Defendant; notifying consequences criminal proceedings can have on immigration.
Summary
Notifying defendant of consequences criminal proceedings can have on immigration. Requires that upon the defendant's first appearance for any misdemeanor or felony, the court shall advise the defendant of the following: The outcome of criminal proceedings may have federal immigration and naturalization consequences.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 12, 2025
Signed Mar 24, 2025
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What changed between versions
Enrolled
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Chaptered
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3 edits
MINOR
The bill was formally enacted into law as Chapter 464 of the 2025 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive text of the law remains unchanged, requiring courts to inform criminal defendants at their first appearance that criminal proceedings could affect their immigration status.
Scope change
No substantive change to the law's scope or applicability; only formatting and chapter designation were added during the enrollment process.
TECHNICAL
Added official chapter designation (Chapter 464) and approval date (March 24, 2025) to the enrolled version
Added decorative spacing and formatting lines typical of official enrolled legislation
Removed preliminary session headers and formatting from the enrolled version
Floor votes · Senate Feb 14, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 40
Feb 14, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
78% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
13
Committee
6
Amendments
4
Mar 24, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 464 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Feb 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2560ER)
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate Amendment agreed to by House (92-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment (23-Y 15-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Jan 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
Co
Shelly Simonds
DDemocratic
Co
Vivian Watts
DDemocratic
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