SB 185 Virginia Senate · 2024 Regular Session

E-Verify program; every employer to enroll in program by January 1, 2025.

Summary
E-Verify program. Requires every employerto enroll in the E-Verify program by January 1, 2025, and to usethe program for each newly hired employee who is to perform workwithin the Commonwealth. Under current law, only state agencies andcertain employers with contracts with state agencies are requiredto use the program. The bill also requires the Attorney General torequest the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, once each calendarquarter, to provide a list of agencies and employers that are enrolledand participate in the E-Verify program and to make such list availableon the Attorney General's website.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2024 Last action Jan 29, 2024
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Jan 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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Jan 17, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 17, 2024
Committee
Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
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Glen Sturtevant
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