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Committee hears first testimony on E-Verify requirement for public-works contractors
Summary
Representatives Swearingen and Fisher testified that Sub. H.B. 246 would require contractors on state and local public-works and nonresidential construction to use the federal E-Verify system to confirm employment eligibility; sponsors stressed narrow scope and broad House support, and the committee took no vote.
Representatives Swearingen and Fisher presented sponsor testimony on Sub. H.B. 246, the E-Verify Workforce Integrity Act, at the Sept. 30 Senate Workforce Development Committee hearing.
Rep. Swearingen described E-Verify as a free, internet-based federal system operated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that confirms…
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