| 1 | 1 | | 2025 |
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| 2 | 2 | | STATE OF WYOMING |
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| 3 | 3 | | 25LSO-04671HB0163 |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL NO. HB0163 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Prohibiting employment of unauthorized aliens. |
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| 6 | 6 | | Sponsored by: Representative(s) Brown, G, Allemand, |
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| 7 | 7 | | Campbell, K, Guggenmos, Haroldson, Johnson, |
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| 8 | 8 | | Kelly, Lucas, McCann, Ottman, Schmid, |
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| 9 | 9 | | Styvar, Wasserburger and Webber and |
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| 10 | 10 | | Senator(s) Ide, Pearson and Smith, D |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL |
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| 12 | 12 | | for |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1 AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; prohibiting the |
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| 14 | 14 | | 2 employment of unauthorized aliens as specified; specifying |
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| 15 | 15 | | 3 penalties; and providing for an effective date. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 4 |
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| 17 | 17 | | 5 |
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| 18 | 18 | | 6 |
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| 19 | 19 | | 7. W.S. 6-7-201 is created to read: |
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| 20 | 20 | | 8 |
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| 21 | 21 | | 9 ARTICLE 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | 10 UNAUTHORIZED ALIENS |
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| 23 | 23 | | 11 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 12 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 13 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 14 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-04672HB01631 (a) No person shall employ or otherwise contract for |
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| 27 | 27 | | 2 services with a person who: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 4 (i) Is or becomes unlawfully present in the |
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| 30 | 30 | | 5 United States in violation of federal law; or |
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| 31 | 31 | | 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 7 (ii) Is not or becomes not lawfully authorized |
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| 33 | 33 | | 8 to work in the United States in violation of federal law. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 10 (b) A person who violates subsection (a) of this |
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| 36 | 36 | | 11 section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of: |
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| 37 | 37 | | 12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 13 (i) One thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for a first |
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| 39 | 39 | | 14 offense under this section; |
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| 40 | 40 | | 15 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 16 (ii) Five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for a |
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| 42 | 42 | | 17 second or subsequent offense under this section. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 19 (c) For purposes of this section: |
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| 45 | 45 | | 20 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 21 (i) The prohibition of subsection (a) of this |
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| 47 | 47 | | 22 section shall not apply to any employed or contracted |
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| 48 | 48 | | 23 person who has an appropriate visa or other work 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-04673HB0163 |
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| 49 | 49 | | 1 authorization to be present and work in the United States |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2 that is valid and current; |
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| 51 | 51 | | 3 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 4 (ii) Any employer who employs or contracts for |
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| 53 | 53 | | 5 services with workers who are or were lawfully present but |
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| 54 | 54 | | 6 who are acting in accordance with federal law to renew or |
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| 55 | 55 | | 7 continue their lawful status shall not be subject to the |
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| 56 | 56 | | 8 prohibition in subsection (a) of this section; |
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| 57 | 57 | | 9 |
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| 58 | 58 | | 10 (iii) Each person who is employed, contracted |
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| 59 | 59 | | 11 with or continued to be employed in violation under |
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| 60 | 60 | | 12 subsection (a) of this section shall constitute a separate |
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| 61 | 61 | | 13 offense. |
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| 62 | 62 | | 14 |
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| 63 | 63 | | 15. This act is effective July 1, 2025 |
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| 64 | 64 | | 16 |
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| 65 | 65 | | 17 (END) |
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