Kirk A. Cullimore

• S.B. 296 Student Consent Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Explains that the House removed the definition of bona fide education purpose from the bill and now uses parent consent instead, citing concerns about parents consenting on behalf of students.

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  The House does what they do sometimes and in this one they took out the definition of bonafide education purpose and there were some concerns about parents consenting on behalf of their student and not understanding what that meant. So they just said parent consent and those were the major changes.

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• S.B. 292 Autonomous Systems Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Explains that the changes from the substitute he presented in the House committee better set out three routes for liability and recovery when autonomous vehicles are deployed.

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  Uh, yes. These were changes from a substitute I presented in the House committee and it's, it's just better to find the three different routes for, um, liability and recovery with the deployment of these autonomous vehicles.

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• H.B. 492 Transportation, Infrastructure, and Housing Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Explains that the fourth substitute deals with county of the first class highway fund, creating a loan program for affordable housing and a commission to make determinations and award grants from that fund.

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  The fourth substitute, um, deals with county of the first class highway fund. It creates a, in, uh, a loan program out of there to support affordable housing and creates a commission to make those affordable housing de determinations and award grants and award, uh, other monies from the county of the first class highway fund. That's the difference from the prior sub.

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• H.B. 492 Transportation, Infrastructure, and Housing Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Describes the bill as creating a state housing infrastructure partnership fund and a commission to review applications and award grants, modifying an affordable housing infrastructure grant board, allowing additional bonding on a local sales and use tax, reallocating transportation funds for a Salt Lake County downtown redevelopment gap, and allowing state agencies to sell surplus property.

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  This bill does a number of things. First, it sets up a state housing infrastructure partnership fund. It's using this from the PTIF in an effort to, uh, allow for more infrastructure to be built, which is one of the barriers to creating more housing in our state and particularly affordable housing. So in an effort to do that, it creates a commission that will review applications. This commission will be housed in the housing department of the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity, or, or now goed. Uh, goed would staff support for that. They would authorize infrastructure loans, um, to qualifying political subdivisions to finance improvements to help with the construction of housing, as I mentioned. Um, it also, …

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• H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Says the substitute makes minor changes to address private school compensation and keep scholarship funds going to private schools while preserving flexibility.

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  The changes in the sub are, are minor. It's just trying to address private school compensation and making sure that, uh, scholarships that are intended for private schools go there while, while leaving the flexibility for innovation.

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• H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Presents H.B. 467 as a cleanup of the Utah Fits All Scholarship, covering tuition reimbursement, private school provider requirements, multiple applications from one household, program manager duties, and extracurricular access.

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  Okay. Thank you. This is, this is a cleanup for the Fitz All Scholarship program. It establishes new provisions for this program, um, with the enrolled K through 12 students with money for educational expenses. Um, the key changes it does here is it allows parents to seek tuition reimbursement, um, when they send a kid to private school that, um, may or may not be a UA provider. So that, that's part of the definitional change that we did. It updates requirements for private schools that are u of providers saying that they can't be, they can't use this money as a path pass through. It's gotta be for tuition purposes. Creates a new process for reviewing multiple applications …

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• H.B. 510 Municipal Incorporation Modifications · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Says the bill requires 18 months of good-faith coordination with counties before an incorporation application, gives counties a role in feasibility studies, and strengthens bonding and infrastructure safeguards.

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  So this bill deals with, uh, municipal in corporations and it requires, first off, it does three key things. It requires earlier and meaningful coordination with county officials in a good faith and effort to resolve issues locally. So before you can even submit an application, uh, to the Lieutenant Governor to become municipality, uh, you're supposed to engage for 18 months of good faith negotiations. This was a compromise between the counties and the Property Rights Coalition Counties won 24 months, property rights won 12. And so 18 was, was this bill splitting the difference? Second, the bill ensures counties have a meaningful seat at the table. In feasibility process, feasibility consultants must consider county provided data and analysis …

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• H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Explains that the existing private school definition remains, that some private schools choose not to become eligible providers, and that the program manager would have flexibility to determine legitimate private schools.

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  So this, this is part of the private school definition. There, there is a definition already in law and through that definition, private schools can become, uh, eligible providers under the program manager. But there are some schools that don't want to do that and, and want to. And so we're trying to find a path that would allow parents who get a scholarship for their kid that want to go there trying to, we're in the new substitute. We're trying to give the program manager some flexibility to make determinations that their legitimate private schools, even if they don't want to become quote unquote eligible providers.

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• H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Confirms that the current private school definition stays in the bill and that the bill only excludes pass-through schools.

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  Yeah. That, that is the intent. Um, the definition is on 1 65 in the, in the sub. And it keeps the current definition of private school as it's already in the law. And all we really do is say that it doesn't include pass through schools. And so they can still, if it's not a pass through school, there's nothing in this new bill that would otherwise preclude a private school.

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• H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Responds that the loophole Riebe cites was removed in the fifth substitute, which the Senate adopted.

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  Are, are you looking at the newest sub? 'cause I, that's, that's the loophole that I was trying to get rid of in the sub Sub four, Sub five. Now sub five Is what we adopted sub. Okay. Thank you.

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• H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Moves that the Senate pass fifth substitute H.B. 467.

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  Uh, I'll, I'll move that we pass fifth substitute house bill 4 67. Thank you.

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• H.B. 306 Reinvestment Fee Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Explains that H.B. 306 sets rules and a cap on HOA reinvestment fees based on amenities, limits use of the fees to long-term costs, requires at least 50% to go to reserves, and requires reporting to the Department of Commerce.

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  the HOA can sometimes charge a reinvestment fee. This puts clear rules around that reinvestment fee. It limits how much an HOA can charge. And the limit depends on how many amenities are in that particular HOA. It creates different classifications of HOAs low HOA, which would cap it at 0.25 of the cost of the house. And then, uh, if, if it's a higher amenity, HOA, then it, then it scales that up and then it prescribes that the money from these fees can only be used for long-term costs. So these are like roads and shared utilities, drainage systems, stuff like that. A minimum of 50% of the fee must go into reserve saving. This helps the HOAs …

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• H.B. 197 School Materials Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Thanks colleagues for their comments and moves to pass third substitute H.B. 179.

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  Yeah, I appreciate the comments. And, uh, based on those comments, my motion is that we pass third substitute house bill 1 79.

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• H.B. 260 Unauthorized Practice of Law Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Explains that giving basic factual help differs from giving advice on what the law means and how it applies.

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  Um, so it would depend exactly on what you're doing if you were just helping them with, here is your birth certificate information. Here is the factual information that typically wouldn't. However, when you get into here is the law, here is what the law says and what it means and what the impact of that law would be, based upon your actions in filling this out and giving them advice on what to do, eventually that crosses into the unauthorized practice of law.

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• H.B. 510 Municipal Incorporation Modifications · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Presents H.B. 510, saying it requires coordination with county officials, gives counties a seat in the feasibility process, and strengthens financial and infrastructure safeguards for failed municipal incorporations.

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  Uncircled. Senator Comore, This is the bill we discussed not too long ago. The fiscal note has caught up, but just to refresh, it deals with, uh, municipal incorporation. It does three things. Requires meaningful coordination with county officials, ensures counties have a seat at the table for feasibility process and strengthens financial and infrastructure safeguards to ensure that counties or taxpayers are not left carrying the burden in the event of a failed, uh, initial initiation of a municipality.

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