# Utah H.B. 317: Executive Agency Innovation Incentives Utah H.B. 317, Executive Agency Innovation Incentives, is a 2025 General Session House bill sponsored by Melissa G. Ballard (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-19 (Governor Signed) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB317-2025GS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah H.B. 317 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Executive Agency Innovation Incentives - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-24 - Last action: 2025-03-19, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Melissa G. Ballard (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Economic Development, Government Operations (State Issues), Appropriations - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 7 (204 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Utah agencies must track efficiency improvements: benefit, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, Utah’s governor’s budget office and legislative fiscal analyst jointly run an agency efficiency process. They set roles, selection rules, review methods, and measures of service, cost, or time savings. They also decide whether to offer rewards or use an advisory committee, an… - Utah agency savings can support employee incentives: benefit, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, Utah agencies whose efficiency changes save money can ask to keep some funds available beyond year-end. Those funds can support employee retention or performance incentives; no employee payment is guaranteed. Carryover funds remain limited to listed funds and programs with an… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Melissa G. Ballard (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Evan J. Vickers (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-28 | House | House/ concurs with Senate amendment | pass | 64 | 0 | | | 2025-02-27 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 26 | 0 | | | 2025-02-26 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | pass | 19 | 0 | | | 2025-02-19 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 6 | 0 | | | 2025-02-19 | Senate | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 6 | 0 | | | 2025-02-11 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 71 | 0 | | | 2025-02-04 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 12 | 0 | | ## Actions (39) - 2025-03-19: Governor Signed - 2025-03-12: House/ to Governor (House) - 2025-03-12: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2025-03-07: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-03-04: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-04: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2025-03-03: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2025-03-03: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-02-28: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-02-28: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2025-02-28: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-02-28: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-02-28: House/ concurs with Senate amendment (House) - 2025-02-27: House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar (House) - 2025-02-27: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-02-27: Senate/ to House with amendments (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ passed 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-02-11: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-02-11: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-11: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-05: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-02-05: House/ committee report favorable (House) - 2025-02-04: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-01-30: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-01-29: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2025-01-27: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-01-27: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2025-01-24: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0317.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-02-19: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0317S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-01-24: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0317.pdf) ## Related bills - S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments (signed) - H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments (signed) - H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments (signed) - H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements (signed) - S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments (vetoed) - S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0317.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0317S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0317.pdf) ## Related - [S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB199-2025GS) - [H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB562-2025GS) - [H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB493-2025GS) - [H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB482-2025GS) - [S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB197-2025GS) - [S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB3-2025GS) - [Utah bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah/bills) - [Utah state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB317-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).