H10 - Require ICE Cooperation & Budget Adjustments. (SL 2024-55)

• Requires that Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the United States Department of Homeland Security (ICE) be queried when an individual charged with certain offenses is in custody and that person's legal residency or United States citizenship status is undetermined.
• Requires a judicial official to order that a prisoner subject to a detainer and administrative warrant be held in custody until ICE resolves the request or 48 hours, whichever occurs first.
• Appropriates $278,994 in recurring funds to hire two full-time jail inspectors.

This bill was vetoed by the Governor on September 20, 2024, and that veto was overridden by the General Assembly on November 20, 2024.

Subsection (a) of Section 9.1 became effective December 1, 2024, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date. The remainder of Section 9.1 became effective July 1, 2024.