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Utah Senate passes immigration accountability bill, backing state guest-worker and enforcement provisions
Summary
After weeks of negotiation and floor amendments, the Utah Senate passed third substitute House Bill 116, a package that creates a state guest-worker pathway, employer verification and penalties, and a law-enforcement-focused enforcement framework. Sponsors framed the measure as a state response to federal inaction.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Senate on March 3 passed third substitute House Bill 116, titled the Utah Immigration Accountability and Enforcement Amendments, sending a consolidated immigration package back to the House after a conference committee and floor amendments.
Senator Reid, the bill sponsor on the floor, said the package combines three elements: a guest-worker permit program, employer requirements and sanctions, and enforcement provisions. “This substitution essentially has 3 elements to it — a guest worker provision, employer requirements and sanctions and enforcement provisions,” Reid said during his floor introduction.
The bill requires rigorous background checks and creates a state-administered worker-permit system with employer-verification provisions. It includes penalties…
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