Legislators / Logan Monson
Logan Monson
Republican · House District 69
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Contact Rep. Logan Monson
- Email: lmonson@le.utah.gov
- Phone: 801-834-5270
- Office: 158 S 200 E, Blanding, UT, 84511
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Logan Monson serves on:
- Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcommittee
- House Health and Human Services Committee
- House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- Health and Human Services Interim Committee
- Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee
- Federal Funds Legislative Oversight Committee - Rural Health Transformation Grant
- Native American Legislative Liaison Committee
What they've said
139 remarks on 46 billsH.B. 113 Emergency Reporting Abuse Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says the bill combines two similar bills to reduce the number of bills, creates a Class B misdemeanor for calling 911 when there is no emergency, and does not apply to accidental or uninformed calls.
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Yes. Just, just quickly, in an effort to decrease the number of bills, we found that the Senator sponsor and I were working on the same issue. Instead of having two bills that had, um, clauses to make them work together, we combined. So what what the changes in this are is that it creates a Class B misdemeanor for calling 9 1 1 when there is no emergency. And it's also repetitive. And they've been told that this is a repetitive nature and they're abusing the system. It does not create a crime for someone who accidentally calls or who someone that just doesn't know that their call is not appropriate. So it it doesn't, it does the same …
S.B. 305 Hospital Quality Incentive Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Presents the bill to allow hospital assessment proceeds to fund a quality incentive program, says it has no state fiscal impact, and says it would benefit hospitals across Utah.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker Pro Tem. Uh, this is a pretty straightforward bill that enables, uh, proceeds from the hospital, uh, assessment program to be utilized for a quality incentive program that supports better, uh, health outcomes for Utahans. The legislation leaves the current CMS approved Hospi Hospital assessment structure as is, which is why the bill has a zero fiscal note. Uh, currently, uh, federal law allows, uh, states to make payments above the base capitation rate to support quality and initiatives, and is kind of the, the only current area in, uh, existing federal law that allows those types of payment programs to exist. This new quality incentive program aligns with federal and state efforts to facilitate collaboration …
S.B. 305 Hospital Quality Incentive Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Explains the hospital assessment, the intergovernmental transfer, and how federal Medicaid matching funds work, saying the program does not use taxpayer money.
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Uh, yes. Thank, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Pro Tem, uh, for, for many years. Um, we have a program in place called, uh, uh, directed Payments. We have a hospital assessment and an IGT for state institutions called an IGT, uh, intergovernmental Transfer, um, from base Medicaid rates. The assumption is, is that no healthcare provider will really provide services at BA base Medicaid rates. So the federal government for many, many years has allowed a system where the state can choose to pay higher, uh, Medicaid rates, but the state has to fund the fmap, that's the, the federal matching component of Medicaid. Uh, them through state dollars, they allow, instead of assessing those increased cost to the taxpayers …
S.B. 305 Hospital Quality Incentive Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says the fiscal note shows the flow of funds and that the bill does not affect the State General Fund.
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Uh, thank you Mr. Speaker Pro ProAm. I think if you look at the fiscal note, it shows the, the flow in of the hospital assessment and the IGT as well as the resulting federal payments that come in. So I think the fiscal note explains the flow of funds, uh, accurately, but the, just to emphasize does not impact the State General Fund.
S.B. 305 Hospital Quality Incentive Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says hospitals that meet quality metrics would receive enhanced Medicaid rates, which helps rural hospitals with a heavier Medicaid patient mix.
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Uh, thank you, Mr. Speaker Pro te, if they meet the, the quality, uh, metrics, then they would be eligible for the enhanced Medicaid rates. Important to note, in our rural communities in Utah and nationwide, the payer mix is much more Medicaid heavy in the rural communities. So on a kind of per capita basis, it generally benefits rural communities better or more than, uh, larger communities, typically because of the payer mix. But it keeps, it, basically, it just keeps the doors open so they're incentivized to continue seeing Medicaid patients.
S.B. 305 Hospital Quality Incentive Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Says the federal rules allow this program to continue, the bill is an application for a waiver, and it would not be approved if federal rules change.
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Uh, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Um, well, I'm not sure if I completely understood it, because the provisions of HR one, otherwise known as that one big, beautiful bill are in place, and that bill can't change as 'cause it's in place. However, that, uh, HR one did not preclude this, they allowed this quality program to stay in place. Can't ever guess what congress' methodology or reasoning is. My guess is they left this one in place because it is tied to quality, which also is tied to, uh, cost control incentives. So of course, anything could change going into the future, but one really important thing about this is this is simply application for a waiver. If that's …
S.B. 305 Hospital Quality Incentive Amendments · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026
Supports the bill, saying it is consistent with federal law passed this year and helps keep services in rural Utah.
▶ Watch at 1:15:33Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I also rise in support of the bill. I ha have worked in this field and, and live in a very rural area and district. Um, we have passed policy this year that has followed in line with HR one. We're committed to making sure that, that we are on the same page and working for those same results that HR one was working for. This, in my opinion, does not go against HR one. Um, this is, is working for, um, solutions to make sure that we can keep the services that we've had and, and specifically in rural Utah, where our resources are already limited. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
H.B. 540 Judicial Transparency and Information Access Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026
Says the Senate made the bill better and moves to concur with the Senate amendments.
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Monson, the Senate Make this bill better. It's a good bill. Yeah. Yes. I would like to, to make a motion to concur with the Senate.
H.B. 540 Judicial Transparency and Information Access Amendments · House floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026
Explains that the cooling-off period and the third-party requirement for a public website on judge research have been removed from the bill, and that the courts have published a rule for public comment.
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We'd like to speak to that motion. Yeah, there's a couple things that have happened since this bill came off are, um, since it left us. So the two biggest things are first the cooling off period that was in the bill has been taken out. The courts have published a rule, um, for public comment and they are taking this on themselves. Um, and then the thing that has changed is there was a third party, um, requirement for them to create the website in which the public will have access to, uh, research judges for retention elections. The third party requirement has been taken out as well. So the cooling off period and the third party requirement have …
S.B. 281 Senior Nutrition Private Donation Incentives · House Health and Human Services Committee · Mar 4, 2026
Moved to favorably recommend SB 281, substitute three.
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Um, thank you. I would, um, move that we favorably recommend Senate Bill 2 81, substitute three.
S.B. 281 Senior Nutrition Private Donation Incentives · House Health and Human Services Committee · Mar 4, 2026
Said there is a need, that the bill is a step in the right direction though it does not fully solve the problem, and that it creates paths to address the need.
▶ Watch at 38:52Read what they said
I, yeah. I, I appreciate the, um, work that's gone into this. I think that there is a need. I think this is a way to, to address the need. Um, obviously I don't think it solves the problem a hundred percent, but I think it's a step in the right direction and, and gives, um, opportunities to help create paths to solve the problem. So I appreciate it. Thank you.
S.B. 311 Medical Translation Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Mar 4, 2026
Said rural counties face language issues as well as rising mental health and suicide concerns, and called the bill a step in the right direction.
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Yeah, I, um, I, I, I live in a, a rural county and, and represent even more rural counties, um, six of them in the state. And, um, would say that there is a language issue there. Even, you know, we, we, we deal with that a little bit, but more than the language issue, we have seen, um, the impact of, of mental health and, and, and suicide in, in our communities, in our area, at a level that's been much higher recently than, than normal, um, been pretty devastating to the communities that, that I live in and, and represent and appreciate the, the work on this. I think it's a step in the right direction of trying …
S.B. 190 Trailer Registration Amendments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Says the bill lets trailer owners choose a one-time lifetime registration at higher cost, while the standard one-year renewal remains available.
▶ Watch at 40:33Read what they said
Uh, thank you Mr. Speaker. Yeah, this bill is still the best double axle trailer bill in legislative history. Uh, simply provides a trailer owner the option, not the requirement, the option to do one time, uh, lifetime registration, which does cost a bit more money. But if you don't wanna do that, think maybe, oh, I'm gonna sell it in a few years. Just continue with the standard one year renewal. This just gives taxpayers flexibility. If they believe they're gonna trailer own the trailer a longer time, then that will allow them to save money. So that's the basics of, of the bill. Mr. Speaker,
S.B. 190 Trailer Registration Amendments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Says the bill gives trailer owners an option to pay a higher one-time lifetime registration fee, while keeping the standard annual renewal available.
▶ Watch at 40:33Read what they said
Uh, thank you Mr. Speaker. Yeah, this bill is still the best double axle trailer bill in legislative history. Uh, simply provides a trailer owner the option, not the requirement, the option to do one time, uh, lifetime registration, which does cost a bit more money. But if you don't wanna do that, think maybe, oh, I'm gonna sell it in a few years. Just continue with the standard one year renewal. This just gives taxpayers flexibility. If they believe they're gonna trailer own the trailer a longer time, then that will allow them to save money. So that's the basics of, of the bill. Mr. Speaker,
S.B. 60 Income Tax Rate Amendments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Gives closing remarks that the state spends only part of its revenue growth, calling the incremental rate reduction a measured step that benefits Utahns.
