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UtahH.B. 82025 General SessionHouseWALLET
State Agency and Higher Education Compensation Appropriations
Sponsored By: Walt Brooks (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Health InsurancePublic Funds and AccountsPublic BudgetingEducationHigher EducationHealth and Human ServicesPublic Retirement and InsuranceJudicial AdministrationJudicial OperationsLegislative OperationsGovernment Operations (State Issues)AppropriationsPublic Employees' Health ProgramPublic Employees Insurance and BenefitsPublic Employees Retirement
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
30 provisions identified: 29 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
State workers get retirement matching funds
Eligible Utah state employees get a $26 employer retirement match each pay period. This applies from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The provision does not give further eligibility details or the number of pay periods.
Utah sets governor and judge salaries
For July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the Governor’s salary is $193,100. The law states an intended district court judge salary of $219,250. Other judicial and constitutional officers’ salaries follow existing legal formulas and round to the nearest $50. The provisions do not show changes from prior pay.
Utah funds alcohol law enforcement
Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah provides $130,900 to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act Enforcement Fund. The money comes from dedicated program revenue and includes one-time funding. This funds existing enforcement rather than creating new household duties or direct payments.
Utah funds correctional industry operations
Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah funds Utah Correctional Industries. The schedule lists 247,200 from dedicated program revenue, including one-time funding, without stating a unit. The appropriation does not change household payments, eligibility, or legal duties.
Utah funds hazardous substance cleanup work
Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah funds its Hazardous Substance Mitigation Fund. The schedule lists 5,600 from dedicated program revenue and interest, including one-time funding, without stating a unit. The provision does not identify cleanup locations or households receiving help.
Utah funds heritage and arts programs
Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah funds its Heritage and Arts Foundation Fund. The schedule lists 3,900 from dedicated program revenue and revenue transfers, without stating a unit. The provision does not set household eligibility or direct payments.
Utah funds legal defense resources
Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah transfers General Fund money to the Indigent Defense Resources Account. The schedule lists 93,200, including 6,300 in one-time funding, without stating a unit. Spending from the account requires an appropriation. The transfer does not change who qualifies for legal representation.
Utah funds National Guard recreation
Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah funds the National Guard Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Fund. The schedule lists 18,300 from dedicated program revenue, including one-time funding, without stating a unit. The provision does not change military benefit amounts or eligibility.
Utah funds outdoor recreation facilities
Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah provides $15,100 for its Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Account. The money comes from interest and designated sales tax revenue and includes one-time funding. The provision does not name specific projects or create household payments.
Utah funds river and salinity work
Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah funds salinity-offset work and the Colorado River Authority’s restricted account. The schedule lists 3,900 in revenue transfers for the Salinity Offset Fund, including one-time funding. It also transfers 36,400 from the General Fund to the authority’s account, including 3,700 in one-time funding. These entries do not state units. Spending from the authority’s account requires an appropriation; no specific projects or household payments are identified.
Utah funds the Navajo trust
Beginning July 1, 2025, the Utah Navajo Trust Fund receives $37,300 from Trust and Agency Funds. This includes $14,500 in one-time funding. The provision does not explain distribution rules, recipient eligibility, or direct household payments.
Utah funds amusement ride safety
Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah funds its Amusement Ride Safety program. The schedule lists 6,700, including money from the restricted Amusement Ride Safety Account, without stating a unit. The provision supports safety oversight and does not create household payments.
Utah funds consumer and mortgage protections
Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah funds consumer education and real estate and mortgage education, research, and recovery programs. The schedule lists 12,400 for consumer education from license and fee revenue, and 900 for the real estate fund. Mortgage programs receive a listed 8,900 from interest and license and fee revenue, including one-time funding. These entries do not state units. They do not change consumer rights, recovery eligibility, mortgage costs, or direct payments.
Utah funds brain and spinal injury support
Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah funds its Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Fund. The schedule lists 11,100 from the General Fund and dedicated program revenue, including one-time funding, without stating a unit. The provision does not set eligibility rules, benefit amounts, or specific services.
Utah funds disease prevention and readiness
Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah provides about $2.10 million for public health programs. The money supports disease tracking, prevention, emergency readiness, public health systems, and work on emerging infections. The funding does not set individual payments or change eligibility.
Utah funds family and youth services
Beginning July 1, 2025, Children, Youth, & Families programs receive about $6.57 million. This supports child and family services, domestic violence services, and children with special health needs. Juvenile Justice & Youth Services receives about $3.87 million for secure care, youth services, and community programs. These appropriations do not set family payments or new eligibility rules.
Utah funds health care in corrections
Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah provides about $1.65 million for Correctional Health Services. The money supports health care in correctional settings. It does not establish a new individual right to care or a household payment.
Utah funds veterans nursing home services
Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah provides $25,800 in federal money to the Veterans Nursing Home Fund. The allocation includes one-time funding. It does not change resident eligibility or set individual payment amounts.
