Bill Text: WV HB2067 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibiting counties, municipalities, and cities from passing any sanctuary ordinances, policies, and procedures
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-09 - To House Political Subdivisions [HB2067 Detail]
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WEST virginia legislature
2019 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 2067
By Delegates Hollen, J. Kelly and Fast
[Introduced January 9, 2019; Referred
to the Committee on Political Subdivisions then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §7-1-17; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §8-11-6, all relating to prohibiting counties, municipalities, and cities from passing any sanctuary ordinances, policies, and procedures.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
CHAPTER 7. COUNTY COMMISSIONS AND OFFICERS.
ARTICLE 1. COUNTY COMMISSIONS GENERALLY.
§7-1-17. Adoption of sanctuary ordinance prohibited.
(a) No county may have in effect any policy, ordinance, or procedure that limits or restricts the enforcement of federal immigration laws to less than the full extent permitted by federal law.
(b) No county may do any of the following related to information regarding the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual:
(1) Prohibit law-enforcement officials or agencies from gathering such information.
(2) Direct law-enforcement officials or agencies not to gather such information.
(3) Prohibit the communication of such information to federal law-enforcement agencies.
CHAPTER 8. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.
ARTICLE 11. POWERS AND DUTIES WITH RESPECT TO ORDINANCES AND ORDINANCE PROCEDURES.
§8-11-6. Adoption of sanctuary ordinances prohibited.
(a) No city or municipality may have in effect any policy, ordinance, or procedure that limits or restricts the enforcement of federal immigration laws to less than the full extent permitted by federal law.
(b) No city or municipality may do any of the following related to information regarding the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual:
(1) Prohibit law-enforcement officials or agencies from gathering such information.
(2) Direct law-enforcement officials or agencies not to gather such information.
(3) Prohibit the communication of such information to federal law-enforcement agencies.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit counties, municipalities, and cities from passing any sanctuary ordinances, policies, and procedures.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
