Legislators / Tracy Miller
Tracy Miller
Republican · House District 45
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- Email: tmiller@le.utah.gov
- Phone: (801) 707-5768
- Office: 350 N State Street, Suite 350, Salt Lake City, UT, 84114
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Tracy Miller serves on:
- Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee
- House Education Committee
- House Political Subdivisions Committee
- Political Subdivisions Interim Committee
- Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee
What they've said
167 remarks on 50 billsS.B. 189 School District Funding Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Explains that the bill did not receive a House committee hearing and that circling it gives the body more time to consider it.
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Yes. This bill did not get a house committee hearing, and so in order to give the body more time to consider it, we will circle it right.
H.B. 144 School Community Council Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026
Explains that the bill moves school community council responsibilities related to digital citizenship into other areas as a clarification, and adds a transparency provision on recording votes and documents.
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Thank you. As you look at the highlighted provisions here, it's a little bit confusing because as removes provisions related to a school community council's digital citizenship requirements, parent members who are local educated employees in development of certain principles, you know, as a, it might be interesting, digital citizenship. The definition of digital citizenship came from this legislature. I, several years ago, uh, we, we were the first ones in the whole world, actually. People from around the world says what digital citizenship wanna define it? But anyway, it's moving this from one area in, in the, in the responsibilities and moving it to, to two other areas. So it's a clarification piece. And then there's a transparency piece …
H.B. 290 Child Tax Credit Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Presents H.B. 290, saying it raises the income threshold so more working families qualify for the child tax credit.
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uh, birth rate. You know, we tend to have a lot of kids, a lot of young families, but Utah in recent years has become number one in something else, the fastest falling birth rate of any state in the country. And part of the culprit for our falling birth rate, uh, and our declining, uh, population of children has to do with affordability As housing, childcare and groceries continue to strain families, senate bill or House Bill two 90 puts more money back in the pockets of thousands of working families by increasing the income threshold so that more families qualify for the child tax credit.
S.B. 265 Uniform Community Property Disposition at Death Act Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Moved to favorably recommend S.B. 265 to the House floor.
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Thank you Mr. Chair. I move that we favorably recommend Senate Bill 2 65 to the house floor for their consideration.
S.B. 224 Vital Records Access Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Moved to favorably recommend SB 224 to the House floor.
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Thank you Mr. Chair. I move that we favorably recommend Senate Bill 2, 2 4 to the house floor for their consideration.
S.B. 180 School Nutrition Amendments · House Education Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Rep. Miller said the bill would help students between 185% and 200% of the poverty level but raised concern that the liquor tax funding helps keep current meal prices low.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. So I, um, so right now, um, we are, we are providing lunch up to 185% of the poverty level. And this will take us the, the students between 185% and 200%, which, which I agree this is something that we need to look at and I, I think is worthy of looking at, I'm questioning the funding source though, because USBE receives, um, 10% of the liquor tax now to go to child nutrition. And in one district that I talked to, that's what they're using to keep meal prices low. I mean, it's $2 for, for lunch for elementary, and they're getting, and 75 cents is coming from alcohol tax for that. So if …
H.B. 555 Changes to Family Law Actions · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Presented HB 555 on litigation abuse in family law, explained the attorney fee provisions, and described a wording amendment that clarifies which section it refers to.
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Senate bill, I'm sorry? House bill 5 5 5. First sub. Yes. Thank you. I will, uh, I'll skip over my most, most of my presentation and get to the key points for you. Um, but this bill is, is to address a harmful problem in our family law system and that's of litigation abuse, sometimes called stalking through the courts. And it happens when an ex-spouse repeatedly uses the legal system to harass, intimidate, control, or financially exhaust the other person. So we have, I have a co-presenters Katherine Hutton non you go get this line if you wanna promote her and then I'll keep going here. Um, and then I also have a handout that my intern is …
H.B. 555 Changes to Family Law Actions · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 3, 2026
Noted that the co-presenter had dropped off the connection and thanked the committee.
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Let, oh, I, I'm sorry. She's gone. We dropped Her. Okay. So anyway, um, thank you all. We miss her, but thank you. Thank you.
H.B. 593 Bail Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Asked whether the bill would bar own recognizance release for defendants with prior convictions and a high level of charges within three years.
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Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, so I have a couple questions. Um, this bill would ultimately bar, uh, judges from granting own recognizance release if the defendant has priors within a three year period. Is that correct? Priors plus a certain high level of, of charges within a three year period?
H.B. 379 Child Care Provider Food Preparation Amendments · Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Presented HB 379, which exempts licensed childcare providers from food service establishment requirements and directs DHHS to write food safety rules with provider input, within set limits.
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Thank you. It, it's a pleasure to be in this committee for my first time. Well, welcome. Yeah, Thank you. So, as, as you've all heard, cost of living is, is the number one thing we're hearing from constituents this year. Concerns about that. And, um, the cost of childcare is a big part of that. Over 70% of our young families say they need both parents working in order just to afford the basic necessities. So over the past year, I've been meeting with childcare stakeholders to see if there's a way we can reduce burdensome regulations, um, in order to, you know, bring down costs while, while still keeping our kids safe. One of the biggest cost drivers …
H.B. 379 Child Care Provider Food Preparation Amendments · Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Said restaurants cook all day while childcare kitchens serve breakfast and lunch, so commercial refrigerator requirements do not fit their use.
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Yeah. Um, and perhaps somebody else who might speak to this bill might know. Yeah. And I think in, in our discussions, you know, treating them as a full scale restaurant, restaurants are cooking food like all day, every day. You know, like the fridge is opened constantly. Whereas in the childcare, their kitchen and then lunch, I mean, they have breakfast and then they have lunch, and they, you know, they're not opening the fridge constantly to custom order meals all day long. And yet they were being required to have the commercial grade, um, you know, refrigerators. So that's, you know, kind of the difference between how they were being treated and what the reality is in our …
H.B. 379 Child Care Provider Food Preparation Amendments · Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Responded that the bill has volume-based exemptions, is aimed at licensed facilities rather than home-based care, was worked out with the Department of Health, and will be monitored.
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Yeah, those are, those are all, uh, discussions that we had, um, along the way. And there's, there's already exemp exemptions in place, like if you have 15 or fewer, um, kids, and, you know, we had a lot of discussion about where did that 15 number come from, and, and, um, nobody seems to know. Um, but, so this will, will put in exemptions based on, you know, volume of food prepared. Um, and in all of our discussions, it really is, is aimed at our, in our licensed childcare facilities themselves, and not, not the in-home ones. Um, but we've, we've worked closely with the Department of Health. I mean, there was, you know, the concern was are …
H.B. 379 Child Care Provider Food Preparation Amendments · Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Gave closing remarks saying the goal is to reduce regulations, lower barriers to entry, increase childcare supply, and keep costs down, and asked for support.
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Um, thank you. Really appreciate the discussion that we've had, and, and our goal really is to reduce re regulations so that we can reduce some of the barriers to entry and in hopes of increasing our childcare supply and keeping costs down. So I appreciate your support.
H.B. 315 Human Development Instruction · House floor debate (day 41) · Mar 2, 2026
Asks the sponsor to yield to a question.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the sponsor yield to a question? Representative Miller, will you yield to a question?
H.B. 315 Human Development Instruction · House floor debate (day 41) · Mar 2, 2026
Describes the existing local school curriculum selection process and asks whether the bill would bypass it.
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Thank you. So currently there's a process at each LEA level to select sex ed curriculum. Um, that involves parents, educators, and, um, health professionals. So they have to review and select the curriculum, and then the governing board of the LEA has to vote, um, on approving that in a public meeting. Would this bill, um, bypass that process?
H.B. 315 Human Development Instruction · House floor debate (day 41) · Mar 2, 2026
Asks a follow-up on whether local schools would still need to approve the video through their normal process.
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May I have a follow up question? Representative Peck, will you yield to a series of questions? Yes, yes, representative. Thank you. So, so this will be provided by USBE, but then is the LEAs still required to put this video through their normal approval process? And they can choose to approve it or not?
S.B. 240 Higher Education Institutional Governance · House Education Committee · Feb 27, 2026
Rep. Miller moved to pass the substitute bill out of committee with a favorable recommendation.
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Uh, so I move to pass out with a favorable recommendation, HB two 40, higher education Institutional Governance substitute one.
S.B. 240 Higher Education Institutional Governance · House Education Committee · Feb 27, 2026
Rep. Miller appreciated the work done in response to the audit and said the process was thorough and beneficial.
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Um, I do. I, I really appreciate, um, all the work that's gone into this, um, and just in response to the audit. And it feels like it's been a, a good thorough process that is needed and, and will be beneficial. So thank you.
H.B. 379 Child Care Provider Food Preparation Amendments · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Presents the bill, which would exempt licensed childcare providers from food service establishment rules and let DHHS set food safety and sanitation rules for them, made in collaboration with providers, to address inconsistent kitchen requirements and high childcare costs.
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Thank you, colleagues. We have talked a lot about the high cost of childcare this year. Over the past year, I've met with, um, childcare stakeholders to talk about ways we could reduce the cost of childcare by reducing burdensome regulations while still keeping our kids safe. One of the biggest cost drivers is, is kitchens and food preparation. And I found a lot of inconsistency around what is required. It varied a lot across the state depending on what county you're in, what city you're in, and in many times it depends on what inspector you got as to what was required. In, in most cases, childcare kitchens were being treated as full scale commercial restaurant establishments. And so …
H.B. 379 Child Care Provider Food Preparation Amendments · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
In summation, says the bill would right-size kitchen requirements to lower barriers and increase childcare supply for working families.
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Well, thank you. If we wanna make Utah more affordable, it's important to look at at regulations and policies that are quietly driving up costs. So by right sizing our kitchen requirements, um, it can help lower lower barriers for our childcare facilities and increase supply, which will ultimately help our working families. Thank you.
H.B. 290 Child Tax Credit Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Presents House Bill 290, saying it raises the income threshold for the child tax credit so more families qualify.
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Thank you Mr. President. For Generations, Utah has been a place where families can put down roots, find opportunity, and raise children close to grandparents and neighbors and community support. And that family centered culture is part of what makes our state special. But today, many young families are seeing the cost of raising a family, getting harder and harder to afford. Cost of living is the number one concern from constituents rising cost of housing, childcare, and groceries continue to strain families and their budgets. So this bill will put more money back in the pockets of thousands of working young families. Uh, the current child tax credit is a thousand dollars per child under six and Senate, uh, …
H.B. 555 Changes to Family Law Actions · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Moves to adopt the first substitute to H.B. 555.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. I move to adopt substitute one. The House Bill 5 55.
H.B. 555 Changes to Family Law Actions · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Moves to adopt the first substitute to H.B. 555.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. I move to adopt substitute one. The House Bill 5 55.
H.B. 555 Changes to Family Law Actions · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Says the substitute responds to committee concerns by ensuring a party is not required to pay attorney fees if they brought the action in good faith.
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Yes. The substitute addresses concerns brought up, um, in the committee, um, to ensure that a party is not required to pay attorney fees if they brought the action in good faith.
H.B. 555 Changes to Family Law Actions · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Explains that the substitute addresses committee concerns by ensuring a party is not required to pay attorney fees if they brought the action in good faith.
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Yes. The substitute addresses concerns brought up, um, in the committee, um, to ensure that a party is not required to pay attorney fees if they brought the action in good faith.
H.B. 555 Changes to Family Law Actions · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Explains that the bill addresses litigation abuse in family law by allowing attorney fees in modification actions, requiring courts to consider ability to pay, and requiring fee awards when an action is brought to harass or cause unreasonable delay.
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Thank you. This bill, uh, is taking a small step towards addressing a deeply harmful problem in our family law system that of litigation abuse, sometimes known as stalking through the courts. It happens when an ex-spouse repeatedly takes, um, someone takes their ex-spouse back to the court to harass, intimidate, control, um, or financially exhaust the other person. I've heard stories where one party files repeated protective orders that are dismissed, submits false reports, brings frivolous motions in multiple courts and appeals again and again. Even when all of these filings fail, the damage is done. The other party is forced to spend time, money, and emotional energy defending themselves over and over. So this bill provides a solution …
H.B. 555 Changes to Family Law Actions · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Presents the bill as a step against litigation abuse in family law, expanding attorney fee awards to modification actions and requiring fees when an action is brought to harass or delay, while considering ability to pay.
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Thank you. This bill, uh, is taking a small step towards addressing a deeply harmful problem in our family law system that of litigation abuse, sometimes known as stalking through the courts. It happens when an ex-spouse repeatedly takes, um, someone takes their ex-spouse back to the court to harass, intimidate, control, um, or financially exhaust the other person. I've heard stories where one party files repeated protective orders that are dismissed, submits false reports, brings frivolous motions in multiple courts and appeals again and again. Even when all of these filings fail, the damage is done. The other party is forced to spend time, money, and emotional energy defending themselves over and over. So this bill provides a solution …
H.B. 555 Changes to Family Law Actions · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Says the problem is real, that this bill is one small step toward addressing it, and asks for support.
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Uh, thank you. This is a, a problem and this will just be one small step to hopefully help address it and I would ask for your support.
H.B. 555 Changes to Family Law Actions · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Says the problem is real, that the bill is one small step toward addressing it, and asks for members' support.
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Uh, thank you. This is a, a problem and this will just be one small step to hopefully help address it and I would ask for your support.
H.B. 144 School Community Council Amendments · Senate Education Committee · Feb 25, 2026
Presented HB 144 second substitute with Paula Plant of the Utah State Board of Education, saying it removes school community council involvement in configuring internet filtering, adds a report to councils on school safety steps, and removes a paragraph on council seating while keeping the non-educator parent requirement.
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Thank you. Yes. I am joined by Paula Plant, who is the director of the School Children's Trust section at the Utah State Board of Education. Um, it's pleasure, pleasure to be in senate ed today. So this bill, HB 1 44, substitute two, is a bill that makes the law cleaner and remove some outdated language. It is recommendations that came from the Trust Lands Advisory Committee that advises, um, Utah State Board of Education, and they have, uh, requested these changes in code. So two basic things that it does. First of all, there's some language and code about safe technology utilization, and it removes the language that has school community councils involved in installing and configuring internet …
H.B. 144 School Community Council Amendments · Senate Education Committee · Feb 25, 2026
Said the bill does not prevent whitelisting and that local education agencies often have full-time staff managing filtering, which has become more advanced.
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Yeah, and you're right. There's nothing in the bill that would prevent that. In fact, I think most LEAs have, you know, full-time staff that's just trying to get a handle on this, um, filtering because, uh, it's really become more advanced than when that language was first put in the bill many, many years back.
H.B. 331 Criminal Offenses Modifications · House floor debate (day 36) · Feb 25, 2026
Says the speaker first opposed the bill, then supports it after discussions that focused its intent on foreign groups that threaten people in Utah. · speaker not certain
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My mistake. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It's a Little delay, just so you know, there's a little delay, so I apologize. Rising support of the bill, wanna thank the good sponsor from Provo? At first, I had concerns about the bill and, uh, opposed it. And then I had a meaningful discussion with him and, uh, and, uh, he really worked with us. Uh, we, we really drilled down on the intent here, uh, which is, uh, to, uh, focus on those furthering, uh, uh, legitimately nefarious out of country groups that want to infiltrate and hurt, hurt people within our boundaries. Um, originally I thought this was, uh, intended to curb protest, and that wasn't the intent at all. …
S.B. 165 Economic Mobility Initiative · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Asked whether the Senate amendment had been adopted, then moved to adopt Senate amendment number one, which adds a written agreement requirement. · speaker not certain
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. Has the, uh, senate amendment already been adopted here? No. We'd like to move that. I think the Senate amendment has been adopted, but we do have an amendment to adopt. Yeah, it's amendment. Yeah. Senate amendment One where we just have say it just adds the line, have a written agreement in place, and then changes ensure to require on line 2 88. Thank you, Mr. Thank you for that question. Sorry Mr. Chair. I should have run that through you. That's okay. Uh, Mr. Chair, I move, uh, Senate amendment number one. Great. The motion is to, uh, adopt First Amendment SB 1 65. It looks like we already have no, oh, sorry. Adopt …
S.B. 165 Economic Mobility Initiative · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Moved to favorably recommend the bill as amended to the House floor. · speaker not certain
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Wonderful. Mr. Chair, if I could make a follow up motion. Sure. I'd like to favorably recommend Senate Bill 1 65 first sub as amended, uh, to the house floor for their consideration.
S.B. 165 Economic Mobility Initiative · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Commended the sponsor and partners, said the bill ties programs together, and asked that the record clarify whether the $5 million fiscal note is passed through grants without affecting the general fund.
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I want to commend the, uh, bill sponsor United Way and all the partners bringing this bill together. Um, it's really nice to see, uh, uh, partners working in creative ways, uh, both in the private and public sector to just, just tie up the loose ends and make sure that everyone's coordinated and firing the cannons in the same direction. Making sure that people are taking care of community, are focused on taking care of the community and the people that have the ability to write grants and request grants are doing that. And, uh, making sure that, uh, everything's well oiled and one machine that makes sense cohesively. Um, I, I understand that this bill can a, appear …
S.B. 88 School Technology Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Asks about the fiscal note, noting possible per-device and monthly software costs for local education agencies. · speaker not certain
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Um, thank you, Mr. Chair. Just looking at the fiscal note, um, is zero, but it could cost LEAs approximately $3 a month for the software and zero to $27 a year, um, for each device. So for a a large district that could be, you know, a million dollars. Can you respond to that Mr. Chair?
