---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employee Verification Requirements"
description: "Employee Verification Requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 252"
citation: "Utah HB 252 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Immigration", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferry, Joel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf031439-e830-488c-9c17-8fe29e688c10"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0252.html"
source_hash: "7fcf6192be1b5e3713fe0deb42b3a58700c763b6669ac54ae4bcd5eb593757e0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
---

# Utah HB 252 (2022) — Employee Verification Requirements

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillint/HB0252.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillamd/HB0252.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0252.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **44–24** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **19–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ferry, Joel — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-26** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-26** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-26** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-01-27** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-28** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-02-01** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-02-01** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-02-02** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-14** circled
- **2022-02-14** uncircled
- **2022-02-14** floor amendment # 1
- **2022-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-14** to Senate
- **2022-02-14** received from House
- **2022-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-15** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-17** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-18** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-18** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-18** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-02-18** to House
- **2022-02-18** received from Senate
- **2022-02-18** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-22** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-02-22** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf031439-e830-488c-9c17-8fe29e688c10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).