Expands requirements for private employers (now including those with 25+ employees) to use and document E-Verify results, adds detailed noncompliance procedures, fines, license suspensions, repayment of incentives, and enforcement mechanisms by the Department of Commerce, so more immigration-related
An [deleted: Beginning on July 1, 2023 , A private] employer with 25 or more employees shall use the E-Verify system to verify a new employee’s employment eligibility as required under paragraph (a).
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Immigration enforcementstate federal cooperationAI label
Designates the Department of Commerce to administer and enforce state E-Verify and unauthorized-alien employment rules (which rely on federal E-Verify system and immigration status definitions), with provisions for coordination on verification and penalties, so more state enforcement tied to federal
requiring employers who are required to use the E Verify system to verify a new employee’s employment eligibility to maintain an E-Verify case result for each employee which shows that the employee is authorized to work;
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Status: Failed
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2026-03-13: Died in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill substantively addresses only immigration-enforcement via multiple amendments to ss. 448.095 and 448.09 that expand E-Verify mandates and enforcement (including for private employers), add noncompliance definitions/fines/license actions/incentive repayment, adjust cure processes, and incorporate federal verification tools, while adding some procedural limits; other provisions on rural definitions, land conveyances, CDBG program, and reenactments do not meet any listed topic criteria.
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