Enacts the building up immigrant legal defense or BUILD act
Summary
Enacts the building up immigrant legal defense or BUILD act to provide competitive workforce development and capacity building grants to eligible entities that are seeking to expand access to representation for individuals facing deportation by increasing the workforce and strengthening the legal services infrastructure needed to provide such representation.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 6, 2025
Last action Jan 7, 2026
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Actions timeline
Total actions
2
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO FINANCE
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO FINANCE
upper
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
John Liu
DDemocratic
Co
Jeremy Zellner
DDemocratic
Co
Jose Serrano
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Julia Salazar
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Leroy Comrie
DDemocratic
Co
Luis Sepúlveda
DDemocratic
Co
Michelle Hinchey
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Mike Gianaris
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Pete Harckham
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Robert Jackson
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Shelley Mayer
DDemocratic/Working Families
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