Utah funds beauty profession licensing programs
Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah funds programs for cosmetologists, barbers, estheticians, and electrologists. The schedule lists 7,800 from license and fee revenue, including one-time funding, without stating a unit. The provision does not change license requirements or fee levels.
Utah funds production and patient enterprises
Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah funds its Qualified Production Enterprise and Qualified Patient Enterprise funds. The schedule lists 106,700 for the production fund and 83,200 for the patient fund, without stating units. Both use dedicated program revenue and include one-time funding. The provisions do not define who qualifies, explain distributions, or create direct household payments.
Utah funds public telecommunications support
Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah funds its Universal Public Telecommunications Service Support program. The schedule lists 8,200 from dedicated program revenue, including one-time funding, without stating a unit. It does not identify households receiving assistance or set household payments.
Utah funds road upkeep and transportation
Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah funds road upkeep, construction, engineering, regional management, support services, and aeronautics. The schedule lists 4,819,200 for operations and upkeep, 1,090,900 for engineering, and 1,016,400 for Regions 1–4 management. It lists 575,400 for support services, including ports of entry, and 46,900 for aeronautics administration and airplane operations. Highway construction receives 18,000: 13,400 from the Transportation Fund and 4,600 in one-time funding. These entries do not state units or identify direct household payments.
Utah funds state buildings and energy
Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah provides $322,500 to its facilities construction and management division. The money supports administration, the Energy Program, and the Governor’s Residence. It does not create a direct household benefit.
Utah funds support and debt collections
Beginning July 1, 2025, the Office of Recovery Services receives about $1.74 million. It supports child support, children-in-care collections, medical collections, and related operations. The State Debt Collection Fund receives a listed 55,500 in dedicated program revenue, including one-time funding; units are unstated. These provisions fund operations without changing individual debts or collection duties.
Utah funds treasury and trust advocacy
Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah provides $89,900 for money management, treasury investment, and unclaimed property operations. The Treasurer’s Advocacy Office also receives $10,000 from the Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Account. That amount includes $5,000 in one-time funding. These allocations do not change individual rights or payment amounts.
Funding for Utah investor education
Beginning July 1, 2025, the law funds Utah’s securities investor education, training, and enforcement activities through licenses and fees. The listed amount is 7,900, including some one-time funding; the source does not state the unit. This appropriation does not set a direct household payment or change fee levels.
Funding for Utah’s education network
Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah’s Education and Telehealth Network gets $602,700 for administration, teaching support, and technical services. Its Digital Teaching and Learning Program also gets $4,600 from the Income Tax Fund. These funds support program operations, not direct household payments. The provisions do not specify which students receive services.
Funding for Utah farm loans
Beginning July 1, 2025, the law funds Utah’s Agriculture Loan Program. Money comes from the Agriculture Resource Development Fund and Utah Rural Rehabilitation Loan State Fund. The listed amount is 12,900, including some one-time funding; the source does not state the unit. This provision does not set borrower eligibility, loan terms, or individual loan amounts.
Funding for Utah small business credit
Beginning July 1, 2025, the law funds Utah’s State Small Business Credit Initiative Program Fund using interest income. The listed amount is 8,100, including some one-time funding; the source does not state the unit. This provision does not set business eligibility, loan terms, or an amount each business receives.
Utah agency budgets gain and lose
For July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025, the law adds about $18.96 million for operating and capital budgets. It also adds $74,900 for expendable funds, $219,400 for business-like activities, and $76,100 for restricted fund transfers. Some itemized agency budgets decrease even though the overall funding grows. Transferred money remains subject to fund laws and spending approval requirements.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Walt Brooks
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Scott D. Sandall
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/5/2025
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/5/2025
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
Yes: 21 • No: 1
House vote • 3/4/2025
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 73 • No: 0
House vote • 3/4/2025
House/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/4/2025
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
House/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/25/2025House/ to Governor
3/17/2025HouseHouse/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/17/2025HouseHouse/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/13/2025HouseEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/13/2025Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/5/2025Bill Received from House for Enrolling
3/5/2025House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
3/5/2025HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/5/2025HouseSenate/ to House
3/5/2025SenateSenate/ signed by President/ returned to House
3/5/2025SenateSenate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/5/2025SenateSenate/ uncircled
3/5/2025SenateSenate/ circled
3/4/2025SenateSenate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/4/2025SenateSenate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
3/4/2025SenateSenate/ received from House
3/4/2025SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/4/2025HouseHouse/ passed 3rd reading
3/4/2025HouseHouse/ substituted
3/4/2025HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
3/4/2025HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
3/3/2025HouseHouse/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
3/3/2025HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
1/31/2025HouseHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
1/27/2025House
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/13/2025
Substitute #2
3/3/2025
Substitute #1
3/2/2025
Introduced
1/24/2025