House Bill 756 Summary

• Creates Title 24 Idaho Code establishing definitions and restrictions related to illegal immigration, including prohibitions on public funding for identification documents for individuals without lawful presence and invalidation of out-of-state driver's licenses issued exclusively to illegal immigrants.

• Prohibits public and private agencies from knowingly employing, hiring, recruiting, or referring illegal immigrants; violations enforced by the Idaho Department of Labor under section 44-304.

• Requires all medical facilities accepting Medicaid to collect patient citizenship status information on admission forms and submit quarterly reports to the Department of Health and Welfare and Attorney General detailing admissions and emergency visits by citizenship category.

• Mandates E-Verify system use for employment eligibility verification by all public agencies and private employers with 20 or more employees within three business days of hire; establishes penalties of $1,000 per day for non-compliance, misdemeanor charges after six months of non-compliance, and felony charges for four or more violations.

• Requires public agency contractors and subcontractors to use E-Verify and provide affidavits confirming they do not employ illegal immigrants; allows contract termination without breach designation and bars violators from public contracts for one year.

• Creates felony offense of human smuggling for knowingly transporting individuals into Idaho who entered the United States illegally; each person transported constitutes a separate offense.

• Effective date: January 1, 2025.