Kansas2026Passed Legislature
HB2066
HB2066: Rules for Checking Worker Status and Tax Deductions
Last scannedAug 24, 2026, 9:52 AM
In one sentence
This bill requires businesses and government employers to use a specific system to check if workers are allowed to work in the U.S. and stops them from getting tax breaks for paying unauthorized workers.
What it does
- Requires business entities and public employers to register with and use the E-Verify program for new employees starting on or after July 1, 2025.
- Makes it illegal for employers to knowingly hire, recruit, or refer unauthorized aliens for work in Kansas.
- Prohibits income tax deductions for wages paid to workers who do not have legal authorization to work in the United States.
- Allows county attorneys and the state attorney general to investigate complaints about violations of these rules.
- Orders courts to suspend business licenses or revoke company registrations if employers violate the hiring laws.
Who it affects
- Business entities, including self-employed individuals, corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and other groups working for gain in Kansas.
- Public employers such as state departments, agencies, political subdivisions, or instrumentalities of the state.
- New employees hired on or after July 1, 2025.
Limits and unknowns
- The bill does not apply to casual domestic labor hired to work in a person's home.
- State officials cannot decide on their own if someone is an unauthorized alien; they must check federal records first.
- The provided text ends before finishing the sentence about how courts should treat recent federal determinations of worker status.
Plain language
Terms to know
- E-Verify
- An electronic program run by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration that checks if an employee is allowed to work in the United States.
- Unauthorized alien
- A person who does not have legal permission under federal law to work in the United States.
- Business entity
- Any group or individual working for gain, benefit, advantage, or livelihood, whether for-profit or not-for-profit. This includes self-employed people and companies registered with the state secretary of state.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
Requiring business entities and public employers to register and use the e-verify program for employment purposes and prohibiting income tax deductions for wages and remuneration paid to unauthorized aliens.
Official activity
Bill history
- Died in CommitteeHouse
- Referred to House Committee on Federal and State AffairsHouse
- IntroducedHouse