Utah 2026 General Session Status: To Executive 2 R cosponsors

HB 294 — Employer Verification Amendments

Last action — House/ filed

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced January 20, 2026. It awaits signature.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

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Prognosis

Advancing 46% · moderate confidence

  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 R).

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

8 added · 10 removed

Plain-language change summary

The changes to Bill HB 294 increase the number of employees a private employer must have—raising the threshold from 50 to 100—before certain hiring restrictions apply. This means that smaller companies with fewer than 100 employees won't be subject to the same regulations as larger employers regarding new hires beginning July 1, 2027. This adjustment is significant because it could lead to fewer restrictions for smaller businesses, potentially making it easier for them to hire new employees.

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03-04 18:59 H.B.
02-19 09:32 H.B.
▸ amends provisions related to the Private Employer Verification Act, impacting a private employer who employs Ĥ→ [50 Ŝ→ 100] 125 ←Ŝ ←Ĥ or more 9a employees;
▸ amends provisions related to the Private Employer Verification Act, impacting a private employer who employs Ĥ→ [50] 100 ←Ĥ or more employees;
H Section 1.
Section 1.
B 13-47-201 .
H 13-47-201 .
25 (1) A private employer who employs [150 Ĥ→ 50 Ŝ→ 100] 125 ←Ŝ ←Ĥ 9 25a or more employees on or 4 25a after [May 4, 2022] July 1, 2027, may not hire a new employee on or after [May 4, 2022] July 1, 2027, unless the private employer:
B (1) A private employer who employs [150 Ĥ→ 50] 100 ←Ĥ or more employees on or .
H.B.
25a after [May 4, 2022] 9 July 1, 2027, may not hire a new employee on or after [May 4, 2022] July 1, 2027, unless the private employer:
294 03-04 18:59 (a) is registered with a status verification system to verify the federal legal working status of any new employee;
(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.
and H.B.
294 02-19 09:32 (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.
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Amendments

2 amendments

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Action History

  1. House/ filed

  2. House/ received from Senate

  3. Senate/ to House

  4. Senate/ strike enacting clause

  5. Senate/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules/ amended [Senate Rules Committee]

  6. Senate Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee]

  7. Senate Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee]

  8. Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee]

  9. Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee]

  10. Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)

  11. Senate/ received from House

  12. House/ to Senate

  13. House/ passed 3rd reading

  14. House/ 3rd reading

  15. House/ 2nd reading

  16. House/ comm rpt/ amended [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee]

  17. House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee]

  18. House Comm - Amendment Recommendation [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee]

  19. House/ to standing committee [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee]

  20. House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst

  21. LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0294

  22. LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0294

  23. House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

  24. House/ received bill from Legislative Research

  25. LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0294

  26. LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0294

  27. Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

  28. Bill Numbered but not Distributed

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 102 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (102)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 294?
HB 294 is sponsored by Don L. Ipson (Republican) and Tiara Auxier (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 294?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced January 20, 2026. It awaits signature.
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