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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas bill mandates E-Verify for state contractors and employers with 25 or more workers, risking state grants and occupational licenses for noncompliance
Last action · April 28, 2025: Withdrawn from scheduleSponsors: Carl Tepper and 10 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Relating to employment practices of governmental entities, state contractors, and private employers in this state regarding the legal status of employees, including requiring participation in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify program, and authorizing the suspension of certain licenses held by private employers for certain conduct in relation to the employment of persons not lawfully present.
Private businesses employing 25 or more workers face the risk of a two-year license suspension if they fail to cure employment verification violations, while state contractors and local governmental entities risk contract or loss of state grant funding.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Private employers with 25 or more employees
Must register and participate in E-Verify for new hires and face license suspension for noncompliance.
State contractors
Must participate in E-Verify as a condition of being awarded state contracts and face debarment for violations.
Governmental entities
Must use E-Verify for new employees and risk loss of state grant funding if violations are not cured.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which private employers are required to use the E-Verify program under this bill?
Are governmental entities penalized for noncompliance?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Withdrawn.
Procedural history
5 actions- Apr 28, 2025HouseWithdrawn from schedule
- Apr 28, 2025HouseScheduled for public hearing on . . .
- Mar 10, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to State Affairs
- Mar 10, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Nov 13, 2024HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
Full breakdown
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Sponsors
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Discoveries
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Expansion of E-Verify Mandates to Private Sector
The bill extends E-Verify requirements beyond state contractors and governmental entities to private employers with 25 or more workers, backed by occupational license suspensions.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy80Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz45Current news / social attention level
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