Legislative Bills

HJR016 | Joint Resolution Approving Exchange of School and Institutional Trust Lands

Description

General Description:

This joint resolution approves a proposed land exchange of state school and institutional trust lands and mineral interest for federal lands and mineral interests.

Highlighted Provisions:

The law requires any exchange of land with the federal government of 500 acres or more to have approval of the legislature. This resolution is the vehicle to get approval to remove trust lands out of the Bears Ears Monument. It will allow adjustments so that the trade will be equal in valuation when completed. As Bears Ears continually vacillates between being a monument and not being a monument, it has become vital to get trust lands out of that area. As a national monument the trust lands cannot make money for the school children. By trading out for other lands, the new trust land areas will be better situated to make money for the trust again.

Bill Details

Bill Number:

HJR016

Year:

2022

Status:

House/ filed

Last Action:

Mar 04, 2022

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note Amount:

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Utah PTA Response

Utah PTA Position

Support

Utah PTA Resolution:

EDU 2015-1 | School Trust Lands

Impact on Children:

Proper management of the School Trust Lands enables more funding for public education.

Commission:

Trust Lands

Education

Utah PTA Public Policy Program

National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions:

Be it resolved: That Utah PTA work to encourage Federal and State officials to fulfill their responsibilities under the Enabling Act by assisting the State in proper management of School Trust Lands for their intended purpose to support public schools; and in cases where management for trust purposes would conflict with other important purposes, such as protection of archaeological, aesthetic, or other environmental or cultural resources, that the Federal Government or State purchase, or trade the affected lands for other lands of comparable value; and be it further
Resolved: That Utah PTA encourage Federal and State officials to ensure the School Trust is made whole if Trust Lands are captured by the creation of a federal conservation or other area, including an up-front trade of captured Trust Lands for other lands of comparable value;

HJR018 | Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution - State School Fund

Description

General Description:

This joint resolution of the Legislature proposes to amend the Utah Constitution relating to the State School Fund.

Highlighted Provisions:

This resolution proposes to amend the Utah Constitution to:
change the limit on annual distributions from the State School Fund from 4% to 5%. It also directs the Lt. Governor to submit this proposal to the voters at the next general election. If passed, it would take effect January 2025.

Bill Details

Bill Number:

HJR018

Year:

2023

Status:

House/ to Lieutenant Governor

Last Action:

Mar 13, 2023

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note Amount:

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Utah PTA Response

Utah PTA Position

Support

Utah PTA Resolution:

EDU 2015-1 | School Trust Lands

Impact on Children:

Conditions have demonstrated that the current Constitutional and statutory 4% restrictions have caused the distribution policy to not meet required intergenerational equity standards by favoring future over present beneficiaries.

Commission:

Trust Lands

Utah PTA Public Policy Program

National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions:

That Utah PTA encourage State and local officials to take all necessary steps to assure that management of the School Trust Lands is in accordance with trust duties and principles including undivided loyalty to the beneficiaries, a duty to make trust property productive, a duty to keep and render accounts, and a duty to exercise prudence and skill in administering the trust, thereby obtaining much-needed revenue for Utah's public schools;

HJR025S01 | Joint Resolution Encouraging Legislators to Provide Instruction in Civics

Description

General Description:

This resolution encourages legislators to visit students in classrooms to teach the students about the legislative process.

Highlighted Provisions:

This resolution encourages legislators to visit students in classrooms to teach the students about the legislative process.

Bill Details

Bill Number:

HJR025S01

Year:

2024

Status:

House/ filed

Last Action:

Mar 01, 2024

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note Amount:

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Utah PTA Response

Utah PTA Position

Support

Utah PTA Resolution:

IND 2022-1 | Character Development Through Civics Education

Impact on Children:

Encouraging legislators to spend time in our public schools has many benefits. It allows students and educators to interact with legislators, and promotes civic engagement among our students. Legislators also benefit by learning more about how our K-12 schools function and what their needs are.

Commission:

Education

Utah PTA Public Policy Program

National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions:

That Utah PTA and its constituent associations encourage civic engagement through educational campaigns regarding voter registration, forums on candidates and policies, and discussions where a variety of diverse perspectives are shared and reflect the backgrounds and circumstances of diverse students

HJR027 | Joint Resolution Encouraging Water-efficient Landscaping Ordinances for New Construction

Description

General Description:

This resolution encourages municipalities and counties to address water efficient land use for new construction.

Highlighted Provisions:

This joint resolution recognizes the importance of water to the state and supports water-efficient landscaping as a key strategy for meeting water optimization goals. It also recommends that municipalities and counties adopt water-efficient landscaping ordinances and water use and preservation elements into their general plans

Bill Details

Bill Number:

HJR027

Year:

2024

Status:

House/ filed

Last Action:

Mar 01, 2024

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note Amount:

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Utah PTA Response

Utah PTA Position

Support

Impact on Children:

Urging cities to embrace forward-thinking planning that integrate water-efficient practices and landscaping strategies not only prioritizes the well-being of Utah's children but also secures a sustainable water future for them.

