HB 16-1114 Summary

• Repeals Colorado's employment verification affirmation requirement that required employers to affirm they verified employee work eligibility within twenty days of hiring
• Eliminates the state requirement to maintain written or electronic copies of the affirmation since federal I-9 form requirements already accomplish the same purpose
• Modifies auditing provisions to require documentation of compliance only with federal employment verification requirements under 8 U.S.C. § 1324a(b), removing reference to the eliminated state affirmation requirement
• Retains penalties of up to $5,000 for first offense and $25,000 for subsequent offenses for reckless failure to submit or fraudulent submission of federal employment verification documentation
• Effective date is August 10, 2016, subject to referendum petition provisions