BILL REQ. #:  H-0677.1 

Read first time 01/18/11.   Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

     AN ACT Relating to requiring verification of employment eligibility by the state and its political subdivisions; and adding a new section to chapter 41.04 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 41.04 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The legislature finds that the federal immigration and nationality act makes it unlawful to hire for employment an alien knowing the alien is an unauthorized alien with respect to such employment. The legislature therefore intends to require the state and all counties, cities, towns, and other political subdivisions thereof to verify the employment eligibility of individuals hired for employment.
     (2) In accordance with the federal immigration and nationality act, the state and all counties, cities, towns, and other political subdivisions thereof shall complete an employment eligibility verification form for each individual hired for employment. The state and all counties, cities, towns, and other political subdivisions thereof shall also use the e-verify program administered by the United States citizenship and immigration services to confirm each individual's employment eligibility.
     (3) For the purpose of this section, "unauthorized alien" means the same as in section 274A of the immigration and nationality act (8 U.S.C. Sec. 1324a).