HB 2623 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; failure to communicate or cooperate.

Summary
Failure of Commonwealth or locality to communicate or cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; waiver of sovereign immunity. Provides that when (i) the Commonwealth adopts any rule, regulation, or policy or passes any law or (ii) any locality adopts any ordinance, resolution, or motion that impedes the ability of law-enforcement officers, corrections officers, or jail officers to communicate or cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement about a person in the United States illegally, the Commonwealth or such locality waives sovereign immunity as it relates to any injuries or damages sustained by victims of crimes committed by such person.
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Jan 2025
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Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Last action Feb 5, 2025
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Jan 13, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Public Safety
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Jan 13, 2025
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Presented and ordered printed 25104522D
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Buddy Fowler
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