▶ Watch at 49:27Read what they said
Uh, thank you Mr. Speaker. Um, I pe people can have different opinions on this bill, but I think it's important to note that Utah doesn't spend every dollar that we take in because of growth. It's only because our economy is so strong that we bring in incremental tax revenues. So I think it's a measured step of fiscal restraint to control the growth in terms of our tax rate and make incremental, uh, lower lowering our rate incrementally for the benefit of all Utah citizens. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
S.B. 162 Online Sales Tax Amendments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026
Says these items have historically been taxed, and that a small number of entities believed a loophole exempted streamed products from collecting sales tax.
▶ Watch at 1:08:59Read what they said
Uh, thank you Mr. Speaker. Uh, yes. We have always historically, uh, taxed these items. Uh, as technology evolved and more products were streamed, uh, uh, a small number of entities believe that was a loophole, that they were exempt from collecting sales tax. So now it's created a disparity where the vast majority are collecting it. But a few, uh, uh, retailers of this product have have decided that they're exempt. So this clarifies that and, uh, treats it the way that we have done it ever since we went back the good old days when we would go to Blockbuster. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
H.C.R. 9 Concurrent Resolution Addressing the Great Salt Lake · House floor debate (day 42) · Mar 3, 2026
Monson said the resolution calls on the federal government and regional partners to help protect the Great Salt Lake and increase its water flow, citing the governor's conversation with President Trump and local and church water commitments.
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And thank you, Mr. Speaker. So HCR nine is a resolution that is going to be near and dear to many hearts in Utah. This is a very nonpartisan issue, and it is, it is regarding the Great Salt Lake and all of us. And you might of course wonder why there's a southern Utah guy running a, a, uh, great Salt Lake bill, but it just lets you know that we throughout the state have a, a deep interest in, in making sure that we preserve and protect all of our natural resources. But as we all know, the natural, the Great Salt Lake is, is struggling. We've been making great efforts within the state, within this body to …
H.B. 471 Social Services Amendments · Senate Health and Human Services Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Presents H.B. 471 as a program integrity bill aligning Utah's SNAP and Medicaid law with federal law, covering eligibility verification, work expectations, duplicate multi-state enrollment, deceased enrollees, and retroactive eligibility.
▶ Watch at 1:43:23Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Chair and Committee. Um, sorry. Alright. HB 4 71 is a, is a program, um, integrity bill focused on aligning Utah's law to federal law. As far as, um, SNAP and Medicaid goes, the, this piece of legislation does three main things. So first, it improves eligibility verification. Second, it promotes accountability by implementing work expectations for abled body adults where federal law allows. And third, it strengthens oversight by preventing duplicate, um, multi-state enrollment. It removes deceased enrollees promptly improving reporting and creates clear standards for retroactive eligibility. The reason why this is important is because, um, many of you have, have heard or or learned about the Rural Health transformation, um, program, which has given, …
H.B. 471 Social Services Amendments · Senate Health and Human Services Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Responds that the substitute was narrowed back to federal requirements after working with stakeholders.
▶ Watch at 1:46:19Read what they said
From the Yes, yes. Your, your original version? Yes. Yes. I just wanna make sure This, so initially there was a, there was a lot that we, when this first came out, there was a lot that went past HR one. Correct. We've worked with lots of stakeholders to bring this back just to HR one.
H.B. 471 Social Services Amendments · Senate Health and Human Services Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Explains that the provision was added in House committee to protect another population, as federal law allows.
▶ Watch at 1:46:36Read what they said
Yes. Um, that, that was added in committee in, in the House committee. Um, as long as the federal law allows that, then that's why that was kind of added in to, to help protect another population.
H.B. 471 Social Services Amendments · Senate Health and Human Services Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Says that reporting would follow federal law and any state-level reporting would be done under federal requirements.
▶ Watch at 1:47:26Read what they said
So currently, as far as reporting, um, all of it would follow the federal, federal law as far as what reporting is, is done. Um, anything that we have to do at a state level would be, would be done following the federal law.
S.B. 251 Local Health Department and Department of Environmental Quality Coordination · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Thanked the chair and moved that the committee recommend Senate Bill 251 favorably.
▶ Watch at 45:34Read what they said
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd, I'd like to move that we recommend favorably Senate Bill 2 51
S.B. 251 Local Health Department and Department of Environmental Quality Coordination · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Restated the motion to pass Senate Bill 251 out favorably.
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I'll waive, I'll place that motion that we pass out favorably. Senate Bill 2 51, local Health Department and Department of Environmental Quality Coordination by Senator Sandall.
H.B. 540 Judicial Transparency and Information Access Amendments · Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Monson presented the substitute bill, which removes the judge cooling-off period, gives parties in a case free access to court audio on an expedited basis, asks the Judicial Council to make a financial disclosure rule, and creates a free court website for information on judges in retention elections.
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Move that or you wanna tell us what it is? Yeah, I can tell you first for sure. So, um, the difference in the second sub and the first sub is, is really one big thing. So we had in there a cooling off period for judges. We've taken that out of the, of the sub, um, with working with the courts directly. That was something that we worked with them on and, and found some, some space to work. So that's removed from the sub. I just have to get just like, Okay, that's the difference. That's the big difference. So tell Us about the bulk Of the bill. Okay, so then the rest of the bill, um, does …
H.B. 540 Judicial Transparency and Information Access Amendments · Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Monson said the original fiscal note was large because of livestreaming and fee waivers, that the cost will drop significantly but remain a decent amount, and that it is funded.
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So the, the, the big fiscal note on the original was because we were gonna livestream audio and that, that's where a bulk of the, the cost for that came from. 'cause we'd have to do a lot of different things. The the, the cost will come down. And the other thing is we were gonna waive all the fees. So waiving all the fees meant that we would have to take on those, that that part of the budget. Um, it, it will, it is funded. Um, it'll come down. I, I would say significantly, but it's gonna still be a, a decent fiscal note because we're, we're looking at kind of increasing what they're currently doing.
H.B. 540 Judicial Transparency and Information Access Amendments · Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Monson said proceedings are recorded to a degree and transcripts exist, but requests currently require a fee and can take a long time, and the bill would open access to the parties in the case.
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To, to a degree, yes. There, there's, there's recordings and, and transcripts available. Um, people can go in and request those. Currently they have to pay a fee and it sometimes takes a very long time for them to get those. So, and this would open that up then To the parties in the case.
H.B. 540 Judicial Transparency and Information Access Amendments · Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Monson said the cooling-off language was removed after work with the courts, who published a draft rule with a two-year cooling-off period for public comment.
▶ Watch at 55:54Read what they said
Yeah. So within our, that, that was, I mean there was a couple different big issues. The first one was the audio piece. People were really concerned about that. So we, we worked on that and adjusted that. And the second one was this cooling off period. And I wouldn't say that it was that there was a lot of, um, a, a lot of folks against it necessarily. It was more process. So between, in between our conversations, the, um, the courts have actually published draft language on their site that they've created a rule for this on their, on their own. So they've, they've done this and there's a, a draft rule published for public comment now within …
H.B. 540 Judicial Transparency and Information Access Amendments · Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Monson thanked the committee and summarized the bill's benefits, including voter information on judges, audio access, financial disclosure, and the cooling-off rule the courts adopted.
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I, I appreciate the motion. I think we have the, the opportunity, I, I've said this in a few different times during presentation and, and talking with others that I, I think we really have the opportunity in the state to have and, and to accelerate the, the view on the courts. We've been working with them and, and they've been great. I think that having resources available for retention elections is, is a huge win for those that are participating both judges and the, the, those that are voting. I think having, um, audio available at a smoother, with a smoother process is a, is a big win. And, and I think having financial disclosures that are, that create …
S.C.R. 9 Concurrent Resolution Regarding Critical Minerals Development and Funding · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Mar 2, 2026
Moved to favorably recommend the resolution and said it fits well with the work underway and encourages the federal delegation to be partners.
▶ Watch at 1:17:30Read what they said
Either To it. Um, yes. I would like to move that we favorably recommend SCR nine first sub That motion's in order. Would you like to speak to it? I, I think what has been said fits perfectly. I, I, there's a lot of work going into this. It's an important part that we can lead on and encouraging our, um, federal delegation to do the same and to be partners is, uh, a step in the right direction. So thank you for your work.
H.B. 479 Election Code Modifications · House floor debate (day 41) · Mar 2, 2026
Supports the bill, saying it gives rural voters more options, that voter ID is the key requirement regardless of voting method, and thanks the sponsor.
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Further discussion to the bill Representative Monson. Thank You, Mr. Speaker. Um, I represent a district that's very rural and very remote. And initially, when, when hearing about this bill and, and learning of it, I, I was, um, concerned that there would be some limitations to voting. But after, after being able to read the bill and, and understand what's going on, I, I rise in support of the bill. I think that this is a good option to provide multiple options for people to vote. If, if anyone wants to stay voting by mail, they, they can do that. If they want to go in person, they, they get to do that. But the key piece to me …
H.B. 510 Municipal Incorporation Modifications · House floor debate (day 38) · Feb 27, 2026
Speaks in support of the bill, says he has worked with county leaders on issues in his district, and urges colleagues to vote yes.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of this bill. There are a lot of issues with this specifically in my district, and I've been working with the county leaders to find some solutions they've been very hands on and, and supportive of, of the process. I want to commend the representative or the sponsor on this and and appreciate the work going into it and would urge my colleagues to support the bill as well. Thank you.
