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Committee hears testimony on E-Verify requirement for state contractors
Summary
House Bill 4061 would require E-Verify for state contractors and public employers with 10 or more employees; sponsor said it is basic due diligence, opponents including the ACLU warned of error rates, discrimination, and heavy penalties; no committee vote was recorded.
Lawmakers in the Committee on Government Operations took testimony on House Bill 4061, which would require public employers and state contractors with 10 or more employees to use the federal E-Verify system to confirm work authorization for new hires on taxpayer-funded contracts.
Representative Michael Tisdale, sponsor of the bill, said the change "is simple: if a company wants to do business with the state of Michigan and benefit from taxpayer funded contracts, it should be required to hire legally authorized workers." Tisdale said the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity would create rules and administer the program and that E-Verify is a free, fast tool that cross-checks I-9 information against federal records.
Tisdale and his legislative director, Kevin Rose, told the committee the requirement would…
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