HB0163 • 2025

Prohibiting employment of unauthorized aliens.

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; prohibiting the employment of unauthorized aliens as specified; specifying penalties; and providing for an effective date.

Crime Labor

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Representative Brown, G
Last action: 2025-02-03
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2025

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and was never introduced or considered in the session.

Stopping Unauthorized Aliens from Working

The bill makes it illegal for employers to hire people who are not legally allowed to work in the United States and sets fines for breaking this rule.

What This Bill Does

Makes it against the law for anyone to employ or contract with someone who is not legally allowed to be in the U.S. or work here.
Sets a fine of $1,000 for the first time an employer breaks this rule and $5,000 for each repeat offense.
Exempts employers from punishment if they hire workers who are trying to renew their legal status as allowed by federal law.

Who It Names or Affects

Employers who might hire unauthorized aliens
Unauthorized aliens looking for work

Terms To Know

Unauthorized Aliens: People who are not legally allowed to be in the United States or work here.
Misdemeanor: A less serious crime that can result in fines and sometimes jail time, but usually for a shorter period than felonies.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass and was never introduced or considered.
It does not specify how employers will check if someone is authorized to work.
The penalties only apply after the effective date of July 1, 2025, which has passed without the bill becoming law.

Bill History

2025-02-03 House
H Did not Consider for Introduction
2025-01-14 House
H Received for Introduction
2025-01-13 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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25LSO-0467
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0467
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0163

Prohibiting employment of unauthorized aliens.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Brown, G, Allemand, Campbell, K, Guggenmos, Haroldson, Johnson, Kelly, Lucas, McCann, Ottman, Schmid, Styvar, Wasserburger and Webber and Senator(s) Ide, Pearson and Smith, D

A BILL

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AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; prohibiting the employment of unauthorized aliens as specified; specifying penalties; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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ARTICLE 2
UNAUTHORIZED ALIENS

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Employment of unauthorized aliens prohibited.

(a)

No person shall employ or otherwise contract for services with a person who:

(i)

Is or becomes unlawfully present in the United States in violation of federal law; or

(ii)

Is not or becomes not lawfully authorized to work in the United States in violation of federal law.

(b)

A person who violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of:

(i)

One thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for a first offense under this section;

(ii)

Five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for a second or subsequent offense under this section.

(c)

For purposes of this section:

(i)

The prohibition of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any employed or contracted person who has an appropriate visa or other work authorization to be present and work in the United States that is valid and current;

(ii)

Any employer who employs or contracts for services with workers who are or were lawfully present but who are acting in accordance with federal law to renew or continue their lawful status shall not be subject to the prohibition in subsection (a) of this section;

(iii)

Each person who is employed, contracted with or continued to be employed in violation under subsection (a) of this section shall constitute a separate offense.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2025
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