Date: 07/07/2006

Final
House Bill 06S-1007

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved a substitute motion to Postpone Indefinitely
Moved to refer House Bill 06S-1007 to the Committe		PASS
TIE
01:03 PM -- House Bill 06S-1007

Representative Schultheis, prime sponsor, presented an overview of House Bill 06S-1007, concerning the requirement that an employer apply to participate in the extended federal basic employment verification pilot program for the purpose of determining the work eligibility status of employees. Representative Schultheis explained the operation of the pilot program for which participation is required under the bill.

[The sponsors of other immigration-related bills before the committee presented their bills. Public testimony on all of the immigration bills was also taken, and the committee recessed for House floor work.]


08:11 PM

The committee revisited House Bill 06S-1007. Discussion ensued regarding the suitability and efficacy of the federal employment verification pilot program in its current form. Discussion followed regarding the benefit of moving forward with participation in the federal pilot program at the present time. Representative Schultheis responded to questions regarding the threshold of fifty employees that would subject an employer to the requirements of House Bill 06S-1007. No amendments were offered for House Bill 06S-1007.


BILL:House Bill 06S-1007
TIME: 08:20:30 PM
MOVED:Liston
MOTION:Moved to refer House Bill 06S-1007 to the Committee on Appropriations with favorable recommendation. Representative T. Carroll offered a substitute motion to postpone the bill indefinitely. The substitute motion passed. [see next vote sheet]
SECONDED:Cadman
VOTE
Cadman
Carroll T.
Coleman
Crane
Gallegos
Liston
Lundberg
Schultheis
Todd
Ragsdale
Weissmann
Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: TIE


BILL:House Bill 06S-1007
TIME: 08:20:53 PM
MOVED:Carroll T.
MOTION:Moved a substitute motion to Postpone Indefinitely House Bill 06S-1007. The motion passed on a 6-5 roll call vote.
SECONDED:Coleman
VOTE
Cadman
No
Carroll T.
Yes
Coleman
Yes
Crane
No
Gallegos
Yes
Liston
No
Lundberg
No
Schultheis
No
Todd
Yes
Ragsdale
Yes
Weissmann
Yes
Final YES: 6 NO: 5 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS