Tracy Miller

• S.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.

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• 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 …

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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 …

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• 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 …

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• 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.

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• 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?

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• 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 …

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• 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 …

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• 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 …

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• 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.

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• 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?

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• 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?

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