All Roll Calls
Yes: 108 • No: 0
UtahS.B. 1662026 General SessionSenate
Line-of-Duty Death Benefit Amendments
Sponsored By: Derrin R. Owens (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Fiduciaries and TrustsLabor and EmploymentPublic Retirement and InsuranceLaw Enforcement and Criminal JusticePublic SafetyWorkplace Safety and HealthFirefighters' RetirementPublic Employees' Health ProgramPublic Employees Insurance and BenefitsPublic Employees RetirementPublic Safety Retirement
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Employers can recover survivor health costs
Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah creates the Local Public Safety and Firefighter Surviving Spouse Trust Fund. Its board can repay employers for eligible health premiums or health savings account contributions for surviving spouses and dependent children. These costs must follow a line-of-duty death and have been paid from May 1, 2024, through May 6, 2025. Reimbursements go to employers, not directly to families. The fund receives program fees, any legislative funding, donations, grants, other revenue, and interest; this law provides no new funding. After actual department administrative costs, revenue and interest must lower employer fees under the survivor coverage program. The board can also use the fund for reasonable department and board administrative costs. The department must track receipts and spending or hire an outside administrator to do so. Deposits cannot be taken back, assets are reserved for the program, and creditors of employers or the board cannot seize them.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Derrin R. Owens
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Burton, Jefferson S.
Affiliation unavailable
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 2/25/2026
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 63 • No: 0
House vote • 2/23/2026
House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
Yes: 8 • No: 0
House vote • 2/23/2026
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 7 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/17/2026
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
Yes: 25 • No: 0
Senate vote • 1/28/2026
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 5 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/23/2026Senate/ to Governor
3/11/2026SenateSenate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/11/2026SenateSenate/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/6/2026SenateEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/6/2026Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
2/27/2026Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
2/27/2026Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
2/25/2026SenateSenate/ received from House
2/25/2026SenateHouse/ to Senate
2/25/2026HouseHouse/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate
2/25/2026HouseHouse/ passed 3rd reading
2/25/2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
2/25/2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
2/23/2026HouseHouse/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar
2/23/2026HouseHouse Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
2/23/2026House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
2/23/2026House/ to standing committee
2/18/2026HouseHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2/17/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
2/17/2026HouseSenate/ to House
2/17/2026SenateSenate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2/17/2026SenateSenate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2/17/2026SenateSenate/ 2nd reading
2/13/2026SenateSenate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
1/29/2026Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/6/2026
Introduced
1/20/2026