HB 1150

Abstract

Inquiry and report of immigration status; persons charged with or convicted of certain crimes. Provides that the provisions requiring (i) jail officers to ascertain the citizenship of any inmate taken into custody at a jail, (ii) officers in charge of correctional facilities to inquire as to the citizenship of any person committed to a correctional facility, and (iii) the mandatory duty of the clerk of a court committing a convicted alien to a correctional facility to furnish related court records to a United States immigration officer are limited to felony offenses. The bill also provides that the clerk of court report to the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security any juvenile adjudicated of delinquency or finding of guilt for a violent juvenile felony. This bill incorporates HB 244 and is identical to SB 491.

Inquiry and report of immigration status; persons charged with or convicted of certain crimes. Removes provisions requiring (i) jail officers to ascertain the citizenship of any inmate taken into custody at a jail, (ii) probation and parole officers to inquire as to the citizenship status of an individual convicted of a felony in circuit court and referred to such officers, and (iii) officers in charge of correctional facilities to inquire as to the citizenship of any person committed to a correctional facility, and therefore such information is not required to be reported to the Central Criminal Records Exchange of the Department of State Police. The bill also removes the mandatory duty of the clerk of a court committing a convicted alien to a correctional facility to furnish related court records to a United States immigration officer and the requirement that an intake officer report to the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security any juvenile detained on an allegation that the juvenile, believed to be in the United States illegally, committed a violent felony. This bill incorporates HB 244.

Inquiry and report of immigration status; personscharged with or convicted of certain crimes. Removes provisionsrequiring (i) jail officers to ascertain the citizenship of any inmatetaken into custody at a jail, (ii) probation and parole officersto inquire as to the citizenship status of an individual convictedof a felony in circuit court and referred to such officers, and (iii)officers in charge of correctional facilities to inquire as to thecitizenship of any person committed to a correctional facility, andtherefore such information is not required to be reported to the Central Criminal Records Exchange of the Department of State Police.The bill also removes the mandatory duty of the clerk of a courtcommitting a convicted alien to a correctional facility to furnishrelated court records to a United States immigration officer andthe requirement that an intake officer report to the Bureau of Immigrationand Customs Enforcement of the U.S. Department of Homeland Securityany juvenile detained on an allegation that the juvenile, believedto be in the United States illegally, committed a violent felony.