HB62

AN ACT relating to unlawful employment.

Introduced·1/7/26
Bill Text

Kentucky HB62 criminalizes unlawful employment by unauthorized aliens, classifying it as a Class A misdemeanor.

Kentucky HB62 introduces a new section in the Kentucky Revised Statutes to define and penalize unlawful employment by unauthorized aliens. Under this bill, an "unauthorized alien" is someone unlawfully present in the United States. Engaging in employment while being an unauthorized alien is considered unlawful employment, which is punishable as a Class A misdemeanor.

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History

Jan 20

House

reassigned to Judiciary (H)

Jan 14

House

to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

Jan 7

House

introduced in House