# Utah S.B. 22: State Employee Benefit Amendments Utah S.B. 22, State Employee Benefit Amendments, is a 2025 General Session Senate bill sponsored by Wayne A. Harper (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-SB22-2025GS - 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. 22 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: State Employee Benefit Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2024-12-18 - Last action: 2025-03-19, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Wayne A. Harper (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Public Retirement and Insurance, Public Employees' Health Program, Public Employees Insurance and Benefits, Public Employees Long-term Disabilities Benefits - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 8 (175 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More disability help for public employees: benefit, medium. Beginning May 7, 2025, qualifying extra work hours count toward the salary used to calculate Utah public employees' disability benefits. The program uses average extra hours over the prior 12 months, capped at 10 hours per week. Those hours are valued at base pay, not an overtime premium. Extra pay… - New death payment for public employees' beneficiaries: benefit, medium. Beginning May 7, 2025, eligible employees in Utah's public employee long-term disability program are covered by its beneficiary-designation rules. If an employee dies while receiving long-term disability benefits, their beneficiary gets a one-time payment. The payment equals three months of the emp… - Public employees face new disability work test: mixed, medium. Beginning May 7, 2025, Utah changes the work test used to decide public employees' long-term disability eligibility. A job counts as gainful employment when it pays at least 60% of the employee's regular monthly salary, regardless of hours. The job must be expected to continue during a fiscal or ca… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Wayne A. Harper (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Cheryl K. Acton (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-06 | Senate | Senate/ concurs with House amendment | pass | 24 | 0 | | | 2025-03-05 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 69 | 0 | | | 2025-02-13 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 10 | 0 | | | 2025-02-13 | House | House Comm - Amendment Recommendation | pass | 10 | 0 | | | 2025-01-24 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 25 | 0 | | | 2025-01-23 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | pass | 27 | 0 | | | 2025-01-22 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2025-01-22 | Senate | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 5 | 0 | | ## Actions (43) - 2025-03-19: Governor Signed - 2025-03-12: Senate/ to Governor (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-03-07: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-07: Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling - 2025-03-07: Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-06: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-06: House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate (House) - 2025-03-06: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-06: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate/ concurs with House amendment (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-05: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ comm rpt/ amended (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar (House) - 2025-02-13: House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact (House) - 2025-02-13: House/ comm rpt/ amended (House) - 2025-02-13: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-13: House Comm - Amendment Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-04: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-01-27: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-01-27: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-01-24: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-01-24: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-01-24: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Senate/ passed 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted (Senate) - 2025-01-22: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-01-22: Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-01-22: Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Senate/ to standing committee (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, 2025-03-11: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0022.pdf) - Amended 2/13/2025 11:02:796, 2025-02-13: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_SB0022S01_2025-02-13_11-06-35.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-01-22: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0022S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2024-12-18: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0022.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/SB0022.pdf) - [Amended 2/13/2025 11:02:796 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_SB0022S01_2025-02-13_11-06-35.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0022S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0022.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-SB22-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).