Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 214 (2025GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Walter, R. Neil

Final action

House/ filed 3/7/2025

Outcome

Failed / filed without passage

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• amends provisions related to the Private Employer Verification Act, impacting a private employer who employs 15 or more employees;
• cites criminal penalties that may be applicable to the use of fraudulent identification documentation or another person's identification documentation for purposes of obtaining employment; and
• makes technical and conforming changes.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

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13-47-201
Employer Verification Amendments
2025 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: R. Neil Walter
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill amends provisions relating to employer verification of employees.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
amends provisions related to the Private Employer Verification Act, impacting a private 
employer who employs five or more employees; 
cites criminal penalties that may be applicable to the use of fraudulent identification 
documentation or another person's identification documentation for purposes of 
obtaining employment; and
makes technical and conforming changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a special effective date.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
13-47-201
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapter 338
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1, Section 
13-47-201
 is amended to read:
13-47-201. Verification required for new hires.
(1)
A private employer who employs 
150
five
 or more employees on or after 
May 4, 2022
July 1, 2025
, may not hire a new employee on or after 
May 4, 2022
July 1, 2025
, unless 
the private employer:
(a)
is registered with a status verification system to verify the federal legal working 
status of any new employee; and
(b)
uses the status verification system to verify the federal legal working status of the 
new employee in accordance with the requirements of the status verification system.
(2)
This section does not apply to a private employer of a foreign national if the foreign 
national holds a visa issued in response to a petition by the private employer that is 
classified as H-2A or H-2B.
(3)
A person who uses fraudulent identification documentation, or the identification 
documentation of another person, for the purpose of obtaining employment is subject to 
criminal prosecution, including, as applicable, under:
(a)
Title 76, Chapter 6, Part 5, Fraud; or
(b)
Title 76, Chapter 6, Part 11, Identity Fraud Act.
Section 2. 
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect on 
July 1, 2025
.
1-14-25 2:52 PM