Virginia Senate Bill 606 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-01-26 - Passed by indefinitely in Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 7-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [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 about state programs that help such persons find and secure employment, housing, and services for which they may be eligible; 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.

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

2018-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-17 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-26	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 7-N)
2018-01-17	Senate	Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services
2018-01-17	Senate	Rereferred from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
2018-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2018-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103009D

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+SB606
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB606+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S03V0052+SB0606
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S09V0041+SB0606