Senate Bill 146 Summary

• Increases penalties for wage law violations involving illegal aliens, elevating common construction wage law violations from Class B misdemeanor to Class A misdemeanor when the employee is an illegal alien.

• Escalates minimum wage law violations involving illegal aliens from Class C infraction to Class B infraction, and from Class A infraction to Class C misdemeanor depending on the violation type.

• Establishes that a federal immigration agency determination that an alien violated immigration law creates a rebuttable presumption of illegal status under Indiana law.

• Defines "alien" according to 8 U.S.C. 1101(a) and "federal immigration agency" as any federal agency responsible for determining immigration status.

• Effective July 1, 2013.