Arizona Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 1591 — immigrant legal fund

Last action — Senate Second Reading

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

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This bill establishes the Immigrant Legal Fund to provide financial support for nonprofit organizations that offer legal counsel for immigration cases.

  • Title 41, chapter 1, article 4

    41-177. Immigrant legal fund A. THE IMMIGRANT LEGAL FUND IS ESTABLISHED CONSISTING OF LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS, GIFTS, GRANTS AND DONATIONS. MONIES IN THE FUND ARE CONTINUOUSLY APPROPRIATED. THE STATE TREASURER SHALL ADMINISTER THE FUND. MONIES IN THE FUND ARE EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 35-190 RELATING TO LAPSING OF APPROPRIATIONS. B. THE STATE TREASURER SHALL USE MONIES FROM THE FUND TO PROVIDE STATE AID ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE LEGAL COUNSEL TO PROCESS IMMIGRATION CASES. THE STATE TREASURER SHALL ESTABLISH AN APPLICATION PROCESS FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO APPLY FOR MONIES FROM THE FUND.

    This creates a new fund specifically for supporting legal services for immigrants.

  • The sum of $1,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the immigrant legal fund established by section 41-177, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act.

    This appropriates $1,000,000 from the state general fund to the newly established Immigrant Legal Fund.

Action History

  1. Senate Second Reading

  2. Senate First Reading

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 1591?
SB 1591 is sponsored by Martin Quezada and Raquel Terán.
What is the current status of SB 1591?
This bill died with Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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