Protections Regarding Seizures of Identification Documents

Added names of additional Senate sponsors (Coleman, Cutter, Exum, Gonzales J., Hinrichsen, Jodeh, Kipp, Rodriguez, Wallace, Weissman) to the bill's sponsorship list.

Updated the header to reflect the bill is now 'Rerevised' and includes amendments adopted in the Second House.

Added a header indicating the bill reached the 3rd Reading Unamended in the Senate on April 30, 2026.

Removed the specific text of Section 2 and the beginning of Section 8-2-124.5 regarding the prohibition on employers confiscating ID documents, as the excerpt ends before the full text is provided.

The definition of covered individuals was expanded to include applicants for employment, migrant workers, and anyone performing work for an employer in any capacity, in addition to current employees.

The specific language regarding employer requests to temporarily retain government-issued identification cards was restructured to align with the new, broader definition of covered individuals.

Added new sponsors to the bill: Bacon, English, Jackson, and McCormick.

Changed the retention requirement for government-issued ID copies from indefinite storage in employee records to a strict limit of ten hours, solely for verifying employment eligibility.

The maximum duration an employer may retain an employee's government-issued ID was reduced from 24 hours to 10 hours.

The requirement for employers to notify employees in writing about the prohibition on ID retention was deleted.

The requirement for employers to obtain an employee's written acknowledgment of the notification was deleted.

The document status was updated from 'Introduced' to 'Engrossed' to reflect that all amendments have been adopted.