Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB329: Require employers to use e-verify for employment eligibility
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act requiring employers to e-verify new employees; providing definitions; providing the attorney general with enforcement power; providing penalties; prohibiting local governments from enacting laws in contravention of the act; providing an exception from wrongful termination laws; amending section 7-1-111, mca; and providing an applicability date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT REQUIRING EMPLOYERS TO E-VERIFY NEW EMPLOYEES; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH ENFORCEMENT POWER; PROVIDING PENALTIES; PROHIBITING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM ENACTING LAWS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE ACT; PROVIDING AN EXCEPTION FROM WRONGFUL TERMINATION LAWS; AMENDING SECTION 7-1-111, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN APPLICABILITY DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Definitions. As used in [sections 1 through 9], the following definitions apply: (1) "Attorney general" means the Montana attorney general as provided in Title 2, chapter 15, part 5. (2) "Employee" means a person directed, allowed, or permitted to perform labor or services of any kind by an employer. (3) "Employer" means a person, company, corporation, government department, board, bureau, or agency THAT IS licensed pursuant to statute or regulation to operate in the state, that employs or seeks to employ any person as an employee, AND THAT HAS MORE THAN 50 EMPLOYEES. (4) "Employment verification" means the electronic verification system known as e-verify, operated by United States citizenship and immigration services or its successor program, as authorized by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, Public Law 104-208, 8 U.S.C. 1324a. (5) "Unauthorized worker" is a worker as described in 8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3) who is either not lawfully admitted for permanent residence …
Sponsors
- Mandeville, Forrest (R, 28) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- : (H) 2nd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- : (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- : (S) Revised Fiscal Note Received
- : (H) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- : (S) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- : (H) Committee Report
- : (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
Votes
- Do Concur (April 10, 2025): 49 yea, 49 nay, failed
- Do Pass (March 4, 2025): 43 yea, 7 nay, passed
- Do Pass As Amended (March 1, 2025): 37 yea, 13 nay, passed
- AMD-SB0329.001.001 Mandeville D/PASS (March 1, 2025): 42 yea, 8 nay, passed
Subjects: Local Government, Labor and Employment
Common questions
- What is SB329?
- SB329 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Require employers to use e-verify for employment eligibility.
- What does SB329 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act requiring employers to e-verify new employees; providing definitions; providing the attorney general with enforcement power; providing penalties; prohibiting local governments from enacting laws in contravention of the act; providing an exception from wrongful termination laws; amending section 7-1-111, mca; and providing an applicability date.".
- What is the status of SB329?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB329?
- Mandeville, Forrest (R, 28).
- Where is the official record for SB329?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1337
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