# Utah H.B. 40: School Safety Amendments Utah H.B. 40, School Safety Amendments, is a 2025 General Session House bill sponsored by Ryan D. Wilcox (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-26 (House/ to Governor); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB40-2025GS - 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. 40 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: School Safety Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2024-12-19 - Last action: 2025-03-26, House/ to Governor - Sponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: State Facilities, Education, Student Health and Safety, K-12 Education, Higher Education, Peace Officers, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Public Safety, Department of Public Safety, State Board of Education, Local Education Agencies (LEAs) - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 34 (216 yes, 7 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 19 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Schools get $25 million for safety: benefit, medium. The law provides a one-time $25 million for the budget year July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. Money comes from the Public Education Economic Stabilization Restricted Account for need-based school grants, assessment-based grants, and task force research. The state security chief and School Safety… - Homeowners get limits on sprinkler mandates: benefit, low. Authorities may require sprinklers in homes built under the residential code only by ordinance and for a listed reason. Reasons include specified wildland-urban-interface violations, lack of a required public water system with hydrants, or a sole fire access road exceeding 10% grade for more than 5… - Some homes get fire-code flexibility: benefit, low. Authorities may lower firefighting water-flow requirements for isolated one- or two-family homes when meeting the full requirement is impractical. A separate exception to International Fire Code Section 507.5.1 covers one interior and one detached accessory dwelling unit on a single residential lot… - Parents get flexible, free safety seminars: benefit, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, districts may hold free parent seminars online at any time and make recordings available on district websites and parent portals. In-person seminars may still begin at or after 6 p.m. or take place on Saturdays. The state board's curriculum must include resources on substance… - Schools expand sexual extortion prevention lessons: benefit, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, school instruction covers risks from electronically sharing intimate images or personal information, sexual extortion responses, and victim support. School personnel and parents must receive state-board-approved training once every three years. School agencies may offer appro… - Permitted home kitchens avoid hood requirements: benefit, low. A cooking appliance in a qualifying microenterprise home kitchen does not require a Type 1 hood. The kitchen must meet the state's legal definition, and the operator must obtain the required home-kitchen permit. The exemption can reduce equipment and installation costs for these small food business… - Serious school threats require immediate reports: benefit, low. State employees and others covered by the reporting duty must immediately report suspected substantial threats against schools, school employees, or students. A substantial threat means a threat made with serious intent to harm. The duty also covers known circumstances that would reasonably result… - Schools can fund alternative prevention providers: benefit, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, the law creates grants for school agencies choosing alternative providers for child sexual abuse and human trafficking prevention instruction. Providers must be approved through the state board's selection process. Grants depend on legislative funding and are awarded first co… - Schools coordinate safety staff and oversight: benefit, low. The School Safety Center must define roles for school safety teams and personnel and establish a charter school liaison. The State Charter School Board and each charter authorizer must assign existing employees to coordinate training, information, and safety support. Schools may assign one person t… - Schools get recurring safety checks: benefit, low. Each school or K-12 campus must get a safety assessment at least once every three years. Assessments cover safety staff, buildings, emergency plans, cardiac readiness, and emergency key boxes; results reach the School Safety Center by October 15. Schools may rotate assessments if they document and… - Schools strengthen cardiac emergency readiness: benefit, low. Schools must include age-appropriate cardiac emergency training for students and adults in their emergency plans. Beginning May 7, 2025, new school construction and major remodeling must include automated external defibrillators. The state board chooses appropriate locations in direct coordination… - Vetted nonprofits can supply school safety: benefit, low. The state security chief, consulting the School Safety Center, may authorize school-safety nonprofits with federal tax-exempt status and three continuous years in Utah. Applicants must meet mission, board, financial, and experience standards and submit three years of financial records, board qualif… - Schools face window deadlines, playground flexibility: mixed, medium. Schools must install security glazing or ballistic windows around immediate exterior entryways and at interior classroom entrances or instructional areas. Exterior entryway windows must comply by July 1, 2035, in first- or second-class counties, and July 1, 2040, in third- through sixth-class count… - More school staff qualify as guardians: mixed, low. The guardian eligibility exception for principals, teachers, and classroom-focused staff now covers schools with 350 or fewer students, up from 100. Separate adjacent-campus and other listed exceptions remain relevant. School employee applicants must complete an approved initial fit-to-carry assess… - Building emergency keys get tighter safeguards: mixed, low. Fire jurisdictions with at least one building requiring a key box must adopt rules to track and secure every key. Responsible building owners and operators must store firefighter elevator keys in a box beside the elevator. It must use the specified Supra-Stor-a-key system or a similar system and op… - Cooking ventilation gains added fire standards: mixed, low. Utah adds the NFPA 96 fire-protection standard to its fire-code requirements for cooking ventilation. Affected building owners and operators must account for the added standard. This supports fire safety but can change compliance practices and costs. - New schools face radio coverage testing: mixed, low. For new public or private schools, fire officials may require emergency radio coverage only after construction and a finding of need. A qualified professional must perform an initial coverage test with appropriate equipment and submit results to the fire official. Officials may perform later basic… - Schools add alerts and responder access: mixed, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, school agencies must give every classroom's lead teacher a wearable panic alert, based on safety assessments. Devices must connect directly to emergency dispatch centers, and all building staff must receive training before the school year starts. All school-building security… - Schools must maintain emergency key boxes: mixed, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, school main entrances must have weather- and vandal-resistant key boxes with electronic tamper monitoring. Only authorized emergency responders may open them; contents must provide access to all school areas. Schools must inspect boxes quarterly, update contents within 24 hou… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ann Millner (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-07 | House | House Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage | pass | 25 | 0 | | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Senate Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Senate/ refused to recede from Senate amendments | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-07 | House | House Conference Committee - Final Passage | pass | 67 | 3 | | | 2025-03-06 | House | House/ refuse to concur with Senate amendment | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-05 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | pass | 25 | 0 | | | 2025-03-05 | Senate | Senate/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-05 | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-05 | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-26 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 4 | 2 | | | 2025-02-26 | Senate | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 6 | 0 | | | 2025-02-18 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 69 | 2 | | | 2025-02-18 | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-18 | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-18 | House | House/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-18 | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-18 | House | House/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-07 | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-01-29 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 10 | 0 | | | 2025-01-29 | House | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 10 | 0 | | | | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | House | House/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | House | House Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ refused to recede from Senate amendments | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | House | House/ refuse to concur with Senate amendment | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | House | House/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | ## Actions (65) - 2025-03-26: Governor Signed - 2025-03-17: House/ to Governor (House) - 2025-03-17: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2025-03-13: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2025-03-13: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-03-07: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-07: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2025-03-07: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: House Conference Committee - Final Passage (House) - 2025-03-07: House Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Conference Committee Report - 2025-03-07: Bill Substituted by Conference Committee - 2025-03-07: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: House Conference Committee Appointed (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ refused to recede from Senate amendments (Senate) - 2025-03-06: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-06: House/ refuse to concur with Senate amendment (House) - 2025-03-06: House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar (House) - 2025-03-06: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ to House with amendments (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ substituted (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ uncircled (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ circled (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-02-18: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-02-18: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-18: House/ substituted (House) - 2025-02-18: House/ uncircled (House) - 2025-02-18: House/ circled (House) - 2025-02-18: House/ substituted (House) - 2025-02-18: House/ uncircled (House) - 2025-02-07: House/ circled (House) - 2025-02-07: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-01-30: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-01-30: House/ comm rpt/ substituted (House) - 2025-01-29: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-01-29: House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (House) - 2025-01-21: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-01-21: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-01-21: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2025-01-15: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2024-12-19: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-13: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0040.pdf) - Substitute #7, 2025-03-07: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0040S07.pdf) - Substitute #6, 2025-03-03: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0040S06.pdf) - Substitute #5, 2025-02-26: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0040S05.pdf) - Substitute #4, 2025-02-18: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0040S04.pdf) - Substitute #3, 2025-02-10: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0040S03.pdf) - Substitute #2, 2025-02-07: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0040S02.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-01-29: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0040S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2024-12-19: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0040.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/HB0040.pdf) - [Substitute #7 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0040S07.pdf) - [Substitute #6 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0040S06.pdf) - [Substitute #5 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0040S05.pdf) - [Substitute #4 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0040S04.pdf) - [Substitute #3 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0040S03.pdf) - [Substitute #2 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0040S02.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0040S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0040.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-HB40-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).