Virginia House Bill 1461 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-13 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
Pending: House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Office of Immigrant Assistance created. Establishes in the Department of Social Services an Office of Immigrant Assistance (the Office) to assist persons lawfully entering the United States and the Commonwealth for the purpose of becoming citizens. The Office shall provide (i) advice and assistance regarding the citizenship application process; (ii) assistance with finding and securing employment, housing, and services for which such persons may be eligible; (iii) information to localities and immigrant service organizations about state programs that help such persons find and secure employment, housing, and services for which they may be eligible and the benefits of such programs; and (iv) information to localities and immigrant service organizations regarding health epidemics and unlawful predatory actions, such as human trafficking, gang recruitment, and fraudulent financial and other schemes, to which communities of such persons may be especially vulnerable.

Immigrant Assistance, Office of; created.

Del. Kathy Tran [D]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

2018-02-02 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (4-Y 2-N) (Y: 4 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-13	House	Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
2018-02-02	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (4-Y 2-N)
2018-01-26	House	Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
2018-01-17	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2018-01-17	House	Presented and ordered printed 18103605D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	2	209.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1461
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1461+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H1203V0051+HB1461