40. HB 875 3rd Reading

Passage; May 13, 2011; RV #1095; Journal Page 3939: 124 Yeas, 6 Nays, 2 Present-not-voting

YCT Yea. HB 875 would have required law enforcement to check the immigration status of defendants while in custody and deny bail to those who were identified as foreign nationals. Securing our border and ending the tide of illegal immigration into our state is one of the most important issues of the day. This was a common sense measure which would have prevented law enforcement from releasing illegal aliens who have been arrested for a crime.