All Roll Calls
Yes: 165 • No: 15
UtahS.B. 1482026 General SessionSenate
General Oversight Amendments
Sponsored By: Daniel McCay (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Open and Public MeetingsLegislative OperationsLegislative Committees and Task ForcesLegislative OrganizationAdministrative RulemakingAdministrative Rulemaking and ProceduresDepartment of Government OperationsGovernment Operations (State Issues)Legislative Staff Offices
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
9 provisions identified: 5 benefits, 1 costs, 3 mixed.
Lawmakers gain more oversight of agencies
Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah’s General Oversight Committee can review agency policies affecting outsiders or conflicting with legislative intent. It can also examine any legislative issue, and agencies must provide requested records and related information. When a law specifically requires a rule, the agency must start rulemaking within 180 days after that requirement takes effect. If existing rules meet the requirement, the agency must send them to the committee within 60 days. Agencies missing the rulemaking deadline must explain the delay to the committee.
Public gets hearings on proposed rules
Beginning May 6, 2026, agencies must hold proposed-rule hearings when state or federal law requires them. Another state agency, 10 interested people, or an interested association with at least 10 members can also request a hearing. Written requests must arrive within 15 days after publication; hearings must occur 7 to 30 days after the request. Hearings must precede the rule’s effective date, except for emergency rules under Section 63G-3-304; these hearing rules exclude amendments and repeals. The Wildlife Board needs hearings only as required by Title 23A, Chapter 2, Part 3. Agencies must also accept comments on published changes to proposed rules under the specified rulemaking process.
Rulemaking commissions must answer public petitions
Beginning May 6, 2026, petition deadlines cover commissions, as well as boards, given rulemaking authority by the Legislature. They must put a petition on their agenda within 45 days. Within 80 days, they must deny it in writing or start rulemaking to carry it out. If required written notice misses its deadline, the petitioner can ask a state district court to order action.
Education board votes become easier to find
Beginning January 1, 2027, Utah’s State Board of Education must post each vote within seven business days. Records must show meeting details, the subject, members present and absent, each member’s vote, and related audio or video. The records must be one click from the board’s home page. Board members must receive contracts scheduled for consideration at least five days before the meeting.
Agencies face limits on costly rules
Beginning May 6, 2026, agencies generally cannot file rules estimated to have a substantial fiscal impact: at least $2 million over five years. They can file such rules when needed to carry out a statute or federally delegated authority. The State Tax Commission and State Board of Education are exempt from the stated requirements. This limits agency rulemaking, not household payments or duties.
Limits on health plan error liability
Beginning May 6, 2026, the law updates which contractor health-plan statements receive administrator liability protections. For covered statements, administrators are not liable for errors unless they involve gross negligence. Administrators are also not liable when relying in good faith on information from the contractor or subcontractor. This applies to plans identified in Subsection 63A-5b-607(1)(d)(ii); it does not change coverage or household payments.
Full rule texts replace paper guarantees
Beginning May 6, 2026, the Office of Administrative Rules must publish proposed rules and analyses in its bulletin at least monthly. It must also publish effective-date and review notices, and cannot omit proposed-rule text because printing is long or costly. The office no longer must distribute paper publications to people or agencies that request them at cost-covering prices. It must publish five-year review notices and continuation statements, but the one-year deadline after the review deadline is removed.
Governor gains broad rule extension option
Beginning May 6, 2026, agencies can no longer request individual rule extensions through the former governor-extension process. The governor may extend all rules if reauthorization legislation fails to pass both houses or a technical legal defect blocks intended reauthorization. The governor must publish one declaration in the Administrative Rules Bulletin by June 15. Legislative reauthorization does not count as approval of a rule or evidence of legislative intent.
Private oversight reviews limit public access
Beginning May 6, 2026, the General Oversight Committee must close reviews of individual child-welfare cases and information covered by confidentiality agreements. In child-welfare reviews, it must make reasonable efforts to identify and consider all parties’ concerns without recommending a case outcome. It may also close meetings about lawsuits or whistleblower complaints. Related records are private and can be shared only as federal law and Utah’s public-records law allow. Documents from government entities keep their assigned classification unless the applicable rules make them private.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Daniel McCay
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Lee, Trevor
Affiliation unavailable
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/5/2026
Senate/ concurs with House amendment
Yes: 26 • No: 1
Senate vote • 3/5/2026
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/5/2026
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 3/4/2026
House/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 3/4/2026
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 74 • No: 0
House vote • 3/4/2026
House/ floor amendment
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/25/2026
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 6 • No: 2
House vote • 2/25/2026
House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Yes: 7 • No: 1
Senate vote • 2/20/2026
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 18 • No: 5
Senate vote • 2/20/2026
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/9/2026
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/6/2026
Senate/ floor amendment
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/6/2026
Senate/ passed 2nd reading
Yes: 23 • No: 5
Senate vote • 1/23/2026
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 5 • No: 1
Senate vote • 1/23/2026
Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Yes: 6 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/26/2026Senate/ to Governor
3/11/2026SenateSenate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/11/2026SenateSenate/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/10/2026SenateEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/10/2026Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/6/2026Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
3/6/2026Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ received from House
3/6/2026SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/5/2026HouseHouse/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate
3/5/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/5/2026HouseSenate/ to House
3/5/2026SenateSenate/ concurs with House amendment
3/5/2026SenateSenate/ uncircled
3/5/2026SenateSenate/ circled
3/5/2026SenateSenate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
3/4/2026SenateSenate/ received from House
3/4/2026SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/4/2026HouseHouse/ passed 3rd reading
3/4/2026HouseHouse/ floor amendment
3/4/2026HouseHouse/ substituted
3/4/2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
3/4/2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
3/4/2026HouseHouse/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
3/4/2026House
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/10/2026
Amended 3/5/2026 16:03:500
3/5/2026
Substitute #3
3/2/2026
Substitute #2
2/23/2026
Amended 2/6/2026 15:02:387
2/6/2026
Substitute #1
1/23/2026
Introduced
1/16/2026