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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2623: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; failure to communicate or cooperate.

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 2623 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; failure to communicate or cooperate. Primary sponsor: Buddy Fowler (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.

Failure of Commonwealth or locality to communicate or cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; waiver of sovereign immunity. Provides that when (i) the Commonwealth adopts any rule, regulation, or policy or passes any law or (ii) any locality adopts any ordinance, resolution, or motion that impedes the ability of law-enforcement officers, corrections officers, or jail officers to communicate or cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement about a person in the United States illegally, the Commonwealth or such locality waives sovereign immunity as it relates to any injuries or damages sustained by victims of crimes committed by such person.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Buddy FowlerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse59

“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. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2623)
  3. Referred to Committee on Public Safety
  4. Presented and ordered printed 25104522D

Sources

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