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Utah law currently requires private employers with 150 or more employees to register with and use a federal work authorization verification system, commonly known as E-Verify, before hiring new employees. This bill originally proposed lowering that threshold to 50 employees, but the current substitute instead sets the threshold at 125 employees, meaning businesses with 125 or more workers would need to use the verification system starting July 1, 2027, rather than the current 150-employee threshold. The bill also adds language clarifying that using fake identification or someone else's identification to obtain a job can lead to criminal prosecution under Utah's existing fraud and identity theft laws. As a result, employers with 125 to 149 employees would face a new compliance requirement that currently applies only to larger companies with 150 or more employees.