l9n/ Mississippi

2008 Regular Session

House Bill 987

Mississippi Employment Protection Act; create to require employers to follow federal citizenship verification.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT EMPLOYERS IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI SHALL FOLLOW THE VERIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY PROCEDURES PRESCRIBED IN APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAW; TO REQUIRE PUBLIC CONTRACTORS AND STATE CONTRACTS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF ONLY AUTHORIZED ALIENS, AND TO DIRECT THE OFFICE OF PURCHASING TO ADOPT APPROPRIATE REGULATIONS REGARDING THE EMPLOYMENT OF AUTHORIZED ALIENS; TO INCORPORATE FEDERAL PENALTIES AND CERTAIN SUPPLEMENTAL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS EMPLOYEE VERIFICATION REQUIREMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 45-5-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY SAFETY PATROL COMMISSIONER TO INCLUDE TRAINING FROM THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE; TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE ON THE NECESSITY OF LEGISLATION REGARDING IMMIGRATION AND ALIEN CERTIFICATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Lester Carpenter

Its course

February 4 to February 19, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 days

Judiciary BFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 4 – Feb 19

  1. Feb 4Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Feb 19Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 4Referred To Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 19Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives