Bill Text: HI SB2194 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Employment; E-verify

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-26 - (S) The committee on PGM deferred the measure. [SB2194 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SB2194-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2194
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 requires employers to submit information taken from a new hire's Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification Form) through e-verify to the United States Social Security Administration and the United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services to determine whether the information matches government records and whether the new hire is authorized to work in the United States.

     The legislature finds that the State's unemployment rate could be reduced if hiring was facilitated for private and public employees.  The purpose of this Act is to require all employers to use e-verify as a fast, free, and user-friendly means for employers to ensure a legal workforce.

     SECTION 2.  Chapter 378, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§378‑    Internet verification of compliance with federal law for new hires.  For the purpose of compliance with the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, all employers shall utilize the internet-based "e-verify" system to verify that an applicant or employee is authorized to work in the United States."

     SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Employment; E-verify

 

Description:

Requires all employers to use the e-verify system to verify that an applicant is eligible to work in the United States.

 

 

 

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