# Utah H.B. 404: Government Employment Amendments Utah H.B. 404, Government Employment Amendments, is a 2025 General Session House bill sponsored by Stephanie Gricius (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-26 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB404-2025GS - 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. 404 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Government Employment Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-03 - Last action: 2025-03-26, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Stephanie Gricius (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Division of Human Resource Management, Department of Government Operations, Government Operations (State Issues), Independent Entities - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (108 yes, 4 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More state workers qualify for performance pay: benefit, medium. Beginning May 7, 2025, Utah expands access to performance pay, including for Schedule AB employees. Workers in jobs without retirement benefits or lasting fewer than 12 consecutive months need their agency's approval to participate. Above-range pay is no longer limited to classified-service workers… - State supervisors must complete yearly training: cost, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, supervisor-training coverage follows an agency's performance-pay policy. Covered supervisors must complete training within six months after hire or promotion. They must also attend training at least once each year. - Wider performance-pay participation brings agency duties: mixed, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, independent entities can choose to join Utah's performance-pay system. They must notify the state human resources division in writing and agree to follow applicable law, rules, and policies. Covered agencies must adopt and maintain performance-pay policies in consultation wit… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Stephanie Gricius (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ronald M. Winterton (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | pass | 22 | 4 | | | 2025-03-03 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 68 | 0 | | | 2025-02-28 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 9 | 0 | | | 2025-02-28 | House | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (28) - 2025-03-26: Governor Signed - 2025-03-17: House/ to Governor (House) - 2025-03-17: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2025-03-14: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2025-03-14: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-03-11: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-11: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2025-03-08: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2025-03-08: 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/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-03: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-03: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-03-03: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-28: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-02-28: House/ comm rpt/ substituted (House) - 2025-02-28: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-28: House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-18: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-02-07: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2025-02-04: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-02-04: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2025-02-03: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-14: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0404.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-02-18: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0404S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-02-03: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0404.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/HB0404.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0404S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0404.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-HB404-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).