All Roll Calls
Yes: 106 • No: 6
UtahH.B. 3792026 General SessionHouse
Child Care Provider Food Preparation Amendments
Sponsored By: Tracy Miller (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Child CareHealth and Human ServicesWorkforce ServicesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesLocal Health DepartmentsFood
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Fewer kitchen requirements for child care centers
Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah’s Department of Health and Human Services must create food-service exemptions for licensed child care center kitchens. It must work with each qualifying provider association and set sanitation and food safety rules for exempt kitchens. These kitchens serve only qualifying children in the provider’s care and employees, and are not open to the public. Participating associations must have operated in Utah for at least three years and be affiliated with a national provider association. Exemptions must reflect food volume, food type, preparation methods, and storage—not the number of children served. For exempt kitchens, these rules cannot require commercial-grade dishwashers, ovens, ranges, hoods, freezers, or refrigerators, or a separate handwashing sink. The department cannot require a floor sink when dishes are not stored in other sinks. It cannot require a certified food safety manager when every food handler has a food handler permit. It cannot require a three-compartment sink when the kitchen prepares no raw meat, fish, or poultry and regularly sanitizes its two-compartment sink.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Tracy Miller
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Heidi Balderree
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/6/2026
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
Yes: 23 • No: 3
Senate vote • 3/2/2026
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 2 • No: 1
House vote • 2/26/2026
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 66 • No: 1
House vote • 2/20/2026
House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Yes: 8 • No: 0
House vote • 2/20/2026
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 7 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/19/2026House/ to Governor
3/16/2026HouseHouse/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/16/2026HouseHouse/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/12/2026HouseEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/12/2026Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/10/2026Bill Received from House for Enrolling
3/10/2026House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/6/2026HouseSenate/ to House
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ signed by President/ returned to House
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
3/4/2026SenateSenate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
3/2/2026SenateSenate/ committee report favorable
3/2/2026SenateSenate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
3/2/2026Senate/ to standing committee
2/27/2026SenateSenate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2/27/2026SenateSenate/ received from House
2/27/2026SenateHouse/ to Senate
2/26/2026HouseHouse/ passed 3rd reading
2/26/2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
2/26/2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
2/20/2026House
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/12/2026
Substitute #2
2/18/2026
Substitute #1
2/12/2026
Introduced
1/26/2026