BILL NUMBER: SB 716	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lara

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act relating to immigration.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 716, as introduced, Lara. Immigration detainees: civil rights.
   Under the United States Constitution, the federal government has
the power to regulate immigration.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to ensure any prison, jail, or detention center in
California owned or contracted by the United States Immigration and
Customs Enforcement protects the civil rights of persons who are
members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender community.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to ensure any prison, jail, or detention center in
California owned or contracted by the United States Immigration and
Customs Enforcement protects the civil rights of persons who are
members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender community.