model confidence 95%
Requires state contractors, political subdivisions, and private employers to register and use E-Verify for new employees, with penalties including debarment from state contracts and license conditions, so more immigration enforcement.
An employer shall register and participate in the E-verify program to verify information of all new employees.
✓ Quote verified word for word in the bill text
model confidence 90%
Mandates that state agencies, contractors, and political subdivisions participate in the federal E-Verify program and allows state agencies to enforce compliance, so more state cooperation with federal immigration verification.
A state agency may not award a contract for goods or services within this state to a contractor unless the contractor and any subcontractor register with and participate in the E-verify program to verify employee information.
✓ Quote verified word for word in the bill text
Status: Died (session ended)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill mandates E-Verify participation for state contractors (with debarment penalties), all private employers (with state agency enforcement via licenses), and political subdivisions (with termination penalties for noncompliant employees), expanding immigration enforcement via employment verification. It also requires state-federal cooperation through the federal E-Verify program. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
| Date | Chamber | Motion | Yea-Nay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-30 | S | Rules suspended-Regular order of business | 19-12 | Passed |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Amendment fails of adoption | 11-20 | Failed |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Amendment fails of adoption | 11-20 | Failed |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Record vote | 19-12 | Passed |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Rules suspended-Regular order of business | 19-12 | Passed |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Read 3rd time | 19-12 | Passed |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Rules suspended-Regular order of business | 19-12 | Passed |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Amendment fails of adoption | 19-12 | Passed |
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-02 | H | Referred to State Affairs |
| 2025-05-02 | H | Read first time |
| 2025-05-01 | H | Received from the Senate |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Reported engrossed |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Record vote |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Passed |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Read 3rd time |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Record vote |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Rules suspended-Regular order of business |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Record vote |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Passed to engrossment as amended |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Record vote |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Amendment fails of adoption |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Amendment(s) offered FA3 Johnson |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Record vote |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Amendment fails of adoption |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Amendment(s) offered FA2 Menéndez |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Vote recorded in Journal |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Amended |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Amendment(s) offered FA1 Kolkhorst |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Read 2nd time |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Record vote |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Rules suspended-Regular order of business |
| 2025-04-30 | S | Co-author authorized |
| 2025-04-29 | S | Placed on intent calendar |
| 2025-04-29 | S | Co-author authorized |
| 2025-04-28 | S | Co-author authorized |
| 2025-04-24 | S | Committee report printed and distributed |
| 2025-04-24 | S | Reported favorably w/o amendments |
| 2025-04-23 | S | Vote taken in committee |
| 2025-04-23 | S | Considered in public hearing |
| 2025-04-22 | S | Left pending in committee |
| 2025-04-22 | S | Testimony taken in committee |
| 2025-04-22 | S | Considered in public hearing |
| 2025-04-22 | S | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . |
| 2025-04-14 | S | Co-author authorized |
| 2025-04-09 | S | Co-author authorized |
| 2025-03-26 | S | Co-author authorized |
| 2025-03-24 | S | Co-author authorized |
| 2025-02-03 | S | Referred to Business & Commerce |
| 2025-02-03 | S | Read first time |
| 2024-11-12 | S | Filed |
| 2024-11-12 | S | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |