Legislators / Kristen Chevrier
Kristen Chevrier
Republican · House District 54
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- Email: kchevrier@le.utah.gov
- Phone: 801-520-6773
- Office: 350 N. State Street, Ste 350, Salt Lake City, UT, 84114
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Kristen Chevrier serves on:
- Social Services Appropriations Subcommittee
- House Health and Human Services Committee
- House Transportation Committee
- Health and Human Services Interim Committee
- Transportation Interim Committee
What they've said
166 remarks on 30 billsH.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Said the motion is to concur with Senate amendments, explained that the amendments were made by the House to build consensus with UDA, the Farm Bureau and producers, and noted the bill passed Senate committee and the House unanimously.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. Motion to concur with Senate amendments. Thank You Representative. That motion is, in other words I'd speak to it. Yes, I would. The amendments were actually made by us. They were not Senate amendments and it was an effort to, um, gain consensus and we were able to bring UDA and the Farm Bureau and the producers altogether and pass through Senate Committee and Senate House unanimously.
S.B. 192 Legislative Activities Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026
Seconds the motion to circle and has concerns about lines 1018 to 1021, which the drafting attorney is reviewing.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker ProAm. I would sec second the motion to circle. Um, I have concerns about some lines in the bill as well. 10 18 to 10 21. I asked the drafting attorney to clarify and she said that she would need some time to, to look into it.
S.B. 192 Legislative Activities Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026
Seconds the motion to circle and says she has concerns about specific lines, which she asked the drafting attorney to clarify. · speaker not certain
▶ Watch at 51:37Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker ProAm. I would sec second the motion to circle. Um, I have concerns about some lines in the bill as well. 10 18 to 10 21. I asked the drafting attorney to clarify and she said that she would need some time to, to look into it.
S.B. 238 Property Tax Adjustments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026
Asks whether the bill clarifies how counties notify other taxing entities of truth in taxation hearings, after three cities had trouble certifying their rates last year.
▶ Watch at 52:26Read what they said
My mic. Okay. Um, so, um, I had, um, three cities that got tripped up last year that were not able to certify their rate because of our changes and because of the process through the tax commission. So I appreciate the good sponsor in the Senate working through that. So I'm gonna ask you the, the three, um, reasons my cities got tripped up and if you can point to maybe we're in the bill that hopefully this won't happen again. So the first was, um, in if the count, when the counties tell the other entities who else is raising taxes that might impact your taxpayer, and then they have to do that notification. We had a number …
S.B. 238 Property Tax Adjustments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026
Asks how the bill clarifies virtual participation requirements for truth in taxation hearings.
▶ Watch at 53:36Read what they said
Okay. And then my second question is, the other thing that tripped some people up is, is how exactly it said we had to have virtual participation. Some people just had a zoom link where people could watch online and send in questions. Other people had ways people from the public could give public comment or ask questions. Um, has, how has that been clarified?
S.B. 238 Property Tax Adjustments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026
Asks whether the bill addresses a case where a truth in taxation hearing was held as a standalone meeting on the same day as other business.
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Thank you. And then my last question is, um, one of my communities, um, had noticed a truth in taxation meeting as a standalone meeting on a day on, you know, the day they were assigned, um, and then had a subsequent meeting later in the day to do business. And since they had, even though they were separate meetings, um, but they were the same day, uh, they ran into some issues with that. So, does Bill provide any clarity on that piece?
S.B. 238 Property Tax Adjustments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026
Thanks the sponsor for the clarifications and states she will vote in support of the bill.
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Thank you. I appreciate, um, the sponsor responding to some of my questions and I I appreciate the sponsor in the, in the Senate listening to some of the concerns when, when we have a process that becomes too complicated, while it should, there should be a high bar to go through truth in taxation. If, if it becomes an impossible bar or an unclear bar, that's actually when we hurt our taxpayer. So I appreciate the bill. I I think we got to a lot better spot and provided some clarity. So, um, I am, I am, I'm gonna vote in support and I appreciate the work that's been done to make sure that the process actually works. So …
S.B. 174 Exercise of Religious Beliefs and Conscience Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Mar 4, 2026
Moves to pass the bill with a favorable recommendation.
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Thanks. I move that we move SB 1 74 forward with a recommend, uh, positive recommendation. Favorable recommendation. Fourth sub, right. Fourth sub. All right. That motion is in order. Do you wanna speak to it? I do not. Thank you.
H.B. 442 Feminine Hygiene Products Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 4, 2026
Presents House Bill 442 (substitute seven), which would require labeling of certain intentionally added chemicals in menstrual products and allows a QR code or package label, and says the bill does not ban products or restrict access.
▶ Watch at 1:09:25Read what they said
Okay. Thank you very much. Chair and committee. As you've probably guessed by the number of subs, I've been working hard with stakeholders both in the industry and the Division. Division of Consumer Protection. HB 4 42 requires manufacturers to clearly label intentionally added ingredients. This is sub seven, um, including certain chemicals in menstrual products sold in Utah, noting that these, and in some more stringent, that these, and in some states more stringent requirements are already in place. The chemicals required to be labeled are dioxin, lead Arsenic Academy. And in PFAS, one example of the problems lead can be absorbed through the skin. And even short contact can lead to skin, uh, penetration. And the lead accumulates …
S.B. 319 Health Insurance Preauthorization Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Mar 4, 2026
Moves to adopt the first substitute to SB 319 and says she supports the bill.
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I would like to make a motion to adopt sub one. Perfect. That motion is in order. Do you wanna speak to it? SB three 19? No, I, I just like the bill and I, I think we should pass it out.
S.B. 319 Health Insurance Preauthorization Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Mar 4, 2026
Moves to pass SB 319 as substituted out of committee favorably.
▶ Watch at 1:14:48Read what they said
I would like to make a motion to pass out favorably senate bill three 19 sub one.
H.B. 442 Feminine Hygiene Products Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 4, 2026
Says the enforcement clause is standard language from the Division of Consumer Protection used across all products, and asks the committee to vote yes.
▶ Watch at 1:20:25Read what they said
Please. I would like to comment on the, the language in the, um, in the enforcement clause that is standard language from our division of consumer protection and it's standard across the board for all products. Um, and then just to say that I really have nothing to gain here except for transparency, and I'm here advocating for your wives and your daughters and your mothers of your grandchildren. So I hope you'll vote yes on the bill. Thank you.
S.B. 217 Local Food Amendments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Explains that the bill was held for a possible amendment, and that after consulting the Tax Commission and the Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board, no amendment is needed.
▶ Watch at 2:16:28Read what they said
Yes. Um, we, it was circled briefly for a discussion about an amendment and since that time, I, I don't know, do you want me to say what the bill is about again? Okay. So since that time, we have found out from the sales, um, from the tax commission and the streamlined sales tax governing board that the bill is just fine as it is and no amendment is needed. So we can go ahead and vote on it.
S.B. 217 Local Food Amendments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Presents the bill, which clarifies when a producer may use a designated representative to sell food, keeps producer ownership unless an agreement says otherwise, and exempts food made and prepared by a home cook from state sales tax.
▶ Watch at 2:17:11Read what they said
Okay, so this is just a bill that, um, it, it clarifies when a producer can, can have a designated representative to sell food and it provides that the, the producer retains ownership of the food unless there is an agreement between the producer and the designated agent and it exempts from state sales, tax food and food ingredients made and prepared by a home cook.
S.B. 217 Local Food Amendments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Presents the bill: it removes the signage requirement for direct-to-sale farmers markets, clarifies when producers or their representatives may sell homemade food, says producers keep ownership of homemade food unless otherwise agreed, and exempts home-cook prepared food from sales tax.
▶ Watch at 2:19:27Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker. Um, this bill removes the signage requirement for Direct to Sale Farmer's Market. It clarifies when a producer or a producer's designated representative may sell homemade food product direct to sale at a direct to sale location. And it provides that a producer retains ownership of a homemade food that is distributed, sold, delivered, held, stored, or otherwise offered for sale, um, unless otherwise agreed to by the producer. And it exempts the sales tax on food and food ingredients for pro prepared food sold by a home cook, including homemade food products sold at a direct to sale farmer's market. And that is the bill.
S.B. 217 Local Food Amendments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Asks whether, under the amendment, people who prepare food at home could still sell it tax-exempt at a farmers market. · speaker not certain
▶ Watch at 2:22:20Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker Pro Tem. I would like to be sure that it is still allowed for people to sell at a farmer's market if they've prepared the food at home and be tax exempt. How would we find that out?
S.B. 229 State Employee Benefits Amendments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Asks whether the change will reduce the total sick leave hours available to an employee whose child with a chronic illness uses leave early each year.
▶ Watch at 2:38:36Read what they said
Um, I have a child with chronic illness and she uses all of her sick leave every year pretty close to the beginning of the year. Is this going to decrease the amount of sick leave that she has total?
S.B. 170 Vitamin K Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Raised concerns that education on the injection may be one-sided, noted the black box warning, and asked whether the bill effectively functions as a mandate.
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Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, thank you, Senator Plumb. I I really appreciate what you do for children, and I appreciate the intent of the, the bill. I do have some concerns. Sure. Um, one of them is the education on vaccines is typically one-sided. It tells you maybe a few minor things, but I've read enough package inserts to know that there are a lot more things that we need to be concerned about than we're told about on the VIS. And so I have the same concerns about this there on, on most of the vitamin K that I've seen. There is a black box warning, which indicates that there is extreme risk because you don't have a …
S.B. 170 Vitamin K Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Asked whether the opt-out applied to the injection or to the education.
▶ Watch at 45:49Read what they said
Okay. So just so I understand, we're not talking about opting out of the vaccine, we're talking about opting out of the education.
S.B. 170 Vitamin K Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Asked about recording whether parents opted in or out.
▶ Watch at 46:13Read what they said
Possibility. Okay. Then not recording whether they opted in or out to the vaccine is that
S.B. 170 Vitamin K Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Said the injection contains more than just vitamin K.
▶ Watch at 46:21Read what they said
Vitamin K, but it's not just vitamin K. It is Though either. It is, there's more stuff in it than vitamin
S.B. 170 Vitamin K Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Objected to requiring parents to sign a form acknowledging risks, recalling that similar vaccine paperwork language had been removed, and raised concerns about the unlicensed midwife provision.
▶ Watch at 46:34Read what they said
Okay. And then a another concern is just having parents sign a form that says that they acknowledged the risks. Years ago we had the, um, administrative rules committee advise h uh, well, I can't remember if it was DHHS or HHS then it was before that got changed, um, that they were not to put in the paperwork that the parents were assuming any kind of risk or, or saying that the, the parents were implying, I guess, that the parents were causing a problem by not getting the vaccines. This was for vaccines in general. So it used to be that the parents had to sign something that said, I am aware of the risks involved and I, …
H.B. 544 County Land Use Authority Amendments · House floor debate (day 42) · Mar 3, 2026
Says a technical glitch occurred and the vote needs to be redone to fix it.
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Yes. There was a technical glitch and we need to redo the vote in order to fix that.
H.B. 544 County Land Use Authority Amendments · House floor debate (day 42) · Mar 3, 2026
Asks whether to speak to the bill itself or only to the need for a new vote.
▶ Watch at 1:00:44Read what they said
So do I speak to the bill or just to the need to vote again?
H.B. 544 County Land Use Authority Amendments · House floor debate (day 42) · Mar 3, 2026
Explains that two amendments were adopted by accident, one was removed, and a new vote is needed before the bill goes to the Senate.
▶ Watch at 1:00:53Read what they said
Okay. So there were two amendments. We were only supposed to have adopted one, but somehow accidentally adopted both. So we've taken the one out and now we just need to vote again to make sure. Well, so we can send it over to the Senate.
H.B. 350 Foods Available at Schools Amendments · Senate Health and Human Services Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Presents HB 350 as a cleanup to last year's food additives law, adding charter and rural districts, citing health concerns about the additives, delayed implementation, a zero fiscal note, and the bill's passage in the House.
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Thank you Mr. Chair and thank you committee members. Um, this is a cleanup for the food additives bill that I ran last year that, that passed. Um, it was for the, the one last year was for over school schools that had more than 5,500 students. Um, this bill pre prohibits certain food additives in school lunches and breakfast. The additives that are prohibited serve no purpose under other than aesthetics. Oh, I could you can you guys, oh, you already have one. Wow. I'm impressed. It's the Senate. Thank you very much. Okay. Um, is that from last year? Oh, nice. Look at, look at us being proactive. We already got our votes all figured out and everything, …
H.B. 350 Foods Available at Schools Amendments · Senate Health and Human Services Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Says the bill follows a national wave of change, notes delayed implementation dates for larger and smaller schools, and urges the committee to pass it.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just wanted to, to underscore what we saw last year after we passed this legislation, there was a wave of change across the nation. And believe it or not, you can now get Dai free Doritos, and that is a direct result of our pushing this legislation. Not just state throughout the states, but starting in Utah. So, um, we have also, um, delayed implementation to 2026 for the schools that have 5,500 and over, which we did last year and to 2027 school year for the smaller schools and charters. So schools have already shifted the market and they can continue to do that. And I would encourage you to pass this legislation. Thank …
H.B. 581 Autonomous Vehicle Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Asked where GOEO gets its funds and whether this would amount to picking winners and losers.
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Good morning. I just wanted to know, so where does go EEO get the funds? And is would this be considered kind of picking winners and losers?
H.B. 442 Feminine Hygiene Products Amendments · House floor debate (day 41) · Mar 2, 2026
Responds that the fifth substitute is available online and should be in the circle.
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Do you represent? Thank you Mr. Speaker. I am speaking to the fifth substitute, which is online and should be in the circle.
H.B. 442 Feminine Hygiene Products Amendments · House floor debate (day 41) · Mar 2, 2026
Explains that the fifth substitute adds back some of the authority of the Division of Consumer Protection.
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Do you represent? Thank you Mr. Speaker. I am speaking to the fifth substitute, which is online and should be in the circle. You is making a motion to adopt fifth substitute? Yes. Okay. Would you like to speak to that motion? Um, we just made one change. We, we added back in some of the authority of the Division of Consumer Protection
H.B. 442 Feminine Hygiene Products Amendments · House floor debate (day 41) · Mar 2, 2026
Says the substitute makes one change, restoring some authority of the Division of Consumer Protection.
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Um, we just made one change. We, we added back in some of the authority of the Division of Consumer Protection
H.B. 442 Feminine Hygiene Products Amendments · House floor debate (day 41) · Mar 2, 2026
Says the bill was developed with manufacturers, the Division of Consumer Protection and colleagues, and requires labeling of certain chemical ingredients in menstrual products, with a QR code or package label, three years of testing records, and enforcement by the division through fines and injunctions.
▶ Watch at 32:21Read what they said
Thank you. We have worked with manufacturers, the Division of Consumer Protection and colleagues on this to get to the point where, where we are. And I would encourage each of my male colleagues while I'm talking to text one of your female family members and ask them if they have any, any concerns about heavy metals and other toxins in feminine hygiene products. HB 4 42 requires manufacturers to clearly label the ingredients of certain chemicals in menstrual products sold in Utah so that women can make informed decisions. The labels can have a QR code linking to a website or they can be on the package. Manufacturers are to keep records of their testing for three years. Enforcement …
H.B. 442 Feminine Hygiene Products Amendments · House floor debate (day 41) · Mar 2, 2026
Presents H.B. 442, which requires manufacturers to label certain chemical ingredients in menstrual products sold in Utah, with QR codes or on packages, keep testing records for three years, and be enforced by the Division of Consumer Protection through fines and injunctions.
▶ Watch at 32:21Read what they said
Thank you. We have worked with manufacturers, the Division of Consumer Protection and colleagues on this to get to the point where, where we are. And I would encourage each of my male colleagues while I'm talking to text one of your female family members and ask them if they have any, any concerns about heavy metals and other toxins in feminine hygiene products. HB 4 42 requires manufacturers to clearly label the ingredients of certain chemicals in menstrual products sold in Utah so that women can make informed decisions. The labels can have a QR code linking to a website or they can be on the package. Manufacturers are to keep records of their testing for three years. Enforcement …
H.B. 442 Feminine Hygiene Products Amendments · House floor debate (day 41) · Mar 2, 2026
Says the measure does not ban products, restrict access, impose manufacturing standards, or create product mandates, and only requires disclosure.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. This, um, this measure does not ban products. It does not restrict access. It does not impose any new manufacturing standards. It does not create new product mandates. It just requires disclosure. And at its core, it treats consumers with respect. And I would appreciate your support. Thank you.
H.B. 442 Feminine Hygiene Products Amendments · House floor debate (day 41) · Mar 2, 2026
In closing, says the bill does not ban products, restrict access, impose manufacturing standards, or create product mandates, and only requires disclosure; asks for support.
▶ Watch at 33:45Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker. This, um, this measure does not ban products. It does not restrict access. It does not impose any new manufacturing standards. It does not create new product mandates. It just requires disclosure. And at its core, it treats consumers with respect. And I would appreciate your support. Thank you.
H.B. 544 County Land Use Authority Amendments · House floor debate (day 41) · Mar 2, 2026
Sponsor says HB 544 addresses legacy parcels created by deed before subdivision approval was required, which cannot currently be submitted for review, and creates a statewide baseline that keeps existing zoning, health, safety and infrastructure standards and county enforcement, to improve property rights and housing supply.
▶ Watch at 57:32Read what they said
Shelley, Thank you Mr. Speaker. HB 5 54 solves a real recurring property, uh, property rights problem across Utah. There are legacy parcels that were created decades ago by deed. Long before many counties required subdivision plaid approval. These parcels exist as separate tax parcels. They sit in zones where single family homes are allowed and they meet health and safety standards. But because they were never formally platted, many owners cannot even submit a plan for review. This issue has generated several, um, property rights ombudsperson complaints and HB 5 44 creates a straightforward statewide baseline to help increase property rights for individuals and increase housing supply. Property owners must still comply with existing zoning health and safety standards …
H.B. 544 County Land Use Authority Amendments · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 27, 2026
Presents HB 544, which sets a statewide baseline so that legacy parcels created before subdivision approval rules can seek plan review for a single family dwelling, with health and safety standards still applying.
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Thank you chair and committee. Um, this bill responds directly to the issues identified in ombudsperson opinions 91, 39 and one 90 by establishing a narrow objective baseline for legacy parcels that predates subdivision approval requirements. It empowers more property owners to achieve increased beneficial use of their property for a single family dwelling, while preserving zoning authority, infrastructure standards, and public health and safety protections, and also helping mitigate the housing shortage. It provides clarity, consistency, and fairness without broadly rewriting subdivision law. Um, also, I forgot to say, I have an amendment that will need to be adopted. Um, amendment one. And I have a co-presenter, Chris Bramwell. Um, so the problem across Utah, there are parcels of …
H.B. 544 County Land Use Authority Amendments · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 27, 2026
Explains that owners must provide substantial evidence of the subdivision date, that many such parcels have recorded metes and bounds deeds, and that a recorded deed is not an approved plat.
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Um, so a, as I read the bill as written, um, it's up to the owner to provide the substantial evidence. So that's, that's the standard in here. You have to provide substantial evidence of when the actual subdivision occurred. And then in the land use ordinance for counties, it defines what would, would qualify a subdivision. Uh, a plat map could do that a lot. Lots of these parcels actually are recorded deeds, though by mets and bounds description. And that usually then becomes, uh, the, the evidence needed. And so what happened though is it may have been recorded, it may have been by mets and bounds, but mets and bounds is not a approved plat map. That …
H.B. 544 County Land Use Authority Amendments · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 27, 2026
Says a formalized metes and bounds description should also have been recorded with the county. · speaker not certain
▶ Watch at 1:16:19Read what they said
Uh, your meets and bounds description, if it was formalized, should have been recorded as well.
H.B. 544 County Land Use Authority Amendments · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 27, 2026
Says most such parcels are officially recorded but not platted, and that the bill sets a narrow baseline for parcels predating any ordinance, unlike the broader ombudsperson recommendation.
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our pla our pla our lots were, were recorded deeds, but just because it's a recorded deeds, that is a formal recorded record, but a recorded deed is not an approved plat. So you'll, you'll have lots of record like that, that there are officially on the record. And, and that's the majority of the cases. Um, but they're still just a parcel and they're not, they're not a, a pla platted lot Getting those approved as a building permitted lot is where your problem is. Yeah, this is essentially open it up and it's, it's like the, the most narrow view of the ombuds opinion. 'cause the ombudsman recommended for any parcel at any time, there should be a …
H.B. 544 County Land Use Authority Amendments · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 27, 2026
Says two counties have been identified, that county approaches vary, and that a recent Utah County minimum lot size proposal would be avoided under the bill's baseline.
▶ Watch at 1:17:59Read what they said
So, uh, I believe it's, I, we've identified two counties now. What you're gonna find in the ombuds opinion is they all actually come from different counties and it's edge cases, everyone ends up being somewhat unique. So between the ombuds opinions and multiple lawsuits related to parcels and locks of record, um, it is not standardized counties. Uh, most counties as we talked to uac, have implemented, um, ad hoc processes or they have processes to address it. Uh, but they're all disparate processes. What happened in Utah County recently was there was an attempt to introduce ordinance that actually for every single one of these parcels, it was now gonna introduce a minimum lot size requirement, which is …
H.B. 544 County Land Use Authority Amendments · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 27, 2026
Says counties already have processes for this, the bill keeps the existing plan review process, and it sets only a minimum standard.
▶ Watch at 1:19:32Read what they said
When we, so we've had quite a few UX actually been really great to work with and even the counties. Um, we started, uh, like a month and a half ago, but we ended up, I guess talking to the wrong UAC group. And so it, uh, we've had to reset the last week, but what we heard is actually a lot of counties have processes for this. So in talking to the drafting attorney, it was meant to ensure they can still use existing process. This is just then the minimum requirement. So it'd still go through the same plan review process. This is just saying here's the minimum standards, uh, that apply and the threshold for what would …
H.B. 544 County Land Use Authority Amendments · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 27, 2026
Says the word conditional should not be included and that permitted use is the intended term.
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I, um, so I, I think that we, it should not be in there. I think it should be permitted use.
H.B. 544 County Land Use Authority Amendments · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 27, 2026
Explains that conforming use is the county code term and that the intent is to allow a single family dwelling only where it is an authorized or conforming use.
▶ Watch at 1:25:21Read what they said
Uh, when we were, uh, working with the drafting attorney on that, I know we discussed it being conforming use, I think that's the standard term used in the county land use ordinance code. But permitted use or conforming use, uh, is the intended purpose. You should only have a single family dwelling in an area for these where it's actually a, an authorized or conforming use. I don't think there's any discussion of permitted use or a condition Of use. Not conditional. Yeah.
H.B. 544 County Land Use Authority Amendments · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 27, 2026
Says the bill is not intended to be the final word on the issue and is meant to open the door for further exploration.
▶ Watch at 1:27:15Read what they said
that motion? Okay. Into the sponsor. Just this is not intended to be the final word on this issue. It's just kind of opening the door for exploration. And thank you for your time.
H.B. 386 Immigration Amendments · House floor debate (day 38) · Feb 27, 2026
Distinguishes between legal and illegal immigrants, says people who waited to immigrate legally are not rewarded, argues resources should go first to people already here legally, and urges a yes vote. · speaker not certain
▶ Watch at 1:52:55Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think we forget sometimes to distinguish between legal and illegal immigrants and we lump them all into the same category. There are a lot of people who have worked for years, waited for years, stood in line at embassies for years to get here and they have never been able to come. They were trying to do it the right way and they, they are not rewarded for that. I also think that there's a fallacy with the compassion. Um, the way we portray compassion. We, if we are compassionate to those who come the legal way and we are compassionate to those who already live here, that does not mean that we lack compassion …
S.B. 197 Transportation Funding and Governance Amendments · House Transportation Committee · Feb 26, 2026
Asks the difference between a transit district and a transit commission and whether either has taxing authority.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. Is it okay for me to ask a question? Sure. Okay. Um, I am wondering what the difference between a transit district and a transit commission are, and does either or both of those have taxing authority
H.B. 357 Amendments to Motor Vehicle Data Privacy · Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee · Feb 26, 2026
Presented HB 357, which extends the Utah Consumer Privacy Act to car manufacturers, requiring privacy notices and in-vehicle privacy controls by 2030, with exceptions for safety and vehicle operation.
▶ Watch at 1:40:20Read what they said
3 57 amendments to motor vehicle. Date of privacy Representative Shelley. Thank You, chair and committee. Um, the need for this bill was discussed during interim in the transportation committee, and I'm speaking to the first substitute with the First Amendment. The amendment has not yet been adopted. First, I wanna thank the stakeholders who have participated in discussions including gm, Tesla, and Lexus Nexus, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, privacy for Cars, division for Consumer Protection, office of Data Privacy, the DMV used in new car dealer associations and Uber vehicles collect many times the data that your phone collects and your phone data as well via Bluetooth. Vehicle. Privacy policies are long, complicated, and rarely read. Gathered data …
H.B. 357 Amendments to Motor Vehicle Data Privacy · Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee · Feb 26, 2026
Said the manufacturers worked with the sponsor on a delayed implementation date they can meet, and offered to ask them about access concerns.
▶ Watch at 1:43:44Read what they said
Path. Right. We've worked with the manufacturers and put an IMPLE implementation date in place that they can work with, so I don't think that it's going to impact that, but we can ask them if you want.
H.B. 357 Amendments to Motor Vehicle Data Privacy · Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee · Feb 26, 2026
Said there are ways to remove data from current vehicles, though less easily, such as contacting the manufacturer.
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I believe there are ways to do that. It's just not as easy. I think there that if you actually contact the manufacturer, you can do that. But maybe we can ask the consumer privacy people.
H.B. 514 Utah Energy Council Amendments · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Asks whether the sponsor will yield to a series of questions.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm looking at lines 180 6 and 180 7. Is this a question? So will the, will the sponsor yield? Thank
H.B. 514 Utah Energy Council Amendments · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Asks whether the sponsor will yield to a series of questions about lines 180 6 and 180 7.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm looking at lines 180 6 and 180 7. Is this a question? So will the, will the sponsor yield? Thank
H.B. 514 Utah Energy Council Amendments · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Asks about the process for acquiring water rights, air rights and other property and whether eminent domain is involved.
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thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am looking at lines 180 6 and 180 7, and wondering what the process is for acquiring water rights and all of the things listed there, air rights and other real and personal property rights. Is this imminent domain? What, what is the process?
H.B. 514 Utah Energy Council Amendments · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Asks about the process for acquiring water rights, air rights, and other property listed in the bill, and whether eminent domain applies.
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thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am looking at lines 180 6 and 180 7, and wondering what the process is for acquiring water rights and all of the things listed there, air rights and other real and personal property rights. Is this imminent domain? What, what is the process?
H.B. 514 Utah Energy Council Amendments · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Asks a follow-up about whether district property is exempt from taxation.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank You, Mr. Speaker. May I ask a follow up? Thank you. Um, all on line 2 67, all property and assets of the district are exempt from taxation as provided in section, blah, blah, blah. Um, they don't have to pay taxes, property taxes or, or anything.
H.B. 514 Utah Energy Council Amendments · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Asks a follow-up on whether district property is exempt from taxation.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank You, Mr. Speaker. May I ask a follow up? Thank you. Um, all on line 2 67, all property and assets of the district are exempt from taxation as provided in section, blah, blah, blah. Um, they don't have to pay taxes, property taxes or, or anything.
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · Senate Business and Labor Committee · Feb 25, 2026
Presents H.B. 179 third substitute with amendment, saying it restructures milk regulation in Utah with a tiered structure, removes the 51% farm-ownership requirement for stores, and lets a designated agent deliver milk to a store while the department keeps oversight of outbreaks.
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Thank you Chair and committee. Just have to get my visual aid out here. Um, this bill has been, this is our visual aid and we're, we're offering the, um, gallon chug challenge if anybody wants to take it. Um, this bill has been in the work since June, and we are very grateful for all of the input that we've received. Hours of work by UD Aaf, farm Bureau, my colleagues and advocates, and raw milk producers. And we've finally reached a sweet spot and we're, we're all very happy about that. HB one 50, uh, 1 79, the third substitute with an amendment. Do I need to in introduce those ahead of time or do we, Yeah, let's …
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · Senate Business and Labor Committee · Feb 25, 2026
Thanks the committee, says the bill's objective is to promote local production and access to local milk, and notes that the label includes safe handling instructions because raw milk can be dangerous.
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Um, I just, I appreciate you taking time to hear this and all of the work that has gone into this from so many different directions. And our objective is to promote local production and to increase access to local produce and, and, uh, milk in this case. And also, just so you know, the label says that it has the safe handling instructions on it and that raw milk, no matter how carefully produced, can be dangerous
S.B. 63 Assault Modifications · House floor debate (day 36) · Feb 25, 2026
Says the bill provides that using a choke hold in a sporting activity is not a misdemeanor.
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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This bill says that a choke hold when it's used in a sporting activity is not a misdemeanor. That's it.
H.B. 442 Feminine Hygiene Products Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Presented H.B. 442, which would require labeling of intentionally added ingredients and specified chemicals in menstrual products, with enforcement by the Division of Consumer Protection.
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Thank you. First of all, there are reports that the online is muted. They can't hear online. Okay, thanks. Okay. I'm not as quick as norm, but I'll try to go quick. HB 4 42 requires manufacturers to clearly label the ingredients and certain chemicals in menstrual products sold in Utah, so women and families can make informed decisions. The bill is about transparency. Women and girls use menstrual products month after month, year after year. They should be able to easily see what is in the products they're purchasing and using, since some toxins, even in small amounts, build up over time. HB 4 42 requires manufacturers a menstrual product sold in Utah to list intentionally added ingredients and …
H.B. 442 Feminine Hygiene Products Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Said the bill does not specify testing requirements beyond what other states require, and that the division could be asked to write rules on testing.
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So, as far as testing to find out how much is in it. So as far as we can see for, for other states, they're required to at least test one time. There are a whole variety of different tests that can be done, um, to determine the levels that are in the product. But I don't think that there's anything required beyond that in other states. That is something that we could ask the division to create rules for if we wanted to do that.
H.B. 442 Feminine Hygiene Products Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Said the reporting variance issue could be addressed in a substitute or through division rules.
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It is not. Um, it is, it's something we could address in a sub if we wanted to ask the division to make some rules about that, or if we just, I don't know. I I, if we wanna put that in, we can. Yeah.
H.B. 442 Feminine Hygiene Products Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Said many manufacturers use third-party testing and that businesses should have some leeway.
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is something they can do in house. Uh, A lot of the testing is actually done by third parties that are interested in seeing how much of this is in the different products. And some of the manufacturers actually, um, contract with third party testing companies so that they can know what's in their products. Right. So I think it's okay to allow businesses some leeway.
H.B. 442 Feminine Hygiene Products Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Explained that intentionally added ingredients are those put in to make the product work, and that the listed chemicals must be disclosed by weight whether or not intentionally added.
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Mm-hmm. Right? Yes. So they would know what they're adding into it. They would know. So intentionally added ingredients would be things that they put in intentionally that are part of the product that help the product to work. Um, there are a lot of these chemicals, we don't know how they get into the, the products. And so it's more just giving people information informed consent so that they know this is how much we found in this particular product. But they're not, they're not required. Just the chemicals we've listed are the ones that they're required to say how much is in it, and it's by weight. So other than that, they can just list their, they're intentionally …
H.B. 442 Feminine Hygiene Products Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Said the civil penalty amount reflects standard fines that consumer protection staff requested.
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Well, on line 2 0 7, it's 5,000 civil Penalty. Okay. The, we talked to the consumer protection people, and they, those are their standard fines. That's what they asked us to put in there as the fines.
H.B. 442 Feminine Hygiene Products Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Said the implementation date was extended to December 2027 at a commenter's request, and that Utah is implementing the bill without creating a new department.
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Thank you. I just wanted to point out, we did extend the implementation date to December of 2027 at the request of the individual who spoke here. And that is in the second sub. And also other states have whole departments that are dedicated to this, this kind of thing. We don't, and so we're implementing it in the way that we can in Utah without creating a new department. So, uh, is this my sum? It is. Okay.
H.B. 442 Feminine Hygiene Products Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Said testing has already found these chemicals in products and the goal is to determine concentrations so people can make informed choices.
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The, these are all of the, the, the chemicals that are most frequently found in feminine hygiene products, they've already been found there. So there's already been testing done that indicates that they're there. So what we're trying to determine is what is the concentration in the different products so that people can make an informed choice.
H.B. 442 Feminine Hygiene Products Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Said the bill does not prescribe how often testing must occur, only that products be tested and labeled by weight.
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Currently, it does not prescribe how often they have to test, just that they have to have tested and it has to be labeled Well, it does require that they indicate by weight, you know, the mm-hmm. In order of which has the greatest weight for the product.
H.B. 442 Feminine Hygiene Products Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Said the bill is about informed consent for women and offered to work with members on clarifications before the vote.
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Okay. The bill is about basic respect and informed consent for women. And I think it ensures that we have a clear picture of what it is we are using. And I think it's long overdue. And I would encourage you to vote for it. I would be happy to work out issues with you after, if there are things that you think need to be clarified. Thank you.
S.B. 158 Recreational Therapy Program Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Asked whether people receiving DSPD services overlap with people who attend Camp K.
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Thank you Mr. Chair. I am just wondering, is there any connection we have the people who get the DSPD, right? Yes. And then we have the people who go to Camp K. Is there overlap between those or
H.B. 350 Foods Available at Schools Amendments · House floor debate (day 34) · Feb 23, 2026
Says the bill is the same as last year's with a few changes, and asks whether a motion to adopt the substitute is needed first.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker ProAm. This food additives in school schools Bill is the same one that we we ran last year, um, with a couple of changes we are in, including the rural schools and, oh, do I need to make a motion to adopt the sub first?
H.B. 350 Foods Available at Schools Amendments · House floor debate (day 34) · Feb 23, 2026
Says the substitute removes titanium dioxide and clarifies wording that had kept the bill from working as intended.
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Motion is to adopt first sub house bill three 50. We'd like to speak to it. Yes. In this um, substitute, we removed titanium dioxide and clarified some language that was misworded that made the bill not do what it was supposed to do. So we just fixed it.
H.B. 350 Foods Available at Schools Amendments · House floor debate (day 34) · Feb 23, 2026
Says the substitute removes titanium dioxide and clarifies language that had made the bill not work as intended. · speaker not certain
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Yes. In this um, substitute, we removed titanium dioxide and clarified some language that was misworded that made the bill not do what it was supposed to do. So we just fixed it.
H.B. 350 Foods Available at Schools Amendments · House floor debate (day 34) · Feb 23, 2026
Says the bill adds rural and charter schools, clarifies the food pantry exemption, and delays implementation for newly added schools; reports that rural districts and charter groups gave input, that the affected food is about 3% of tray food and 2% of a la carte food, and cites health concerns about the additives; asks for support.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker Pro tem. This is the same bill that we ran last year. This year we are including rural schools and charters schools with 5,500 students. And under we're also clarifying the food pantry exemption because there was some confusion last year about whether people could donate to the food pantries, um, without being subject to the restrictions for the school prepared food. So we're clarifying that. And then the other change in this one that we've made is that we're delaying implementation for the new schools that are being added this year to 27 28 school year. Um, in making these changes, we worked with the rural districts. I Uintah present to them after the last …
H.B. 350 Foods Available at Schools Amendments · House floor debate (day 34) · Feb 23, 2026
Says the substitute adds rural and charter schools with about 5,500 students, clarifies the food pantry exemption, and delays implementation for newly added schools until the 2027-28 school year; says the rural districts asked to be included and that parents support the bill; says the affected food is a small share of meals and that the additives serve only aesthetic purposes and are linked to health concerns; asks for support.
▶ Watch at 1:10:19Read what they said
Thank you Mr. Speaker Pro tem. This is the same bill that we ran last year. This year we are including rural schools and charters schools with 5,500 students. And under we're also clarifying the food pantry exemption because there was some confusion last year about whether people could donate to the food pantries, um, without being subject to the restrictions for the school prepared food. So we're clarifying that. And then the other change in this one that we've made is that we're delaying implementation for the new schools that are being added this year to 27 28 school year. Um, in making these changes, we worked with the rural districts. I Uintah present to them after the last …
H.B. 569 SNAP Funds Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Presents HB 569, which would have the state adopt a federal ultra-processed food definition for SNAP restrictions, and says the bill does not reduce SNAP funding.
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Thank you, chair and committee. I think you're all familiar with the SNAP bill from last year, which removes snow, snow, ODA soda from SNAP funding. Um, that bill was implemented in January of this year. Stakeholders have told me that they were very happy with our definition of soda and that it was the best and easiest to work with in the nation. Um, and DWS reported that the process of getting the exemption or getting the, uh, waiver was very simple, and they were surprised with how well that went. The process is still new. It was just implemented in January. So, um, they are still working through some kinks. Um, from what I understand, there are a …
H.B. 569 SNAP Funds Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Responds that the bill is not meant to stigmatize, that DWS provided education, that items are marked in stores and online, and that the Double Up Food Bucks program offers incentives.
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Okay. So, um, if I can remember all of it, I'll respond to what I can Remember. It was, it was a mouthful. Yeah. Okay. So as far as stigmatizing, that is not the intent at all. What, what I hope is that people know before they get to the grocery checkout that what's in their card is okay, or it isn't. And there have been education. DWS did some education on this prior to implementing the, the soda part of it. Um, and, and also things are marked in the grocery store and online. And, um, let's see, what was the other thing that you asked about? Oh, there is a double Your Bucks program. So if you buy …
H.B. 569 SNAP Funds Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Says she was not a fan of the underlying definition and that the substitute reflects what she requested.
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I, I actually was not a fan of that definition. It was just something that the drafting attorneys pulled in because they didn't think that they could do what we did in the sub, which is what I initially asked them for. Mm-hmm. So we did get it figured out in the sub. What's in the sub is what I wanted.
H.B. 304 Cash Payments Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Presented H.B. 304, saying it applies to in-person businesses with 10 or more employees that accept card payments, delays implementation to 2027, and aims to preserve cash use.
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Thank you Chair and committee members in crafting this bill. Oh, I have, I have with me, uh, the state treasurer Marlo Oaks to co-present with me. Okay. Alright. Thank you. We're, and if you didn't catch the memo before, we're gonna, we're gonna go as quickly as possible, but still do Our business. We did catch that memo. Okay. All right. So, um, we will go as quickly as possible in crafting this bill, we have worked with taking feedback from the restaurant association, the retailers association, the division of Division of Consumer Protection, Utah system of higher education, the state treasurer's office, and other stakeholders. The bill applies only to a place of business with 10 or more …
H.B. 304 Cash Payments Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Said stadium concession businesses with more than 10 employees would be covered and that the delayed implementation relates to hardware availability and a study.
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So we have talked about that and I can't remember the answer date. Well, they have more than 10 employees, if that helps. So I skimmed over a lot of my presentation. So yes, it does Apply. Yes. And it is, that was part of the fiscal note, um, was having, uh, the hardware available. So that's the reason. Thank you. That is the reason that we've delayed implementation. Yui is planning to do a study on this to figure out how it affects the schools.
H.B. 304 Cash Payments Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Described a planned study on how the bill would affect campus businesses at universities. · speaker not certain
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There's Yui, there's other private stadiums. Um, Okay. Delta Center. So there, there is going to be a study by Yushi on how this impacts like the, the campus structure, because we have a whole bunch of private businesses that are within the campus. It's not like a campus cafeteria anymore. Like some of the old folks in here probably had, when they Uintah school, it is Subway or Pizza Hut that is inside the college campus. So what the study will do is figure out how, what the impact is going to be on universities in that situation. Does that help?
H.B. 304 Cash Payments Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Responded that business autonomy matters but that eliminating cash opens the door to centralized payment systems and tracking, so keeping a cash option is important.
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Can I, can I respond to that? Um, yeah, so I think business autonomy is really important. Um, but eliminating cash really opens the door for concentrated power and centralized payment systems, creating the potential for program programmable money, transaction tracking and discrimination based on political views, purchasing behavior, or other criteria. And so from that perspective, I think it is important to maintain that cash option.
H.B. 304 Cash Payments Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Read the bill's definition of a physical point of sale as the location at a supplier's place of business where a consumer provides payment. · speaker not certain
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All, all this read line 90, a physical point of sale means the location at a supplier's pace of business where a consumer provides payment in exchange for good or service.
H.B. 304 Cash Payments Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Said the bill does not stop digital payments and that everyone can still take them. · speaker not certain
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So none of this is doing away with digital payments. Um, no, I understand. Everybody can take digital payments.
H.B. 304 Cash Payments Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Rejected the motion and said the committee should at least vote on moving the bill forward.
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Well, I, I reject the motion. I, I think that we should at least have a vote on moving the bill forward somehow.
H.B. 350 Foods Available at Schools Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Presents H.B. 350, which prohibits certain food additives in school lunches and breakfasts, extends the requirements to rural districts and charter schools, and delays implementation for schools under 5,500 students.
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Thank you, Madam Chair and Committee. This is the food additives bill that I ran last year for large schools that were over 5,500 students, and we are now implementing it for the schools that are under 5,500 students. And the charter schools. This bill prohibits certain food additives in school, lunch and breakfast. These additives serve no purpose other than aesthetics and are implicated in numerous health problems, including hyperactivity, neural behavior, behavioral disorders, aggression, sleeplessness, hormone disruption, and even cancer. The four new items that we're adding in the bill this year are charters in rural districts, as I mentioned at the request of some school board members who were concerned that food donations would dwindle otherwise, we …
H.B. 350 Foods Available at Schools Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Explains that food brought into the classroom requires parent permission and gives an example of a child sensitive to red dye.
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Yes. Not at like lunch or anything, But like provided. So they just need to get permission.
H.B. 350 Foods Available at Schools Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Says parents can give permission and that parents who prefer no dyes for their children would have that option.
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Um, but anyway, they just get permission. And then if there are kids who, whose parents prefer that they not have the dyes, like for example, I have some grandchildren who self-describe as going loco crazy after they get red dye. Um, and it's true. So there would be parents who would prefer that their children don't have those dyes at all because even a tiny amount can have a big effect on a child who is affected by it. So yes. Um, they need to get permission.
H.B. 350 Foods Available at Schools Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Says putting the requirement in statute gives schools more leverage with food companies, and that rural and charter schools asked to be included.
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That's an Excellent question. And why are we going back to the legislature to manage down to this level? Thank You for asking that question. The reason is that having it in statute gives them more leverage with the companies that sell the food. And so they asked specifically, I asked them if they wanted to do it voluntarily, and they said, no, please include us in the bill.
H.B. 350 Foods Available at Schools Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Says titanium dioxide is not required to be listed by name, and that it was used in milk to make it look white, which the state changed to whole milk.
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It actually is not required to say titanium dioxide. It can say, I think it's natural flavors or something like that. But it can say, um, I don't know if that's something that we need. Maybe the schools can ask specifically if it has titanium dioxide. There are certain things that it's likely to be in. Um, and we just changed from low fat and skim milk to whole milk so that it would not need to be in milk anymore. Because the reason they put it in milk is to make it look white when it's really Blue.
H.B. 350 Foods Available at Schools Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Responds to the comments about the bag of chips. · speaker not certain
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It got all the way to you without being opened. It actually tastes just like the other ones. Um, I think if you were presenting this mid-afternoon, it'd probably be a different outcome. Yeah, that's true. I should have brought cinnamon oils.
H.B. 350 Foods Available at Schools Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Says manufacturers and retailers have been removing dyes, that the bill affects a small share of school food budgets, and that the bill pushes the market forward.
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It is actually. It's been actually really gratifying to watch it happen. I had no idea what we were going to see after we passed the bill last year. There have been numerous manufacturers who have said they're removing their dyes, including Doritos, um, Skittles, um, Mars Company, um, Walmart, uh, just, there's a whole long list. And so I think that the foods are becoming more available, more readily, readily available. And obviously the more we purchase them, the better, which is one reason that we are doing it this direction. Instead of waiting for the manufacturers, we are, we are pushing the envelope by saying, we're not going to accept this. And I would ask a rhetorical question …
H.B. 270 Healthcare Worker Post-Employment Amendments · House floor debate (day 28) · Feb 17, 2026
Supports the bill and says she combined her mental health non-compete bill with the sponsor's so more providers and patients are covered.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. I also rise in support of the bill. I had a bill file open for the mental health non-compete space and was happy to combine it with the sponsor and create a better, um, a better bill that covers more people who need the support of having access to providers that they have had access to for a long time. So I I I would love it if everyone would vote yes.
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 12, 2026
The sponsor said she would address the safety and training-hour concerns raised at the previous hearing and introduced two remote co-presenters.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Committee. Thank you for inviting us back. I have a co-presenter who is online, Lisa Lander. Um, we are very quickly going to cover the concerns that were raised last time with this bill. One of them was the safety issue, and then where did the hours come from. I also have Hannah Online who is going to tell her own personal experience with trying to get acupuncture education. And we're gonna go very fast. So if you wanna bring Lisa on, we'll start with her.
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 12, 2026
The sponsor asked that Hannah share her experience to finish the presentation.
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Thank you, Lisa. Thank you, Lisa. And can we have Hannah tell her experience quickly as the, the rest of our presentation, and then we'll go to
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 12, 2026
The sponsor asked Lisa to answer the degree question.
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I'm gonna let, what's that terminal degree called? Lisa, can you go ahead and answer that, please?
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 12, 2026
The sponsor said the earlier language came from the massage therapy code, so it was rewritten specifically for acupuncture.
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Sub? Oh, from the first sub. Um, because we had questions about whether that was transferred directly from the massage therapy code. Okay. And we had questions about how applicable that was to acupuncture. So we reframed it specifically for acupuncture. Okay.
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 12, 2026
The sponsor said DOPL oversees verification and asked Lisa to elaborate.
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Um, Lisa, do you have the answer for that question? Doppel oversees this, so they would have to do, they would have to do the verification, but do you, do you have an answer for that?
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 12, 2026
She said the substitute is better because it replaces massage therapy code language with acupuncture-specific provisions.
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Um, no. I think the sub, well, just that the substitute is a better, um, iteration of the program than the original, just because we made changes from, it was massage therapy code, and now this is specific to acupuncture. Uh,
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 12, 2026
She said acupuncture is inherently safe, the program includes 71% of current hours at much lower cost, DOPL would approve programs, and Utah can innovate.
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Okay. So there was mention of a pro of people getting certified with fewer hours. There is no program in the US for certifying acupuncturists with fewer hours than the accredited programs that these people have mentioned. The only thing they could be referring to is chiropractors and physical therapists who are doing this as a second layer on, on their chiropractic or physical therapy. Acupuncture is inherently very safe. It is not super easy to hurt people. The proposed program focuses on safety and accurate procedure, and includes 71% of the hours, not 50% as, as was stated in some of the comments, but with much less cost. Accreditation with existing schools costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. There …
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 12, 2026
She said she was fine with the amendment and had nothing more to add.
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I'm all out of order here, I guess. So we've adopted yourself. I'm, I'm fine. I don't need to say anymore. Thank you. Okay.
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Feb 12, 2026
She said the licensure review office was involved in drafting the substitute and helped suggest the hours.
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Okay. Just so you know, LER was involved. They sat in the meeting with me as we were writing the sub, and, and they were helping to suggest the hours and the options and, and the way to lay it all out. So, um, they were involved. Okay. If that helps.
H.B. 156 Blood Transfusion Amendments · Senate Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Presented the bill, which would allow hospitals to store and transfuse directed or autologous donations from licensed vendors for planned procedures, and said it aims to expand patient choice.
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Alright, so this bill. Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee. Um, this bill is the same bill that you heard last year. We made amendments last year based on stakeholder feedback. We made one change this year to allow hospitals with their own in-house blood donation system to be able to collect directed donation in-house as long as they make the allowances required in the bill. Um, with the changes, most of the stakeholders were either neutral or supportive. Last year, the bill passed both committees and the floor of the house, um, unanimously and made it to number seven on the Senate board. Just before midnight on the last day of the session, the focus of the bill has …
H.B. 156 Blood Transfusion Amendments · Senate Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Said bringing more people into donation through directed donation is a benefit and does not discourage donation.
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Yes. Thank you for the question. I believe that bringing more people into the donation picture is actually a benefit. I think that people when they come and donate for specific people are likely to continue to donate because they see the need. Um, I don't see it being a disincentive for people to donate.
H.B. 156 Blood Transfusion Amendments · Senate Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Responded to public testimony, saying the bill does not apply to emergency transfusions and that directed donation has increased the blood supply in Florida.
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Thank you. Um, my life was saved by a blood transfusion several years ago, so I do very much appreciate the, the Red Cross and the other blood suppliers and, um, understand that the need for blood to be available in an emergency. I had three people online who wanted to comment, but all of them have experiences where they needed to be able to do directed donation or, um, autologous. And, um, and I think that their concerns are also valid. And this bill does not apply to emergency transfusion. If anything, having more people come in to donate is going to be a benefit to the blood supply. The blood comes already through a certified blood donation vendor. …
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Presents the bill, describing her raw milk background, her farm visits and Department of Agriculture input, and the bill's testing, record, sanitation, labeling and animal health requirements for producers.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. Some of my earliest memories are of being on a farm next to where I lived and going into the barn and being able to hang out with the cow and climb in the hay. And I got a couple of opportunities to actually try to milk when I was three or four years old. And then as a young mother, I actually had a neighbor with goats and I got to milk the goats and take the milk home and we drank it. Currently I have to purchase our raw milk, but, um, I am a big believer in raw milk and the ability of people to be free to choose what they want to …
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Explains that the department can inspect, issue cease and desist orders, and oversee stores selling the milk, that the bill removes the 51% rule, and that raw milk must be labeled with a warning and costs $15 a gallon; opens the floor to questions.
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So basically the, the department can come in and inspect, they can, um, monitor safety if there is an outbreak. Um, there are a list of reasons that they can impose a cease and desist and, um, so there, there is, there is plenty of opportunity for them to monitor the safety and health and cleanliness of the, the, the product. They also have direct inspection and oversight over all of the stores where the milk would be sold. There's a long list of stores where the milk could be sold. We're removing the 51% rule, which means that you can sell in a store that you don't own 51% of as long as the store wants to sell the …
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Says the second substitute includes all of the provisions she described and that the bill has had many versions.
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The, so the second sub is what I spoke to and second sub to. Okay. So will you just maybe just highlight the differences between the first and second sub? You know, we have had so many different versions of this bill that, that it's really hard to say except that the second sub does all the things that I listed.
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Says the bill has had many versions and that the second substitute includes the changes she described earlier.
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You know, we have had so many different versions of this bill that, that it's really hard to say except that the second sub does all the things that I listed.
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Explains that a complaint must have substance and that the department may issue a cease and desist order and inspect when there is reasonable suspicion.
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If UD Thank you, Mr. Speaker, if U AAF has complaints filed, they are able to go to the producer. There has to be, the complaint has to have substance. So whatever, whatever the complaint is, has to be clear. And then if there's reasonable suspicion that there is an issue, then then U DAF can issue a cease and desist and then they can go in and inspect and rectify the problem.
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Says a complaint must have substance and that, with reasonable suspicion, the department can issue a cease and desist and inspect.
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If UD Thank you, Mr. Speaker, if U AAF has complaints filed, they are able to go to the producer. There has to be, the complaint has to have substance. So whatever, whatever the complaint is, has to be clear. And then if there's reasonable suspicion that there is an issue, then then U DAF can issue a cease and desist and then they can go in and inspect and rectify the problem.
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Says the complainant's name and the content of the complaint are public so the accused can know their accuser.
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Thank you. The, the answer to your question is that it's important for someone who is being accused to be able to know the name of their accuser. And so the, the name of the complainant is public, as is the content of the complaint.
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Says the complainant's name and the content of the complaint are public so the accused can know their accuser.
▶ Watch at 8:57Read what they said
Thank you. The, the answer to your question is that it's important for someone who is being accused to be able to know the name of their accuser. And so the, the name of the complainant is public, as is the content of the complaint.
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Says nothing applies before an outbreak and describes the cease and desist process, clean test requirements, and fine amounts.
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So nothing prior to that. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If there is an outbreak, they can do a cease and desist and come in and do all the necessary inspections require three clean te three clean tests, or a 14 day completion of the cease and desist. If the three clean tests come before the 14 days, then then that's fine. In other circumstances, the the circumstances vary. There are fines if they have to do the cease and desist for an outbreak. If they do a cease and desist under other circumstances, the fines vary from $500 for a mislabeling to, um, the, the 500, 1,003,000 graduation. If there's an outbreak. And if it's just mislabeling, then they can …
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Says that after an outbreak the department can issue a cease and desist and inspect, with fines that vary, and that for mislabeling it can order the labeling fixed.
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If there is an outbreak, they can do a cease and desist and come in and do all the necessary inspections require three clean te three clean tests, or a 14 day completion of the cease and desist. If the three clean tests come before the 14 days, then then that's fine. In other circumstances, the the circumstances vary. There are fines if they have to do the cease and desist for an outbreak. If they do a cease and desist under other circumstances, the fines vary from $500 for a mislabeling to, um, the, the 500, 1,003,000 graduation. If there's an outbreak. And if it's just mislabeling, then they can issue the cease and desist. They come in, they …
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Says she is in favor of the motion to amend.
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Representative Shelley on the motion to amend. I am, I'm in favor of that motion Representative ch uh, okay.
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Sums up that the bill aims to support small producers, that retail raw milk sales require industry-standard testing and six months of records, and that the bill gives people the choice to decide what they drink.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. Thank you for all the comments. Um, I just want to point out that one of the things that we are trying to do right now is to protect and promote our small producers. And this is part of a larger effort to accomplish that. Um, the other thing that is, is good about this bill is that it it keeps, um, it allows the producers more access to the consumers and the consumers, more access to the producers, which does strengthen them. Um, also there are two tiers in the the, in this, um, in the raw milk code. One of them is the farm gate sales and that's a completely different situation and it's …
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Gives summation saying the bill protects and promotes small producers, keeps farm gate sales unchanged, requires retail raw milk testing and six months of records, and gives consumers a choice.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. Thank you for all the comments. Um, I just want to point out that one of the things that we are trying to do right now is to protect and promote our small producers. And this is part of a larger effort to accomplish that. Um, the other thing that is, is good about this bill is that it it keeps, um, it allows the producers more access to the consumers and the consumers, more access to the producers, which does strengthen them. Um, also there are two tiers in the the, in this, um, in the raw milk code. One of them is the farm gate sales and that's a completely different situation and it's …
H.B. 357 Amendments to Motor Vehicle Data Privacy · House Transportation Committee · Feb 11, 2026
Presents HB 357, which amends the Utah Consumer Privacy Act to add motor vehicle privacy controls, including consent, opt-out, deletion, and in-vehicle access, with delayed implementation for in-vehicle systems.
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Thank you. Chair and committee members. Can you hear me okay? Yeah, you're fine. Okay. The topic that's addressed by this bill is one that we discussed during interim in multiple interim committee meetings. And the problems we're addressing are the massive amount of data being collected by automobiles. Um, if staff could put up slide one. It's a slide from privacy for vehicles. Um, you guys have it, right? Yes. Okay. Okay. And the need for informed consent. Opting out of unnecessary collection and an ability to wipe data from a vehicle after use. Sometimes if you're selling a vehicle, there will be data that's left over in it. And also, if you're renting a vehicle, vehicles are loaded …
H.B. 357 Amendments to Motor Vehicle Data Privacy · House Transportation Committee · Feb 11, 2026
Says the main points are informed consent and the option to opt out of third-party sale of data, and that she does not know details about law enforcement access.
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The, the main points of this are that you have informed consent, you can opt out of third party data that would be sold to third party vendors. Um, any, any information I don't know about law enforcement. Can I call, can I?
H.B. 357 Amendments to Motor Vehicle Data Privacy · House Transportation Committee · Feb 11, 2026
Says the bill specifically excludes data related to vehicle operation and safety, including accident and black box data.
▶ Watch at 1:31:58Read what they said
You. Right. And we also specifically excluded things that have to do with the operation of the vehicle, the safety of the vehicle. And I, I would assume that that would also include anything on the vehicle that is necessary for like, if there were an accident or something. I know a lot of cars have black box kind of things. I, those are excluded as well.
H.B. 255 Health Care Sharing Ministry Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 9, 2026
Moved to replace HB 255 with the first substitute.
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That said, I would like to make a motion that we favor substitute. What's That? We need to adopt a substitute, right? Oh, That we adopt. What, which sub? Sub one. Substitute one. What's the bill? Number Two. HB 2 55. Mm-hmm.
H.B. 255 Health Care Sharing Ministry Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 9, 2026
Moved to favorably pass HB 255 first substitute out of committee.
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Okay. I would like to make a motion to favorably pass out HB 2 55.
H.B. 339 Street Medicine Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 9, 2026
Chevrier asked whether the long-acting medications have any downsides, such as drug interactions or negative effects.
▶ Watch at 1:29:55Read what they said
Thank you, Madam Chair. Are there any downsides to these long acting medications? Like possible drug interactions or, I don't know, just is, is there any, anything that could happen that would be a negative from this?
H.B. 388 Public Health Hazard Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 9, 2026
Moves to pass H.B. 388 out with a favorable recommendation.
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Okay, I would like to move that we move forward HB 3 88 with a favorable recommendation.
H.B. 96 Ivermectin Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 9, 2026
Moved to adopt the first substitute for HB 96.
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Uh, Representative Shelley. Sorry, I forgot the number. 96. 96. Okay. I move that we adopt this first substitute for HB 96.
H.B. 96 Ivermectin Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 9, 2026
Moved to favorably recommend HB 96 as substituted.
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Okay, I move that we favorably recommend HB 96 as substitute, uh, substitute one. A substitute. Yeah, Thanks. Okay.
H.B. 347 Artificial Turf Placement Modifications · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Asks how the witness would feel if the notice were received but the school board did not act as hoped.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. I, I was just wondering, you know, this bill doesn't prevent as, um, the good representative mentioned a school district from installing this. So imagine the scenario this bill was in place and you received the notice, um, at, at that time. It sounds like you wouldn't have known that it would've caused this harm, but maybe you would've shown up and testified maybe you didn't like it. If the school board, uh, didn't take the action that you were hoping for, how, how would that have made you feel?
H.B. 347 Artificial Turf Placement Modifications · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Asks whether turf should be prohibited altogether given the described impacts.
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If I could ask one more question. So, um, based on what I'm hearing from you, it, it sounds like if, if the claims you're making are true, we probably shouldn't permit these at all in Utah, right? Because 'cause of all the negative impact that you have. So wouldn't that be a more effective solution than just, you know, having a notice?
H.C.R. 7 Concurrent Resolution Regarding Scenic Byway Designations · House Transportation Committee · Feb 5, 2026
Moves to hold HCR 7.
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Can I make a motion to hold You may, that would be in order. Okay. So, okay. I make the motion to hold. Okay.
H.C.R. 7 Concurrent Resolution Regarding Scenic Byway Designations · House Transportation Committee · Feb 5, 2026
States the motion to hold HCR 7 and says members should review the plan before voting to approve it.
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So the motion is that we hold HCR seven concurrent resolution re regarding scenic byway designations. Would you like to speak to that? Yes. I just think it would be good for us to be able to review it before we vote to approve it.
H.C.R. 7 Concurrent Resolution Regarding Scenic Byway Designations · House Transportation Committee · Feb 5, 2026
Restates the motion to hold HCR 7 and says members should see the plan before voting for or against it.
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Uh, to sum, and just to be clear, the motion is to hold HCR seven, Whatever the process is supposed to be. I think if we're voting for or against, we should see it. Okay. That Is all.
H.B. 156 Blood Transfusion Amendments · House floor debate (day 17) · Feb 5, 2026
Presents H.B. 156 on blood transfusion amendments, which would let patients use directed or autologous blood from a licensed vendor of their choice under federal guidelines, and explains that the bill grew out of a constituent's experience and the changes made since last year.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. This is the same bill we heard last year on blood transfusion amendments. Um, we made some amendments last year based on stakeholder feedback. We made one change this year to allow hospitals with their own in-house blood donation processing system to be able to collect the directed donation blood in-house as long as they make the allowances required in the bill with changes. Stakeholders were either neutral or supportive. Last year the bill passed both committees the floor of this and the floor of this house unanimously and made it to number seven on the Senate board just before midnight, the last day of the session. The focus of the bill has always been on …
H.B. 152 Educational Vaccine Exemption Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Asked how many times a parent must watch the video and whether it is required for each child.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to ask the sponsor, um, how many times would a parent need to watch this video? Would they watch it one time or would they watch it one time for every child? Or what, what is the current? Yeah,
H.B. 152 Educational Vaccine Exemption Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Noted families with many children could have to watch it multiple times and asked how long it is.
▶ Watch at 37:31Read what they said
Okay. So it could be if you have a lot of kids going into public school multiple times. And how long is the video
H.B. 152 Educational Vaccine Exemption Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Clarified that it is a module rather than just a video.
▶ Watch at 37:39Read what they said
Or it's not a video or it's a like a module? Correct. Okay. Thank you.
H.B. 152 Educational Vaccine Exemption Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Said the module must be watched to the end and every question answered.
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I asked a rhetorical question earlier. I know exactly how long the video is, and yes, you have to watch it all the way to the end. You have to answer every question. So
H.B. 152 Educational Vaccine Exemption Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Said that as of last year it is a one-time requirement covering kindergarten through 12th grade. · speaker not certain
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It's a once off, and that was re As of last year. It's a one-off 4K through 12 through all the way through.
H.B. 152 Educational Vaccine Exemption Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Said users cannot walk away from the module because they must click and read through it.
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Okay. Thank you. Well, if you have, you know, you can't walk away to click the screen in order to get through it, and you have to read things and you have to keep going through it. You can't walk away and come back.
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Presents H.B. 179, which would make producers primarily responsible for raw milk safety, limit routine state oversight, require labeling, and reduce state costs.
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All right. Ready for more fun. Um, so if you are familiar with Upton Sinclair's book, the Jungle, you understand the urbanization nightmare that inspired food regulation? It got big, it got messy. We looked for a way to clean it up and cooking was the what we chose to do. We could have fought for clean raw milk instead of cooking dirty milk, but we didn't. No pro nobody, producer or consumer wants to go back to that. What we do want to do is have the ability to make our own food choices. And we want to boo boost local food suppliers to create food stability. Keeping options open is a good way to do that. There is …
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Describes an amendment requiring raw and pasteurized milk to be kept separate in the market and department notice to be given in writing.
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Oh, can I say one more thing? I have an amendment. It should be online. Is it amendment or a sub? It's an amendment. Let us look, give us one second. Um, I was specifically asked to amend it to make sure that the milk is separated in the market so that you don't have the, um, pasteurized next to the, the raw. And I added that amendment, and then I also added that the, um, notification of the department needs to be in writing. Okay. Alright.
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Says Wyoming has complete deregulation and the bill does not move Utah in that direction.
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I know Wyoming has complete deregulation. We're not, it doesn't take us to what Wyoming's doing. Um, I don't know what Idaho is doing. Sorry. Oh,
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Says producers would test monthly and keep results for two years, and the department could still act during an outbreak.
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No. So of that, no. So as it would stand under this bill, the producers test every month and they store the test for two years. The test results for two years. If there is an outbreak, then the department can come in, they can issue a cease and desist, they do a, um, genomic sequencing test to determine whether it, where the actual problem is. And if it is that farm, then things progress from there. But, um, the, it doesn't stop the department from coming in in an outbreak.
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Responds to the motion on the amendment.
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Oh, yeah. So to adopt the amendment to, Uh, no, I would like to do That.
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Clarifies outbreak figures, says the two bills differ, notes testing applies to all producers, and urges a vote for the bill.
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Okay. I just, could I clarify a few things in my sum? Am I allowed to do that? Yeah. Perfect. Okay. I have the raw milk data from 2016 to 2025 for outbreaks. And the numbers that were stated were the numbers of people who got campylobacter, salmonella and shiga toxin produ producing EE coli, but not from raw milk. The, the 10,000 was total people who presented with those symptoms. There are, I added up 362 that they connected with raw milk of all of those in 10 years. Um, also the bills are very different. One of them goes very far in the reg regulatory direction so far, although it's in flux because I know they're working on …
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Asked that an online co-presenter be allowed to join for the whole presentation.
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Okay. So I have a person who's talking to me present who is online. Can he be on for the whole presentation?
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Gave the co-presenter's name as Jamie.
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Um, Jamie, hold on. I can tell you his last name. Just a second. I don't know if I can say his. It's Moha, I think.
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Explained the bill would allow acupuncture education and licensure in Utah so people need not leave the state for four years, citing growing demand and salary potential.
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Hi, Jamie. So, I just told him 10 minutes ago, he's presenting. So Lucky guy. Um, okay. So the purpose of this bill is to, um, open up licensure in Utah for acupuncture. Um, right now, if you want to be an acupuncturist, you have to go out of state for four years to get the certification. And if you're already a ha, if you already have a practice, say as a massage therapist or something like that, then you would have to leave your practice and all your clients for four years and then come back and start over. And so what what we're hoping to do is make it so that we can have the education here in …
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Opened the bill to questions.
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So just wanna make sure we all knew. Yeah, yeah. Thank you very much. So without, we're open to questions.
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Said the office was favorable in a meeting and she had heard no concerns.
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Yes. So actually they came to, we had a meeting with them and they, they were very favorable. They actually were hoping that this would pass as a stepping stone to something that they wanted to do. That's bigger next year. I was going to call them today, but I didn't get to it. So, so yeah, they, I have not heard any concerns on this at all.
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Said they talked to the division about the bill but did not recall receiving feedback.
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Yes. Okay. So that was LER you were talking about? Oh, I'm sorry. Yes, we did, we did talk to them as well. Okay. So we do have a license here. We sent, so we sent the bill to them and asked for their feedback. Is that right, Ronan? Did we send the bill to them? Okay. We talked about sending the bill to them, and we did not, I don't remember seeing any feedback.
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Said the attorney Tyler drafted it and she did not know where the language came from.
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Oh, I thought it Ronan, you didn't draft it. You're not the attorney. Yeah. See, I don't know who all the attorneys are and the analysts are. Sorry, I don't have you guys all straight yet. Tyler. So it was Tyler. Okay. Um, yeah, I don't know where he got the language. That was just
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Said she would meet with the drafting attorney to look into it.
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Okay. Um, Chime in. Well, we're, we're happy to look at that and I can meet with Tyler and figure out where that came from. Yeah.
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Said there is interest but she was not aware of specific schools.
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Now you can do Well, there is interest. There is interest. I'm not aware of any specific schools right now, but I know that there, that the, the field is growing right now, and I think that bringing it to Utah is a really great idea because we have a lot of people here who, who could expand their talents and we can keep them here. So I, I think that there would be interest.
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Said this was her first such bill and deferred to Jamie Mohebali.
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I cannot, I don't, I don't know how it's normally done. This is the first time I've ever run a bill like this, but Jamie, do you have any insights on that?
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Said she was open to using an industry or division standard.
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So if, if there's more of a standard that we can use, I'm not opposed to changing it to the industry standard or the Doppel standard or whatever the standard is. I just don't know what the standard is.
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Said this is a new kind of program to implement in Utah.
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You, that's right. Okay. Yeah. So this is a, a new kind of program, and we were just wanting to implement it in Utah.
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Said she was unsure where the drafting attorney got the hours and asked Jamie Mohebali to comment.
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No, we didn't. We didn't. I am not exactly sure, um, where the drafting attorney got the hours. I can comment on the hours, certainly. Okay. Could do you, do you mind if, um, Jamie comments? Yeah.
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Noted the bill had not changed since they talked to Shumway.
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wanna thank you point out, Mr. Chair, if that's okay, um, for Mr. Shumway that the bill has not changed since we talked to him.
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Asked if she could ask a question, then said she could ask later. · speaker not certain
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May I ask a Question? Uh, uh, Or no? Um, I can ask him after.
H.B. 202 Acupuncturist Licensing Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Said not every answer will be available for a new program meant to avoid unnecessary education, and preferred moving forward but would honor the committee.
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So I just wanna say that I don't think you're ever gonna have all of the answers that you want. This is a new program. This is something that hasn't been tried anywhere else before. It's an effort to be innovative and to, to, um, just to help create a situation where we can have more people who are getting the education that they need in order to enter this field without the burdensome over education. And we, all of us who have gone to universities know what it's like to take a whole bunch of class classes you didn't need, and to pay extra money to do that, and to take extra time out of your life to do …
H.B. 156 Blood Transfusion Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Presents HB 156, which would let patients use directed or autologous blood from a licensed vendor of their choice for planned procedures, with no vendor required to participate and providers protected from liability.
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Okay. Thank you Chair and committee. We will try to go really quickly here. Um, this is the Blood Transfusion Amendments bill that was heard in this committee last session. Um, it got all the way through the process. It was number seven on the Senate board at midnight. So we're bringing it back. Um, last session. It was lovely, lovingly labeled the BYOB bill. Um, we made amendments last year based on state holder feedback, and I just made another amendment based on stakeholder feedback yesterday. So we have a substitute if, if we need it. I'm not sure I wanna move it right now. Um, the focus of the bill has always been on patient choice and peace …
H.B. 156 Blood Transfusion Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Says no Utah hospital has been found that allows directed donation, and that the Red Cross requires a doctor's note stating it is medically necessary; the bill does not require any provider or vendor to participate.
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Um, well, we haven't found a Utah hospital that does allow it. Um, the Red Cross actually requires a doctor's note, um, saying that it is medically necessary to have a, a different process than the usual process. That's not state code, that's just the Red Cross. Um, but this bill does not require any, um, provider or any vendor to participate in the program. So Red Cross a RUP, it's voluntary for them to participate or not.
H.B. 156 Blood Transfusion Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Says she does not know the number of patients but has talked with four patients.
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Yeah. Oh gosh, I have no idea. Okay. I mean, I, I know I've talked to four patients.
H.B. 156 Blood Transfusion Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Says she is not certain whether blood is considered a medication but believes it is.
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I dunno the answer to that question. You're The nurse I think, I think, I think it is. I mean, in, in my mind, yes, it is. And, and from practice.
H.B. 156 Blood Transfusion Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Explains that the substitute lets a hospital use its own existing process to collect, store, and deliver directed or autologous blood without an outside vendor.
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The, the only change is that if a hospital already has a process in place where they will collect the blood, store it and get it to the patient in direct or autologous, um, situations, then they can use their own procedure. They don't need an outside vendor. That's the only difference.
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