Ohio House Bill 184 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: Introduced on May 19 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-05-19 - To Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

To amend sections 2937.23, 5747.07, and 5747.99 and to enact sections 8.01 to 8.04 of the Revised Code to require employers to register and participate in a status verification system to verify the work eligibility status of all new employees and to affirm their participation on their state income tax returns, to specify that an employer's failure to affirm their participation in the status verification system on their state income tax returns constitutes falsification or dereliction of duty, to require public agencies to cancel contracts with private employers who do not participate in a status verification system, to require jail officials to make a reasonable effort to verify the citizenship of confined persons, to collect electronic fingerprints of illegal aliens, and to notify the United States Department of Homeland Security in certain circumstances, to prohibit political subdivisions from restricting communication and cooperation with federal officials regarding a person's citizenship status, to require judges and magistrates to consider immigration status and other factors in determining a defendant's bail, and to declare an emergency.

To require employers to register and participate in a status verification system to verify the work eligibility status of all new employees and to affirm their participation on their state income tax returns, to specify that an employer's failure to affirm their participation in the status verification system on their state income tax returns constitutes falsification or dereliction of duty, to require public agencies to cancel contracts with private employers who do not participate in a status verification system, to require jail officials to make a reasonable effort to verify the citizenship of confined persons, to collect electronic fingerprints of illegal aliens, and to notify the United States Department of Homeland Security in certain circumstances, to prohibit political subdivisions from restricting communication and cooperation with federal officials regarding a person's citizenship status, to require judges and magistrates to consider immigration status and other factors in determining a defendant's bail, and to declare an emergency.

Rep. John Adams [R]	Rep. William Batchelder [R]	Rep. Danny Bubp [R]	Rep. Courtney Combs [R]
Rep. Timothy Derickson [R]	Rep. David Hall [R]	Rep. Kris Jordan [R]	Rep. Ron Maag [R]
Rep. Jarrod Martin [R]	Sen. Joseph Uecker [R]	Rep. Lynn Wachtmann [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-05-19		To Judiciary
2009-05-19		Introduced to House

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
29			Amended Code	Citation Text
29	37		Amended Code	Citation Text
29	37	23	Amended Code	Citation Text
57			Amended Code	Citation Text
57	47		Amended Code	Citation Text
57	47	07	Amended Code	Citation Text
57	47	99	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://archives.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=128_HB_184
Text	http://archives.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_184_I_Y.html