Environmental & Healthcare Legislative Watch50 States · D.C. · U.S. Congress
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Fiscal Summary NOT SIGNIFICANT Bill Summary This bill prohibits a state or local governmental employer from (i) appointing or hiring a prospective employee on or after July 1, 2026, without verifying the work authorization status of such prospective employee by using the E-Verify program; or (ii) adopting an ordinance, resolution, regulation, rule, policy, or guideline contrary to this bill. As used in this prohibition, a "state or local governmental employer" means this state and any branch, unit, or political subdivision of this state, including all boards, local education agencies (LEAs), commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities, counties, municipalities, metropolitan governments, and other bodies politic and corporate of this state, created by or in accordance with state law or rule. Each state or local governmental employer must maintain documentation of the E-Verify program inquiry results for each verified employee during the duration of employment showing that the employee is authorized to be employed by the employer. This bill allows the attorney general to investigate each credible allegation or complaint that a local government or LEA has violated this bill. If the attorney general has concluded that a local government is not in compliance, then the attorney general may enforce compliance by taking action to withhold all funds of the state that are allocated to the local government via grant, contract, or statute, including state-shared taxes. Additionally, if the attorney general finds that an LEA has violated this bill, then the attorney general may take action against the local government that approves the budget of the LEA. ENFORCEMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH LAW Present law authorizes the attorney general to review whether a local government action violates state law or the Consti
