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Panel advances bill limiting state/local public benefits for persons unlawfully present in U.S.; debate on in‑state tuition and verification costs
Summary
Senate Bill 254 would bar unlawfully present aliens from receiving most state or local public benefits as defined by federal law, exclude driver's licenses from the prohibition and require certain immigration-status verifications; the committee passed the bill favorably as amended after debate.
The Federal and State Affairs Committee considered Senate Bill 254, which would prohibit any alien unlawfully present in the United States from receiving state or local public benefits as defined by federal law, with a number of statutory exceptions.
Jason (committee staff) summarized the measure: “Senate Bill 2 54 is a bill that prohibits any alien who is unlawfully present in The United States from receiving any state or local benefit, as that is, defined, by federal law.” He noted the bill “specifically does not include licenses issued by the state, division of motor vehicles as a…
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