# Utah S.B. 255: Line-of-Duty Death Benefit Amendments Utah S.B. 255, Line-of-Duty Death Benefit Amendments, is a 2025 General Session Senate bill sponsored by Derrin R. Owens (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-SB255-2025GS - 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. 255 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Line-of-Duty Death Benefit Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-10 - Last action: 2025-03-19, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Derrin R. Owens (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Peace Officers, Public Retirement and Insurance, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Public Safety, Public Employees' Health Program, Public Employees Insurance and Benefits, Public Safety Retirement, Utah Retirement Systems (URS) - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 8 (167 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Public safety survivors get premium-free coverage: benefit, high. Beginning May 7, 2025, eligible public safety and firefighter survivors can keep employer health, dental, and vision coverage. Utah's retirement office must classify the death as line-of-duty, and the employee must qualify for the related retirement-law benefit. The employee must have received or q… - State worker survivors get paid coverage: benefit, high. Beginning May 7, 2025, a covered Utah state employee's qualifying line-of-duty death triggers a $50,000 state-paid life insurance benefit. The employee's beneficiary receives the life insurance proceeds. The state also pays for health, dental, and vision coverage for eligible survivors. A surviving… - Duty death rules shape survivor benefits: mixed, high. Beginning May 7, 2025, Utah's line-of-duty death definition covers deaths caused by duty-related external force, violence, or required strenuous activity. Strenuous activity includes difficult, stressful, or vigorous emergency work, such as firefighting, rescue, policing, prison security, or disast… - Employer fees fund survivor coverage support: mixed, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, Utah establishes a dedicated trust fund for public safety and firefighter survivor coverage. Employers pay board-set fees based on their eligible employee counts; the law sets no rate amounts. Employers initially pay coverage costs and can begin trust cost-sharing 13 months a… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Derrin R. Owens (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Doug Welton (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-07 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 67 | 0 | | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Senate/ concurs with House amendment | pass | 28 | 0 | | | 2025-03-03 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 10 | 0 | | | 2025-03-03 | House | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 10 | 0 | | | 2025-02-25 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 23 | 0 | | | 2025-02-24 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | pass | 22 | 0 | | | 2025-02-20 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 4 | 0 | | | 2025-02-20 | Senate | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 3 | 0 | | ## Actions (42) - 2025-03-19: Governor Signed - 2025-03-17: Senate/ to Governor (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-03-11: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-11: Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling - 2025-03-08: Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling (Senate) - 2025-03-08: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ concurs with House amendment (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar (House) - 2025-03-03: House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact (House) - 2025-03-03: House/ comm rpt/ substituted (House) - 2025-03-03: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-03-03: House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-27: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-02-25: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-02-25: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-02-25: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Senate/ passed 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-13: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0255.pdf) - Substitute #2, 2025-02-28: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0255S02.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-02-20: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0255S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-02-10: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0255.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/SB0255.pdf) - [Substitute #2 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0255S02.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0255S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0255.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-SB255-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).