Bill Text: VA HB1039 | 2016 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Sanctuary policies; prohibited.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-10 - Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote [HB1039 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-HB1039-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1039 Offered January 13, 2016 Prefiled January 13, 2016 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.2-1409.1, relating to sanctuary policies. ---------- Patron-- Pogge ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 15.2-1409.1 as follows:

§15.2-1409.1. Establishment of sanctuary policies prohibited.

No locality shall adopt any ordinance, procedure, or policy that restricts the enforcement of federal immigration laws to less than the full extent permitted by federal law.