SB 783

Law-enforcement agencies or l ocalities ; agreements with federal authority for certain immigration enforcement; limitations; collection of data. Provides that no agency of the Commonwealth, law-enforcement agency, or locality shall enter into an agreement authorizing any law-enforcement officer, as defined in the bill, or employee of such agency or locality to perform a function of an immigration officer unless such agreement is in writing and includes certain provisions and conditions. These provisions of the bill expire on June 30, 2028. The bill also adds to the list of data that the State Police, sheriff's offices, and local law-enforcement agencies are required to collect for the purposes of the Virginia Community Policing Act whether a federal immigration officer was present during an investigatory motor vehicle stop, a stop-and-frisk, or any other investigatory stop conducted by a law-enforcement officer or State Police officer and, if so, if such federal immigration officer took any action that would constitute a violation of state law if not committed by a person acting under the color of federal law.