diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-verification.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-verification.yml
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+name: Pull Request Verification
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types: [opened]
+
+jobs:
+  Check-Team-Membership:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.HACKFORLA_ADMIN_TOKEN }}
+          script: |
+            const verifyPR = require('./github-actions/trigger-pr-target/verify-pr.js');
+            verifyPR({github, context});
diff --git a/github-actions/trigger-pr-target/verify-pr.js b/github-actions/trigger-pr-target/verify-pr.js
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+++ b/github-actions/trigger-pr-target/verify-pr.js
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+const isMemberOfTeam = require('../utils/check-team-membership');
+const commentContent = 'You must be a member of the HFLA website team in order to create pull requests. \
+Please see our page on how to join us as a member at HFLA: https://www.hackforla.org/getting-started.  \
+If you have been though onboarding, and feel this message was sent in error, please message us in the \
+#hfla-site team Slack channel with the link to this PR.';
+
+async function main({github,context}) {
+    const prAuthor = context.payload.sender.login;  
+    const prNumber = context.payload.number;
+    const repo = context.payload.pull_request.base.repo.name;
+    const owner = context.payload.pull_request.base.repo.owner.login;
+    const isMember = await isMemberOfTeam(github, prAuthor, 'website-write');
+    if (isMember || prAuthor =='dependabot[bot]') {    
+        console.log('Successfully verified!');
+    }
+    else {
+        try {
+            await github.rest.issues.update({
+                owner : owner,
+                repo : repo,
+                issue_number : prNumber,
+                state : 'closed'
+            });
+            await github.rest.issues.createComment({
+                owner : owner,
+                repo : repo,
+                issue_number : prNumber,
+                body : commentContent
+            }); 
+        } catch (closeCommentError) {
+            console.log(`Failed to close PR #${prNumber} created by ${prAuthor}. See logs for details.`);
+            throw closeCommentError;
+        } 
+    }    
+}
+
+module.exports = main;
diff --git a/github-actions/utils/check-team-membership.js b/github-actions/utils/check-team-membership.js
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+/** 
+* @param {octokit} github - Octokit object used to access GitHub API 
+* @param {String} githubUsername - The GitHub username of the user whose membership is to be checked.
+* @param {String} team - The HFLA team the username's membership is checked against. Example: 'website-write'
+
+- Returns true or false depending on whether the username is found on the passed team, 404 means the user passed wasn't 
+found on the team passed. Any other type of error will be thrown.
+- Need read:org permission to use this function, the least permissive token which contains this is the TEAMS token.
+Lack of permission will result in a 403 error.
+- The method of obtaining the GitHub username will vary depending on the contents of the context object. See GitHub action 
+docs on printing context information into the log.
+*/
+
+async function isMemberOfTeam(github, githubUsername, team)
+{
+    try {
+        await github.rest.teams.getMembershipForUserInOrg({
+            org : 'hackforla',
+            team_slug : team,
+            username : githubUsername
+        });
+        return true;
+    } catch (verificationError) {
+        if (verificationError.status == 404) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        else {
+            throw verificationError;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = isMemberOfTeam;