AB 2076

(Fuentes) Employment: hiring practices: electronic employment verification. (A-04/30/2008  html  pdf)

Status:04/30/2008-Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

Current Location:04/30/2008-A SECOND READING

Calendar Events:05/01/08 3 ASM SECOND READING FILE

 

Summary:

The E-Verify Program of the United States Department of Homeland Security, in partnership with the United States Social Security Administration, enables participating employers to use the program, on a voluntary basis, to verify that the employees they hire are authorized to work in the United States. This bill would prohibit the State of California from participating in any electronic employment verification system, as defined, unless required by federal law. The bill would also prohibit a city, county , city and county, or special district from requiring any employer to use an electronic employment verification system. This bill contains other existing laws.