Commission:

Health

Utah PTA Public Policy Program

National PTA and Utah PTA Position Statements:

The Rights of Utah's Children to a Healthy Environment

Resolved, Utah PTA is committed to supporting policies that encourage efficient water
management and promoting water conservation practices in our communities, (including educating children and families about responsible water usage)

SB0001S01 | Public Education Base Budget Amendments

Description

General Description:

This bill supplements or reduces appropriations otherwise provided for the support and operation of public education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, and appropriates funds for the support and operation of public education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022.

Highlighted Provisions:

This bill:
15          ▸     provides appropriations for the use and support of school districts, charter schools,
16     and state education agencies;
17          ▸     sets the value of the weighted pupil unit (WPU) at $3,809 for fiscal year 2022;
18          ▸     adjusts the number of weighted pupil units to reflect anticipated student enrollment
19     in fall 2021;
20          ▸     creates the Enrollment Growth Contingency Program;
21          ▸     creates the Supplemental Educator COVID-19 Stipend;
22          ▸     repeals a budgetary obligation related to increases in the value of the WPU, which
23     this bill satisfies through increased funding;
24          ▸     enacts repeal dates for the Enrollment Growth Contingency Program and the
25     Supplemental Educator COVID-19 Stipend;
26          ▸     makes technical changes;
27          ▸     provides appropriations for other purposes as described; and
28          ▸     approves intent language.

Bill Details

Bill Number:

SB0001S01

Year:

2021

Status:

Governor Signed

Last Action:

Feb 04, 2021

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note Amount:

$13,870,481,400

This bill appropriates $580,393,800 in operating and capital budgets for fiscal year 2021, including: $142,500,000 from the Uniform School Fund; $5,299,500 from the Education Fund; and $432,594,300 from various sources as detailed in this bill. This bill appropriates $75,000 in expendable funds and accounts for fiscal year 2021. This bill appropriates ($23,400,000) in restricted fund and account transfers for fiscal year 2021. This bill appropriates $6,027,166,400 in operating and capital budgets for fiscal year 2022, including: $7,892,800 from the General Fund; $3,636,394,700 from the Uniform School Fund; $167,481,800 from the Education Fund; and $2,215,397,100 from various sources as detailed in this bill. This bill appropriates $3,327,000 in expendable funds and accounts for fiscal year 2022. This bill appropriates $292,568,200 in restricted fund and account transfers for fiscal year 2022, including: $314,218,200 from the Education Fund; and ($21,650,000) from various sources as detailed in this bill. This bill appropriates $122,600 in fiduciary funds for fiscal year 2022.

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Utah PTA Response

Utah PTA Position

Support

Utah PTA Resolution:

EDU 2010-2 | Education Funding (retired)

Impact on Children:

This bill provides appropriations for the use and support of public schools, sets the value of the weighted pupil unit (WPU), adjusts the number of WPUs for anticipated enrollment growth, and creates the Supplemental Educator COVID-19 Stipend.

Commission:

Advocacy

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;

Utah PTA Legislative Policy:

1. Support education legislation, including a constitutional change, that the Legislature shall provide for the establishment and maintenance of a public education system, which shall be open to all children of the state; and that sustains/establishes revenue sources that support the system of public education including:
          a. Automatic increases for enrollment growth in the base budget;
          b. Automatic increases in the WPU based on inflation;
          c. Establishes and funds a “public education rainy day fund” to support the Uniform School Fund in times of economic downturns experienced in the Nation or State.

Utah PTA Legislative Priorities:

National PTA Public Policy Agenda

Continue to Increase Investments in Education Through a Regular Appropriations Process

SB0021S01 | Education Amendments

Description

General Description:

This bill amends provisions regarding requirements on the Utah State Board of Education and programs that the Utah State Board of Education administers.

Bill Details

Bill Number:

SB0021S01

Year:

2020

Status:

Governor Signed

Last Action:

Mar 30, 2020

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note Amount:

None

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Utah PTA Response

Utah PTA Position

Support

Utah PTA Resolution:

EDU 2015-2 | Support for Community Schools

Impact on Children:

1. Students who attend afterschool programs have increased academic performance.

2. Students who attend afterschool programs have additional support for homework completion.

Commission:

Education

Utah PTA Public Policy Program

National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions:

Utah PTA Resolution EDU 2015-2 Support for Community Schools - Resolved, The Utah PTA urge state legislators to facilitate implementation of community schools to provide services for the whole child and the families in each school community.

Utah PTA Legislative Priorities:

Utah PTA 2020 Legislative Priority #4. Support safe practices and environments for all children.

Utah PTA 2020 Legislative Priority #7. Support legislation, funding, and community partnerships that provide programs and resources to strengthen families and children’s social and emotional well being through affordable housing, homelessness initiatives, education, and parenting skills, and juvenile justice reforms

Links

EDU 2015-2 Support for Community Schools

Utah PTA Legislative Priorities 2019-20

SB0024S01 | Child Abuse and Torture Amendments

Description

General Description:

This bill concerns child abuse and torture.

Highlighted Provisions:

This bill: creates a new criminal offense for child torture and provides penalties; adds the offense of child torture to the list of offenses for which imprisonment is
mandatory; amends existing definitions relating to the offenses of child abuse and aggravated criminal child abuse; modifies child abandonment, abuse or neglect of a child with a disability, and other statutes that rely on certain definitions concerning criminal child abuse; includes the offense of child torture in statutes that reference child abuse or aggravated child abuse, including statutes concerning background checks, murder and aggravated murder, child abuse homicide, bigamy, jail release agreements and orders, and adoption, parent-time, and custody statutes; adds the offense of child torture to the definition of "violent felony"; includes the offense of child torture as a registrable offense on the Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry; modifies the definition of "severe type of child abuse or neglect" in the juvenile code to refer to the amended definition of serious injury in the criminal child abuse statute; and makes technical and conforming changes.

Bill Details

Bill Number:

SB0024S01

Year:

2025

Status:

Senate/ to Governor

Last Action:

Mar 17, 2025

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note Amount:

None

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Utah PTA Response

Utah PTA Position

Support

Utah PTA Resolution:

FAM 2009-2 | Child Abuse and Neglect

Impact on Children:

This bills add child torture to list of felony changes and mandatory jail time. This bill also introduces language about child torture. We do not condone any form of abuse, and feel like bill will help to take offenders out of reach from the children they have abused.

Commission:

Family Life

Utah PTA Public Policy Program

Utah PTA Legislative Policy:

Support legislation, funding, and community partnerships that provide programs and resources to strengthen families and children’s social, emotional and physical learning and well-being

SB0027S02 | Behavioral Health System Amendments

Description

General Description:

This bill creates the Utah Behavioral Health Commission.

Highlighted Provisions:

Creates the Utah Behavioral Health Commission within the Department of Health and Human Services; describes the commission's purpose and duties; creates certain subcommittees under the commission, including moving certain existing behavioral health entities under the direction of the commission; creates the Legislative Policy Committee under the direction of the commission, and describes that committee's duties; provides a sunset date for the commission; amends the sunset date for the Education and Mental Health Coordinating Committee;

Bill Details

Bill Number:

SB0027S02

Year:

2024

Status:

Governor Signed

Last Action:

Mar 14, 2024

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note Amount:

None

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Utah PTA Response

Utah PTA Position

Support

Utah PTA Resolution:

HEA 2020-1 | Emotional/Mental Health and Well-Being

Impact on Children:

Create a commission to oversee programs and services for mental health care

Commission:

Health

Utah PTA Public Policy Program

National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions:

That Utah PTA support collaborative efforts between the home, school, private physicians, and community resource agencies to create mental health support networks for families, to recognize the prevalence and need for recognition of mental health illnesses and associated diagnosis and treatment,

Utah PTA Legislative Priorities:

HEALTH: Support legislative action that focuses on the diverse mental health needs of Utah’s students and families, with a focus on promoting protective factors. This includes increasing public knowledge and understanding of mental health concerns throughout the state, access to resources, as well as providing funding for proactive prevention, timely interventions, and community-based initiatives utilizing evidence-based methods.

SB0028 | Radon Related Amendments

Description

General Description:

This bill addresses issues related to radon gas.

Highlighted Provisions:

This bill will develop an online radon gas test data collection mechanism and map; address testing and mitigation in public buildings, including reporting; and repeals the study requirement that has been completed.

Bill Details

Bill Number:

SB0028

Year:

2023

Status:

Senate/ filed

Last Action:

Mar 03, 2023

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note Amount:

None

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Utah PTA Response

Utah PTA Position

Support

Utah PTA Resolution:

HEA 2014-1 | Radon

Impact on Children:

Radon detection and mitigation prevents cancer in the lung in families and residents of Utah

Commission:

Health

Utah PTA Public Policy Program

National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions:

That Utah PTA, along with its constituent bodies, encourage all Utah school districts to have all school buildings periodically tested for radon, especially areas that are frequently occupied and have a floor or a wall touching the ground or above an enclosed crawl space; and be it further

That Utah PTA, along with its constituent bodies, encourage all Utah school districts to work to correct all areas where radon levels are above 4 pCi/L and install radon prevention features during construction of new buildings or renovation of existing buildings

Utah PTA Legislative Policy:

To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, community, and place of worship.

SB0034S04 | Affordable Housing Modifications

Description

General Description:

This bill modifies provisions related to a municipality's and a county's general plan related to moderate income housing.

Bill Details

Bill Number:

SB0034S04

Year:

2019

Status:

Governor Signed

Last Action:

Mar 26, 2019

Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note Amount:

None

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Utah PTA Response

Utah PTA Position

Pending

Utah PTA Resolution:

COM 2018-1 | Homelessness and Transiency

Impact on Children:

This bill is a Utah PTA Priority Bill. Children benefit when they have stable, safe and affordable housing.

Commission:

Community Engagement

Utah PTA Public Policy Program

National PTA and Utah PTA Resolutions:

Resolved, That Utah PTA and its constituent associations support adequate funding for federal and state housing programs that increase the number of affordable housing units including rental and homeownership options.

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