SB 1141 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; transfer of certain incarcerated persons.

Summary

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.

Issues: ✗ Immigration

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Last action Feb 3, 2025

Maddy AI version diff · 1 comparison

What changed between versions

Introduced → Courts of Justice Substitute · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill was converted from an introduced version to a substitute amendment by the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice. The substantive policy language regarding prisoner transfers to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement remains largely unchanged, though some wording was refined for clarity.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; it remains focused on transferring incarcerated aliens to ICE custody.

TECHNICAL

Removed redundant 'may shall' language and streamlined sentence structure for clarity while maintaining the same legal effect.

Changed 'provide U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with prerelease notification' to 'provide the agency with prerelease notification' for brevity.

Updated formatting to reflect standard substitute amendment layout with line numbers and committee attribution.

Removed original sponsor information (Patrons - Sturtevant and Diggs; Delegate: Green) and replaced with substitute-specific patron designation.

Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Jan 7, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

upper

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors