HB 3383 — Requires 501(c)(3) organizations to use the federal E-Verify system for all employees hired for political purposes

SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.

3383 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED7296H.02C BYJOSEPH REPRESENTATIVEENGLER, VERNETTI.Chief Clerk AN ACT To amend chapter 355, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to nonprofit corporation hiring practices, with penalty provisions.

7296H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk AN ACT To amend chapter 355, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to nonprofit corporation hiring practices.

Any1. nonprofit corporation that is a nonprofit corporation regulated under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code shall, for any employee hired to provide personal services for any political purpose or to take an active part in political management or a political campaign, use the E-Verify system created under Section 403 (a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, as amended.

✔The EXPLANATIONprovisions —of Matterthis enclosedsection inshall bold-facedapply bracketsto: [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law.

(1) Any nonprofit corporation that is a nonprofit corporation regulated under Section 501(c)(3) or Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code;

and (2) Any nonprofit organization organized under the laws of this state.

2.

An entity listed in subsection 1 of this section shall, for any employee hired to provide personal services for any political purpose or to take an active part in political management or a political campaign, use the E-Verify system created under Section 403 (a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, as amended.

3.

A violation of subsection 2 of this section shall result in the following civil penalties:

(1) For a first offense, a fine between two hundred fifty and two thousand dollars per employee hired to provide personal services for any political purpose or to take an active part in political management or a political campaign without the use of the E- Verify system;

(2) For a second offense, a fine between two thousand and five thousand dollars per employee hired to provide personal services for any political purpose or to take an EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law.

HCS HB 3383 2 active part in political management or a political campaign without use of the E-Verify system;

or (3) For any subsequent offense, a fine between three thousand and ten thousand dollars per day per employee hired to provide personal services for any political purpose or to take an active part in political management or a political campaign without the use of the E-Verify system.

4.

If an entity listed in subsection 1 of this section uses the E-Verify system created under Section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, as amended, is notified that the employee is not authorized to work in the United States, and continues to employ such employee, the entity shall be subject to the following civil penalties:

(1) For a first offense, a fine between two hundred fifty and two thousand dollars per employee;

(2) For a second offense, a fine between two thousand and five thousand dollars per employee;

or (3) For any subsequent offense, a fine between three thousand and ten thousand dollars per day per employee.