Legislative Bills

HB0245 | Tobacco Amendments

Description

General Description:

This bill enacts provisions relating to sales of cigars and pipe tobacco.

Highlighted Provisions:

Authorizes telephone, mail, Internet, and other remote sales of a cigar or pipe tobacco

Bill Details

Bill Number:

HB0245

Year:

2025

Status:

House/ filed

Last Action:

Mar 07, 2025

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note Amount:

None

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Utah PTA Response

Utah PTA Position

Oppose

While the bill states that there will be a system to age verify consumers, there is no guarentee that minors will not be able to purchase these tobacco products.

Utah PTA Resolution:

SAF 2011-1 | Preventing Solicitation of Adult Products to Minors

Impact on Children:

A variety of substances, including but not limited to glues, propellants, certain herbs, tobacco, alcohol, over-the-counter medications, and other common household chemicals can be obtained legally, and are frequently abused as stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, and more; and

Abuse of the aforementioned substances can be damaging to the mental, physical, and social health of the user;

Commission:

Health

Utah PTA Public Policy Program

National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions:

That Utah PTA support legislation regarding knowingly providing to minors any information that would be harmful to minors or selling materials to minorsthat are illegal, including, but not limited to pornography, tobacco, alcohol, and gambling; and be it furthers

HB0247 | School Swimming and Lifeguarding Programs

Description

General Description:

This bill enacts provisions in public education related to water safety.

Highlighted Provisions:

This bill requires the inclusion of water safety instruction in the public education core curriculum standards for physical education.

Bill Details

Bill Number:

HB0247

Year:

2025

Status:

House/ filed

Last Action:

Mar 07, 2025

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note Amount:

None

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Utah PTA Response

Utah PTA Position

Support

Impact on Children:

Utah PTA recognizes the importance of teaching water safety to children.

Commission:

Education

Utah PTA Public Policy Program

National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions:

National Resolution on Water Safety & Instruction.

Resolved, that National PTA and its constituent associations encourage and support public school districts to include curriculum in water safety and swimming skills to ensure all children receive such instruction and guidance

HB0248 | Education Fund Designation Ratio

Description

General Description:

This bill amends provisions related to the Education Fund.

Bill Details

Bill Number:

HB0248

Year:

2019

Status:

House/ filed

Last Action:

Mar 14, 2019

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note Amount:

None

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Utah PTA Response

Utah PTA Position

Pending

Utah PTA Resolution:

EDU 2010-2 | Education Funding (retired)

Impact on Children:

This Bill caps the amount of new revenue going into the Education Fund that can be used to fund higher education, which will help provide greater funds for K-12 Public Education funding. In 1996 voters approved a constitutional amendment which allows the Legislature to use the Education Fund for higher education. Since that time the percentage of the Education Fund budget used for higher ed has continued to increase.

Commission:

Education

Utah PTA Public Policy Program

National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions:

Resolved, That Utah PTA continue to urge the legislature to make public education revenue allocations and funding effort a high priority; and be it further Resolved, That Utah PTA encourage the legislature to adequately fund critical educational needs, including but not limited to, class size reduction, teacher salaries, technology, textbooks and supplies;

HB0249S02 | Education Related Amendments

Description

General Description:

This bill addresses parental engagement in the education arena.

Highlighted Provisions:

This bill:
12 ▸ addresses a parent's access to and submission of education records;
13 ▸ grants rulemaking authority;
14 ▸ directs the state board to create record tracking interoperability for education
15 records in the information management system under certain circumstances;
16 ▸ requires the state board to create a parent portal that provides information outlined
17 in statute, including school comparison information;
18 ▸ requires notification of the parent portal;
19 ▸ provides for the appointment of a parent engagement specialist, including providing
20 for the specialist's duties;

Bill Details

Bill Number:

HB0249S02

Year:

2023

Status:

House/ to Governor

Last Action:

Mar 13, 2023

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note Amount:

None

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Utah PTA Response

Utah PTA Position

Support

Utah PTA Resolution:

EDU 2019-1 | Best Practices in Education

Impact on Children:

Passage of this bill very very directly will encourage parent engagement in our public schools.

Commission:

Family Life

Utah PTA Public Policy Program

National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions:

That Utah PTA and its constituent associations educate parents and community members tosupport practices which enhance teacher capacity, school leadership, family and student engagement,student-centered learning climates, and instruction and curriculum alignment;

That Utah PTA and its constituent associations prioritize programs and activities that arelinked to learning opportunities and develop higher forms of family engagement;

That Utah PTA and its constituent associations encourage the State Legislature to prioritize education funding in the areas of teacher capacity, school leadership, family and student engagement, student-centered learning climate, and instruction and curriculum alignment.

HB0250S02 | School Fee Revisions

Description

General Description:

This bill amends provisions related to school fees.

Bill Details

Bill Number:

HB0250S02

Year:

2019

Status:

Governor Signed

Last Action:

Mar 25, 2019

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note Amount:

None

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Utah PTA Response

Utah PTA Position

Pending

Impact on Children:

HB 250 is a companion Bill to Rule R277-407, School Fees passed by the Utah State School Board on Friday, February 8, 2019. This Bill helps to clarify school fee statute and will help parents to understand what their rights are regarding the payment of school fees and the process for fee waivers.

PS EDU 2019 School Fees: http://www.utahpta.org/files/docs/PS%20EDU%202019%20School%20Fees.pdf

Commission:

Education

Utah PTA Public Policy Program

National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions:

First and foremost, "Utah PTA urges the legislature to make public education revenue allocations and funding effort a high priority. We also encourage the legislature to adequately fund critical education needs, including but not limited to, class size reduction, teacher salaries, technology, textbooks and supplies..."
(EDU 2010-2 Education Funding)

We recognize that current education funding does not cover the costs of all curricular, co-curricular, and extra-curricular activities within our schools but are concerned with the overwhelmingly increasing fees being charged to students and families across the state.

Utah PTA supports school fees legislation and Board rule that provides a clear definition of a fee, requires the fee to be equal or less than the expense incurred by the LEA (Local Education Agency), and holds LEAs accountable for incorrectly charging school fees. We also support legislation or Board rule that requires an
LEA governing board to adopt a fee policy and fee schedule which includes public input and is available to students and families at registration.

While we support legislation and/or Board Rule that prohibits an LEA from charging a fee for a textbook; and other activities related to the school day, including, locker rentals. We are concerned about the additional costs that may be incurred by LEAs who currently charge for such expenses and continue to urge "the legislature to ... adequately fund critical education needs."

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