Scope: State (Ohio)
Branch: Legislative
Severity: Green
Date occurred: March 20, 2026
Ohio HB 246 enacts new Revised Code sections 4151.01 through 4151.07, requiring specified construction industry employers to use the federal E-Verify system to confirm employment eligibility. The act also establishes sanctions for specified hiring practices in the industry. The law became effective March 20, 2026.
Constitutional basis: State employer-verification mandate with licensing-type sanctions, a form of immigration-adjacent regulation the Supreme Court has already upheld as unpreempted in Whiting.