H.B. 549 Energy Efficiency Rebate Amendments · House floor debate (day 38) · Feb 27, 2026
Yields the remainder of his time to Rep. Shallenberger.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. I would like to yield the remainder of my time to Representative Shallenberger.
H.B. 383 Department of Health and Human Services Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 38) · Feb 27, 2026
Presents H.B. 383 as technical cleanup after the merger into the Department of Health and Human Services, covering rulemaking authority, medical cannabis terminology, Utah Development Center provisions, correctional healthcare transfers, and the Rural Physicians Loan Repayment program.
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Thank you Mr. President Pro Tem. When we merge the two agencies together to form Department of Health and Human Services, uh, anytime you do something that massive there, there has, there's a little cleanup that you have to do, and that's what this bill does is primarily, you know, doing that, taking care of some technical issues. Um, there was one issue in particular where there was a, a committee with inside the department had rulemaking authority that felt like that the, there's going to be rulemaking authority outta lie with the department, not with the committee. So that was changed, although still granting them the opportunity to provide criteria for the grant that they were doing. Uh, also …
H.B. 113 Emergency Reporting Abuse Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 26, 2026
Presents HB 113 to address knowing and intentional misuse of 911, including stronger penalties and mandatory accountability for repeat offenders, and a Class B misdemeanor for non-emergency 911 calls after a person has been told the calls are inappropriate.
▶ Watch at 1:07:11Read what they said
Awesome. Thank you Mr. Chair and Committee. I will be briefed to try and help catch things back up. So, HB one 13 has a couple different sections. In the first section, what we're looking at is addressing some issues. Well, the whole bill, honestly is, is addressing issues with abuse of the 9 1 1, um, emergency system. But the target policy points in here is that we're targeting or, or we're looking at knowingly and intentionally abusing the system. So not honest mistakes, not accidentally calling, um, but calling 9 1 1, abusing the system in the sense of, we've had people that have called 9 1 1, um, gotten on an ambulance, gone to the hospital, reported …
H.B. 113 Emergency Reporting Abuse Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 26, 2026
Says repeat offenders face at least four days in jail or 40 hours of community service.
▶ Watch at 1:08:53Read what they said
So we have some mandatory mandatory accountability there. It's, it's, uh, in the bill it says at least four days in jail or 40 hours of community service Or, okay.
H.B. 113 Emergency Reporting Abuse Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 26, 2026
Says community service makes sense, questions whether a judge would have discretion on the jail provision, and agrees to discuss it as the bill moves forward.
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Would you be open just to talking about that? Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. I, I think community service makes sense. I'm not sure I recognize that judge would have judicial discretion there, but, um, we'll talk about it, uh, as it goes forward.
H.B. 113 Emergency Reporting Abuse Amendments · Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee · Feb 26, 2026
Thanks the committee for its support and says he is willing to have conversations about adjusting the bill to make it work better.
▶ Watch at 1:12:03Read what they said
to sum on that Representative Monson? No, I, I Appreciate the support. Happy to have some conversations to see if we can adjust this in any way to make it, make it work better, so thank you.
H.B. 334 Educator Organization Amendments · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Presented H.B. 334, which creates a temporary legislative commission to study educator communication, professional development, and recognition and accountability, with a March 2028 sunset and no program mandate.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker Pro tem. This bill, um, this bill creates a legislative education support and professional development commission. It's pur this, the, the commission. Um, and the purpose is pretty simple. It's to improve how the legislature listens to teachers, supports educators and developed policy grounded in classroom policy or, or reality. Um, the, the study commission is not a mandate and it's not a program expansion. A couple things that we're trying to solve, um, or, or work on with this commission is that over the past several years, we've heard consistent concerns from educators and school leaders. Teachers often feel disconnected from state policy decisions. Communication is often missed and, and, um, not taken seriously by …
H.B. 334 Educator Organization Amendments · House floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
In summation, urged support for the bill as a temporary bipartisan structure to help support Utah educators and students.
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Yeah, I would, I mean, just quickly, this, this is really a thoughtful, temporary bipartisan structure to help us better, um, support Utah educators and students with the signaled end to the Federal Department of Education, there is a window for us to start some of these conversations in a different way than we've done before, and I would appreciate the support. Thank you.
H.B. 383 Department of Health and Human Services Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 37) · Feb 26, 2026
Rep. Logan Monson presents H.B. 383 as a technical cleanup of items carried over from merging two agencies, including Ombudsman references, rulemaking authority, Compassionate Use Board terminology, and the Rural Physician Loan Repayment Program.
▶ Watch at 1:29:51Read what they said
Uh, bill is a technical cleanup. The bunch of items that kind of a carryover from when we merged those two, two agencies together. And we've identified parts of the code that have been been missed during that merger and tried to clean that up. Uh, there's a few things. Some examples, uh, referencing the Ombudsman. This position has never been appointed position where clarifying that, that the position was, that the position was created. Um, also there was some rulemaking authority given to a committee with inside the department. And if the, you know, if there's gonna be rulemaking, it should be owned by the department, not by a committee with inside the, the department. Although the, the committee …
S.B. 111 Veterinary Post-employment Amendments · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Feb 25, 2026
Asked how often non-competes occur in veterinary practice and whether they are common in corporate practices.
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Just quick question. How, how often are these happening? I don't work in this space at all. At all. Or we don't actually even have a full-time office in San Juan County, period. Like, there's not a vet office in the county. Um, so how often are these actually, like, is this a pretty competitive market? Is it drawing people down, or do we just not have the availability of, of vets? And you may be able to speak to this a little better, that with more granularity, but the way I've been seeing it after talking to, and I don't know if we have folks who've, um, called in online. 'cause I know it's a clinic day for a …
H.B. 464 Parent Taught Driver Education Amendments · House floor debate (day 36) · Feb 25, 2026
Asks the sponsor to yield for a series of questions.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker ProAm. Will the sponsor yield to a series of questions? Will the sponsor yield to a series of questions?
H.B. 464 Parent Taught Driver Education Amendments · House floor debate (day 36) · Feb 25, 2026
Asks how much time and training it would take for a parent to do this.
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Thank you. First, what is the amount of time that it would take for the parent to be able to do this on their own? How much training does it take for the parent to do this?
H.B. 464 Parent Taught Driver Education Amendments · House floor debate (day 36) · Feb 25, 2026
Asks whether the bill changes liability.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. My my second question is, is the on on liability, does this shift liability in any way or does it change the liability that that might be there with, uh, a change in how this is being taught?
S.B. 83 Controlled Substance Scheduling Amendments · House floor debate (day 36) · Feb 25, 2026
Explains that the amendment clarifies the bill's original intent to cover only FDA-approved products, limiting it to FDA-classified products.
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Yeah, just briefly. So the intent of this bill originally was to only deal with FDA approved products. This amendment just clarifies that a little bit further. Um, just that we're only dealing with FDA classified products.
S.B. 83 Controlled Substance Scheduling Amendments · House floor debate (day 36) · Feb 25, 2026
Presents SB 83, saying it would have Utah follow the federal controlled substance class of a product once it is FDA-approved, applying only to FDA-approved products, and that the house amendment corrects its scope.
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Yes. Thank you Mr. Speaker. This call exists as a common sense Bill from time to time. There is a product that is currently, um, is a Schedule one controlled substance, which is deemed to have no, um, medicinal value. It'll have research done on that medication that leads to an FDA approved product. SB 83 would simply say that when a product like this is put in a controlled substance class by the DEA or the FDA Utah would simply consider it an or originally in the same controlled substance class. The bill would only deal with an FDA approved product. Thus something like cannabis in general that would, could be rescheduled, would not be affected by this bill. …
H.B. 383 Department of Health and Human Services Amendments · Senate Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Monson described HB 383 as a technical bill that corrects outdated agency names, drafting errors, and expired language, and aligns some sections with decisions made last session.
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Awesome. Thank you Mr. Chair and Committee. I will be brief and quick. This is a, um, this is the Department of Health and Human Service Amendments. This bill is technical in nature, correcting outdated agency names, fixing, drafting errors, repealing expired language. There are a few sections that align statute with legislative decisions that were made last session. Otherwise this is really standard in nature. And just correcting some errors that were missed last time around. I'm happy to answer questions if you have any specific to the bill, but I'll leave it at that.
H.B. 115 Motor Vehicle Sales Tax Amendments · House Revenue and Taxation Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Asks what the fiscal note would look like if the exemption applied to vehicles 15 years old.
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Representative Monson, uh, I, Uh, echo those sentiments that, uh, representative Vernal just said, but because it is a big fiscal note, what would it look like, say 15 years just to maybe, you know, who knows if this gets funded, but I was just kinda curious what that number would look like.
H.B. 115 Motor Vehicle Sales Tax Amendments · House Revenue and Taxation Committee · Feb 24, 2026
Supports starting the policy now and phasing it in over time, and asks whether the exemption would include the initial purchase price.
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Okay. I, I agree that, I know it's a huge elephant to tackle this year, but I think it's a, a policy that we ought to start going down and even if every year we just dial it back a year, so it's a smaller bite to take, I think it would make good sense for, especially for our college students who could use any help they can get, uh, you know, this would help people that need the help. And so, just one follow up. So that would include the initial purchase price. So let's say you bought it in the case of 15 years. You purchase a used car 15 years, nothing at that time, right? This is …
H.B. 471 Social Services Amendments · House floor debate (day 35) · Feb 24, 2026
Presents H.B. 471 as a program integrity bill covering eligibility verification, work expectations for able-bodied adults where federal law allows, and oversight of duplicate enrollment and deceased enrollees, and says it aligns state code with federal law.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. House Bill 4 71 is a, is a program integrity bill. This bill is focused on aligning how Utah administers Medicaid and snap. These programs are essential for, um, supporting families, supporting those that, um, have disabilities that are in, that are in need at some of the hardest times in their lives. This bill does a few different things. First, it improves eligibility verification, so ensuring income residency identity and citizenship are confirmed using reliable data sources, it does. Second, it promotes accountability by implementing work expectations for abled body adults where federal law allows. Third, it strengthens oversight by preventing duplicate multi-state enrollment, removing deceased enrollees and improving reporting through the department. This bill …
H.B. 471 Social Services Amendments · House floor debate (day 35) · Feb 24, 2026
Says the amendment is friendly, does not change the bill's intent, and still follows federal law.
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It's a friendly amendment. It, it doesn't change the intent of what we're trying to work on and, and still implements that federal law is what we intend to follow.
H.B. 471 Social Services Amendments · House floor debate (day 35) · Feb 24, 2026
Gives closing summation that the bill strengthens verification and prevents duplicate enrollment in Medicaid and SNAP, does not remove eligibility, and asks for support.
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Colleagues, this bill is about responsible stewardship of programs that Utah's depend on. Medicaid and SNAP are critical supports for families, seniors, people with disability, and those facing temporary hardship. But for those programs to remain strong, they must be administered accurately and transparently. This legislation strengthens verification, prevents duplicate enrollment, protects taxpayer dollars, and reinforces the expectation that assistance programs help people move forward whenever possible. It does not remove eligibility. It ensures that eligibility is real. It does not weaken the safety net. It simply protects it. I respectfully ask for your support.
H.B. 536 Criminal Conduct on Public Lands Amendments · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Feb 23, 2026
Expressed concern that fund money could be used for education and training rather than damage repair, and said he will support the bill.
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Yeah, thank you. I have a, a few concerns, and, and I, I, I'll support the bill. Um, if we can have some conversations outside with this year of, of some budget cuts and things. I have a little bit of concern that we're putting in here, um, that we, this money could be used for in lines 1 31 through 1 33, um, educational seminars and trainings to state agencies, local agencies, private organizations, individuals. It appears to me that the money could be used a little bit better specifically for the damage and things. And I think that this gives, um, a little bit too much. Um, but we can talk about that. I appreciate the bill. I, …
H.B. 540 Judicial Transparency and Information Access Amendments · House floor debate (day 34) · Feb 23, 2026
Moves to adopt the first substitute for H.B. 540 and outlines its changes: removing the livestreaming requirement, providing court audio to involved parties on request at no cost, and directing the Judicial Council to make recommendations on further audio changes.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker ProAm, I'd like to move sub one of HB five 40. Okay, let's see if we can find it. The motion is to first substitute HB five 40. We'd like to speak to it. Yes, thank you Mr. Speaker, pro tem colleagues. I wanna outline the changes that are, are made in, in the sub, um, in, in the original and compared to the sub. Now we're removing the requirement for the courts to livestream the, the public public court recordings. Um, we're going to give the audio directly to the parties that are involved in the case upon their request and, and for free. Um, this actually makes it a a little bit better for, …
H.B. 540 Judicial Transparency and Information Access Amendments · House floor debate (day 34) · Feb 23, 2026
Explains the first substitute bill, which removes the requirement for courts to livestream public recordings, gives audio to case parties on request at no cost, and directs the Judicial Council to make recommendations on further audio changes.
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The motion is to first substitute HB five 40. We'd like to speak to it. Yes, thank you Mr. Speaker, pro tem colleagues. I wanna outline the changes that are, are made in, in the sub, um, in, in the original and compared to the sub. Now we're removing the requirement for the courts to livestream the, the public public court recordings. Um, we're going to give the audio directly to the parties that are involved in the case upon their request and, and for free. Um, this actually makes it a a little bit better for, um, the, the concerns that were raised as far as protecting some of the people and and issues involved in the courts. And …
H.B. 540 Judicial Transparency and Information Access Amendments · House floor debate (day 34) · Feb 23, 2026
Moves to circle the bill so members have time to review the substitute, which was made available that morning.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker Pro tem, I'd like to make a motion to circle HB five 41st sub Motion is to circle first substitute house bill five 40. We'd like to speak to it. Yes. Just, just briefly. We got this sub made available this morning. I'd like to give the body time to review, um, the, the changes and, and we'll bring it back after there's time to review. Thank you.
H.B. 540 Judicial Transparency and Information Access Amendments · House floor debate (day 34) · Feb 23, 2026
Moves to circle the bill so members have time to review the substitute, which was made available that morning.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker Pro tem, I'd like to make a motion to circle HB five 41st sub Motion is to circle first substitute house bill five 40. We'd like to speak to it. Yes. Just, just briefly. We got this sub made available this morning. I'd like to give the body time to review, um, the, the changes and, and we'll bring it back after there's time to review. Thank you.
H.B. 540 Judicial Transparency and Information Access Amendments · House floor debate (day 34) · Feb 23, 2026
Presents HB 540 substitute: removes the live-stream audio requirement in favor of expedited, free audio access for parties with privacy protections for victims, creates a single searchable online public records site with 50 free searches monthly, asks the Judicial Council for a judicial financial disclosure rule, and sets a two-year cooling-off period before former judges can work for firms suing the state.
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You, Mr. Speaker. Colleagues, I believe that in the state we have the opportunity and the ability to have the best judicial system in the country. There is lots to work on. Nothing is perfect. There is things that we can do differently. Um, house Bill five 40 is doing just that. It, it's doing things a little bit differently. It's finding some ways that we can improve and, and moving forward on those, on those things. There are four main points to this bill. Um, this substitute, um, removes the requirement that courts would live stream the audio. We will just make the audio available at an expedited, um, pace as, as well as it will be free to …
H.B. 372 Child Welfare Changes · House floor debate (day 34) · Feb 23, 2026
Presents the substitute motion, saying it responds to concerns from stakeholders and removes language on expressed interest for those over 12, reverting to the original code language.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. Motion to adopt sub five. That motion is in order to like speak to It. Yes, I would. So this motion is, or this sub is responsive to all of the concerns of all the stakeholders, including DCFS, the A, a Gs, our colleagues in the house, um, and some senate input to make sure that the bill is a consensus bill. It removes the language that stipulated, expressed interest for those over 12 and it re reverts back to the original language in the bill or in the code. Excuse me.
H.B. 372 Child Welfare Changes · House floor debate (day 34) · Feb 23, 2026
Moves to adopt the fifth substitute, saying it responds to stakeholder concerns and removes language on expressed interest for those over 12.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. Motion to adopt sub five. That motion is in order to like speak to It. Yes, I would. So this motion is, or this sub is responsive to all of the concerns of all the stakeholders, including DCFS, the A, a Gs, our colleagues in the house, um, and some senate input to make sure that the bill is a consensus bill. It removes the language that stipulated, expressed interest for those over 12 and it re reverts back to the original language in the bill or in the code. Excuse me.
H.B. 359 Health Care Preceptor Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Presents HB 359, which would create a Preceptor Fund, let the Department of Health and Human Services make payments from it to clinicians who train students, and allow voluntary donations when licenses are issued or renewed.
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Sorry. Good. Alright, there we go. Thank you, committee for having me. And, um, and, and for moving us up, I have another committee to run to. I, um, I'm presenting today on House Bill 3 59. The Healthcare Preceptor Amendments. This bill, um, addresses one of the biggest bottlenecks in training new healthcare providers that we have here in the state. We don't just need more students in the programs, we also need more providers that are willing to train them. Um, what this bill does is it creates a simple, voluntary way to provide support for those programs. Um, the three kind of main things that it does, and I'll go through this quickly and then I'll let …
H.B. 359 Health Care Preceptor Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Explains that the department would set the application and prioritization process through rulemaking, and that applicants would not be committed until payment is confirmed.
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Yeah, so here in the, here in the bill, we have the, the, the department. So the rulemaking authority would go to the department to decide kind of the application process for receiving those funds, how they'll prioritize those funds. So we we're not, we don't have it spelled out yet. Okay. We, we give that rulemaking authority in Here. So theoretically, somebody could apply to the department and say, I am, if the money is available, I could do these, this many preceptorships. But they wouldn't be committed to doing the preceptorships until the department confirmed that they would receive payment
H.B. 359 Health Care Preceptor Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Says he hears the concerns and the need for more providers, and will keep working on the bill with interested stakeholders.
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Yes. Thank you, Madam Chair. I, um, hear the concerns. I, I hear the, the, the need that we have. And I, and I, and I do think that we understand the need. I think that the, the access that we could gain through finding some solutions that would expand and, and, and just give us more, um, providers in our communities is, is something we should work for. I think doing things the same way over and over and expecting the same results is not working. And, and we have to find ways to do that. And, and I appreciate the opportunity to keep working on this. It sounds like, um, we have lots of good people that are …
H.B. 334 Educator Organization Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Presented HB 334, which creates a legislative education support and professional development study commission to examine communication, representation, professional development, and support for educators.
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman Committee. I will be as brief as possible and try and get through this quickly. Um, house Bill 3 34. This bill creates, uh, the Legislative Education Support and Professional Development Commission. Um, pretty simple and purpose. What this commission would do is they would, um, basically we're looking to find a way to improve how the legislature listens and supports educators, how we develop policy and make, making sure it's grounded in, in classroom reality. So this study, um, this is a, a, a study commission, not a mandate, not a new program. What we're looking to try and resolve here with, with this commission is that, um, we've heard consistent and, and pretty regular, …
H.B. 334 Educator Organization Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Responded that teachers' time could fit into existing district professional development days and that the school board member's compensation had not been discussed.
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Yeah. So obviously a, a concern of, of, um, for teachers is, is working long hours without getting paid, right? We see that all the time. Um, several school districts have already days that they can, that they give teachers for education related things and, and meetings and things. Um, I have been told that this would fit into that and that, that they could accommodate that, that would obviously depend on the district that these teachers came from. Um, but have been told that there are ways to, to work around that to help make sure that they're paid for the time they're taking. Um, and then just as a follow up, what about the state school board member? …
H.B. 334 Educator Organization Amendments · House Education Committee · Feb 20, 2026
Said that including teachers' perspectives shows the value of the bill and that finding comfortable ways to involve teachers is an opportunity.
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Yeah, I don't want to belabor this anymore. I appreciate it. I think that, um, when, when we take the the teacher's perspective into account, we, we can really see the value that we have as a legislature. Most teachers do not want to be here. They don't want to come here. They don't want anything to do with, with, uh, with what's up here. Because they want to teach, teach kids, they care about their kids. And, um, if we can find ways to bring them into conversations that's comfortable for them, that provides value, I think we have a real opportunity to do it. And, and I appreciate your support on the bill. Thank you.
H.B. 36 Gold Medal Schools Pilot Program · House floor debate (day 31) · Feb 20, 2026
Says he worked with the sponsor and supports the bill as a fitness pilot for rural schools.
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You, Mr. Speaker. I also rise in support of this bill. I have worked a little bit with the sponsor on, um, coming together as, as far as what this might look like in rural schools specifically, I think it's a great idea to promote fitness, and I love that it's a, a pilot in rural areas that we can do this in. So I, I rise in support. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
H.B. 471 Social Services Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Presents HB 471 as aligning Utah's Medicaid and SNAP administration with federal law, focusing on eligibility verification, work expectations, and oversight, without removing eligibility categories or reducing benefits.
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Awesome. Are we good? Yep. Okay. Thank you. Madam Chair and Committee House Bill 4 71 is a program or not a program a bill focused on aligning how Utah administers Medicaid and SNAP to federal code or, or, or federal law. Um, many of you're aware of, of HR one or the one big beautiful bill we are, are simply just aligning our state policy to that policy. These programs, um, both Medicaid and Snap, are essential, um, for many Utah families. And this bill is not about making, or this bill is about making sure that they remain sustainable, accurate, and trusted by the public. The legislation here does three main things and, and, and other things. But …
H.B. 471 Social Services Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Says the bill was drafted with room to go beyond HR 1 and asks whether to go further than HR 1 or match it for now.
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Yeah. And I would say in, in addition to that, initially when we put this together, we went past HR one, um, with the idea that we could, there was some room and opportunity to do things past what HR one was doing. Um, we, we've done a lot of work in finding some, some solutions in this, and a lot of our conversations have gone back to kind of something like this. What if things were to change? Does it make sense to go past HR one right now? Or does it make sense to just meet HR one where it's at? And, and kind of go from there.
H.B. 471 Social Services Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Says he has discussed the amendment with its sponsor and considers it a friendly amendment.
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Yeah, I've spoken with the, the sponsor of the amendment and, and we've talked about it. I think he, he has a good idea on what we would be dealing with as far as this population. And I, I think it's a friendly amendment.
H.B. 471 Social Services Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 18, 2026
In closing, says the bill is about responsible administration of Medicaid and SNAP, strengthens verification and prevents duplicate enrollments, does not remove eligibility, and asks for support.
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Yeah, I would just add that the really this bill is about responsible stewardship and, and of programs that Utah utahns depend on. Medicaid and SNAP are critical supports for families, seniors, people with disabilities, and those facing temporary hardships. Um, but for these programs to remain strong, they have to be administered accurately and transparently. This legislation, legislation strengthens verification, um, prevents duplicate enrollments, protects tax payer dollars, and reinforces the expectation that assistance programs help people move forward whenever possible. It does not remove eligibility, it ensures eligibility is real. It does not weaken the safety net, it protects it. Um, and I would just ask for your support. Thank you.
H.B. 559 Pregnancy and Infant Loss Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Shares nursing experience with this situation and suggests the bill address grief support for healthcare workers as well as families.
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Thank you. I, I've been fortunate enough to not have to deal with this in my, in my personal life, but have also dealt with it in my personal life outside of, you know, my, my, um, children and things with family and professionally, uh, with work as, as a nurse. I've, I've dealt with this on, on that side of it and would maybe add, I, I like in here, um, that it gives practices that could include it. It's, um, I may include there, and I would maybe, and you may have thought about this a little bit, but there is this side of the healthcare workers processing this grief sometimes when they don't know how to do …
H.B. 559 Pregnancy and Infant Loss Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Says his nursing career was largely in postpartum care, notes there is not yet a standard of care, and says he will support the bill and expects some fixes with stakeholders.
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I'll just make a comment real quick. I, my most of my nursing career was in postpartum and for, gosh, probably 20 years of postpartum. Um, so I saw quite a few of these, um, sad, just sad stories and sad sadness. And as you're, as you're the nurse, you learn how to try to do your best, but you're, you're never gonna say everything, right. You're never gonna do it, right. We, they try to train they, and I think they're getting better at it, but, uh, some, some of your commenters brought up a standard of care. I don't know that there is a standard of care yet. So maybe it is something to that we look at. …
H.B. 356 Drug Distribution Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 29) · Feb 18, 2026
Monson explains that the bill clarifies existing policy without changing it, addressing contract pharmacy dispensing and assistance to hospitals, clinics, and rural entities, and says it does not regulate drug distribution.
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so we're trying to clear that up. It really, there is no new policy. This is not any change to the policy that we passed last year. It further clarifies that the role of contract pharmacies to dispense drugs not to purchase or require them for their own use. And it prevents the program from being too limited in Utah's assistance, Utah assisting hospitals, clinics, and others, and rural entities. Uh, it does not regulate drug distribution, but instead overseas manufacture conduct related to three 40 B. So with that, uh, I, I'm open to any questions
H.B. 321 Inmate Medical Treatment Rates Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Asked the witness what process the state uses to review growth and inflation in the correctional health services budget, and whether it is treated like Medicaid consensus numbers.
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Uh, uh, thank you, uh, Mr. Chair. Uh, representative, uh, yeah, I commend you for working on this. Um, I, I do have a, a a broader question because I think your bill is indicative of a larger issue that this committee has been working on for several years related to correctional health. Um, if, if it, if it's, uh, allowable, Mr. Chair, I'd like to ask, uh, the witness, Dr. Whiner, um, what the process is for the state to look at both the growth and the inflationary factors in the correctional health services budget. And if you are treated similar to how we treat Medicaid in terms of the consensus numbers. Mr. Chair, if I may? Yeah.
H.B. 321 Inmate Medical Treatment Rates Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Asked whether correctional health services is treated the same as Medicaid, with annual growth and inflation adjustments, or whether it is stagnant.
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Mr. Chair, if I may just Yes, please. So are, is correction correctional health services under DHHS treated the same way as we treat Medicaid, where annually growth and inflation are looked at and adjusted? Or is it stagnant, which can lead to some of the challenges you've been dealing with? If I may, uh, completely stagnant growth and inflation is not considered.
H.B. 350 Foods Available at Schools Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Asks how the bill treats food provided by teachers in the classroom and whether parent permission is required.
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Yeah. Thank you for, um, speaking with and talking to the rural folks. I, I've, I've heard good things from him. I, I just have a, a quick question and maybe you can help walk me through kind of the thought process on it. So in in lines like 42 through 54, it's talking about, um, that the student's parent can provide this food or, or food that's, that has these things in it. Um, and that a teacher may provide students with this, but the teacher has to get permission from the student's parent. So basically anything coming through the school is then the teacher's responsibility at that point. Just In the classroom. In the classroom, I meant, sorry.
H.B. 350 Foods Available at Schools Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Notes that the bill wording requires permission at the start of each semester.
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I think the way it's worded is they get permission at the beginning of the school year. Each Semester. Oh, each semester. Okay. Sorry. No, You're good.
H.B. 350 Foods Available at Schools Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Asks whether most districts have a policy for food provided in classrooms.
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Do most districts have some kind of a policy in place for, for food that's being provided in the classroom anyways? Do you know? You know, I, I, I dunno. I don't know.
S.B. 81 Dyslexia Testing Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Rep. Monson asked how often schools and charter schools are unable to discipline staff over dyslexia screening referrals and what the background is.
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Yeah. Just maybe clarifying, uh, lines one 17 through 1 23. The section there that talks about like, um, a school district or scar or charter school not being able to discipline. Um, is this happening a lot? Like, and what's the context behind, like, how is this happening? What's the kind of background behind it?
S.B. 81 Dyslexia Testing Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Rep. Monson moved to adopt substitute three for SB 81.
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We need to move sub three, correct. So I would motion that we adopt sub three for Senate bill 81.
S.B. 127 Pediatric Care Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Asks what rural and remote communities are saying about the bill and what its impacts might be.
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Yeah. I have a few questions for you. What, um, what are you hearing from like the rural remote communities on, on something like this? On, on maybe what the impacts might be? Yeah.
S.B. 127 Pediatric Care Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Suggests bringing in Dr. Hillary Hewes, who is online and does the day-to-day work, to answer questions.
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Do you know what I'm realizing? I should have my phone a friend who I think is online who can help because they're actually doing the day-to-day as my kind of a co-presenter, if that might be. Okay. Do, do we see a Dr. Hillary Hughes online to be able to promote because they're actually the ones having the conversation. Okay. So that, that'd be much better.
S.B. 127 Pediatric Care Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Asks Dr. Hewes to introduce herself and describe where she works and whom she represents.
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So, um, people do always have concern about our rural hospitals. Hillary, Would you mind to just introduce yourself and where you live and who you represent? Thank you.
S.B. 127 Pediatric Care Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Asks whether the bill aligns with current accreditation standards or goes beyond them.
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Yes, go ahead. Um, does, does this align currently with accreditation standards or does this go above what accreditation standards would be? Do you want me to take that Dr. Or Senator? Yeah.
S.B. 127 Pediatric Care Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 17, 2026
Asks whether the bill would create a new administrative position and add cost for hospitals.
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And then last question, um, does this open the door for, for more administration as far as like creating a position? And sometimes I see in rural hospitals that, um, and this is just my observation, I am by no means speaking for anyone, but, um, sometimes administrative positions overtake the positions of hands-on care. So we take someone that's really good at hands-on care, we put 'em in administration. Now we have that person that's not really hands-on anymore. And, and there's a more of a cost to these hospitals because they create a position. I don't know many people that will add responsibilities without the idea of, you need to pay me more now. So so does this …
H.B. 383 Department of Health and Human Services Amendments · House floor debate (day 28) · Feb 17, 2026
Presents H.B. 383 as a technical cleanup bill that corrects outdated agency names, fixes drafting errors, repeals expired language, and aligns statute with decisions made last year.
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Representative Monson. Thank You Mr. Speaker House Bill 3 83 is a cleanup bill. This is technical in nature correcting outdated agency names, fixing, drafting errors and repealing expired language. There are a few sections here within the bill that align statute with legislative, um, decisions that were made last year and otherwise this is a standard housekeeping bill to, to clean some language up. Thank you.
H.B. 417 Patient Interfacility Transportation Requirements · House floor debate (day 28) · Feb 17, 2026
Explains amendment two, which extends the transportation time to up to four hours for counties of the fourth, fifth, and sixth classes.
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Yeah. So this amendment is just extending the time a little bit longer, up to four hours for, um, counties of the fourth, fifth, and sixth classes, just to, to make sure that we accommodate the more rural areas of the state.
H.B. 540 Judicial Transparency and Information Access Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 13, 2026
Presented HB 540, which would require a single free-to-search online access point for court records, free public access to court audio, a judicial financial disclosure rule, and a two-year cooling-off period before former judges join firms litigating against the state.
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Waste your time. Thank you, Mr. Chair and Committee for allowing me to present to you today. Um, I, I would start with, with saying we, we've put a lot of work into this bill with, with lots of different people. Um, the people of Utah deserve transparency and accountability from all branches of, of government. Within this bill, there's four key, um, items or changes that we're looking to make. The first would require, um, there to the, the judiciary to create and maintain a single online access point for all public records that's ably, searchable and free for up to 50 searches. The second piece is to make court audio recordings free and accessible to the public as …
H.B. 540 Judicial Transparency and Information Access Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 13, 2026
Said the sponsor is aware of victim and witness privacy concerns and that protections for vulnerable people are being added back into a substitute being drafted with the courts and the bar.
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Yeah, we've, we've been, I mean, made aware of that and obviously aren't, aren't, um, opposed to that. I think it's important because it protects, um, a, a very vulnerable population. We, I mean, just this morning we, we found, we had an initial draft that included those pieces in there and, and we're gonna get that and put it back in a sub that we're currently working on. So, so we, and that was directly with the courts and the bar and different things that we've talked about that.
H.B. 540 Judicial Transparency and Information Access Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 13, 2026
Said the two-year period was a number chosen for the bill and is not fixed, and that a cooling-off rule could be pursued through Judicial Council rulemaking.
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Yeah, I, I think it was just a matter of, of finding a, a number and I'm not set on that number specifically. I, I, I do think that is, you mentioned the judicial council making rules, and I, I do think that there's a, a, a very important piece to that as far as that's when we backed off the, um, the disclosures and asked that, that, that be made through the judicial council. I also think, like mentioned before, that there is an avenue for that on the cooling off period as well, that we might look into that and, and find an avenue for a rule of some kind on, on a cooling off period that fits …
H.B. 540 Judicial Transparency and Information Access Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 13, 2026
Said no substitute or amendment is available yet but one is being worked on.
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No, I just, just checked and it's not there yet, but it will be there. You're Working on. Okay, got
H.B. 540 Judicial Transparency and Information Access Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 13, 2026
Said he is committed to finding a balance that keeps the courts transparent while protecting sensitive information, and to working with everyone involved.
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I, I appreciate the motion and, and like mentioned, I am, I am committed to making sure that we, um, find some balance on this. This is an important topic that, that I think, um, impacts every Utah, Utah in one way or the other. I, I really do believe we have the potential to do something that will be very impactful to everyone involved. Whether it's those that are, are, are simply looking to vote on a retention election, or whether it's those that are, are impacted in the courts one way or the other. I am committed to working with those involved. And, and we'll make sure that we find a, a balanced way to make sure that …
H.B. 540 Judicial Transparency and Information Access Amendments · House Judiciary Committee · Feb 13, 2026
Said he appreciates the intent of the motion to hold, is concerned about the timing left in the session, and is willing to keep working toward balance.
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Yeah, I, I appreciate the thought behind that and, and understand it. I, um, I, I worry a little bit where we're at in the session as far as getting, getting these kinds of things to where we need to be able to actually vote on them. Um, so, so I suppose I would oppose the bill, but understand the thought or, or the motion, but understand the thought behind it. And, and I'm willing to work however this goes to, to make sure that we find balance.
H.B. 383 Department of Health and Human Services Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Introduced HB 383 as a technical cleanup bill that updates Department of Health and Human Services code to reflect current operations, correct agency names and drafting errors, and repeal expired language.
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Alright. This is not Senate bill 50 either, but House Bill 3 83. This is the cleanup, a a cleanup bill for the Department of Health and Human Services. It really is designed to, um, update code that the Department of Health and Human Services has had to reflect current operations within the department. It is technical in nature, correcting outdated agency names, fixing, drafting errors, repealing expired language. And there are a few sections that align statute with leg legislative decisions made last session. Otherwise, this really is a pretty standard housekeeping, um, bill to ensure that code is accurate and workable within the department. I'm happy to answer further. Like any questions if there's anything specific, I, I …
H.B. 383 Department of Health and Human Services Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Said the changes are all technical and intentional, and some wording clarifies practices that followed earlier legislation.
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The, these changes are all technical and we intentionally made it that way. Some of it is a little more, um, wordy than you would see on, on, on maybe like a, just a, a cleanup bill. And that's because some of these things are, have been happening within the department based on previous legislation and it just got missed some places. So some of that just clarifies that. But technical in, in, in nature.
H.B. 383 Department of Health and Human Services Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Said the second substitute is the version under discussion, and that earlier amendments and the first substitute are left unchanged.
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Yes. Second sub is, is what I'm speaking to. So we've done, as we've moved through this process for the last few months, we've had an amendment or, or we've missed a word or we spelled something wrong. And so we've gotten to, we can leave all the amendments alone and leave the first sub alone. The second sub is, is what we're working on.
H.B. 383 Department of Health and Human Services Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Explained that the fee-for-service waiver population language accurately reflects children and pregnant postpartum women and a process already underway.
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These kind of things are just things that have already been in code, they're just re-putting it in the right place. That kind of a thing. Yes. I'm, I'm looking at that one specifically. So this updates the fee for service wa your population to accurately include children and pregnant postpartum women. So it, it's, it's just accurately reflecting the Process, what we've already done. Mm-hmm.
H.B. 356 Drug Distribution Amendments · Senate Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Rep. Monson presented the bill as technical and conforming changes that clarify state law on discounted drug prices under the federal 340B program and do not create new policy, and said rural providers would benefit.
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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Chair and committee. Um, the main goal of this bill is pretty straightforward and I'll, I'll be quick. Um, we want to ensure that continued access to discounted prescription drugs under the Federal three 40 B program by clearing definitions and aligning state statute. This bill does not create new policy. It provides technical and conforming changes so that Utah law is clear, consistent, and legally sound. Um, these clarifications matter, especially for rural Utah. The three 40 B program was, was set up to serve rural areas. And, and, and in my district, I represent a very rural district. Um, making sure that we can provide these prices to ensure that programs …
H.B. 443 Amendments to Procedure to Fill A Legislative Vacancy · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Asks about the number of candidates in recent vacancy races and whether a special election would change costs or outcomes.
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Thank you Mr. Chair for the second run at this. I appreciate it. And 'cause this brought up maybe one other question because I've been still processing the thoughts on this. So if we look at, for example, the seat that Senator Baldry, uh, filled, I think there were like 12 or 13 candidates in that race that the, um, that the Republicans had done in a, um, in a special right. And, and I think in the seat vacated by Brad Wilson, I think there were four or five candidates on that house seat as well. Three Or four. Okay. And I guess my question because I'm going back to the policy discussion set about, well, a party, if …
H.B. 443 Amendments to Procedure to Fill A Legislative Vacancy · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Asks whether a convention would still decide the outcome if only one party fielded a candidate and no one gathered signatures.
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Um, and I guess the other question now that was whispered in my ear is, so if nobody were to gather signatures, would this still just go to the regular convention process? So if you only had one, You only had, you only had, let's say, Republican challengers for the seat, and no one gathered signatures, would a convention just simply decide the outcome still? So if you only had one, one party putting up a candidate, right.
H.B. 443 Amendments to Procedure to Fill A Legislative Vacancy · House Government Operations Committee · Feb 12, 2026
Says term limits come from voters choosing or not choosing representatives.
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Okay. Understood. And, uh, from my perspective, term limits are the voters. I mean, the voters can, can, can do term limits on any representative or senator.
H.B. 243 Gambling Revisions · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Says the bill does not address fantasy sports, notes some states treat skill-based fantasy as not gambling, and says Utah has not made that distinction.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We are not addressing fantasy league, uh, sports activity with this bill. This is strictly a proposition, uh, bet. Just to give a little clarification on that, which it's a great point. There are a lot of states throughout the country who have deemed fantasy league, um, activity as a game of skill and therefore do not deem it to be gambling. There are some states, however, who have deemed it to be gambling. We have not made that distinction yet in this state of Utah. This bill does not address that specifically.
H.B. 243 Gambling Revisions · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Says most prop betting is done online through gambling sites and prediction market sites.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes. Most of the prop betting is using devices through different forms of platforms, whether it be direct gambling sites or even some of these prediction market sites. So, yes,
H.B. 243 Gambling Revisions · House floor debate (day 22) · Feb 10, 2026
Says people can use VPNs to gamble from outside Utah, and that the Attorney General's office can send cease and desist letters and take legal action against companies that break state law.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So there's two things to keep in mind with this particular topic. Individuals within the state of Utah can circumvent our gambling laws by simply setting up, and I'm not trying to teach you all how to do this, by the way, but you can actually set up a VPN outside of the state of Utah and you can gamble to your heart's content that is right at this point. Nobody can stop that. The enforcement mechanism is the Attorney General's office can send a letter of cease and desist to any company who is breaking our law. If they choose not to stop acting this way in the state of Utah, then we can take …
H.B. 342 Federal Grant Process Amendments · House floor debate (day 18) · Feb 6, 2026
Asks whether the bill gives more oversight to the legislature or takes oversight away from it.
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Thank you. Um, in this bill, does this bill give, um, more power or does it give more oversight to, does it take away, away from the legislature's oversight or does it give more oversight to the legislature?
H.B. 342 Federal Grant Process Amendments · House floor debate (day 18) · Feb 6, 2026
Supports the bill as good policy that returns the legislature to the driver's seat and urges colleagues to vote yes.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, I, I rise in support of this. I, I think it's a good policy that puts us back, like, like the sponsor mentioned into the driver's seat. It gives us an opportunity to be responsible to our constituents when it comes to these funds. And I would urge my colleagues to support it as well. Thank you.
H.B. 71 Health Provider Directory and Access Amendments · House floor debate (day 17) · Feb 5, 2026
Says the substitute addresses concerns raised by members and lists associations that support the bill, including marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, social workers, and psychologists.
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Uh, yes. Um, this substitute, uh, should address the concerns that, uh, a number of you have asked me about, uh, with this substitute, the Utah Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, the Utah Mental Health Counselors Association, the Naso National Association, the Social Workers Utah Chapter, and the Utah Psychological Association support the bill.
H.B. 417 Patient Interfacility Transportation Requirements · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 4, 2026
Asks whether an exception to the two-hour arrival limit is possible for members in large, rural districts.
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Yeah, thank you. Quick question on the, so on the two hour thing mm-hmm. I, my district is huge and I can't even get across my district in four hours. Um, is there room, I, I do understand the two hours because you do have to have a timeframe of, of like being reasonable. But for those that like distance itself will not allow two hours, is there room for an exception?
H.B. 417 Patient Interfacility Transportation Requirements · House Health and Human Services Committee · Feb 4, 2026
Expresses concern about putting facilities in a difficult position and suggests possible county-based classifications.
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I just, I don't want to accidentally put the facilities in a tough position to Yeah. Yeah. No, I wonder if there's a, a way to carve out maybe, um, classifications by county de depend.
H.B. 356 Drug Distribution Amendments · House floor debate (day 16) · Feb 4, 2026
Presents H.B. 356 as a technical cleanup bill that clarifies definitions and aligns Utah law with the federal 340B drug discount program without creating new policy.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. This bill is a cleanup bill from last year that was supported across, um, the body. The main goal of this bill is straightforward. It is to ensure that continued access to discounted prescription drugs under the under the Federal three 40 B program, um, remains in place. It clarifies definitions that align with state, the the current state statute. This bill does not create a new policy. It provides technical and conforming changes. So Utah law is clear, consistent, and legally sound. It provides Utah with clear enforceable rules, cleanup language, not policy expansion resolves, ambi, ambi ambiguity, and definitional, definitional terms such as the word pharmacy. Without clarity, the program could be narrowed or …
H.B. 113 Emergency Reporting Abuse Amendments · House floor debate (day 15) · Feb 3, 2026
Presents H.B. 113, which strengthens penalties for false emergency reports, targeting knowing repeat false calls that tie up law enforcement or cause injury, death, or financial loss, with jail and restitution, and describes rural ambulance delays caused by false reports in his district.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker House Bill one 13 strengthens penalties for false emergency reports. This focuses on repeat false calls when those actions do a few different things when they put lives at risk. Tie up law enforcement, um, cause real injury, death, or significant financial loss, it ensures accountability for abuse of the 9 1 1 emergency service while protecting legitimate calls. The core principle around the bill here is that emergency resources need to be available for people who truly need them. Um, a key few policy points here is, is, so there's four. So it targets knowing and intentional abuse. This is not about honest mistakes, this is intentional abuse on the system. Another thing that it …
H.B. 113 Emergency Reporting Abuse Amendments · House floor debate (day 15) · Feb 3, 2026
Closes by saying the bill is about responsibility and public safety, holding people who knowingly abuse 9-1-1 and emergency services accountable.
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Yeah, I would just sum with the, this bill is about responsibility. It's about public safety and having respect for the emergency services that, that we, um, when we need them, that, that we have them making sure that people who knowingly are abusing 9 1 1 and emergency services are accountable. And I, I think it just provides a, a good framework for, for protecting those services. And I thank you.
H.B. 356 Drug Distribution Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Presents HB 356 as a technical and conforming cleanup to keep federal 340B drug discount provisions clear in state law, and offers to answer questions.
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All right. Thank you Madam Chair and Committee, and I grabbed the wrong bill, so I'm gonna come grab the right. Alright, sorry about that. So I have, um, to present to you today, house Bill 3 56. Um, the main goal of this bill is, is pretty straightforward, um, to ensure that continued access to discontinue or discounted prescription drugs under the Federal three 40 B program by clarifying definitions and Ian statute, this bill does not create a new policy. It provides technical and conforming changes. So Utah law is clear, consistent, and legally sound. Um, it provides Utah with clear enforceable rules, cleanup, language, and some clarification With the, the bill that we worked on last year, …
H.B. 356 Drug Distribution Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Says his rural district relies on the 340B program and that the cleanup helps rural pharmacies keep dispensing drugs at affordable prices.
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Yeah, I mean, I would just finish with I, so my district is, is very rural, so I represent, um, district 69, San Juan, grand Emery, Garfield Wayne, and Cain counties. Um, the intent of, of three 40 B fits my district in a way that we would not be able to provide the services that, that are provided in rural Utah with, without this program. Um, so, so the intent of cleaning this up is, is simply to clean this up to make sure that we are in a good position to provide this, to be able to keep our rural, um, pharmacies dispensing at a, at a, in a way that, that makes things affordable. Um, like mentioned …
H.B. 152 Educational Vaccine Exemption Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Asked the sponsor whether health departments' ability to track exemptions remains in the bill.
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I do have a, a question that maybe the sponsor can help me clarify in, in the bill, is there, are we, are we taking out the piece that health departments would be able to track? This is, is that still there? Is this, is this going away? If you could speak to that a little.
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Asks whether the bill would prevent the department from conducting testing.
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Um, Mr. Chair, the question I had is just around the testing aspects, at least in my reading, and I am frequently corrected, so I'm, I'm happy to be educated Okay. If, if this is wrong. Um, but I see I'm seeing a lot here in terms of, uh, the department being able to, uh, conduct testing, um, after a cease and desist or after there's some kind of Okay. I can, can explain that. Can, or Yeah. I was just wondering, is there anything in this that would preclude them from doing testing?
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Asks whether raw milk would be marketed and labeled separately from pasteurized products and whether containers carry a warning label.
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Thank you. Mm-hmm. And can I ask one more question? Yes. And just because I just read the amendment or, uh, sub amendment, sorry. Um, the main piece of this is really that, um, if this is marketed in the public market, that they're retailed separately or marked separately from pasteurized products. Is That, and, and each container has the warning label on it as well.
H.B. 179 Milk Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 30, 2026
Moves to pass the bill favorably with the first substitute amendment.
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I'll make a motion that we pass the bill with a favor. Recommendation. We did you want the amendment? I Actually made them, sorry. I I had a momentary lapse of sanity there. A motion to, uh, adopt the first substitute. The first substitute was adopted in committee. The Amendment. Amendment. The first substitute is what I meant to say. Right, Right.
H.B. 75 American Indian and Alaska Native Education Amendments · House floor debate (day 11) · Jan 30, 2026
Spoke in support, saying the bill provides targeted support for rural areas and that veteran teachers and leaders are staying longer, and that the bill has accountability guardrails.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of this bill as a representative that represents San Juan County. Um, this legislation is about targeted support for Utah's most rural remote areas. The results already speak for themselves. We have veteran teachers who are staying longer in schools. We have leaders that are staying longer. Um, when we have consistent programs that work, um, things happen and we, and we get direct results. So I stand in support of this bill, um, for clear guardrails and accountability to protect what's already working within this program. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
S.B. 20 Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Technical Changes · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Jan 28, 2026
Moved to recommend SB 20 out of committee with a favorable recommendation.
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And I see Representative Monson. Yeah, I'd move that. We recommend Senate Bill 20 out of, um, our committee with a favorable recommendation.
S.B. 20 Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Technical Changes · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Jan 28, 2026
Said he served on the interim committee, that the bill cleans up old statutes, and that it is a good bill.
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and, and have worked on some of these bills as well. It's just cleaning things up, putting old stuff, getting rid of some things clean up. No. So I I it's a good bill. Okay. It's a good bill. Okay.
H.B. 35 Bears Ears Visitor Center Advisory Committee Amendments · Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee · Jan 28, 2026
Explains that HB 35 extends the bill's sunset date by two years so the committee can finish the work it did not have time to complete.
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Yes. If I can find it here, but I can't. So, um, this is easy. It's an easy bill. So we were working on this during interim. Um, basically what we're doing is we're just extending the date on this, so it's a two year extension. The committee didn't have time to get through the things that they wanted to get through during the time before it sunsetted. So we're just extending that for two years. Two years extension. Yep. Of the Sunset date. Yep. Easy enough. Okay. Alright.
H.B. 156 Blood Transfusion Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Asks who is currently preventing directed blood donation from happening.
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Representative Monson, I have a few maybe. Um, who, who is not granting this to happen as is right now?
H.B. 156 Blood Transfusion Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Asks whether the bill was previously passed and how many patients have requested this in the past year.
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Okay. And then, um, how, so this was passed previously, correct. And, and didn't make it all the way through? Yes. How many times since then has this been, um, like, do, do we know a number? Is there a number out there that we know, Um, of patients who have been Yeah. Within the last year?
H.B. 156 Blood Transfusion Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Asks whether blood is considered a medication.
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Okay. Um, and is, I think I know the answer to this question, but I just want to ask it anyways. Is blood considered a medication?
H.B. 156 Blood Transfusion Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 27, 2026
Raises a concern about who decides whether a donation would be detrimental to the donor and how that compares with the current medical necessity standard.
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Um, so maybe a little bit of a concern, I guess would be if this is allowed and then in subsection or in in B, the donation or transfusion of the blood product would be detrimental to the donor. Is it then the provider that's saying, eh, this could be detrimental? In that case everything could be. So then we just are back to square one. I kind of feel like, So because the status quo is that they have to say it is medically necessary, I think that this is a step forward. Instead of saying, yes, it's medically necessary, they're saying it's dangerous for this particular patient or this particular donor to do it. Otherwise it's okay. So …
H.B. 64 School and Institutional Trust Lands Amendments · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Jan 23, 2026
Said he was about to make a motion on the bill.
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I, I jumped the gun there. Sorry, I was gonna make a motion, but I'll wait. Oh, okay.
H.B. 64 School and Institutional Trust Lands Amendments · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Jan 23, 2026
Moved to pass HB 64 out of committee with a favorable recommendation.
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Representative Monson? Yeah, thank you. I would just, um, recommend that we pass out House Bill 64, uh, with a favorable recommendation.
H.B. 64 School and Institutional Trust Lands Amendments · House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee · Jan 23, 2026
Spoke in favor of the motion and praised the sponsor's work on the bill.
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Yeah, just briefly. I, I, Representative Brooks has done a lot of work on this. We've heard all the work that he's done. Um, and, and as a, a rural, uh, representative as well, I, I appreciate that work. And, and we're all in this together, in, in finding ways to, to protect and to, um, make sure that everything is well maintained and well, um, I guess organized. So I, I appreciate that and, and thank him for his efforts.
H.B. 113 Emergency Reporting Abuse Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Jan 23, 2026
Monson presented H.B. 113 to strengthen penalties for false emergency reports, focusing on repeat false calls, and described the substitute's misdemeanor and felony provisions and a coordinating clause.
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Thank you. Um, thank you, chair and committee. Um, I think most of you know the, the district that I represent, district House District 69, which covers, um, 27,000 square miles of Utah. So we're San Juan, grand Emery, Wayne Garfield, and Cain Counties. Um, you could argue that that's probably one of the most rural, um, districts in the state. We have a lot of issues specifically in rural Utah, but the more we've had discussions on this, um, and I guess I should back up and say there, there is a sub to this bill. I saw that. Okay. Um, the, the more we've talked, this issue isn't just in rural Utah. It's, it's a little different in …
H.B. 164 Health Care Patient Reporting to the Division of Professional Licensing · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 22, 2026
Asks whether posting the complaint information at the office front desk would meet the bill's requirement or whether it must be handed to patients.
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Yeah. Would, would it meet the requirement of this if the office were to just post this somewhere, like at the front desk of the office, like how to, how to file a complaint kind of a thing? Or does this actually need to be handed to them after the, the complaint was filed? What, what would meet the requirement, I guess, on this? So
H.B. 108 Minors in State Custody Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 22, 2026
Asks whether the 25% retained by the state is enough to keep services running as they are.
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Yeah, I was just wondering, does the, the 25% that, that stays with the state, is, is that enough to function as we currently are or is that going to take away from something like what are, what are the cuts that are gonna have to be happen for that to, to function properly?
H.B. 108 Minors in State Custody Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 22, 2026
Thanks the sponsor and asks whether the change may need to be reduced later after passage.
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Thank you. Thank you. Um, and I just have a couple of questions. So do you see this, um, like last year? Maybe you're gonna have to reduce later after this passes?
H.B. 108 Minors in State Custody Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 22, 2026
Asks whether the 25% is divided equally among children or depends on each child's benefits.
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Okay. And then I have one more question kind of piggybacking off of what Representative Abbott said. Just a clarifying question. So when the money goes into these accounts for the kids, is it you take all the lump sum of whatever's coming in and you take 25% and divide it equally between all the kids? Or does it depend on what their benefits were based on their parents?
H.B. 108 Minors in State Custody Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 22, 2026
Confirms that the amounts vary by child and thanks the presenter.
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Okay. I just wondered with the, the, that was just an average of what you were saying was a thousand. Okay. But it could be 2000 for one and 500 for another. Okay. Gotcha. Okay. Thank you. All right.
H.B. 71 Health Provider Directory and Access Amendments · House Health and Human Services Committee · Jan 22, 2026
Asks how many insurers a provider deals with on average, and says accountability is needed for communication failures, though he is concerned about disciplinary action on licenses.
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Yeah. A couple, um, questions, maybe a comment. Um, how many insurance entities does one provider deal with ne on average? Do, do we know? I mean, it's probably a lot. Um, I, I'm gonna give you my best guess. If you're a sole practitioner, it's, it's probably gonna be a handful If you're in a large clinic that contracts with many, many insurers, it could be almost every one of them. Um, I don't, I can't point to any data saying what the average number is, but, um, I don't, that's My best answer than probably less than a couple hundred. Yes. Um, so maybe a comment now, um, if a provider is getting this letter or email or …
H.B. 67 Lead Acid Battery Disposal Sunset Amendments · House floor debate (day 3) · Jan 22, 2026
Thanks the sponsor for his work on the bill and says he rises in support of it.
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Thank you Mr. Speaker. I, um, just want to thank the sponsor for, for his work on this and rise in support of of HB six seven. Thank you.
H.B. 35 Bears Ears Visitor Center Advisory Committee Amendments · House floor debate (day 1) · Jan 20, 2026
Monson says the bill extends the Bears Ears Visitor Center advisory committee for two years, because delays from changes to monument boundaries pushed back its work on need, feasibility and impact.
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Representative Monson. Thank You Mr. Speaker. This bill is pretty straightforward. So, um, the intent of this committee originally was to look at the need, the feasibility and the impact that, um, a, a Bears Ears Visitor Center might have. There was some delays in this happening based on some changes of Monument, um, boundaries. So all we're looking to do is to extend this for another two years. And that is my presentation.
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