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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1891: Transfer of certain incarcerated persons to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1891 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Transfer of certain incarcerated persons to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Primary sponsor: Jason Ballard (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 5, 2025): Left in Public Safety.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Transfer of certain incarcerated persons to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Requires the Director of the Department of Corrections, sheriff, or other official in charge of the facility in which an alien is incarcerated to, upon receipt of a detainer from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, (i) provide U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with prerelease notification of such alien's release and (ii) upon request of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, transfer custody of the alien to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement upon such alien's release, which shall occur no more than five days prior to the date on which he would otherwise be released from custody. Current law states that the Director, sheriff, or other official in charge of the facility may transfer such incarcerated person upon receipt of a detainer.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jason BallardPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse42

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Public Safety
  2. Referred to Committee on Public Safety
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104393D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source