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House committee approves lowering E‑Verify threshold from 150 to 100, sends HB 294 to the floor
Summary
The House Business, Labor and Commerce Committee recommended HB 294 favorably as amended to require E‑Verify for employers with more than 100 employees, after sponsor and stakeholders debated enforcement, industry burden and identity‑theft claims. The motion to adopt the amendment passed unanimously; committee recommendation passed 10–3.
Representative Tiara Auxier, sponsor of HB 294, told the committee the bill reduces the employer-size threshold for mandatory E‑Verify from 150 employees to 100, describing the change as “a doable change and moving in the right direction” to address identity theft and unlawful employment practices.
Auxier framed the proposal as a measured step: “My bill would be changing that, to if you have over a 100 employees,” she said, arguing the lower threshold is attainable for businesses and citing a Federal Reserve paper she said showed E‑Verify on the books reduced projected unauthorized workforce levels.
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