SB1421: Admission to bail; persons not lawfully present in United States.

Chief Patron

Sen. Mark Herring (D-33)

Mark Herring (D-33)
Served: 2006–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

Bill is Dead

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Summary

Criminal procedure; admission to bail; persons not lawfully present in the United States; presumption.  Adds a presumption, subject to rebuttal, against admitting to bail any person who commits a felony while not lawfully present in the United States.  Requires judicial officers, to the extent feasible, to verify with the Law Enforcement Support Center of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the United States Department of Homeland Security prior to a bail hearing whether a person is a citizen or is otherwise lawfully present in the United States.