AZ HB2639

Removes subsection B from A.R.S. § 13-2008, which previously made it illegal for employers to knowingly accept another person's identity information during the hiring process.

Adds new subsection B to § 13-2008 establishing the same prohibition on knowingly accepting another person's identity during hiring, requiring the employer to know the individual is not the actual person identified and use that information to verify work authorization under federal law.

Reduces the economic loss threshold for aggravated identity theft in A.R.S. § 13-2009 from three thousand dollars to one thousand dollars.

Adds new subsection B to § 13-2009 establishing liability for knowingly accepting another person's identity during hiring under the same standards as § 13-2008.

Clarifies that both basic identity theft and aggravated identity theft remain class 4 and class 3 felonies respectively, with the addition of "knowingly accepting the identity of another person" as grounds for these charges.