• Contractors on state-funded projects will have to check their employees Social Security numbers to be sure they are not stolen and that they show as valid in the federal E-Verify database.
• Penalties for not obeying the new system, which the governor is expected to sign into law soon, range from a warning to being barred from state-funded projects for three years and fined $1,000.
• The sponsors say Pennsylvania is only trying to make sure tax dollars spent on projects go to taxpayers.

From the article:

HARRISBURG – Legislation to prevent undocumented workers from being hired by construction companies took a long time -- six years -- to make its way through the state Legislature, but the final vote Saturday was lopsided. ...