Virginia 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 2270 — Incarcerated aliens, certain; release from jail, notice to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Last action — House sustained Governor's veto (50-Y 48-N)

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    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House of Delegates
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2019. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 9 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Requires that the sheriff, jail superintendent, or other official in charge of a local correctional facility or a regional jail in which an alien is incarcerated shall notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the release or discharge of the alien forthwith as soon as the release date is known.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

12 added · 22 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendments to Bill HB 2270 clarify the requirements regarding the release of incarcerated aliens from local jails in Virginia. The updated version now requires officials to notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as soon as the release date is known, rather than seven days in advance. Additionally, the provision that penalized facilities for noncompliance by cutting state funding has been removed. These changes streamline the notification process, potentially speeding up the coordination with immigration enforcement, while also eliminating the financial penalties for local facilities.

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SESSION history | hilite | pdf | print version 19102731D HOUSE BILL NO.
SESSION history | hilite | pdf | print version VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 10 of Title 53.1 a section numbered 53.1-220.3, relating to release of certain incarcerated aliens from jail;
2270 House Amendments in [ ] -- February 4, 2019 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 10 of Title 53.1 a section numbered 53.1-220.3, relating to release of certain incarcerated aliens from jail;
---------- Patron Prior to Engrossment--Delegate Poindexter ---------- Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety ---------- Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
[H 2270] Approved   Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
notice to Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ ;
notice to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
failure to comply ] .
 The sheriff, jail superintendent, or other official in charge of a local correctional facility or regional jail in which an alien is incarcerated shall notify U.S.
 [ A.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the release or discharge of the alien forthwith as soon as the release date is known.
] The sheriff, jail superintendent, or other official in charge of a local correctional facility or regional jail in which an alien is incarcerated shall notify U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the release or discharge of the alien [ at least seven days prior to the date he is to be released or discharged from custody forthwith as soon as the release date is known ] .
 [ B.
Any local correctional facility or regional jail that fails to comply with the provisions of this section may be prohibited from receiving state funding for operating costs for the three fiscal years following such noncompliance.
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Action History

  1. House sustained Governor's veto (50-Y 48-N)

  2. Vetoed by Governor

  3. Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019

  4. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019

  5. Signed by President

  6. Signed by Speaker

  7. Enrolled

  8. Read third time

  9. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

  10. Constitutional reading dispensed

  11. Read third time and passed House (51-Y 46-N)

  12. Printed as engrossed 19102731D-E

  13. Engrossed by House as amended HB2270E

  14. Committee amendment Courts of Justice agreed to

  15. Committee amendments from Militia, Police and Public Safety agreed to

  16. Read second time

  17. Read first time

  18. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

  19. Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice

  20. Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #2

  21. Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety

  22. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102731D

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 24 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (146)

146 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Passed Senate

Passed 21 Yea · 19 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 211900
Total 211900
% of votes cast 53%48%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Black — Yea
Chafin — Yea
Dance — Nay
Spruill — Nay
McClellan — Nay
Carrico — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Barbara A. Favola — Nay
Barker, George L. — Nay
Bill DeSteph — Yea
Bryce E. Reeves — Yea
Chase, Amanda F. — Yea
Cosgrove, John A., Jr. — Yea
David R. Suetterlein — Yea
David W. Marsden — Nay
Dunnavant, Siobhan S. — Yea
Ebbin, Adam P. — Nay
Edwards, John S. — Nay
Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — Yea
Hanger, Emmett W., Jr. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Nay
Jennifer B. Boysko — Nay
Jeremy S. McPike — Nay
L. Louise Lucas — Nay
Lewis, Lynwood W., Jr. — Nay
Mamie E. Locke — Nay
Mark D. Obenshain — Yea
Mark J. Peake — Yea
Mason, T. Montgomery "Monty" — Nay
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Norment, Thomas K., Jr. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Nay
R. Creigh Deeds — Nay
Richard H. Stuart — Yea
Ruff, Frank M., Jr. — Yea
Ryan T. McDougle — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Nay
Scott A. Surovell — Nay
Vogel, Jill Holtzman — Yea
William M. Stanley, Jr. — Yea

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Constitutional reading dispensed

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Total 37000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (37)
Member Party Vote
Black — Yea
Carrico — Yea
Dance — Yea
McClellan — Yea
Chafin — Yea
Spruill — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Barbara A. Favola — Yea
Bill DeSteph — Yea
Bryce E. Reeves — Yea
Chase, Amanda F. — Yea
Cosgrove, John A., Jr. — Yea
David R. Suetterlein — Yea
David W. Marsden — Yea
Dunnavant, Siobhan S. — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — Yea
Hanger, Emmett W., Jr. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
Jennifer B. Boysko — Yea
Jeremy S. McPike — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Lewis, Lynwood W., Jr. — Yea
Mamie E. Locke — Yea
Mark D. Obenshain — Yea
Mark J. Peake — Yea
Mason, T. Montgomery "Monty" — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Norment, Thomas K., Jr. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
R. Creigh Deeds — Yea
Richard H. Stuart — Yea
Ruff, Frank M., Jr. — Yea
Ryan T. McDougle — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea
Scott A. Surovell — Yea
William M. Stanley, Jr. — Yea

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Reported from Courts of Justice

Passed 9 Yea · 6 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9600
Total 9600
% of votes cast 60%40%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Chafin — Yea
Bryce E. Reeves — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Nay
Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Nay
L. Louise Lucas — Nay
Mark D. Obenshain — Yea
Mark J. Peake — Yea
Norment, Thomas K., Jr. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Nay
R. Creigh Deeds — Nay
Richard H. Stuart — Yea
Ryan T. McDougle — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Nay
William M. Stanley, Jr. — Yea

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Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment

Passed 10 Yea · 7 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10700
Total 10700
% of votes cast 59%41%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Gilbert — Yea
Ransone — Yea
Bell, Robert B. — Yea
Campbell, J.L. — Yea
Campbell, R.R. — Yea
Bourne — Nay
Collins — Yea
Miyares — Yea
Mullin — Nay
Charniele L. Herring — Nay
James A. "Jay" Leftwich — Yea
Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — Nay
Kimberly Pope Adams — Yea
Marcus B. Simon — Nay
Patrick A. Hope — Nay
Terry G. Kilgore — Yea
Vivian E. Watts — Nay

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Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with amendments

Passed 11 Yea · 9 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11900
Total 11900
% of votes cast 55%45%0%0%
How each member voted (20)
Member Party Vote
Kory — Nay
Rush — Yea
Edmunds — Yea
Fariss — Yea
Campbell, R.R. — Yea
Carter — Nay
Freitas — Yea
Levine — Nay
Tyler — Nay
Alfonso H. Lopez — Nay
Emily M. Jordan — Yea
Israel D. O'Quinn — Yea
James W. Morefield — Yea
Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — Nay
Kimberly Pope Adams — Nay
Marcus B. Simon — Nay
Michael J. Webert — Yea
Sam Rasoul — Nay
Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — Yea
Tony O. Wilt — Yea

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Subjects

public-safety immigration
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 2270 do?
Requires that the sheriff, jail superintendent, or other official in charge of a local correctional facility or a regional jail in which an alien is incarcerated shall notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the release or discharge of the alien forthwith as soon as the release date is known.
Who sponsors HB 2270?
HB 2270 is sponsored by Cole, Mark L. and Poindexter, Charles D..
What is the current status of HB 2270?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2019. Enacted.
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