# Utah H.B. 31: Local Education Agency Financial Reporting

Utah H.B. 31, Local Education Agency Financial Reporting, is a 2026 General Session House bill sponsored by R. Neil Walter (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-03-06 (House/ filed) (as of 2026-10-12).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB31-2026GS
- As of: 2026-10-12
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Utah H.B. 31
- State: Utah
- Session: 2026 General Session
- Title: Local Education Agency Financial Reporting
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-12-05
- Last action: 2026-03-06, House/ filed
- Sponsor: R. Neil Walter (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Counties, Education, K-12 Education, Higher Education, Division of Human Resource Management, Judicial Operations, Legislative Operations, Municipalities, Political Subdivisions (Local Issues), Department of Government Operations, Government Operations (State Issues), Independent Entities, Local Education Agencies (LEAs), Colleges and Universities, Constitutional Officers, Division of Finance, State Auditor, Utah Education Savings Plan, Utah Housing Corporation, Utah System of Higher Education
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (0 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: R. Neil Walter (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-01-20 | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 |   |

## Actions (14)

- 2026-03-06: House/ filed (House)
- 2026-03-06: House/ strike enacting clause (House)
- 2026-03-05: House/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules (House)
- 2026-03-04: House Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules
- 2026-01-22: House Comm - Not Considered
- 2026-01-21: House/ lifted from calendar sent to standing comm (House)
- 2026-01-20: House/ circled (House)
- 2026-01-20: House/ 3rd reading (House)
- 2026-01-20: House/ 2nd reading (House)
- 2026-01-20: House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar (House)
- 2026-01-20: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House)
- 2026-01-20: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House)
- 2026-01-14: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House)
- 2025-12-05: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

## Bill text

- Substitute #1, 2026-01-22: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0031S01.pdf)
- Introduced, 2025-12-05: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0031.pdf)

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- H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments (signed)
- H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments (signed)
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## Sources
- [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0031S01.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0031.pdf)

## Related
- [H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB136-2026GS)
- [H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB101-2026GS)
- [H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB134-2026GS)
- [H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB178-2026GS)
- [H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB94-2026GS)
- [H.B. 220: Public Safety Data Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB220-2026GS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB31-2026GS (as of 2026-10-12).