BILL NUMBER: AB 2014	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Alejo

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act relating to undocumented workers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2014, as introduced, Alejo. Undocumented workers: work permits.

   Existing provisions of federal law regulate immigration, including
the employment of aliens. Under federal law, state laws regulating
immigration are generally preempted.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require the Employment Development Department
to administer a work permit program for undocumented persons, upon
the state receiving the necessary authority under federal law.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require the Employment Development Department
to administer a work permit program for undocumented persons in
California, upon the state receiving the necessary federal authority.