VA SB185 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2024 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-01-29 - Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 8 2024 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-01-29 - Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
E-Verify program. Requires every employer to enroll in the E-Verify program by January 1, 2025, and to use the program for each newly hired employee who is to perform work within the Commonwealth. Under current law, only state agencies and certain employers with contracts with state agencies are required to use the program. The bill also requires the Attorney General to request the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, once each calendar quarter, to provide a list of agencies and employers that are enrolled and participate in the E-Verify program and to make such list available on the Attorney General's website.
Title
E-Verify program; every employer to enroll in program by January 1, 2025.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-17 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-17 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-29 | Senate | Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N) |
| 2024-01-17 | Senate | Rereferred to Commerce and Labor |
| 2024-01-17 | Senate | Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-08 | Senate | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
| 2024-01-08 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104930D |
