# Utah H.B. 424: School Activity Eligibility Commission Amendments Utah H.B. 424, School Activity Eligibility Commission Amendments, is a 2025 General Session House bill sponsored by Nelson T. Abbott (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-HB424-2025GS - 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. 424 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: School Activity Eligibility Commission Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-05 - Last action: 2025-03-26, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Nelson T. Abbott (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Education, K-12 Education, Health Care, School Districts - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 13 (143 yes, 34 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Private eligibility reviews for school students: benefit, low. The commission must schedule at least three private eligibility meetings each school year and notify associations of meeting dates and deadlines. Notices must arrive at least 14 days before a regular meeting; later notices trigger a private meeting within 60 days. The commission notifies the associ… - Broader staffing for student eligibility commission: benefit, low. The law broadens who can fill two House-appointed commission seats and removes the physician seat’s board-certification requirement. That seat accepts endocrinologists, family medicine doctors, or pediatricians with gender-identity healthcare expertise. The other accepts sports or exercise physiolo… - Approval rules for students switching gender-designated activities: mixed, high. Beginning May 7, 2025, Utah public-school students need commission approval for interscholastic activities designated for a different sex than their unamended birth certificate lists. This includes students undergoing or who have undergone gender transition. Approval covers only the relevant school… - Birth certificate checks for school athletes: mixed, low. Athletic associations must collect each student’s unamended birth certificate or an allowed substitute as a condition of registration. The certificate may include unrelated amendments, but gender-related changes count only when they meet the law’s specified error-correction exceptions. Noncitizen s… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Nelson T. Abbott (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Brady Brammer (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-07 | House | House/ concurs with Senate amendment | pass | 55 | 13 | | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | pass | 22 | 7 | | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Senate/ floor amendment | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-03 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 4 | 1 | | | 2025-02-24 | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-24 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 54 | 13 | | | 2025-02-24 | House | House/ floor amendment | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-21 | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-14 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 8 | 0 | | | | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ floor amendment | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | House | House/ floor amendment | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | ## Actions (44) - 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 - 2025-03-12: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-12: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2025-03-12: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2025-03-12: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-08: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-03-08: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2025-03-08: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ concurs with Senate amendment (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ to House with amendments (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ floor amendment (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Senate/ committee report favorable (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-02-24: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-02-24: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-24: House/ floor amendment (House) - 2025-02-24: House/ uncircled (House) - 2025-02-21: House/ circled (House) - 2025-02-21: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-14: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-02-14: House/ committee report favorable (House) - 2025-02-14: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-12: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-02-10: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2025-02-06: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-02-06: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2025-02-05: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-14: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0424.pdf) - Amended 3/7/2025 22:03:316, 2025-03-07: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0424_2025-03-07_22-25-54.pdf) - Amended 2/24/2025 16:02:212, 2025-02-24: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0424_2025-02-24_16-37-59.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-02-05: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0424.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/HB0424.pdf) - [Amended 3/7/2025 22:03:316 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0424_2025-03-07_22-25-54.pdf) - [Amended 2/24/2025 16:02:212 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0424_2025-02-24_16-37-59.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0424.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-HB424-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).