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Texas · 90th Legislature Regular Session
HB137Relating to employment practices of governmental entities, state and local contractors, and private employers in this state regarding the legal status of employees, including requiring participation in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify program, and authorizing the suspension of certain licenses held by private employers for certain conduct in relation to the employment of persons not lawfully present.
Direction
Immigration enforcementemployment e verifyAI label
Requires governmental entities, contractors, and private employers to register and participate in the E-verify program to verify new employees' work authorization, and bars or suspends licenses/contracts for violations, so more immigration enforcement via employment verification.
An employer shall register and participate in the E-verify program to verify information of all new employees.
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Immigration enforcementstate federal cooperationAI label
Requires governmental entities and private employers to use the federal E-verify program, allows attorney general investigations with assistance from DPS and local law enforcement, and imposes penalties including debarment from contracts and license suspensions for hiring persons not lawfullypresent
The attorney general may request the assistance of the Department of Public Safety and local law enforcement entities to ensure compliance with this section.
Prohibits governmental entities and private employers from knowingly hiring, employing, recruiting, or referring persons not lawfully present, with enforcement via attorney general investigations, corrective action requirements, loss of grant funding, contract debarment, and license suspension.
An employer may not knowingly hire, employ, recruit, or refer for a fee an individual who is a person not lawfully present.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill mandates E-Verify participation for government entities, contractors, and all private employers; prohibits knowing employment of unauthorized workers; and provides enforcement mechanisms including investigations, contract bars, license suspensions, and loss of state grants. These provisions expand the scope of state and local immigration enforcement in employment. No provisions on other listed topics.
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