Washington Employers To Check Lawful Presence To Employ Initiative (2017)

Washington Employers to Check Lawful Presence to Hire Initiative
	Election date; November 7, 2017
	Topic; Business regulation
	Status; Not on the ballot
Type; State statute	Origin; Citizens

The Washington Employers to Check Lawful Presence to Hire Initiative was not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the People, a type of initiated state statute, on November 7, 2017.

The measure would have required public and private employers in the state to verify the lawful presence of new hires before employing them. Employers would have used the federal government's E-Verify program.^[1]

Text of measure[edit]

Ballot title[edit]

The ballot title was:^[1]

“

Initiative Measure No. 1567 concerns verification of employment eligibility.

This measure would require employers to electronically verify employment eligibility of their new hires, impose consequences for knowing employment of unauthorized aliens, require reporting of unauthorized aliens, and require related hearings for employers.

Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ]^[2]

”

Ballot summary[edit]

The ballot summary was:^[1]

“

This measure would require employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their new hires and impose consequences on employers who knowingly employ unauthorized aliens. Licenses and authorizations to operate a business would be suspended when employers fail to correct violations. It would allow complaints for reporting noncompliant employers and require a hearing process for resolving complaints. It would require reporting of unauthorized aliens to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and law enforcement.^[2]

”

Full text[edit]

The full text of the measure is available here.

Path to the ballot[edit]

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Washington

In Washington, the signature requirement for Initiatives to the People is equivalent to 8 percent of the votes cast for the office of governor at the last gubernatorial election.

To make the 2017 ballot, proponents of Initiatives to the People were required to submit at least 259,622 valid signatures by July 7, 2017.^[3] No signatures were turned in for the initiative by the deadline.^[4]

Craig Keller proposed the ballot initiative.^[1]

Footnotes[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiatives to the People - 2017," accessed February 9, 2017
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Elections Calendar - 2016," accessed January 10, 2017
↑ Northwest Public Radio, “Election Rarity: No Initiatives Qualify For November Statewide Ballot In Washington,” July 7, 2017

[proposed-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiatives to the People - 2017," accessed February 9, 2017

[quotedisclaimer-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

[calendar-3] Washington Secretary of State, "Elections Calendar - 2016," accessed January 10, 2017

[4] Northwest Public Radio, “Election Rarity: No Initiatives Qualify For November Statewide Ballot In Washington,” July 7, 2017

Washington Employers to Check Lawful Presence to Hire Initiative

Election date November 7, 2017
Topic Business regulation
Status Not on the ballot
Type State statute	Origin Citizens

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