The Richmond Report

The following bills have been introduced in 2010:

HB 737 - E-Verify Program: requires state agencies, public contractors, localities, and employers to enroll.

Delegate Dave Albo, Part of Fairfax County

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+sum+HB737

Summary as introduced:


E-Verify Program. Requires agencies of the Commonwealth, public contractors, localities, and employers with 15 or more employees within the Commonwealth to enroll in the E-Verify Program by December 1, 2010, and to use the Program for each newly hired employee who is to perform work within the Commonwealth. Employers and contractors that fail to do so are subject to suspension or revocation of certain licenses. Licenses will be reinstated when a business establishment enrolls in the Program or, if already enrolled but not using the Program, prepares and implements a compliance plan.

Full text:
01/12/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101599D pdf

Status:
01/12/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101599D
01/12/10  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws

SB 225 Public Procurement Act; verification of legal presence.

Senator George L. Barker, Part of Fairfax County and Prince William

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+sum+SB225


Summary as introduced:


Public Procurement Act; verification of legal presence. Requires all public contractors and their subcontractors to register and participate in a federal Electronic Work Verification Program or similar electronic verification of work authorization program to determine that their employees and individual independent contractors are legally eligible for employment in the United States. Contractors and subcontractors are required to verify the employment status of their employees and independent contractors, and are prohibited from employing or contracting with an individual who is not determined to be legally eligible for employment in the United States as determined through the verification of the individual’s status. Contractors who do not register and participate in the registration program are ineligible for prequalification.

Full text:
01/12/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102903D pdf

Status:
01/12/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102903D
01/12/10  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology