2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB2623: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; failure to communicate or cooperate.

Legislative 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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Bill History

1/13/2025
Presented and ordered printed 25104522D
House of Delegates
1/13/2025
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
House of Delegates
1/30/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2623)
House of Delegates
2/5/2025
Left in Public Safety
House of Delegates

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/13/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Public Safety(House of Delegates)

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/13/20254.1 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/30/2025101.5 KB