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A Bill to Amend Section 8-14-20, as Amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, Relating to the Requirement That Public Employers Verify the Employment Authorization of All New Employees, So as to Provide That a Worker Is Not Eligible to Obtain a South Carolina Driver's License or Identification Card If the Worker's Only Proof of Identification Is a Matricula Consular Card or a Substantially Similar Document Issued by a Consulate or Embassy of Another Country; to Amend Section 8-29-10, Relating to the Verification of a Person's Lawful Presence in the United States by an Agency or Political Subdivision of This State, So as to Provide That an Agency or Political Subdivision Shall Not Accept a Matricula Consular Card or a Substantially Similar Document Issued by a Consulate or an Embassy of Another Country as Proof of a Person's Lawful Presence in the United States; and to Amend Section 59-101-430, Relating to the Prohibition of an Alien Unlawfully Present in the United States from Attending a Public Institution of Higher Learning in This State, So as to Provide That a Public Institution of Higher Learning in This State Shall Not Accept a Matricula Consular Card or a Substantially Similar Document Issued by a Consulate or Embassy of Another Country as Verification of a Person's Lawful Presence in the United States.

This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.

SC S 128 · Senate Bill · 2017-2018

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Jan 10, 2017
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  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Current step)

    In committee · Jan 10, 2017

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    The session ended first

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This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.

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A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 8-14-20, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT PUBLIC EMPLOYERS VERIFY THE EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION OF ALL NEW EMPLOYEES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A WORKER IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO OBTAIN A SOUTH CAROLINA DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD IF THE WORKER'S ONLY PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION IS A MATRICULA CONSULAR CARD OR A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR DOCUMENT ISSUED BY A CONSULATE OR EMBASSY OF ANOTHER COUNTRY; TO AMEND SECTION 8-29-10, RELATING TO THE VERIFICATION OF A PERSON'S LAWFUL PRESENCE IN THE UNITED STATES BY AN AGENCY OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN AGENCY OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT ACCEPT A MATRICULA CONSULAR CARD OR A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR DOCUMENT ISSUED BY A CONSULATE OR AN EMBASSY OF ANOTHER COUNTRY AS PROOF OF A PERSON'S LAWFUL PRESENCE IN THE UNITED STATES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 59-101-430, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION OF AN ALIEN UNLAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES FROM ATTENDING A PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING IN THIS STATE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING IN THIS STATE SHALL NOT ACCEPT A MATRICULA CONSULAR CARD OR A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR DOCUMENT ISSUED BY A CONSULATE OR EMBASSY OF ANOTHER COUNTRY AS VERIFICATION OF A PERSON'S LAWFUL PRESENCE IN THE UNITED STATES. | 52