# Utah S.B. 17: Services for Department of Defense Civilian Employees Utah S.B. 17, Services for Department of Defense Civilian Employees, is a 2025 General Session Senate bill sponsored by Ann Millner (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-SB17-2025GS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah S.B. 17 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Services for Department of Defense Civilian Employees - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2024-12-18 - Last action: 2025-03-26, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Ann Millner (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Business, Education, K-12 Education, Higher Education, Veterans and Military Affairs, Local Education Agencies (LEAs), Occupational and Professional Licensing - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 5 (109 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 10 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Resident tuition for defense civilian families: benefit, high. Beginning May 7, 2025, Utah public colleges must grant resident tuition status to qualifying Department of Defense civilians and immediate family members. Applicants need a current Defense identification card and either a commander's Utah assignment statement or proof of Utah domicile. Eligible stu… - Civilian children keep school learning supports: benefit, medium. For covered defense civilian children transferring to Utah, schools must use prior placements or assessments for specified courses and programs. These include honors, Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, vocational, technical, career, English-language, and gifted programs. Schools must… - Defense civilian spouses can keep working: benefit, medium. Spouses of Department of Defense civilians stationed in Utah can work in covered jobs without a separate Utah license. Covered fields include teaching, securities, and occupations regulated by Utah's agriculture, commerce, professional licensing, and public safety agencies. The spouse must hold a v… - Graduation help for transferring civilian children: benefit, medium. Utah school agencies must help covered transferring high school students stay on track for graduation. They must waive specific course requirements for satisfactorily completed similar coursework, or provide another way to complete required coursework. They must accept specified sending-state exams… - Smoother school transfers for civilian children: benefit, medium. Utah schools must enroll covered children from Department of Defense civilian households using unofficial records from another state's school. Schools must request official records at enrollment and use the unofficial records for placement while awaiting validation. Children keep their prior grade… - Earlier school enrollment for civilian children: benefit, low. Dependent children of Department of Defense civilians relocating for an assignment or position can provisionally enroll in Utah public schools. This includes school-run online programs and enrollment before a move under the law's relocation timing rules. Schools cannot require Utah residency proof… - Equivalent licenses for military-connected workers: benefit, low. The law provides an equivalent-license route for covered active military members, eligible military spouses, defense civilians, and defense civilian spouses. This route covers applicants whose existing license is not free of restrictions. The receiving state must grant an equivalent license, but ha… - Insurance fee waivers for civilian spouses: benefit, low. Qualifying spouses of Department of Defense civilians stationed in Utah do not pay covered individual insurance license application or renewal fees. The law also waives license fees for independent and public adjusters. The spouse must hold a current license in good standing from a jurisdiction rec… - More school options for civilian families: benefit, low. Utah school agencies may give defense civilian children priority for nonresident school access when reasonably feasible. Charter schools may also offer these children an enrollment preference; neither preference is guaranteed. Separate protections cover children enrolled outside district boundaries… - School protections when children change caregivers: benefit, low. For covered transferring students, a properly executed Utah power of attorney is enough for enrollment and other school matters requiring parental consent. Schools cannot charge local tuition when a student is placed with a non-custodial parent or someone acting as a parent in another jurisdiction.… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Ann Millner (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Val L. Peterson (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-01-31 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 73 | 0 | | | 2025-01-27 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 11 | 0 | | | 2025-01-21 | Senate | Senate/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-01-21 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | pass | 25 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | ## Actions (28) - 2025-03-26: Governor Signed - 2025-03-12: Senate/ to Governor (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-02-04: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-02-04: Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling - 2025-02-03: Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-01-31: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-01-31: House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate (House) - 2025-01-31: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-01-31: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-01-28: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-01-28: House/ committee report favorable (House) - 2025-01-27: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-01-23: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-01-22: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-01-22: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-01-21: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Senate/ substituted (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-01-14: Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (Senate) - 2025-01-02: Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research (Senate) - 2024-12-18: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0017.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-01-21: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0017S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2024-12-18: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0017.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/SB0017.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0017S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0017.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-SB17-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).