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§ 2.2-4311.1 Compliance with federal, state, and local laws and federal immigration law; required contract provisions

All public bodies shall provide in every written contract that the contractor does not, and shall not during the performance of the contract for goods and services in the Commonwealth, knowingly employ an unauthorized alien as defined in the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

History

This law was first created in 2008. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 598 and 702 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.

2008, cc. 598, 702.

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Amendment Attempts

HB1314: Public Procurement Act; prohibited contracts, required contract provisions.

HB1314: Public Procurement Act; prohibited contracts, required contract provisions. (failed)

HB1298: Contractors; shall not knowingly employ unauthorized alien. (passed)

SB517: Contractors; shall not knowingly employ unauthorized alien. (passed)

HB891: Noncitizens of the United States; removes certain terminology in the Code of Va. (failed)

HB2059: Noncitizens of the United States; removes term aliens throughout Code. (failed)

HB962: Noncitizens of the United States; removes term aliens throughout Code. (failed)