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Judiciary panel advances bill restricting local immigration enforcement agreements, mandates notice for specified convictions
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee on March 14 voted to report favorably on House Bill 1222, which would bar most state and local immigration-enforcement agreements and require 48-hour notification to federal authorities for certain convictions beginning June 1, 2025.
The House Judiciary Committee on March 14 voted to report favorably on House Bill 1222, a measure that would bar state and local units from entering most immigration-enforcement agreements and require certain notice to federal authorities when specific convictions occur.
The bill, as amended in committee, directs that an employer or agent of a state or local correctional facility must notify federal immigration authorities within 48 hours before release if an individual “is the subject of an active immigration detainer request and has been convicted on or after 06/01/2025” of enumerated offenses. Delegate Ben Williams, the bill sponsor, told the committee the provision is prospective and limited to convictions after the June 1, 2025 effective date.
"If someone has been convicted of any of these things ... an employer agent of…
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