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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Contractors, licensed; Commission on Immigration to study hiring of undocumented workers & impact. [HJR-164]
Study; Virginia Commission on Immigration; report. Requests the Virginia Commission on Immigration to study the pervasiveness of licensed contractors in Virginia hiring undocumented workers or otherwise violating the federal Immigration and Reform Act and the impact of such activities on Virginia's workforce and economy.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove House: Left In Rules on 02/12/2008
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Highway Trust Fund, federal; joint subcommittee to study impact on State of decline in funding. [HJR-158]
Study; decline in funding from federal Highway Trust Fund; report. Establishes a 10-member joint subcommittee to study the impact on Virginia of a decline in funding from the federal Highway Trust Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Paula Miller House: Left In Rules on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
V-Prize Foundation; commending and encouraging the Space Transportation Office to study. [HJR-147]
V-Prize Foundation. Commends the V-Prize Foundation and encourages the Federal Aviation Administration%92s Commercial Space Transportation office to conduct a comprehensive study of the domestic and international legal issues associated with transoceanic point-to-point space flight.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Kilgore House: Bill Text As Passed House And Senate (hj147er) on 03/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Ecumenical Patriarch; encouraging Government of Turkey to grant certain rights. [HJR-126]
Encourage the Government of Turkey to grant certain rights to the Ecumenical Patriarch. Encourages the Government of Turkey to grant the Ecumenical Patriarch appropriate international recognition, ecclesiastical succession, and the right to train clergy of all nationalities and to respect the property rights and human rights of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Loupassi House: Left In Rules on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Illegal immigration; memorializing Congress to pursue solutions. [HJR-125]
Illegal immigration; memorializing Congress to act. Requests Congress to provide federal agencies with the necessary resources for the enforcement of existing federal immigration laws or, if Congress chooses not to provide those resources, to enact legislation giving states the authority and funding to address the problem of illegal immigration.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter House: Left In Rules on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Illegal immigration; adopts several measures aimed at curbing in State, report. [HB-928]
Illegal immigration; penalty. Adopts several measures aimed at curbing illegal immigration in the Commonwealth. The bill requires all public bodies and their contractors to register and participate in a federal work authorization program operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security to verify information on all new employees, and requires all agencies providing benefits to verify the recipient's immigration status. State institutions of higher education would be prohibited from providing in-state tuition to illegal aliens.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter House: Left In Rules on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Income tax, state; conformity of system with Internal Revenue Code. [HB-912]
Income tax; conformity with IRC. Advances the date as of which Virginia's system of taxation conforms with the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) from December 31, 2006, to December 31, 2007. Identical to
Sponsored by: Rep. Harry Purkey Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0001) on 02/04/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Setoff Debt Collection Act; setoff against federal tax refunds for local tax debt. [HB-868]
Setoff Debt Collection Act; setoff against federal tax refunds for local tax debt. Allows local governments, with the Department of Taxation's assistance, to collect past due local taxes from federal income tax returns. The provisions of the act will take effect on the effective date of federal legislation enacted by the United States Congress allowing such debt to be offset against federal income tax refunds.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Johnson House: Left In Finance on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Correctional facilities; inquiries to U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. [HB-764]
Citizenship of persons in correctional facilities; inquiry to U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Requires the officer in charge of a correctional facility to inquire through the Law Enforcement Support Center of the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs if at any time during a person's commitment it appears that the person is an alien. If it is determined that an alien is found to be within the custody of the facility, the officer in charge shall immediately notify the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs as well as the Central
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter House: Incorporated By Rules (hb820-albo) By Voice Vote on 01/29/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Central Criminal Records Exchange; required to notify U.S. Bureau of Immigration & Customs. [HB-763]
Powers and duties of probation and parole officers; Central Criminal Records Exchange; correctional facilities; reporting and transfer of aliens to the U. S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Requires CCRE, probation and parole officers, correctional facilities, etc., to notify the U. S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement if someone in custody appears to be an alien. The bill also allows agreements to be made with the Bureau for the transfer of any alien to immigration authorities. This bill was incorporated into
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter House: Incorporated By Rules (hb820-albo) By Voice Vote on 01/29/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Motor vehicles; yielding right-of-way when approaching mail delivery vehicles. [HB-642]
Yielding right-of-way when approaching certain vehicles. Requires the driver of any motor vehicle to yield the right-of-way when approaching vehicles used to collect and deliver the United States mail if such vehicles display flashing amber lights.
