House and Senate E-Verify bills with significant differences are bound for floor votes – and off-the-record conferencing – after both secured their final public hearing approvals Monday.

Senate Bill 664 advanced through the Senate Rules Committee’s 62-bill agenda Monday, and House Bill 1265, only formally introduced last week, was approved by a 16-7 tally in the House State Affairs Committee.

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