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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

SB 324: Relating to requiring state contractors, political subdivisions of this state, and private employers to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 324 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on November 12, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to requiring state contractors, political subdivisions of this state, and private employers to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify. Primary sponsor: Lois Kolkhorst (Republican). It lists 13 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 2, 2025): Referred to State Affairs.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 12

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lois KolkhorstPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate18
Paul BettencourtCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate7
Donna CampbellCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate25
CreightonCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Brent HagenbuchCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate30
Bob HallCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Adam HinojosaCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Joan HuffmanCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Bryan HughesCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
KingCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Mayes MiddletonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Tan ParkerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate12
Angela PaxtonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate8
Charles SchwertnerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate5

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to State Affairs
  2. Read first time
  3. Received from the Senate
  4. Reported engrossed
  5. Record vote
  6. Passed
  7. Read 3rd time
  8. Record vote
  9. Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  10. Record vote
  11. Passed to engrossment as amended
  12. Record vote

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source