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Committee declines to advance broad E‑Verify mandate after amendment and close votes
Summary
Senate Bill 196, which would have required E‑Verify for public and private employers and limited tax deductions for wages paid to unauthorized aliens, was considered; a committee amendment removed a private‑employer mandate but a motion to advance the bill failed on a split committee vote.
The Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee considered Senate Bill 196, a proposal to mandate use of the federal E‑Verify system to confirm employment authorization and to deny certain state income tax deductions tied to wages paid to unauthorized workers. After debate and a committee "balloon" amendment that removed a blanket E‑Verify mandate for private employers, the committee voted and the motion to pass the amended bill failed.
Committee staff summarized the original bill as making it unlawful to employ unauthorized aliens and as requiring public employers and every entity to use…
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