# Utah S.B. 19: Utah Retirement Systems Amendments for Military Personnel Utah S.B. 19, Utah Retirement Systems Amendments for Military Personnel, is a 2025 General Session Senate bill sponsored by Heidi Balderree (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-19 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB19-2025GS - 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. 19 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Utah Retirement Systems Amendments for Military Personnel - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2024-12-18 - Last action: 2025-03-19, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Heidi Balderree (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Utah National Guard, Public Retirement and Insurance, Veterans and Military Affairs, Public Employees Insurance and Benefits, Public Employees Retirement, Utah Retirement Systems (URS), Veterans and Military Benefits - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (104 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Military moves unlock employer retirement contributions: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, eligible Utah Retirement Systems members can keep employer contributions without completing the usual vesting wait. This covers employer contributions made without requiring employee contributions in specified defined contribution plans. The member or lawful spouse must be a… - New retirement tradeoffs for Utah Guard officials: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah’s adjutant general and other Guard personnel listed in law can request retirement coverage exemptions. Their employer must designate their job for exemption, and they must apply in writing to Utah Retirement Systems. For exempt Tier II defined contribution or hybrid mem… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Heidi Balderree (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Val L. Peterson (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-05 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 71 | 0 | | | 2025-01-30 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 9 | 0 | | | 2025-01-21 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | pass | 24 | 0 | | ## Actions (27) - 2025-03-19: Governor Signed - 2025-03-12: Senate/ to Governor (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-02-07: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-02-07: Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling - 2025-02-06: Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-02-05: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-02-05: House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate (House) - 2025-02-05: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-05: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-04: Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (Senate) - 2025-01-31: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-01-31: House/ committee report favorable (House) - 2025-01-30: 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/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-01-02: Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research (Senate) - 2024-12-18: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-06: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0019.pdf) - Introduced, 2024-12-18: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0019.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/SB0019.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0019.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-SB19-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).