l9n/ Connecticut

2020 Regular Session

Senate Bill 377

AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO LEGAL COUNSEL FOR CHILDREN IN IMMIGRATION REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary Committee on March 5, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To establish: (1) A right to legal representation for certain individuals in immigration removal proceedings at the federal Executive Office for Immigration Review; and (2) a task force to study the unmet legal needs of indigent residents subject to federal immigration removal hearings.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Martin M. Looney

In the House of Representatives

    1 co-sponsor

    Christine Palm

    Its course

    March 2 to March 5, 2020, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

    In the SenateMar 2 to Mar 5 · stopped3 days

    Judiciary CommitteeMar 2 to Mar 5 · stopped3 days

    Text

    Each version as the General 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 General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Mar 2 – Mar 5

    1. Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
    2. Heard in Judiciary Committee
    All 2 actions, as published