H.B. 555 Changes to Family Law Actions · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 23, 2026
Rep. Miller presented HB 555 to address litigation abuse in family law cases by changing the attorney fee provisions.
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Thank you. First time in this committee, so, oh, yeah, yeah. Uh, appreciate being here. We're a tough crowd, so, yeah, I know. I, I'm shaking. Um, one of the hardest and most courageous things a person can do is to leave an abusive relationship. Um, and it would be great if after a divorce the abuse stops. But the truth is, in some cases it morphs into a different kind of abuse. One, using the legal system. So HB 55 is just taking a small step towards addressing, um, a deeply harmful problem in our family law system, which is litigation abuse, sometimes called stalking through the courts. It happens when an ex-spouse repeatedly uses the legal system to …
H.B. 555 Changes to Family Law Actions · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 23, 2026
Rep. Miller said an amendment would restore the word 'substantially'.
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Oh, thank you for bringing that up. I actually have an amendment online that will put the word substantially back in.
H.B. 555 Changes to Family Law Actions · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 23, 2026
Rep. Miller identified the amendment as House Amendment 1 and thanked Abbott for raising the point.
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It's House Amendment one, yeah. Got it. Thank. Yeah, thank you for bringing that up.
H.B. 555 Changes to Family Law Actions · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 23, 2026
Rep. Miller said due process and access to courts were discussed and that the 'shall' language applies only to actions to enforce an order.
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Yeah, that is, that is definitely something that's been part of these conversations. Um, 'cause we don't, we don't wanna take away, you know, due process for anybody. Everybody, um, needs to have access to the courts and be able to address concerns. So that is something that we did have a lot of discussions about. Um, and the only it, so in most cases it's still may, um, the shall is when it's to enforce, uh, or an action to enforce an order. So if, if you have to go back to court just to get it enforced, that's the only place where we changed it to shall, um, award attorney's fees.
H.B. 555 Changes to Family Law Actions · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 23, 2026
Rep. Miller responded that the compromise language aims to help with enforcement while not penalizing parents who follow the rules.
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And I can see your point. I would say that in general for custodial parents has been my experience and I've been at this since 2007, um, that it's not, there's an enforcement problem in this state and we just cannot get any help. And this is just one small step that judges can take that I don't think is gonna harm as many as it's gonna protect. And the language is very careful in not doing that because, um, we're just saying that the judge has an ability to do it now before there's been no ability. And, um, and they haven't awarded it. They haven't even taken into consideration. And so I think it's important that we look …
H.B. 555 Changes to Family Law Actions · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 23, 2026
Rep. Miller said the amendment restores the word 'substantially' and adds a provision about indigent parties and asked for its passage.
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Yeah, thank you. As, as referenced, it does add back in the word substantially. It is, uh, something that we went back and forth on a few times. And then just also a line that accept is provided in subsection four, which, which talks about if, um, the court doesn't award it, uh, if the court finds the party is, um, indigent. Um, so that's the amendment. We would appreciate that being passed.
H.B. 555 Changes to Family Law Actions · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 23, 2026
Rep. Miller supported the motion and said she is open to further discussions and changes to the bill.
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Thank you for that motion. Um, yes, I support that. I, um, I, I agree with the concern. We, this goes both ways and we wanna make sure that we're not, not causing more harm. So I'm very open to, um, having further discussions and, and making some changes to the bill.
H.B. 555 Changes to Family Law Actions · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 23, 2026
Rep. Miller summarized the discussions and said she will keep working with members on the bill.
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Thank you. I appreciate, um, um, all of your attention to this issue. We had a, you know, a lot of discussions about like how we can help, um, stop the abuse and, you know, like maybe after you've lost three times or five times, we put some sort of limits on it. But that's really difficult because, you know, you don't wanna hurt due process. And, um, so this kind of where we settled on was trying to look at attorney's fees. Um, but I, I appreciate your feedback and we'll continue to work with you on getting this right.
H.B. 290 Child Tax Credit Amendments · Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee · Feb 23, 2026
Presented HB 290, which would raise the income threshold for the child tax credit from $54,000 to $61,000 for married couples filing jointly, and said it would help young families keep more of their earnings.
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I will, I Is this on? Yes. Okay. No light, so, okay. Thank you. I'm, um, joined with by Emily Bell McCormick, who is the founder and CEO of the, uh, policy project. Utah's long been known as a family friendly state. Promoting strong families has been a priority of our legislature. Um, we all know that strong, healthy, healthy families are essential to our future, but today, many young parents are saying the cost of raising a family is getting harder to afford. Cost of living concerns are the number one thing that I hear from constituents. Um, so this bill will help our young families keep more of their hard earned money. Currently. Um, our child tax, we …
H.B. 290 Child Tax Credit Amendments · Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee · Feb 23, 2026
Gave a closing summary calling HB 290 a pro-family bill that helps families struggling with affordability stay in Utah.
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Thank you. This is a pro-family bill. This is how we can, uh, help our families who are struggling with affordability stay in Utah and raise strong, healthy families here. So thank you for your consideration.
S.B. 59 Alimony Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 23, 2026
Withdrew the favorable recommendation motion and moved to adopt the first substitute to SB 59.
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I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll be completely out of order. I'll do favorably recommend, and when it's way too late, we'll adopt the motion. Uh, a joke. A joke. I'll, I'll motion to, to, to, so I'll, I'll, I'll withdraw the, the, the out of order motion to, uh, favorably recommend and just make the motion to adopt this, uh, the, uh, first substitute.
S.B. 59 Alimony Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 23, 2026
Waived to the sponsor and commented on the motion to adopt the substitute.
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I'll waive He waives to the sponsor. This is a better motion of this motion
S.B. 59 Alimony Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 23, 2026
Moved to favorably recommend the first substitute to SB 59 to the House floor.
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Yeah, I guess the second in my counter, uh, motion series would be to favorably adopt first substitute of Senate bill 59 with favorable recommend, uh, recommendation to be sent to the, uh, house floor.
H.B. 463 Special Education Funding Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Miller explained that the bill adds a new self-contained special education add-on WPU, lets 25% of it be used in general education to encourage integration, and codifies special education funding currently in board rule.
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Thank you. I'm joined with Amanda Bollinger, who is the vice chair of the Utah State Board of Education, and there's a handout coming around for you. Um, also, approximately 14% of students in Utah's public schools receive special education services. That number has been gradually increasing and so has the cost. At the same time, our expectations for serving students well has grown and we're integrating more students, um, with disabilities into general education classrooms, which is a good thing. Research consistently shows that students with disabilities and their non-disabled peers have better academic and social outcomes when they learn together. But integration also comes, um, with real cost. It often requires additional staffing supports and specialized services delivered …
H.B. 463 Special Education Funding Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Miller said current add-ons must be used only for special education and the 25% general education allowance is new.
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So, uh, currently our special ed ed, our special ed add-ons have to just be used for special ed. And so this is something new that this new add-on that, that I'm requesting will allow 25% of that to support general education costs.
H.B. 463 Special Education Funding Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Miller said the bill generates more funding for students needing 180 or more minutes of services.
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So it's creating more funding for our students that need more special ed services. So our students that, um, are getting a hundred who need 180 minutes plus of services, it's generating more funding for them.
H.B. 463 Special Education Funding Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Miller said the funding would provide resources to help special education students in general classrooms so teachers can focus on other students.
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And then just to add to that too, um, if the student is in a general education classroom and, and you're right, that teacher, you has a lot of students with a lot of different needs, but this actually would provide more, provide the resource to help the special ed student in that general education classroom so that the general education teacher, you know, can focus on the other students that, that have needs too.
H.B. 463 Special Education Funding Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Miller acknowledged data gaps but said some students cost six times as much and the bill targets underfunded high-need students.
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Yeah. Um, so I had at one of my districts do some digging into, you know, costs and, and, and you're right, we don't have all the data that we need to, to really determine if, if, um, you know exactly who's getting what and where it needs to go. Um, there are students that are costing six times as much, this is only asking for one extra WPU per student, but there are students that are costing six times as much as, um, of, of, of others within the special education system. And so, um, my, where I'm coming from is just that, that we're really underfunding the highly special needs students and this would provide money to that …
H.B. 463 Special Education Funding Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Miller said one district subsidized special education by $12 million last year and estimates $16 million this year.
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Um, so I, I just, I have data just on, on one district, um, and it depends, I I think it depends on the LEA 'cause some LEAs aren't equipped, you know, to handle some of the more high, um, special needs students. So they end up in, in other LEAs. So I think it depends on, on what resources they're providing. Um, but let me see. Um, it, so anyway, the one, the one district I talked to, uh, subsidized it by 12 million this last year and this year they're estimating 16 million.
H.B. 463 Special Education Funding Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Miller said she did not know and confirmed the request is $56 million.
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I don't because This request, is it 50? Sorry, I'm pulling it up. 56 million.
H.B. 463 Special Education Funding Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Miller confirmed the district figures were for one district.
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One district. Yes. That's just one district, correct. Yes. Yes. And I'm pH a friend For district. That's okay.
H.B. 463 Special Education Funding Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Miller said the state currently puts $56 million into self-contained funding, so the bill doubles it, and asked for the other question.
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And I did phone a friend and, and yes, correct. Currently putting in 56 million in self-contained, so this doubles that amount. Okay. Um, okay. What was the other question?
H.B. 463 Special Education Funding Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Miller said the current formula grossly underfunds intensive services and the bill would help LEAs provide them.
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Yeah, no, with our, our current formula, um, is, is yes, it's just grossly underfunding that level of services. Um, so like we're, we're de incentivizing, you know, providing the services to the students that need it the most because you really have to have an LEA that can, um, dip into their general education funding to fund Okay. Services like that. So this would help, um, LEAs be able to provide more intensive services. Okay.
H.B. 463 Special Education Funding Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Miller said she would like the bill to move forward but is open to a deeper study with the committee.
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Yeah, thank you. I, uh, appreciate that. Um, motion. I mean, obviously I would love to see this move, move forward right now and get funded. We, we have spent a lot of time digging into, you know, different formulas in the best way to address this problem with the data and the system that we have right now. This was the system we're be able, we were able to come up with. Um, I'm not opposed to doing a much deeper dive and, and getting the whole committee on board, um, with the solution. So.
H.B. 463 Special Education Funding Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Miller said she is willing to revise the 25% language to ensure it serves special education students and that distribution would remain as in current statute.
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Um, I, I appreciate, you know, your concerns about the, the language and I think that is something that I'm willing to work on to ensure that that 25% gets used on special education students and we can work on some, um, changes to the language there. But as far as the distribution goes, I mean, it, it would be the same distribution and out to the districts and out to the schools. Um, that's currently in statute, so none of that changes.
H.B. 463 Special Education Funding Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Miller acknowledged the large fiscal note in a year without new money but said special education should be prioritized and is part of ongoing funding discussions.
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Yes, the fiscal note is large. Um, and, and it would, I mean, it would be best to do this with new money and realize that this is a year that, that that's not happening. But we're discussing a lot of, um, DA lot of big, uh, funding items this year. And I just think, uh, helping our special education students is something that, that we really need to prioritize. We put a lot of money to a lot of different projects and, um, um, this is something that, that I really think we need to prioritize. I know, um, there's a senator that's also working on this a little bit. I'm working on the funding issue. I'm not sure …
H.B. 463 Special Education Funding Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Miller said everyone recognizes the problem and conversations are happening but she does not know their status.
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I, I mean everyone recognizes it's a problem. Um, there is, there is conversations, but I don't know where they're at.
H.B. 463 Special Education Funding Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Miller thanked the committee and said she would respect its decision.
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Well, I really appreciate you, um, hearing me out on this and, uh, recognizing that it's an issue and that, that it does need to be a priority and I will, um, respect the will of the body on what you decide on this one.
H.B. 379 Child Care Provider Food Preparation Amendments · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Presented HB 379, which would exempt child care facilities from food service establishment rules and have the Department of Health and Human Services make rules for food safety and sanitation under set parameters, to reduce costs for child care providers.
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Well, thank you. It is a pleasure to be here for my first time in this committee. And I also have with me Jody Zabriski, who is a, um, owner of, um, some childcare facilities. This, as you've all heard, cost of living is the number one concern that we are hearing from people. And with the rising cost of housing, childcare, and groceries, our family's budgets are being stretched thin. Um, in Utah, more than three quarters of our, our young adults are now saying that they need two incomes just to cover basic expenses. And with both parents working, finding high quality, affordable childcare is a challenge. So over the past year, I've met with, uh, many childcare …
H.B. 379 Child Care Provider Food Preparation Amendments · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Said the bill requires the department to work with child care provider associations on rules and sets parameters on what the rules can be based on.
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That is the hope. Um, so we put two things in there. One that they're required to work with, um, childcare provider associations in making those rules. And then we put in some specific parameters on what those rules can be based on. And, um, you know, down, like starting lines 52, um, to the end, put some parameters around that.
H.B. 379 Child Care Provider Food Preparation Amendments · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Urged support for the bill, saying sensible regulatory reform is part of making Utah more affordable and right-sizing childcare food preparation rules.
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Well, thank you. If we are serious about making Utah more affordable, we have to look at policies that drive up costs and, um, having sensible regulatory reform as part of that conversation. So, would appreciate your support as we, um, go down this path of trying to right size our childcare facility, uh, food preparation. Thank
S.B. 122 HOA Amendments · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Asked where the rules related to the setup fee ended up in the bill.
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Um, may I ask a question to the maker of the motion? Um, one of the things we got a number of, uh, messages about as committee members rules related to the setup fee. Could you just tell us where all that landed?
S.B. 122 HOA Amendments · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Asked whether a buyer will know the setup fee upfront.
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Just a follow up question along that line. So, um, the members of the association board will know what that fee is going to be. If someone purchasing, um, a, a unit within that association, will they know upfront what that setup fee's going to be?
S.B. 122 HOA Amendments · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Said she was interested in a fee limit and mentioned a transfer fee she paid on a recent condo purchase.
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Okay. I, I appreciate you, uh, addressing that issue. Um, I was interested in the limit too. We just bought a condo and paid over $3,000 in a transfer fee. Um, so that's an issue. Thank you.
H.B. 208 Parentage Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 19, 2026
Moves to favorably recommend HB 208 to the House floor.
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No, uh, I, uh, move that we, uh, favorably recommend, uh, house bill, uh, sorry, is it 3 0 8? 2 0 8? 2 0 8, uh, to the house floor for their consideration.
H.B. 524 Public Education Financial Officers · House Education Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Asked whether there is a limit on how long a business administrator contract can be.
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Okay. Uh, thank you Madam Vice chair. I have a couple of questions also. Um, so, so if, if the school board can hire a business administrator under a contract,
H.B. 524 Public Education Financial Officers · House Education Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Asked how the superintendent evaluates the business administrator who reports to them.
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Um, so if the business administrator's reporting to the superintendent who evaluates the business administrator,
H.B. 524 Public Education Financial Officers · House Education Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Asked whether the board would still be responsible for hiring, firing and evaluating.
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Okay. So the board would still be responsible for hiring, firing, and could be responsible for evaluating also.
H.B. 524 Public Education Financial Officers · House Education Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Explained that she will vote no, citing her own experience with a dotted-line reporting structure and concerns about unintended consequences.
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Thank you. I so also want to explain my vote on it. I, um, I, I understand and appreciate, um, uh, what the sponsors is trying to do here. And, and to make things clear, um, I've also been a school board member with the business administrator superintendent reporting directly to me with a dotted line between the BA and the superintendent. And, and it, uh, worked very well. And, um, I I worry that there could be some unintended consequences with school boards and financial decisions if we, um, remove that direct relationship. So I, right now I'm a no.
H.B. 507 State Coordination of Regional and Local Economic Development Projects Amendments · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Asks whether the League of Cities and Towns has a formal position on the bill.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. So did the League of Cities and Towns have a formal position on this? You support?
H.B. 502 School Attendance Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Moved to adopt substitute two of HB 502.
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Okay, thank you. I move to favorably recommend HB 5 0 2 sub two sub. Need to move the sub need. Okay, We move the Sub. Okay. I move to adopt substitute two of HB 5 0 2.
H.B. 144 School Community Council Amendments · House floor debate (day 29) · Feb 18, 2026
Presents H.B. 144, which removes language making school community councils responsible for internet filter installation and adds a required administration report on safe technology use, and removes a paragraph on how to meet the non-educator parent membership requirement.
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Thank you. This bill was, um, requested by the Lands Advisory Committee to the, um, Utah State Board of Education in order to remove some outdated language and, and clean up, um, some of the codes. So it does two things. First of all, it removes language that has school community councils responsible for ensuring that internet filters are installed and configured correctly. Um, internet filtering right now has become a very complex issue. One that most of our volunteer school board or volunteer school community council members don't have the, the expertise to engage in that on a regular basis. So it removes that language. Um, but it does require the administration of the school to give a report …
H.B. 144 School Community Council Amendments · House floor debate (day 29) · Feb 18, 2026
Gives closing summation, calling the bill a cleanup bill and asking for support.
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Uh, thank you. Uh, just a cleanup bill and I appreciate your support for it.
H.B. 290 Child Tax Credit Amendments · House floor debate (day 29) · Feb 18, 2026
Presents H.B. 290 as a pro-family measure that raises the income threshold for the child tax credit so more families qualify, and asks for support.
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Thank you Speaker Utah has been as long been known as a family friendly state promoting strong families as a priority of this body. And this session we have been focused on affordability and, uh, helping families with their concerns over the rising cost of living. This bill is the result of many of those discussions. It will help thousands of young families keep more money in their pocket. So currently we have a child tax credit of a thousand dollars per child under six. This bill raises the income threshold so more families will qualify right now, if you're married filing jointly, that child tax credit starts to phase out at $54,000 and this bill will raise the income …
H.B. 290 Child Tax Credit Amendments · House floor debate (day 29) · Feb 18, 2026
Says the bill is a pro-family policy that will make a big difference for young families in summation.
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Well, thank you. This is a pro-family policy that will make a big difference for a lot of our young families.
H.B. 333 Adoption Records Access Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Moved to favorably recommend H.B. 333 to the House floor.
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Thank you Madam Chair, I, uh, move to favorably recommend House Bill 3 3 3 to the house floor for their consideration. The motion is to favorably recommend House Bill 333 adoption records, access amendments to the house floor.
S.B. 110 Marriage Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Asks the sponsor whether he practices family law.
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Representative Miller, Uh, thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, I've got two questions. Uh, Senator, you practice family law? Yes.
S.B. 110 Marriage Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Asks how often common law marriage actions are brought or attempted in practice.
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Uh, how often do you see, um, either a party successfully or at least attempt to bring a common law action in in, in your experience? Is there, is it a very common thing or is it rare?
S.B. 110 Marriage Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Asks how a common law marriage claim can be relevant in an immigration case.
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Uh, and my my follow up question, you mentioned that, uh, there's a handy in immigration cases. Can, can you articulate how, how a common law claim can be relevant in a, in an immigration claim?
S.B. 110 Marriage Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Opposes the bill, noting Utah is one of seven states with common law marriage and that the statute guards against detrimental reliance when relationships end.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh, I oppose the bill, but, uh, you know, there's aspects of the bill that I like and I'm fond of the good senator, and so I wanted to put my explanation on the record, but he is not here notwithstanding, I, I appreciate the bill because like, we're one of seven states that still have common law marriage on the books and no one else does. Um, and, uh, good senator brings up frivolous litigation, which, uh, uh, brings up good, good framework to want to do away with, uh, with this tradition. Um, that said, I think about my friends who are millennials that are very non-traditional. I know just as many friends that …
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Asked whether families of students at non-approved private schools can still get tuition reimbursement and at what amount.
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Thank you. Um, and, and thank you for all the work that you've done on this and, and trying to address some of the concerns. My questions on lines, um, 4 72 through 4 75, can you go over that? So if a school is not, um, an approved school, the parents can still get tuition reimbursement. Is that at 4,000 or the 8,000
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Said the explanation makes sense and asked whether extracurricular activities at district schools remain in the substitute.
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Make sense? Yeah, it does make sense. Yeah. Okay, Thank you. Yeah. And then I don't know if I'm on, I'm on sub two, that's what I'm on one version. You talked about extracurricular activities at district schools. Is that still in this version?
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Asked whether district schools can still charge fees to students using the scholarship for courses.
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And my question is, can they, the district school still charge the fees that they would charge other students?
H.B. 43 School Security Amendments · House floor debate (day 28) · Feb 17, 2026
Miller asks whether the fiscal estimate of 35 to 46 million dollars depends on future legislative appropriations or would create an automatic funding stream.
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So, um, on the fiscal, no. So it, it's, it's zero, but then it could cost up to, uh, uh, 35 to 46 million. Is that just dependent on, at some point in time if the legislature, um, allocates money? Or is this create some sort of automatic funding stream in the future?
H.B. 43 School Security Amendments · House floor debate (day 28) · Feb 17, 2026
Miller asks whether there is an automatic trigger or whether the funding depends on ongoing money being added.
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Thank you. So it, so is there a trigger that it, at some point it will just trigger automatically? Uh, there's no automatic trigger until we put ongoing money into this? That's, that would be the, the trigger, right?
H.B. 474 Uniform Commercial Code Modifications · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 13, 2026
Moves to adopt the first substitute to HB 474.
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Thank you Madam Chair. Uh, I, uh, move the first substitute on house bill 4 74.
H.B. 474 Uniform Commercial Code Modifications · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 13, 2026
Moves to favorably recommend the first substitute of HB 474 to the House floor.
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Thank you. I'll move, uh, to favorably recommend House Bill 4 74 for substitute to the house floor. For their consideration, The motion is to favorably recommend the first substitute of House Bill 4 74.
H.B. 474 Uniform Commercial Code Modifications · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 13, 2026
Praises the sponsor for modernizing a difficult area of commercial law and says the changes are appreciated.
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Uh, just real briefly, uh, in law school, I intentionally did not take any universal uniform of commercial code classes because it was way over my head and it was for Smarties, not for people like me. Unfortunately, it's on the bar exam. And so I had to, uh, pay the piper one summer and had to track down a professor. And, uh, tried over and over again to wrap my head around, uh, attachment and securities, uh, tangible and intangible, uh, uh, interests. And I finally got it, and I did okay on the bar exam about it, but, uh, this is difficult subject matter. So I commend the, uh, bill sponsor for bringing this forward and to modernize …
H.B. 197 School Materials Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Asks whether the local education agency decides how it reviews each instructional material.
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Thank you Mr. Chair. So on lines 1 98 it says, an LEA shall review each instructional material. Um, is that up to the LEA to determine what that review process looks like?
H.B. 466 Utah Rural Jobs Act Modifications · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Asks why the $6 million in tax credits is needed given the $42 million in investment.
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Um, I'm not an economist and so I, I kind of need to boil things down a little bit. Um, so based on this handout, I'm, I'm looking at, uh, um, you know, $42 million of, of investments in, uh, in, in rural Utah businesses, which is a great thing. But, but, but why does, why, why the $6 million tax credit backstop? Like, how, how does that directly impact if there's already $42 million in economic activity? Like, what, why do we need to invest 6 million from the state coffers? So that 42 million is only made possible by authorizing the $6 million in tax credits?
H.B. 466 Utah Rural Jobs Act Modifications · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Asks for a follow-up clarification on the return to the state.
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And, and, and to clarify, uh, I I, sorry, Mr. Chair, if I could ask another question.
H.B. 466 Utah Rural Jobs Act Modifications · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Asks whether the claimed $2.27 return is economic productivity or revenue returned to government.
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'cause the stuff I don't understand, uh, when you talk about, uh, like a $2, uh, return, more than $2 return for every dollar in return, is that in, in, uh, in economic productivity or, or does that actually come back into the government coffers?
H.C.R. 11 Resolution Urging Healthy Activities in Schools · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Moved that HCR 11 be passed out of committee with a favorable recommendation.
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Thank you. I am, uh, moved that we pass out, uh, HCR 0 1 1 Resolution, resolution urging Healthy Activities in Schools with a favorable recommendation.
H.C.R. 11 Resolution Urging Healthy Activities in Schools · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Thanked the sponsor for work encouraging healthy activities across the state.
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I appreciate all the work the sponsor's done to encourage healthy activities, not in schools, but for all of us in the state. So thank you.
H.B. 440 School Lunch Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Asked how the bill reflects local control if schools must plan toward the goal and meet annually for five years until it is met.
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Thank you Mr. Chair. Um, okay, you touched on this just a little bit, but, um, uh, just wondering how vocal control works if Line three 16 says that they have to plan how they will work towards meeting the goal lines 3 36 through 3 38, say they have to meet for five years until they've met the goal. So it, it sounds to me like they have to meet the goal.
H.B. 440 School Lunch Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Followed up that requiring yearly meetings until the goal is met would be a lot of work.
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Couple of follow up questions. Yes, go ahead. Uh, so I, I mean, if they have to meet the goal, eventually, that is a lot of work to have all these meetings every year. It,
H.B. 440 School Lunch Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Asked whether a community council making the lunch plan could conflict with personnel contracts managed by the principal.
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Okay. Thank you. And then my other question was, um, if the school community councils the one making the plan versus the principal making the plan, because I think this affects personnel and, you know, you've hired people and they have their contract times and stuff. Um, it, so would there be a conflict with school community Council making a plan that might so
H.B. 440 School Lunch Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Said she supports the bill's intent but language needs tightening on local control and the council's role, arguing the principal should own the lunch plan.
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Yes. I think, um, I, first of all, I really support the intent of this bill. Um, I think this is an important issue that we need to address. I like having our school community councils involved in that discussion. Um, I just think there's a lot of language in here that needs to be, um, tightened up to, just to clarify, um, and ensure the, the local control and then also just the role of the school community council. Our school community councils advise and make recommendations on, um, like the safety plan and on digital citizenship. Um, but I think ultimately the principal needs to own the lunch plan because they're the ones that, that, you know, hire …
H.B. 440 School Lunch Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Said bills should be right before leaving committee and the bill could return quickly.
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Um, thank you. Uh, we've been asked to get things right before we send them out a committee. I think if we can do this quickly and, and, and be back soon with it, I think, um, we all are supportive of the intent of this bill.
H.B. 440 School Lunch Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Said the amendment allows students to be withheld or removed from recess if there is a problem at recess.
▶ Watch at 4:34:44Read what they said
Yes. This has to do with the recess portion. Just if, if there is a problem at recess that they can be withheld from recess or moved from that.
S.B. 52 Substitute Teaching Requirements Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Presents SB 52, which would let principals hire a qualified paraprofessional as a long-term substitute without first offering the job to an available licensed educator.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. This bill makes, uh, one simple change that will give more flexibility to our principals when hiring a long-term substitute. Currently in code, a non-licensed, um, individual can fill a long-term sub position only if a licensed educator is not available. And this bill removes that provision. There are times when we have a qualified paraprofessional that's been in the class already knows the kids, knows what's being taught and could step into a substitute position for a couple of weeks. But the principal's not allowed to do that right now under the current code. 'cause they would have to take a licensed educator that's available, even if it's someone that may have been, uh, turned …
S.B. 52 Substitute Teaching Requirements Amendments · House floor debate (day 24) · Feb 12, 2026
Says education groups support the bill, which gives principals flexibility and local control in hiring long-term substitutes.
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Thank you. Our, our education groups all support this bill. It just gives flexibility and local control to our principals to make the best decision for hiring a long-term sub.
H.B. 465 Juvenile Court Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026
Moved that the committee favorably recommend HB 465 to the House floor.
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Thank you Mr. Chair. I move that we favorably recommend a HB 4 65, uh, to the house floor for their consideration.
H.B. 366 Judicial Modifications · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026
Asks how many cities statewide prosecute class A misdemeanors.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. And, uh, hoping I could ask a series of questions here. Absolutely. I mean, um, I don't know who has to consent to that, but I'm sure both of us would. You're the chair. I thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh, a few questions. Um, how many city statewide, um, prosecute class A misdemeanors? I'll defer to Ryan. Do you know?
H.B. 366 Judicial Modifications · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026
Asks whether any other Salt Lake County city prosecutes class A misdemeanors.
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And, uh, you're, you're West Valley, uh, Salt Lake County, correct? Um, are there any other cities aside from West Valley in Salt Lake County that prosecute Class A?
H.B. 366 Judicial Modifications · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026
Asks who serves as West Valley's contract public defender and whether that office can comply with the new schedule.
▶ Watch at 1:15:13Read what they said
Oh, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, I, uh, a question for Mr. Robinson. Um, who's the, uh, contract public defender for West Valley?
H.B. 366 Judicial Modifications · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026
Asks about the number of district court cases West Valley handles each year.
▶ Watch at 1:16:08Read what they said
Um, and and you said that, uh, you have about 1000 cases that you deal with each year,
H.B. 366 Judicial Modifications · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026
Asks whether the 1,000 district court cases include class A misdemeanors and appeals and transfers.
▶ Watch at 1:16:20Read what they said
Um, okay. And then when you refer to the thousand district court cases, those are both Class A misdemeanors and the Denovo Appeals and the transfers?
H.B. 366 Judicial Modifications · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026
Asks how long West Valley has had a dedicated courtroom space with assigned judges.
▶ Watch at 1:16:31Read what they said
I know, I know that you guys have had kind of a dedicated space in like drudge trees and a few other, uh, courtrooms. How long have you guys, um, been able to have that dedicated space in Judge Theresa's courtroom?
H.B. 366 Judicial Modifications · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026
Thanks Robinson for the answers and says she will stop asking questions.
▶ Watch at 1:17:38Read what they said
Appreciate that, Mr. Robinson. Appreciate that. Mr. Chair. Uh, thank you for granting me leave to ask so many questions. I'll stop now, uh, and allow someone else to ask some questions.
H.B. 366 Judicial Modifications · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026
Asks permission to question the representative for the courts.
▶ Watch at 1:39:24Read what they said
Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, may I ask a question of the representative for the courts?
H.B. 366 Judicial Modifications · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026
Asks about the American Fork court situation and what happened there.
▶ Watch at 1:39:35Read what they said
Mr. Drexel. So I've been hearing a lot of conversations from the Utah County attorneys that were online about the American Fork Court, but I am not as familiar with what the dynamic is and what happened there. Would you be able to talk a little bit about that?
H.B. 366 Judicial Modifications · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026
Says the competing interests are both valid, plans to vote yes, reserves the right to vote no on the floor, and urges the parties to reach an agreement.
▶ Watch at 1:48:33Read what they said
Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, this one's hard because I, I understand keenly, um, the competing interests and it's particularly difficult when both competing interests are very valid. Um, what I'm going to do today is vote yes with a keen hope that that'll help get this bill through. And then I really hope that the parties that be or very intelligent, capable attorneys, uh, figure something out. And I reserve my right to vote no on the floor. Um, I just, I think that there's a resolution here and I, I don't know that the legislature's the best place to resolve it. I think it's the parties that need to do the scheduling that can, and I have confidence …
H.B. 372 Child Welfare Changes · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026
Asked whether the guardian ad litem has worked with the sponsor on the bill and has taken a position on it. · speaker not certain
▶ Watch at 2:28:01Read what they said
Representative Miller, Uh, thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, has, uh, the guardian ad litem been able to, uh, work with the bill sponsor, uh, to develop this bill? Do they have a position on the bill as far as you know?
H.B. 372 Child Welfare Changes · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 11, 2026
Said she would vote no in committee because the substitute is a substantive change the guardian ad litem office has not had input on, and that she likes the bill's bones and would likely vote yes on the floor. · speaker not certain
▶ Watch at 2:49:14Read what they said
Uh, thank you, Mr. Chair. I, I appreciate the robust discussion and the concerns, uh, brought before the committee. Um, and, uh, I'm, I'm likely a yes on this, uh, on the floor, but today I am a no. And I wanna articulate the, the sole reason for that is, uh, this is a very substantive change to the Guardian en litem's office and, and they are not here for input. And that concerns me. The original bill, uh, wasn't as substantive, uh, change, uh, as the second substitute, which is, uh, uh, a dramatic change in the way that the Guardian ad litem's office would be governed. Um, while I was sitting here in committee, I did get a …
H.B. 351 School Vision Screening Amendments · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Explains amendment two, which allows parent notice by any method the LEA approves, such as mail or electronic messages, and removes the requirement to confirm parent receipt.
▶ Watch at 1:21:57Read what they said
Uh, yes. Amendment two, just on line 92, clarify some of the language about notifying um, the parent through any way, any method that the LEA um, approves. Um, so this would allow for mail or also an electronic notification such as Parent Square. And then it deletes the lines about confirming, um, with parents and determining because try as they might, some, uh, parents never respond and it's hard to ensure that every single parent has, has, um, confirmed notice of that. So, and appreciate, um, the sponsor for working with me on this.
S.B. 58 Public School Attendance Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 9, 2026
Asks whether districts can still use virtual instruction days to make up snow days under the bill.
▶ Watch at 1:03:59Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Okay. I've already asked you this, but now that I'm digesting the fourth sub, um, I will ask again. So, um, right now a lot of LEAs, if there is a snow day, they've gone to making up that snow day with a virtual instruction day, rather than trying to get the kids into the school on a Saturday or on spring break. Does this bill allow them to still do a virtual instruction day to make up for a snow day?
S.B. 58 Public School Attendance Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 9, 2026
Asks whether the teacher only needs to be available online if needed.
▶ Watch at 1:05:02Read what they said
So the, um, it could the teacher just be online if needed? Or, um, what did it expect?
H.B. 144 School Community Council Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 9, 2026
Presents the second substitute, which restores the parent and non-educator parent membership language and revises internet filtering provisions so the council receives a report.
▶ Watch at 3:02:23Read what they said
Okay, thank you Mr. Chair. And I would also like to invite Paula Plant, who is the director of the school children's Trust section at the State Board of Education. Um, I am speaking to the second sub, so there is a second sub online for this bill. I really appreciate all of the feedback that I got from each of you on this bill. Um, the biggest change in this, in the second sub is that, uh, we reinstated, Uh, lines 1 24 through 1 26, um, regarding the educator, parent members and non-educator parent members. So there still needs to be one more non-educator parent member than parent member, um, on the school community council. And, um, and …
H.B. 144 School Community Council Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 9, 2026
Explains that the council would partner with the principal on filtering and receive a report, while still advising and making recommendations.
▶ Watch at 3:04:53Read what they said
Yeah, so the it, what we're taking about is the school community council partnering with the principal to ensure that it's consistently configured. Um, but if you'll go back up to line 63, the school community council still advises and makes recommendations and d for safe technology utilization. And then down in 92 we added this, um, report, which is currently in board rule already. But we've gotta encode, um, that the school community council will still receive a report that talks about internet filtering and what's being done and they can still advise and make recommendations. Okay,
H.B. 144 School Community Council Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 9, 2026
Points to lines 124 through 126 as the location of the parent membership requirement.
▶ Watch at 3:05:36Read what they said
So lines 1 24 through 1 26. And again, this is on the second substitute,
H.B. 144 School Community Council Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 9, 2026
Says lines 124 through 126 of the second substitute have not been crossed out.
▶ Watch at 3:06:04Read what they said
Uh, 1 24 through 1 26 of the second sub have not been crossed out.
H.B. 144 School Community Council Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 9, 2026
Says lines 124 through 126 remain the policy and the struck language describes a post-election process that councils could handle by recruiting before the election.
▶ Watch at 3:07:42Read what they said
Okay. So 1 24 through one rule 26 is still the policy. Those lines that are crossed out was a process and, um, saying that after an election, here's what you need to do. And, um, the reason why we changed that is because I don't think they necessarily need to wait until after an election if they know that there's no non-educator parents applying, you could recruit before the election. So we just want the flexibility of let's meet the policy, which is that you have to have more non-educators than educators, but not be so specific about exactly when and how you have to do that. It may might make more sense to recruit people before the election …
H.B. 144 School Community Council Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 9, 2026
Says councils have found the existing language unclear and that the policy is clear in code.
▶ Watch at 3:09:02Read what they said
Okay. And just to respond to that, our councils have thought that language is unclear and if we just make it very clear what the policy is in code, which is 1 24 through 1 26, um, they can meet that however they need to meet that.
H.B. 144 School Community Council Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 9, 2026
Says the existing language requires waiting until after an election to address a problem, and the change lets councils act before an election.
▶ Watch at 3:09:35Read what they said
Have they had problems because of that language? No, There's, this language says you have to wait until after the election to even deal with the problem. And that's what I'm trying to change. I you should be able to deal with it, um, before an election when you're recruiting people to it. I don't think it makes sense to require everybody to wait till, till after the election to deal with it.
H.B. 144 School Community Council Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 9, 2026
Says councils must meet the policy of having more non-educator than educator parent members.
▶ Watch at 3:10:01Read what they said
I think, uh, just by taking out the process and sticking with the policy, they have to meet the policy. So they have to have more non-educators than educators. Bottom line.
H.B. 144 School Community Council Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 9, 2026
Says the policy will be in code requiring more non-educator than educator parent members.
▶ Watch at 3:14:04Read what they said
Um, thank you and again, appreciate your feedback and, um, just, you know, to clarify that the policy or it's gonna be in code, that there needs to be more non-educator parents than educator parents.
H.B. 144 School Community Council Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 9, 2026
Opposes the amendment, saying the language has confused councils and the policy is clear.
▶ Watch at 3:15:47Read what they said
Um, I would oppose that, I think that language has been really confusing for a lot of our school community council members. Um, I think the policy's clear. They know that they need to meet the more non-educators than educators and, um, I, I think our schools and our, our school community councils can figure out that process and, and preferably before an election than after.
H.B. 38 Local Government Amendments · House floor debate (day 21) · Feb 9, 2026
Supports the bill and thanks the sponsor and the drafting attorneys for their work.
▶ Watch at 49:29Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of this bill and I just wanna give a special thank you, um, to my good colleague from Taylorsville and, and particularly the drafting attorneys. This has been a lot of work almost over two years of hard tedious work and appreciate the efforts that's gone into cleaning this up. Thank you.
H.B. 38 Local Government Amendments · House floor debate (day 21) · Feb 9, 2026
Supports the bill and thanks a colleague and the drafting attorneys for nearly two years of work cleaning up the code.
▶ Watch at 49:29Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of this bill and I just wanna give a special thank you, um, to my good colleague from Taylorsville and, and particularly the drafting attorneys. This has been a lot of work almost over two years of hard tedious work and appreciate the efforts that's gone into cleaning this up. Thank you.
H.B. 290 Child Tax Credit Amendments · House Revenue and Taxation Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Introduced HB 290 as a bill to expand Utah's non-refundable child tax credit and raise the income threshold to help young families keep more of their earnings.
▶ Watch at 42:02Read what they said
Well, thank you. Uh, it's a pleasure to be here my first time in a rev and tax committee hearing, so thank you. Um, as you've, you've just heard from rep Representative Ballard about the importance of, of promoting strong families here in our state. Utah has long been known as a family friendly state, and one of our focuses this session has been reducing cost and barriers to raising a family. We've all heard about the declining birth rate. It's happening nationwide, but happening, uh, even more so here in Utah. And we are hearing many young parents say that the cost of raising a family is getting harder to afford. Cost of living is the number one concern …
H.B. 290 Child Tax Credit Amendments · House Revenue and Taxation Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Explained the proposed income thresholds for the child tax credit for married joint, married separate, and head of household filers.
▶ Watch at 46:27Read what they said
Do you wanna advance it? Uh, the next slide. We'll, there we go. Um, okay. So what, so, so back to what this bill does is it's helping our young families keep more of their hard earned money, um, in their pockets. And so it'll expand the Utah's child tax credit. Um, do you wanna go to the next one? Okay. So this, this bill will be to increase the income threshold. So currently the child tax credit is a thousand dollars per child for children under six, it's non-refundable. This bill would raise the income threshold so more families would qualify, um, and it would help a couple thousand more families. You can go to the next one. Um, …
H.B. 290 Child Tax Credit Amendments · House Revenue and Taxation Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Introduced Emily McCormick of The Policy Project to present.
▶ Watch at 47:37Read what they said
And I am going to turn my time now to Emily Bell McCormick, who is the founder and president of the policy project. To tell us more, I thank you so much.
H.B. 290 Child Tax Credit Amendments · House Revenue and Taxation Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Answered that the credit applies to families with children whether one or both parents work or a parent stays home.
▶ Watch at 58:42Read what they said
Um, it would be to working families because it's non-refundable, so they would have To have, well, okay. Yes. But, uh, whether both are working or both or, or only one is working,
H.B. 290 Child Tax Credit Amendments · House Revenue and Taxation Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Confirmed the credit applies whether a parent is working and paying for childcare or staying home.
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Yes. Yeah. So if you are working and pay for childcare or if a parent's staying home, either way It would Apply applies. Yeah.
H.B. 290 Child Tax Credit Amendments · House Revenue and Taxation Committee · Feb 6, 2026
Said the bill helps all families with young children, whether they pay for childcare, have a parent stay home, or buy necessities, and asked for support.
▶ Watch at 59:39Read what they said
Thank you. I, um, appreciate that. As Representative Strong pointed out, um, this helps all families regardless of their circumstances, if they have young children. So whether it's paying for childcare or having a parent stay home or paying for diapers or groceries, um, it, it helps all of our young families. And, um, and as a body, as we want to help young families and continue to have that to be a priority, um, one of the best things we can do is help them keep their hard-earned money in their pockets. So I would appreciate your support. Thank you.
H.B. 307 Attorney Fees Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 5, 2026
Asked whether this is a good bill.
▶ Watch at 1:24:18Read what they said
Thank you, Madam Chair. Uh, so this bill is about bad faith. So my question for you, is this a good bill?
H.B. 307 Attorney Fees Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 5, 2026
Said the answer addressed the question and thanked the sponsor.
▶ Watch at 1:24:30Read what they said
Thank you. That answers my question. Thank you. Thank you so much. That was very helpful.
H.B. 307 Attorney Fees Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 5, 2026
Said the bill is still a good bill and that they support it.
▶ Watch at 1:25:22Read what they said
Oh, um, I'm still on. Uh, no, I, I it's still a good bill. It's still a good bill. I've gotta support it Again, but it's okay.
H.B. 23 Service Animal Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 5, 2026
Thanked the sponsor for the substitute and said they support the bill.
▶ Watch at 1:43:35Read what they said
Oh, I just wanna thank you Representative Miller. Yeah, well, thank you. I just wanna thank the good sponsor for the, uh, substitute. I, I didn't know that was up. I appreciate it. And that is all I support the bill. All right, thank you.
S.B. 43 Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Office Amendments · House floor debate (day 17) · Feb 5, 2026
Supports the bill, saying it adds clarity and structure to the advocacy office's role after a working group's year of review.
▶ Watch at 32:22Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of this bill. Um, our, um, trust funds are such an important part of a important source of funding for our schools and the Land Trust Protection and Advocacy Office has played a key role in helping watch out and protect our beneficiaries. But there were, um, there did need to be a lot more clarifications and more structure around the role of this office and appreciate the work of the working group over the past year, um, to do the, the deep dive to ensure that the office is effective. So thank you.
H.B. 353 Higher Education Credit Transfer Amendments · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Feb 4, 2026
Said they agree with the bill and described their own experience with transfer credits that did not carry over, which led to added tuition costs.
▶ Watch at 1:18:46Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I, I agree. Uh, thank you, uh, uh, bringing this bill forward. Uh, it's something that's really underestimated. Uh, I remember when I was a student, I did a lot of concurrent enrollment and I had, uh, at credits at what was, uh, Dixie State College at the time, and also at Salt Lake Community College and at Snow College. And I tried to rally up all those documents and get 'em up to the University of Utah. And, um, yeah. And he was, it just such a deficit when it was all calculated and I had to, uh, do summer school to make up for it and just wound up losing money. It's tuition and …
H.B. 312 School Curriculum and Standards Modifications · House Education Committee · Feb 4, 2026
Asks whether the sponsor has coordinated with other civics bills this session, and the sponsor says he is willing to coordinate.
▶ Watch at 1:31:30Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Chair. There, um, have been a number of civics spills recently last year and, and a couple more this year. Wondering, um, if you've coordinated or talked to any of the others or how this would fit in? Well, uh, some of the yes, as far as talk, I mean, this builds on the great work that Representative Welton did last year with House Bill 3 81. And, uh, you know, I understand there's some other bills that are some that just got numbered and, and yeah. Happily to coordinate and make sure we get them all working together and, you know, get the right policy over the finish line. Thank you. Council May use it for.
H.B. 298 School Design Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 4, 2026
Asked whether the state board must be involved in design sharing and whether anything currently prevents districts from sharing designs.
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Uh, thank you Mr. Chair. So, um, um, like Representative Walton said this is happening already, even across districts, you know, people are, someone goes to build a school and they visit another district and share and get design ideas. Um, is, does it have to be housed the state board level? Like is there anything that's preventing districts from sharing designs with each other right now?
S.B. 130 River Restoration Amendments · House Political Subdivisions Committee · Feb 3, 2026
Asked whether the bill provides grant money for invasive species removal.
▶ Watch at 1:56:47Read what they said
Okay. And then I have a question. Also, invasive species has been an issue along the Jordan River. Will this allow for, um, any grant money for that?
S.B. 35 Amendments to Interdisciplinary Parental Representation Pilot Program · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 2, 2026
Moved to favorably recommend SB 35 to the House floor.
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Uh, I move to favor. Liberty recommends Senate bill 35 to the house floor for their consideration. Motion is to favorably recommend Senate Bill 35.
H.B. 330 Liability Limitations Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 2, 2026
Asked whether a claim that harm was authorized by a license could be used as an affirmative defense even when no statute authorizes the conduct.
▶ Watch at 2:34:11Read what they said
Thank you, Madam Chair. Uh, a quick question. Uh, 'cause I'm not a litigation, uh, well, I'm not a, I'm not a civil litigator. Uh, I gotta think back to law school to remember my torts. Um, I'm reading through the proposed language here, and in, in my understanding, you know, it says the plaintiff harm was authorized or required ultimately by a license. Um, and, and a of course, there's no statute that says that a, you know, a a person with a statute working or license with working for the state of Utah is, is allowed to, to get into a car accident. But I I, is your understanding that, that perhaps that's a workaround, uh, that someone …
H.B. 144 School Community Council Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Presented HB 144, which cleans up School Community Council code and changes the filtering language and the staffing exception for council members in fourth, fifth, and sixth class counties.
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Well, thank you. I have Paula Plant here with me, who's the director of the school Children's Trust section at the Utah State Board of Education. And also, um, the person that, that we have, that we owe a lot of thanks to for bringing us the whole, uh, school Community Council, um, program. Um, so this is HB 1 44 School Community Council Amendments. These are suggestions that have been brought to us by the Trust Lands Advisory Committee, which is an advisory board of the Utah State Board of Education. And, and the main goals are just to clean up some pieces of code that are, have been confusing to council members. So I'll just just walk you …
H.B. 144 School Community Council Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Responds that council members are still elected, and that the change lets parents who work at other district schools serve, while still requiring one more non-employee member.
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May I respond to the comment? Go ahead, please. Um, just, just to clarify, it's still an election too, so if people don't want those people, they don't have to elect them on the board. Um, and then, um, sorry. You know, also just for me, it, it allows people whose kids go to that school serve on that school of Community council, and they actually still can, there just needs to be one more. So the way that it's it's currently written is if some people that were employed at a different school got on there, then after the election you had to go back and, and find one more. That's not, and that's where a couple of our …
H.B. 234 Education Testing Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Asks whether the tests would include an English language arts component and whether students would take the state writing test.
▶ Watch at 2:27:51Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Can you, um, explain, so on line 1 91, it, it is using reading instead of English language arts. So will there, will they participate in the state writing test?
H.B. 234 Education Testing Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Asks how three-times-a-year testing would allow comparisons across schools, given the purpose of summative tests.
▶ Watch at 2:28:32Read what they said
Um, and then just, um, um, just, just overall, um, how, how do I phrase this? I've lost my train of thought. Okay. Let me go on to one more question. Um, so the testing will be three times a year. Um, is there some, is there a benchmark that will be used to be able to compare? I guess my overall issue is, is the reason we have these summative tests is to be able to compare, you know, across schools. And so, um, can you just address that? Like, um, yeah, how that comparison will work.
H.B. 351 School Vision Screening Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Asked whether the 30-day follow-up could be satisfied by a communication system such as Parent Square. · speaker not certain
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Thank you Mr. Chair. On line 94, uh, actually line 92 says follow up with a parent through telephone or email. Um, would a communication system like Parent Square follow fit in telephone or email or would you be open to adding some language?
H.B. 351 School Vision Screening Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Asked how a school confirms that a parent received a phone call or email, noting that some parents are hard to reach. · speaker not certain
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Okay. And then line 94, how, um, how do you confirm that a parent has received that telephone or email? We have a lot of parents that are really hard to get ahold of.
H.B. 106 School Attendance Changes · House Education Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Supported holding the bill and said local schools and stakeholders should be included in the discussion.
▶ Watch at 1:34:44Read what they said
Thank you. Um, I, I support, um, putting this on hold and, and working together. I just wanna make sure that, that a lot of our, to make sure our stakeholders are included in the discussion. I know many schools, just individual schools at the local level that are tracking data, that are trying to find out what the root cause is or trying to do things about it. There's been several initiatives to approve, approve, improve attendance, and several of our schools. Um, and so I think, you know, those closest to the level are dealing with the problem and are experts and have a lot of great ideas.
H.B. 146 Mentoring and Supporting Teacher Excellence and Refinement Program Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 22, 2026
Asks how many LEAs participated in the pilot and whether the fiscal note would expand participation.
▶ Watch at 1:21:20Read what they said
Thank you. Uh, can you tell me how many LEAs participated in this pilot? And then with this fiscal note, will that expand more LEAs?
H.B. 146 Mentoring and Supporting Teacher Excellence and Refinement Program Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 22, 2026
Notes the list of participants appears to be longer than the districts read aloud and asks for the full list.
▶ Watch at 1:22:32Read what they said
That's, that's just, that's just new, um, news. Okay. But then you've got a whole, A whole nother, it's A longer list than that. It's much longer list. And if you want, I can send it to you.
H.B. 146 Mentoring and Supporting Teacher Excellence and Refinement Program Amendments · House Education Committee · Jan 22, 2026
Says there is a lot of interest in the program.
▶ Watch at 1:23:23Read what they said
Oh yeah. That's great. So it's safe to say there's a lot of interest in this program.
H.B. 199 Health Data Amendments · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Jan 22, 2026
Moves to adopt Amendment 1 to the bill.
▶ Watch at 2:33:24Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move, We bring the mic Amendment one. Can you hear me? Yeah, There you go. Is that better? Yeah. Uh, yare. Um, thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh, I, uh, move amendment one.
H.B. 199 Health Data Amendments · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Jan 22, 2026
Moves to favorably recommend the bill as amended.
▶ Watch at 2:34:33Read what they said
No. Representative Miller? No. Well, I'll, I'll, I'll move to favorably recommend this bill to the House four for their consideration.
H.B. 199 Health Data Amendments · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Jan 22, 2026
Says they stand by the original motion and waive any summation.
▶ Watch at 2:43:37Read what they said
I like his bill. I stand by my original motions. Okay. So I'm gonna, I'll, I'll, I'll waive Mr. Chair. I will waive any summation and anything. Okay. I just stand by what I make.
H.B. 199 Health Data Amendments · House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Jan 22, 2026
Stands by the original motion to favorably recommend the bill to the House floor.
▶ Watch at 2:46:27Read what they said
Uh, nothing to restate. Mr. Chair, I, I stand by the original motion to, uh, favorably recommend this, uh, bill out to the house floor.
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