United States immigration officer, are limited to felony offenses. The bill also provides that the clerk of court report to the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security any juvenile adjudicated of delinquency or finding of guilt for a violent juvenile felony. This bill is identical to HB 1150.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104908D pdf
- 02/04/20 Senate: Floor substitute printed 20107555D-S1 (Surovell) pdf | impact statement
- 03/02/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20109051D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/12/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB491ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/09/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0996) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104908D
- 01/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/08/20 Senate: Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
- 01/29/20 Senate: Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 3-N)
- 01/31/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/20 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/04/20 Senate: Floor substitute printed 20107555D-S1 (Surovell)
- 02/04/20 Senate: Read second time
- 02/04/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/04/20 Senate: Substitute by Senator agreed to 20107555D-S1
- 02/04/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB491S1
- 02/05/20 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/18/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/20 House: Read first time
- 02/18/20 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/18/20 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/24/20 House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 3-N)
- 03/02/20 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
- 03/02/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20109051D-H1
- 03/04/20 House: Read second time
- 03/05/20 House: Read third time
- 03/05/20 House: Committee substitute rejected 20109051D-H1
- 03/05/20 House: Passed House (51-Y 45-N)
- 03/05/20 House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 45-N)
- 03/12/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/12/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB491ER)
- 03/12/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/17/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
- 03/17/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/09/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 996 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/09/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0996)