2011 House Bill 4388

Screen welfare applicants for illegal aliens

Introduced in the House

March 8, 2011

Introduced by Rep. Thomas Hooker (R-77)

To require the Department of Human Services (the state welfare department) to verify the legal U.S. residence status of every person who applies for various kinds of welfare benefits using the federal “e-verify” system, and not provide welfare if the department cannot confirm legal status. If the federal system “renders a negative confirmation of legal residency status, the department would be required to forward the relevant information to state, local or federal law enforcement officer.

Referred to the Committee on Families, Children and Seniors