Utah Enacts Universal Mandatory E-Verify Bill

By Jessica Vaughan, April 1, 2010

Yesterday Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed a bill into law requiring Utah employers to use E-Verify to make sure their workers are legal. The bill passed both chambers of the legislature with large margins, making Utah the fourth state to require all employers to verify their workers (the others are Arizona, Mississippi, and South Carolina). Another 10 states require certain groups of employers, usually public agencies and contractors, to verify workers using E-Verify, and nine states have laws reinforcing federal law in other ways (for details, see here).
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The bill attracted support from a broad base of constituencies, including a wide range of activist groups, small businesses, labor and a number of major business groups. Especially important was the strong support provided by “Tea Partyâ€