LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1288, as amended, Fong. Employment: hiring practices:
electronic employment verification.
The E-Verify Program of the United States Department of Homeland
Security, in partnership with the United States Social Security
Administration, enables participating employers to use the program,
on a voluntary basis, to verify that the employees they hire are
authorized to work in the United States.
The bill would prohibit the state, or a city, county, city and
county, or special district, from requiring an employer other than
one of those government entities to use an electronic employment
verification system except when required by federal law or as a
condition of receiving federal funds.