Tampa, FL Immigration Policy: E-Verify Mandates (2026)

448.095 Employment eligibility. — [...] (2) EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION. — (a) An employer shall verify each new employee's employment eligibility within 3 business days after the first day that the new employee begins working for pay as required under 8 C.F.R. s. 274a. (b)1. A public agency shall use the E-Verify system to verify a new employee's employment eligibility as required under paragraph (a). 2. Beginning on July 1, 2023, a private employer with 25 or more employees shall use the E-Verify system to verify a new employee's employment eligibility as required under paragraph (a). 3. Each employer required to use the E-Verify system under this paragraph must certify on its first return each calendar year to the tax service provider that it is in compliance with this section when making contributions to or reimbursing the state's unemployment compensation or reemployment assistance system. [...] (e) An employer may not continue to employ an unauthorized alien after obtaining knowledge that a person is or has become an unauthorized alien.