2008 Regular Session Illegal immigrants; prohibit employment of or seeking employment by. AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT; TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR NEWLY HIRED EMPLOYEES AND THEIR EMPLOYERS; TO ENACT DEFINITIONS; TO REQUIRE EMPLOYEE VERIFICATION; TO PROVIDE EMPLOYER LIABILITY; TO SET UP EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE PROGRAMS; TO MAKE PROVISIONS FOR THIRD-PARTY EMPLOYERS; TO DEFER TO FEDERAL LAW IN STATE LAW; TO ENACT EXEMPTIONS; TO DESIGNATE ENFORCEMENT DUTIES UNDER THE ACT; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 05/08/08 at 13:09 S B 2988 Senate Bill 2988 SB 2988 S Law General Bill/Constitutional Amendment No Majority ** See Text 312 Judiciary B F ../../House_cmtes/JB.xml Judiciary, Division A F ../../Senate_cmtes/JA.xml Watson ../../Senate_authors/Watson.xml McDaniel ../../Senate_authors/McDaniel.xml Yancey ../../Senate_authors/Yancey.xml 1 02/04 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A 2 02/14 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub 3 02/26 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted 4 02/26 (S) Amended 5 02/26 (S) Passed As Amended ../../../../2008/pdf/votes/senate/0500030.pdf 6 02/28 (S) Transmitted To House 7 02/29 (H) Referred To Judiciary B 8 03/05 (H) Title Suff Do Pass 9 03/05 (H) Passed ../../../../2008/pdf/votes/house/0580010.pdf 10 03/06 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered 11 03/06 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled 12 03/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate 13 03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed 14 03/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed 15 03/17 Approved by Governor ../../../../documents/2008/pdf/SB/2900-2999/SB2988SG.pdf ../../../../documents/2008/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2988SG.htm ../../../../documents/2008/pdf/SB/2900-2999/SB2988IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2008/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2988IN.htm ../../../../documents/2008/pdf/SB/2900-2999/SB2988CS.pdf ../../../../documents/2008/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2988CS.htm ../../../../documents/2008/pdf/SB/2900-2999/SB2988PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2008/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2988PS.htm ../../../../documents/2008/pdf/SB/2900-2999/SB2988SG.pdf ../../../../documents/2008/html/SB/2900-2999/SB2988SG.htm Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) Adopted ../../../../documents/2008/pdf/sam/SB2988_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2008/html/sam/SB2988_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote