AZ HB2275

Establishes an employee misclassification and payroll tax fraud advisory task force focused on issues in the construction industry, with voting members including the director of the industrial commission of Arizona, director of the department of insurance and financial institutions, and registrar of contractors.

Task force shall convene its first meeting on or before February 1, 2024, and shall study the impact of employee misclassification and payroll tax fraud on state revenue, lost insurance industry earnings, frequency and economic impact of violations, and effectiveness of existing enforcement laws.

Task force shall examine whether state law should define employment relationships uniformly, identify ways to improve information sharing among agencies, and develop new investigative and enforcement strategies to address misclassification and payroll tax fraud.

Requires the task force to submit annual reports on or before February 1, 2025, and annually thereafter to the senate commerce committee and house of representatives commerce committee, with copies to the secretary of state.

Authorizes state agencies to cooperate with the task force by providing necessary information and allows individual agencies to implement task force recommendations if authorized under their existing statutory authority.