BILL NUMBER: SB 189	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Harman

                        FEBRUARY 6, 2007

   An act to add Section 19816.13 to the Government Code, and to add
Section 2811 to the Labor Code, relating to employment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 189, as introduced, Harman. Employment: hiring practices:
immigration status.
   The federal Basic Pilot Program, administered by the United States
Department of Homeland Security, allows public and private employers
to access government databases to verify that the employees they
hire are authorized to work in the United States.
   The Department of Personnel Administration is required to
administer the nonmerit aspects of the state's personnel system.
   This bill would require the Department of Personnel Administration
to verify the legal status or authorization to work in the United
States of every employee of the state and agencies that contract with
the state prior to the hiring of that employee in accordance with
the Basic Pilot Program, as specified.
   This bill would also require an employer to verify the legal
status or authorization to work in the United States of every
employee of that employer and other employers that contract with that
employer prior to the hiring of that employee in accordance with the
Basic Pilot Program, as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 19816.13 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   19816.13.  (a) The department shall verify the legal status or
authorization to work in the United States of every employee of the
state and agencies that contract with the state prior to the hiring
of that employee in accordance with the Basic Pilot Program.
   (b) As used in this section, "Basic Pilot Program" means the
electronic verification of work authorization program of the federal
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
(8 U.S.C. Sec. 1101 et seq.), which is operated by the United States
Department of Homeland Security.
  SEC. 2.  Section 2811 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
   2811.  (a) An employer shall verify the legal status or
authorization to work in the United States of every employee of that
employer and other employers that contract with that employer prior
to the hiring of that employee in accordance with the Basic Pilot
Program.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "Basic Pilot Program" means the
electronic verification of work authorization program of the federal
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
(8 U.S.C. Sec. 1101 et seq.), which is operated by the United States
Department of Homeland Security.