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Committee holds E‑Verify expansion after heated testimony; substitute raises employer threshold to 50
Summary
After extended public testimony from farm, construction and business groups, the House Business, Labor and Commerce Committee voted to hold HB 214, a proposed tightening of E‑Verify thresholds, following substantive amendments and a close roll‑call vote.
The House Business, Labor and Commerce Committee heard extended public testimony and stakeholder debate on HB 214, the Employer Verification Amendments, and ultimately voted to hold the bill after adopting an amendment that raised the employer threshold.
Representative Walter, the bill sponsor, presented a first substitute that would return the employer‑threshold for mandatory E‑Verify participation from the current 150 employees to 15 and set an effective date for the requirement of July 1, 2026. He emphasized that the change would apply only to new hires after that effective date and would grandfather existing employees: "No existing employees will be required to be tested under E Verify," the sponsor said, adding the delayed effective date…
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