Bills Filed in Va.

JUST A FEW

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Here, grouped by topic, are some of the dozens of bills filed in the Virginia General Assembly that target illegal immigration, explicitly or implicitly.

To read the bills in full, go to http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+men+BIL and type in the bill number:

Worker verification by businesses

HB 90, patron Nichols; Requires contractors to verify workers' legal presence for employment eligibility.

HB 227, patron Cosgrove; Makes a contractor applying for a license certify that he will not knowingly employ an undocumented worker and will verify employees' lawful status.

HB 926, five patrons; Makes conviction for violating the law by employing ineligible workers grounds for disciplinary action by a regulatory board.

HB 1047, 16 patrons; Would fine a business $100 for each day of unlawful employment of an alien worker.

HB 1249, patron Hugo; States that an employee who is replaced by an unauthorized illegal immigrant has a cause of action against the employer.

HB 1298, patron Frederick; Sets fines and establishes grounds to suspend the license of a business that employs illegal immigrants.

HJ 51, patron Morgan; Directs a panel to study the need for limitations on the eligibility of seasonal employees for unemployment compensation.

HJ 164, patron Cosgrove; Asks the Virginia Commission on Immigration to study the pervasiveness of licensed contractors hiring undocumented workers.

SB 90, patron Colgan; Requires employers to verify workers' legal eligibility, sets penalties for violations.

SB 385, patron Martin; Requires a business license applicant to certify he is not employing persons without documentation to prove their legal eligibility.

SB 426, patrons Barker, Nichols; Requires public contractors to verify workers' legal eligibility.

Driver's licenses

HB 63, patron R.G. Marshall; Provides for forfeiture of a motor vehicle for two or more offenses of driving without a valid license.

HB 91, patrons Albo and Rust; Anyone charged with driving without a license would be placed under arrest, photographed and fingerprinted.

HB 104, patrons Rust and Albo; The vehicle of a person charged with driving without a license would be impounded for 30 days.

HB 178, patron R.G. Marshall; A vehicle owner's second offense of driving without insurance would result in forfeiture of the vehicle.

HB 180, patron R.G. Marshall; A second offense of driving without a valid license would result in forfeiture of the vehicle.

HB 376, patron D.W. Marshall; Requires that driver's license examinations be in English only and bars interpreters.

HB 433, patron J.H. Miller; Provides for impoundment of a motor vehicle for three or more offenses of driving without a valid license.

HB 446, patron Rust; Calls for impoundment of a motor vehicle for two offenses of driving without a license.

HB 447, patron Rust; Sets 10 days as mandatory minimum confinement for a third instance of driving without a license within 10 years.

Education Access and Funding

HB 14, five patrons; Bars any illegal immigrant from attending a public college or university in Virginia.

HB 37, patron Albo; Anyone failing to register for Selective Service would not be eligible for admittance to a state college.

HB 123, patron Hargrove; Any illegal immigrant must present legal documentation or residence or educational status to attend a state college

HB 417, patron R.G. Marshall; Requires public school principals to record in the pupil's permanent school record the child's place and country of birth and record how many pupils lack identifiable information.

HB 419, patron R.G. Marshall; Requires the General Assembly to reduce a locality's school funding for every 500 students with limited English proficiency.

HB 425, patron R.G. Marshall; Requires a birth certificate for admission to a state college.

HB 437, patron J.H. Miller; Requires division superintendents to include the number of students enrolled in the public schools for whom English is a second language when estimating state funding needs.

HB 1010, patron Hugo; Bars in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.

SB 434, patron Vogel; Bars in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.

English-only laws

HB 55, patron Lingamfelter; Designates English as the official language of the commonwealth.

HJ 124, patron Joannou; Proposes constitutional amendment to make English the official language of the commonwealth.

HB 376, patron D.W. Marshall; Requires that examinations for driver's license applicants occur in English only.

HB 624, patron J.H. Miller; A non-English-speaking defendant convicted at trial would pay the cost for his interpreter.