2006 Immigration Legislation in SLC States
- HB 7079 – Requires picture identification in order to obtain state driver’s license.
- SB 250 – Makes human trafficking and any type of forced employment a crime.
- HB 1032 – Allows a check of ICE records for non-citizen gun-permit applicants (non-citizens are not granted gun permits).
- SB 529 – (“The Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act”) Requires public employers participate in federal work authorization program for new employees; increases the penalty for human trafficking; allows cooperation with the U.S. DOJ and/or DHS regarding enforcement of federal laws; allows investigation of nationality and legal immigration status for persons charged with a felony or drunk driving and confined to jail; establishes and enforces ethics standards for those who provide immigration services (who are not attorneys); denies various business expense deductibles for failing to verify legal immigration status of employees; allows income tax withholdings for those failing to provide proper taxpayer ID; requires state agencies to verify citizenship for persons receiving benefits (with the exception of emergency services, vaccinations, and others).
- SB 753 – Allows investigation by state agencies into business hiring policies; allows penalty fines up to $10,000.
- HCR 33 – Encourages Congress to secure borders, make deportations, preclude automatic citizenship for children of illegal immigrants, and revise the work visa program.
- HCR 194 – Request the Louisiana State Law Institute to evaluate the impacts of immigration on state laws and make recommendations to the state legislature.
- HB 89 – Gives support (~$3 million/yr.) to the Maryland Medical Assistance Program for healthcare services for legal immigrant children under 18 years of age and pregnant women.
- HB 381 – Increases penalties for human trafficking.
- SB 1001 – Disallows issuance of drivers’ licenses to illegal immigrants.
- SB 1014 – Requires applicants for voter registration present photo ID issued in
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- HB 1723 – Permits the Legislative Research Commission to study the impact of illegal immigrants on the state (healthcare, education, social services, criminal justice, workforce development, etc.).
- HB 1896 – Makes human trafficking a felony.
- HR 2692 – Expresses support of the establishment of a state court for the specific purpose of hearing immigration cases; encourages Congress to make drunk driving a deportable offense; supports the expansion of DHS’s program that allows local officials to identify/investigate illegal immigrants.
- HB 3085 – Makes using another person’s personal information (SS#, driver’s license #, checking/savings account #) for the purposes of gaining employment punishable as fraud.
- HB 111 – Puts businesses guilty of employing illegal immigrants on probationary period of one year, during which time they cannot contract with state agencies.
- HB 3069 – Prohibits a notary public (who is not an attorney) from advising or assisting in procedures that affect a person’s immigration status (unless the specific conduct is authorized by law).
- SB 291 – Makes any threat of reporting illegal immigration status for the purpose of extorting money a class 5 felony.
- SB 542 – Excludes persons without student or temporary visa from qualifying for in-state school tuition.
- HB 170 – Requires the DMV to provide the State Board of Elections with a monthly list of driver’s license applications placed by non-citizens.
- HB 1046 – Mandates that juvenile intake officers report juveniles suspected of being in the
- HB 1577 – Denies handgun permits to non-citizens.
*In addition to the 10 SLC states, the following 22 states passed legislation dealing with immigration issues in 2006: Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, Wyoming.