Bill Text: VA HB262 | 2020 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Immigration status; prohibiting inquiry into status of certain victims or witnesses of crimes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-03-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0273) [HB262 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2020-HB262-Engrossed.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 262 House Amendments in [ ] – February 5, 2020 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. ---------- Patron Prior to Engrossment--Delegate Lopez ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

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.

[ A. ] No [ officer or agent of any state or local ] law-enforcement [ agency officer, as defined in §9.1-101, ] 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.

[ B. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a law-enforcement officer from inquiring into the immigration status of the parent or guardian of a minor victim if such parent or guardian has been arrested for, has been charged with, or is being investigated for a crime against the minor victim. ]