2025 bills / S.B. 17
S.B. 17 Services for Department of Defense Civilian Employees (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
The bill would let U.S. Department of Defense civilian employees, and their spouses, practice an occupation in Utah without a Utah license if they already hold a valid license from another state. It would also give Defense Department employees and their families in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities and address K-12 school requirements for their children.
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Official description
- provides certain exemptions from occupational and professional licensure in a variety of occupations and professions for:
- a United States Department of Defense employee if the employee has a valid license in another jurisdiction
- a spouse of a United States Department of Defense employee if the spouse has a valid license in another jurisdiction
- provides in-state residency for tuition purposes at an institution of higher education for a United States Department of Defense employee and the employee's family
- addresses k-12 requirements for a child of a United States Department of Defense employee
- contains a coordination clause to coordinate technical changes between this bill and H.B. 142, Service Member and Veteran Amendments
- makes technical and conforming changes
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What members get
- An alert the day S.B. 17 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
- When S.B. 17 is rewritten, exactly which words changed
- Its hearings in your own calendar
- Your own scorecard: pick the side you favor and see how every legislator voted
Every vote
- 25 yes, 0 no, 4 absentFinal Senate vote · Jan 21, 2025Who voted how
- 11 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Government Operations Committee: vote to approve it · Jan 27, 2025Who voted how
- 73 yes, 0 no, 2 absentFinal House vote · Jan 31, 2025Who voted how