Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary Committee on March 3, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.
2018 Regular Session
House Bill 4140
Requires attorney who represents defendant in criminal action to inform defendant that disposition of criminal action may impact defendant's immigration status, including defendant's admissibility, deportability and eligibility for naturalization.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Requires attorney who represents defendant in criminal action to inform defendant that disposition of criminal action may impact defendant's immigration status, including defendant's admissibility, deportability and eligibility for naturalization. Requires prosecuting attorney, if defendant so requests, to consider immigration consequences as mitigating factor during plea negotiations and when making sentencing recommendations to court.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Karin Power, Carla Piluso, Teresa Alonso Leon, Susan McLain, Jennifer Williamson
Chief co-sponsors
2 co-sponsors
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 22 to March 3, 2018, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action4 actions on 3 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 22 to Mar 3 · stopped40 days
Waiting for a committeeJan 22 to Feb 514 days
JudiciaryFeb 5 to Mar 3 · stopped26 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 22 – Mar 3
- Jan 22Filed before the session
- Feb 5Introduced
- Sent to Judiciary
- Mar 3Died when the session ended
All 4 actions, as published
- Jan 22Presession Released to the Public.House of Representatives
- Feb 5First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Feb 5Referred to Judiciary.House of Representatives
- Mar 3In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives