2025 Senate Bill 444

Public employees and officers: state; state contractors; require to verify legal residency of employees.

A bill to require verification that public contracts are performed by employees who are entitled to work in the United States; to prescribe acceptable methods for verifying legal presence in the United States; to condition the eligibility of employers to perform certain public contracts on participation in the federal immigrant verification system; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and entities; to provide for the promulgation of rules; and to provide sanctions and penalties.

Introduced in the Senate

June 25, 2025

Introduced by Sen. Jim Runestad (R-23) and five co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Sens. Joseph Bellino (R-16), Ruth Johnson (R-24), Rick Outman (R-33), Kevin Daley (R-26) and Lana Theis (R-22)

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations