Stephen L. Whyte

• S.B. 284 Local Land and Water Modifications · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Supports the bill, describing it as an annual consensus effort by many organizations that aims to increase housing supply and affordability.

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  Thank you Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of this bill as well. This Luma Bill is an annual bill that's presented and each year it takes a tremendous amount of work from multiple organizations throughout the entire year working together in consensus. This as a bottom line foundation elements that will help the housing at obtainability and affordability issues as land use is a part of zoning and important decisions to be able to help increase the supply. So I rise in support of this Lud bill and appreciate everyone's work on it to get it to this consensus point.

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• S.B. 284 Local Land and Water Modifications · House floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Rises in support, noting the annual consensus work behind the bill and its role in increasing housing supply.

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  Thank you Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of this bill as well. This Luma Bill is an annual bill that's presented and each year it takes a tremendous amount of work from multiple organizations throughout the entire year working together in consensus. This as a bottom line foundation elements that will help the housing at obtainability and affordability issues as land use is a part of zoning and important decisions to be able to help increase the supply. So I rise in support of this Lud bill and appreciate everyone's work on it to get it to this consensus point.

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• S.B. 2 Public Education Budget Amendments · House floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026

  Presents S.B. 2 as the floor sponsor, describing budget reductions of about 0.85%, budget increases of about 2.5% including funding for at-risk students and school fees restoration, statutory changes concerning USDB, online program funding, and state superintendent fund transfers, and says the bill complements H.B. 1 for a combined 5.9% increase in public education funding.

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  Thank you Mr. Speaker. Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to present SB two Public Education Budget Amendments. I'll be discussing three aspects of this bill. The first will be the budget reductions, the second budget increases, and the third statutory changes in the first area of budget reductions. This bill will identify a reduction of 0.85%, so less than 1% reduction. This will be 8.2 million one time and 41.7 million ongoing for a total combined of 49.9 million. These reductions are primarily affecting non lapsing balances and moderate growing balances, along with some targeted adjustments to some select programs. So the reductions will be 0.85% less than 1% in the second area of the bill will …

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• S.B. 31 Office of Professional Licensure Review Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Mar 3, 2026

  Asked the sponsor about the acupuncture board language and why the requirement for two licensed acupuncturists was removed.

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  Thank you, Mr. Vice Chair. And thank you senator for presentation and all the work over interim on this bill. This is a significant, a significant bill as an understatement. I'm just confirming, are you speaking to the third substitute? No, we're actually on the fourth substitute. On the four substitute. Thank you. Yeah, Currently we, we had, we did make a four substitute before we sent it to the house. So the amendment would go to the four substitute. Thank you. Could you speak just a little bit more to the Accu Actu, I can't speak right now, acupuncturist piece of it as I've got some questions over the last couple of days about some concerns in that area. …

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• S.B. 31 Office of Professional Licensure Review Amendments · House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee · Mar 3, 2026

  Said the underlying issue involves national accreditation and academic programs, and supports the amendment so that issue is addressed over the interim.

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  Thank you, Mr. Vice Chair. What the amendment before is, is something that I've been personally wrestling with. We need to ensure that our nurse practitioners are trained and experienced to be able to practice so every one can be safe. And as visiting with over this topic over the interim, really appreciate the research, the work that has been done by the Department of Commerce and LER and their analysis and recommendations as we really debate it and work through this, through the, um, through the interim process. My wrestle is that this is addressing a element of the problem, but not the underlying core issue. The underlying core issues, it relates to the national accreditation and it relates …

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• H.B. 596 Homelessness Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 2, 2026

  Thanked the sponsor and asked whether he was speaking to the first substitute and amendment one.

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  Thank you, Mr. Vice Chair. And thank you representative for presenting this bill and for your work on this issue, especially over many years that have helped a lot of people looking into this, this bill and all the details you've explained. I just wanna confirm, are you speaking to the first sub amendment one?

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• H.B. 596 Homelessness Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 2, 2026

  Asked for more detail on specific lines of amendment one.

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  Looking into that amendment one that is posted, could you go into a little bit more detail and explain lines 9 95 through maybe 9 98?

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• H.B. 596 Homelessness Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 2, 2026

  Asked where the local annual contributions to the mitigation fund come from.

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  Thank you. And Mr. Vice Chair, if I may ask a follow up to that, thank you for explaining that I've received some communications from different cities throughout the state and the area I have representing about that. Just for clarification too, maybe for those that are listening online or listening in the future, those local annual contributions, where are those contributions from? What is the source of that funding?

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• H.B. 596 Homelessness Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 2, 2026

  Asked how the fiscal note changes under the bill.

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  Question. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Vice Chair. You're welcome. Um, I have a quick question for you, if that's all right? Sure. Um, and so we have a fiscal note on the base bill. How does the fiscal note change? Maybe you address

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• H.B. 596 Homelessness Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 2, 2026

  Thanked organizations and staff for their collaborative work and said he supports the substitute and amendment for expanding the mitigation fund and providing accountability.

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  Thank you, Mr. Vice Chair. I'd like to thank everybody who came this morning. All of the organizations that have been involved and the collaborative work that's been put together in this very comprehensive and complicated area of work. So thank you for your work and your support to be able to help meet this need throughout the entire state and representative. Continue to receive compliments the way that you have collaboratively worked with everybody, so appreciate the substitute and the amendment, seeing how everyone's working together to be able to protect local communities while supporting shelters, to expanding the mitigation fund, to providing financial stability and accountability for service providers. So, thank you for everybody's work today.

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• S.B. 226 Fatal Motor Vehicle Accident Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 2, 2026

  Moved to adopt the second substitute of SB 226.

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  Thank you Mr. Vice Chair. Motion to adopt first sub of SB second 2 26. Second sub, second substitute. Yeah, I apologize. Second sub. Thank you everyone.

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• S.B. 226 Fatal Motor Vehicle Accident Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 2, 2026

  Moved to favorably recommend SB 226 second substitute.

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  Thank you Mr. Vice Chair. Motion to favorably recommend SB 2 26 second substitute fatal motor vehicle accidents amendments.

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• S.B. 226 Fatal Motor Vehicle Accident Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 2, 2026

  Said public testimony showed the sponsor's work in finding a balance on this issue and that this is appreciated.

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  Oh, thank you. From the public testimony, being able to see the good work of Senator Millner on this addressing this need and finding the right balance to be able to help in the future is greatly appreciated.

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• S.B. 128 Public Alert Amendments · House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee · Mar 2, 2026

  Asks how other states use similar alerts and what outcomes they have seen.

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  Thank you, Mr. Vice Chair. Uh, thank you for your work on this. Thank you. And coming up with this concept, you've mentioned it's used in other states. Can you explain how this is used in other states and what the outcomes have been?

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• H.B. 521 Public Education Economic Stabilization Restricted Account Amendments · House floor debate (day 38) · Feb 27, 2026

  Supports the bill as long-term, generational planning to ensure future education funding, while preserving the current stabilization account.

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  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of this bill. One of the hallmarks of the state of Utah is forward looking and generational planning for the future. The current stabilization account has served a wonderful purpose and it'll continue to serve a wonderful purpose. And this proposal is really a long-term generational planning to ensure that we currently have that we'll have funding into the future. And so I'm supportive of this long-term visionary planning that will continue to help fund, uh, the needs and the opportunities of education in the state. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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How they voted

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Bills they sponsored

• H.B. 1 Public Education Base Budget Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 171 Physician Assistant Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 448 Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.C.R. 6 Concurrent Resolution Regarding the Utah Housing Strategic Plan · House/ to Governor

Carried in the House as floor sponsor

• S.B. 2 Public Education Budget Amendments · Governor Signed
• S.B. 39 Investment Zones Amendments · Governor Signed

About

In office since

November 9, 2021 Appointed

Counties

Utah

Profession

VP, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions

Affiliations

UVU Associate Vice President (2017-2021) and Professor of Communications (2009-2021); Board of Directors, United Way of Utah County (2019-present); Co-Chair of Utah Valley Growth & Prosperity Summit (2021); BYU Alumni Board of Directors (2013-2018); Small business owner (2007-present); Sons of Utah Pioneers; Eagle Scout;

Education

B.A., Political Science and M.P.A, Brigham Young University

Honors and awards

Recipient of UVU Board of Trustees and Presidential Awards of Excellence

Committees

• Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee
• House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee
• House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
• Business and Labor Interim Committee
• Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee

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