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H4797 • 2026
New Employee Verification Requirements
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New Employee Verification Requirements
Introduced and read first time ( House Journal-page 93 )
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry ( House Journal-page 93 )
Prefiled
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
New Employee Verification Requirements
2025-2026 Bill 4797: New Employee Verification Requirements - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assembly 126th Session, 2025-2026 Download This Bill in Microsoft Word Format Indicates Matter Stricken Indicates New Matter H. 4797 STATUS INFORMATION General Bill Sponsors: Rep. Wickensimer Document Path: LC-0567WAB26.docx Introduced in the House on January 13, 2026 Currently residing in the House Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry Summary: New Employee Verification Requirements HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS Date Body Action Description with journal page number 12/16/2025 House Prefiled 12/16/2025 House Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 1/13/2026 House Introduced and read first time ( House Journal-page 93 ) 1/13/2026 House Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry ( House Journal-page 93 ) View the latest legislative information at the website VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 12/17/2025 A bill TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 41-8-20 , RELATING TO REQUIREMENTS FOR EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION OF NEW EMPLOYEES BY PRIVATE EMPLOYERS, SO AS TO provide the approval and use of additional work authorization Program options. B e it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: S ECTION 1. S ection 41-8-20 (B) and (C) of the S.C. Code is amended to read: ( B) All private employers who are required by federal law to complete and maintain federal employment eligibility verification forms or documents must register and participate in the E-Verify federal work authorization program , or its successor, the Systematic Alien Verification of Entitlement (SAVE) work authorization program or its successor, or any other work authorization programs of comparable or superior quality as evaluated and approved by the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce in subsection (C) to verify the work authorization of every new employee within three business days after employing a new employee. A private employer who does not comply with the requirements of this subsection violates the private employer's licenses. ( C) The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce shall : ( 1) evaluate and approve any work authorization programs proposed by a private employer to determine if the quality of the program meets or exceeds the quality of E-Verify and SAVE and provide private employers with a list of the programs it determines meet or exceed the quality of E-Verify and SAVE; and ( 2) provide private employers with technical advice and electronic access to the E-Verify federal work authorization program's website of any work authorization program approved in item (1) for the sole purpose of registering and participating in the program. S ECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. ----XX---- This web page was last updated on January 13, 2026 at 2:41 PM