All Roll Calls
Yes: 198 • No: 0
UtahH.B. 252025 General SessionHouse
Retirement Amendments
Sponsored By: Cheryl K. Acton (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Public Retirement and InsurancePublic Employees' Health ProgramPublic Employees Insurance and BenefitsPublic Employees RetirementUtah Retirement Systems (URS)
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.
More employers qualify for retirement withdrawal
Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah broadens nonprofit tax-status rules for employers seeking to leave its retirement system. Qualifying status now includes Section 501(c), rather than only Section 501(c)(3). One pathway covers county mental health and substance abuse providers that joined before July 1, 2014. They must have changed to nonprofit status after joining and cannot be state higher education institutions. That pathway retains its January 1, 2017, withdrawal-date limit. The newer pathway covers employers that joined before January 1, 2023. They must be public employees' associations, insurers subject to state disclosure rules, or nonprofits that changed tax status after joining. For this newer pathway, the deadline to choose and complete withdrawal moves from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2028.
Leaving employers must cover retirement costs
Beginning July 1, 2025, employers using these withdrawal pathways must pay reasonable retirement-system costs tied to leaving. These include administrative and actuarial costs, a payment for calculated funding shortfalls, and a payment to protect remaining employers. The employer and retirement office must agree on costs and payment arrangements before withdrawal; no fixed dollar amount is set. Withdrawal does not erase employees' eligibility for service credit earned before the withdrawal date. Under the newer pathway, employers can offer other retirement arrangements after leaving and can later rejoin the system.
Retirement employers must keep records longer
Beginning July 1, 2025, participating Utah retirement employers must keep required employee records longer. Records must remain until the earliest of three dates: four years after retirement, four years after death, or 65 years after employment began. The four-year periods replace three-year periods. Required records support benefit calculations and plan administration, including records identifying benefits outside normal benefit packages. Employers that fail to keep records owe resulting costs and a penalty equal to 1% of their last month's contributions. The retirement office can estimate missing service, pay, or age information, and its director can waive charges for extenuating circumstances. Employers must enroll employees and report and contribute electronically; electronically supplied information is confidential.
Public health plan opioid authority repealed
Beginning July 1, 2025, the law repeals PEHP Health and Benefits' specific statutory authority for certain opioid prescribing policies. This removes an authority for both prescribing restrictions and safeguards. The repeal sets no replacement policy and guarantees no change in an individual's drug coverage or prescription access.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Cheryl K. Acton
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Wayne A. Harper
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 2/19/2025
House/ concurs with Senate amendment
Yes: 71 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/14/2025
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 23 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/13/2025
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/13/2025
Senate/ passed 2nd reading
Yes: 25 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/13/2025
Senate/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/5/2025
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 1/29/2025
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 6 • No: 0
House vote • 1/22/2025
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 73 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/19/2025House/ to Governor
3/12/2025HouseHouse/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/12/2025HouseHouse/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/6/2025HouseEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/6/2025Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
2/21/2025Bill Received from House for Enrolling
2/21/2025House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
2/20/2025HouseHouse/ received from Senate
2/20/2025HouseSenate/ to House
2/19/2025SenateSenate/ signed by President/ returned to House
2/19/2025SenateSenate/ received from House
2/19/2025SenateHouse/ to Senate
2/19/2025HouseHouse/ concurs with Senate amendment
2/19/2025HouseHouse/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
2/18/2025HouseHouse/ received from Senate
2/18/2025HouseSenate/ to House with amendments
2/14/2025SenateSenate/ passed 3rd reading
2/14/2025SenateSenate/ 3rd reading
2/14/2025SenateSenate/ passed 2nd reading
2/13/2025SenateSenate/ substituted
2/13/2025SenateSenate/ uncircled
2/13/2025SenateSenate/ circled
2/5/2025SenateSenate/ 2nd reading
2/5/2025SenateSenate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
1/30/2025Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/6/2025
Substitute #1
1/31/2025
Introduced
12/18/2024