Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB571: Immigrant Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill amends provisions concerning immigrants and immigration.
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 16, 2026:
7 Immigrant Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Trevor Lee Senate Sponsor: LONG TITLE General Description: This bill amends provisions concerning immigrants and immigration. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms; - prohibits a Utah depository institution from accepting certain forms of identification; - requires the Department of Financial Institutions to make rules to ensure compliance with and enforcement of the identification prohibition for a Utah depository institution; - for a licensee under the Money Transmitter Act: - prohibits a licensee from initiating an international money transmission unless the licensee has verified that the sender is not an unauthorized alien; - requires certain record keeping; and - imposes penalties for a violation; - requires the Department of Financial Institutions to conduct random quarterly audits of licensees under the Money Transmitter Act to ensure compliance; - prohibits a person from hiring or employing an unauthorized alien, and provides penalties for a violation, including fines and business license suspension or revocation; - creates a right of action against a person who hired, employed, or recruited an unauthorized alien and the actions of the unauthorized alien caused an injury or death; - upon request from a federal immigration agency, requires a sheriff, or sheriff's designee who operates a county jail, to provide: - a list of all prisoners who are …
Sponsors
- Lee, Trevor (R, 16) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : House/ filed
- : House/ strike enacting clause
- : LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0571
- : House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- : House/ received bill from Legislative Research
- : LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0571
- : LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0571
- : Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- : Bill Numbered but not Distributed
Subjects: Government Operations (State Issues), Business, Correctional Facilities, Commercial Driver License (CDL), Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures, Occupational and Professional Licensing, Immigration, Commercial Motor Vehicle Regulation
Common questions
- What is HB571?
- HB571 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Immigrant Amendments.
- What does HB571 do?
- This bill amends provisions concerning immigrants and immigration.
- What is the status of HB571?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: House/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB571?
- Lee, Trevor (R, 16).
- Where is the official record for HB571?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0571.html
Source: official Utah record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.