Requires employers to use E-Verify to verify employment eligibility before submitting workers' compensation claims and expands penalties, fines, license revocation, and personal liability for employers who hire unauthorized aliens, so more immigration enforcement via employment verification and bans
requiring an employer to verify an employee's employment eligibility before submitting a workers' compensation claim
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Requires the Department of Financial Services to transfer reported violations involving unauthorized aliens to appropriate licensing authorities and expands state penalties and license actions against employers of unauthorized aliens, so more state enforcement tied to federal immigration status
The department shall transfer reported violations of this section to the appropriate licensing authority for enforcement.
Prohibits state and local entities from providing down payment assistance or certain licenses to unauthorized aliens, denies certain workers' compensation and risk management claims for unauthorized adults, creates presumptions of fault in accidents, and restricts use of foreign IDs or remittances,,
prohibiting certain entities and corporations from providing down payment assistance to a person who was an unauthorized alien at the time such assistance was received
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Governor
Law
Status: Failed
Last action
2026-03-13: Died in State Affairs Committee
Filed
2026-01-08
Sponsor
Commerce Committee, Berny Jacques R, Kiyan Michael R + 1 cosponsor (1 R)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill expands immigration enforcement by mandating E-Verify use for workers' compensation eligibility, increasing penalties and personal liability for employers hiring unauthorized aliens, prohibiting various state and local benefits or licenses based on immigration status, denying certain claims, and imposing presumptions and restrictions tied to unauthorized status. No provisions address firearms, transgender issues, or abortion.
Related bills
S0488Transportation↑Expands immigration enforcement Law