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This bill originally focused solely on creating a two-year deadline for wage-theft lawsuits. The substitute version keeps that provision but adds several other changes to how workers pursue unpaid wages under Utah's Payment of Wages Act. It narrows who counts as an "employer" that can be held personally liable for unpaid wages, limiting it to business "executives" such as officers, managers, general partners, or partners, rather than any individual who isn't otherwise excluded. The bill also clarifies that for wage claims of $10,000 or less, employees generally must first go through the state Labor Commission's administrative process and then file a petition for judicial review, rather than heading straight to court, while wage claims over $10,000 (or combined claims exceeding that amount) may still be filed directly in court, subject to the new two-year statute of limitations measured from the date the wages were earned.