Sponsored by: Rep. Clarke Hogan House: Left In Transportation on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Immigration laws; Governor to enter into memorandum of agreement with Immigration and Customs. [HB-623]
Enforcement of immigration laws; agreement with United States Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. States that it is the responsibility of the Governor to enter into a memorandum of agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that would allow designated state and local law-enforcement officers to perform certain federal immigration law functions in the Commonwealth. Such an agreement is often referred to as an agreement under the federal 287(g) program.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter Senate: Passed By Indefinitely In Courts Of Justice (8-y 7-n) on 02/28/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Setoff Debt Collection Act; setoff against federal tax refunds for local tax debt. [HB-620]
Setoff Debt Collection Act; setoff against federal tax refunds for local tax debt. Allows local governments, with the Department of Taxation's assistance, to collect past due local taxes from federal income tax returns. The provisions of the act will take effect on the effective date of federal legislation enacted by the United States Congress allowing such debt to be offset against federal income tax refunds.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Brink House: Left In Finance on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Immigration laws; immunity to State agencies and employees, etc. for authorized enforcement. [HB-51]
Immunity for enforcement of immigration laws. Provides immunity to agencies and employees of the Commonwealth and political subdivisions for the authorized enforcement of immigration laws. This bill was continued to the 2009 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter House: Continued To 2009 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/05/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Illegal aliens; fraudulently assisting thereof, penalty. [HB-45]
Fraudulently assisting illegal aliens; penalty. Provides that any person, knowing an individual is an alien in the United States unlawfully, who, with the intent to violate the immigration laws of the United States, fraudulently assists the illegal alien in acquiring or attempting to acquire a benefit, service, status, or privilege to which the illegal alien is not lawfully entitled, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Poindexter House: Left In Rules on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Correctional facilities; enforcement of federal civil immigration laws. [HB-441]
Correctional facilities; enforcement of federal civil immigration laws. Requires the officer in charge of a correctional facility to ensure that at least one officer on duty at the facility is authorized to enforce federal civil immigration laws, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Such an agreement is often referred to as a "287(g)" agreement. This bill was incorporated into
Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon House: Incorporated By Rules (hb820-albo) By Voice Vote on 01/29/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Electoral College; votes therein shall be allocated by popular vote for President & Vice President. [HB-42]
Electoral College. Provides that the Commonwealth's votes in the Electoral College shall be allocated by the popular vote statewide and in each congressional district. The candidates for President and Vice President who win the popular statewide vote will receive the votes of the two at-large statewide electors and the candidate who wins the popular vote in each congressional district will receive the vote of that district's elector. Maine and Nebraska allocate electoral college votes in this manner. This bill is identical to
Sponsored by: Rep. David Englin House: Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Sanctuary cities; prohibits localities from adopting policy that protects undocumented immigrants. [HB-367]
Sanctuary cities prohibited. Prohibits a local governing body from adopting a policy that serves to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation. Furthermore, no locality shall prohibit its employees from asking a person about his immigration status.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Carrico House: Left In Rules on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Crime victims and witnesses; immigration status. [HB-307]
Crime victims and witnesses; immigration status. Prohibits law enforcement from questioning or investigating the immigration status of a person who reports that he was a victim of or witness to a crime.
Sponsored by: Rep. Albert Eisenberg House: Left In Rules on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Federal immigration functions; performance of certain. [HB-301]
Performance of certain federal immigration functions. Requires the sheriff of a locality with a population greater than 300,000 to enter into a memorandum of agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that would allow designated local law-enforcement officers to perform certain federal immigration law functions in the Commonwealth. Such an agreement is often referred to as an agreement under the federal 287(g) program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Nichols House: Left In Rules on 02/12/2008