Bill Text: VA HB2000 | 2017 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Sanctuary policies; prohibited.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 10)

Status: (Vetoed) 2017-04-05 - (67 affirmative votes required to override) [HB2000 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2017-HB2000-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 2000 Offered January 11, 2017 Prefiled January 10, 2017 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.2-1409.1, relating to sanctuary policies. ---------- Patron-- Poindexter ---------- 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.

Each locality shall adopt a policy requiring any public contractor with which the locality does business to use the E-Verify program.