require employment verification eligibility through the e-verify program and to provide a penalty therefor.

What it does: Requires employers with more than 50 employees to verify new hires through E-Verify within 20 days, and lets the attorney general seek a $2,000 civil penalty per violation when federal agencies confirm knowing employment of an unauthorized worker. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee

A yes vote rejected the Senate's amendments to HB 1209, which lower the E-Verify employer threshold to 25 employees, shorten the deadline to 10 days, and have the attorney general sue for $2,000 per employee, and appointed a conference committee. (AI-written)

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