2023 Legislative Bill Tracker
| BILL NUMBER | TITLE | DESCRIPTION | SPONSOR | UPEA POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB41 | Utah Retirement System Revisions | This bill amends the Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act (the Act). This bill authorizes the docketing of an abstract of a final administrative order with the court for purposes of creating a lien and other collection remedies against a person who owes money under the Act; clarifies whose decision triggers the time period for a person to request a review of a decision related to a benefit, right, obligation, or employment right under the Act; updates terminology to reflect defined terms; creates review and compliance requirements for an individual receiving a long-term disability benefit; and makes technical and conforming changes. | Rep Brooks/Sen Harper | Monitor |
| HB104 | Modifications to Public Safety Retirement | This bill modifies requirements related to retirement from a public safety or firefighter retirement system. This bill reduces the length of the period of separation for postretirement reemployment of a retiree from a public safety system or a firefighter retirement system; provides the circumstances that constitute a separation from employment for purposes of being eligible for postretirement employment; schedules the termination of the reduced period of separation but requires legislative review before termination; modifies the years of service and increases the multiplier for purposes of calculating the retirement allowance provided to a member of the New Public Safety and Firefighter Tier II hybrid retirement system; and makes conforming changes. | Rep Gwynn/Sen Bramble | Support |
| HB105 | Public Employee Disability Benefits Amendments | This bill amends the Public Employees' Long-Term Disability Act. This bill establishes a three-year pilot period during which an eligible employee with a mental objective medical impairment qualifies for the same disability benefit as the eligible employee would receive for a physical objective medical impairment; creates review and compliance requirements for an individual receiving a disability benefit; and makes technical and corresponding changes. | Rep King/Sen Bramble | Support |
| HB125 | Postretirement Reemployment Amendments | This bill modifies the postretirement reemployment restrictions for a retiree who was a public safety service employee or a teacher. This bill defines terms; provides the circumstances under which a retiree who was a public safety service employee or a teacher immediately before retirement may be reemployed with a participating employer within the one-year separation period without cancellation of the retiree's retirement allowance; and makes technical and conforming changes. | Rep Birkeland | Monitor |
| HB126 | Postretirement Reemployment Modifications | This bill modifies the postretirement reemployment restrictions for a retiree who was a public safety service employee or a teacher. This bill defines terms; allows a retiree who was a public safety service employee or a teacher to be reemployed with a participating employer within the one-year separation period if the retiree does not earn more than $35,000 per year in postretirement reemployment; applies an inflation adjustment to the earnings limitation; and makes technical and conforming changes. | Rep Birkeland | Monitor |
| HB135 1st Sub | State Holiday Amendments | This bill modifies provisions related to legal state holidays. This bill modifies state holidays and leave days; requires the Division of Human Resource Management to establish rules governing paid time off and associated compensation for state employees required to work on legal holidays; requires the governor to determine which state offices and services will be closed and unavailable to the public on legal state holidays; and requires the governor to provide methods for the public to access state services on a legal state holiday, where practicable. | Rep Thurston/Sen Buxton | Support |
| HB167 1st Sub | State Child Care Pilot Program | This bill addresses on-site child care for state employees. This bill defines terms; allows an agency to establish an on-site child care center for the benefit of the agency's employees; requires a child care provider that operates an on-site child care center to maintain liability insurance coverage; allows an agency to charge a reasonable fee for the use of the agency's facility as an on-site child care center; provides for agency consultation in establishing an on-site child care center; and provides that the state is not liable for civil damages resulting from the operation of an on-site child care center. | Rep Matthews/Sen Escamilla | Support |
| HB177 1st Sub | State Hospital Amendments | This bill creates the State Mental Health System Commission. This bill defines terms; creates the advisory State Mental Health System Commission (commission); directs the commission to evaluate and make recommendations about the state's mental health system and model; requires the Department of Health and Human Services and the Division of Integrated Healthcare to work with the commission; requires the commission to submit the commission's recommendations in a written report to certain legislative committees; and provides a repeal date for the commission. | Rep Hawkins/Sen Bramble | Monitor |
| HB241 | Labor Union Amendments | This bill amends provisions governing public employers and labor organizations. This bill prohibits a public employer from deducting union dues from a public employee's wages, except in certain circumstances; prohibits using public money or public property to assist, promote, or deter union organizing or administration; prohibits a public employer from compensating a public employee for union activities; requires a labor organization to provide the number of members in the labor organization upon request of a public employer; defines terms; and makes technical and conforming changes. | Rep Teuscher | Oppose |
| HB241 | Labor Union Amendments | This bill amends provisions governing public employers and labor organizations. This bill prohibits a public employer from deducting union dues from a public employee's wages, except in certain circumstances; prohibits using public money or public property to assist, promote, or deter union organizing or administration; prohibits a public employer from compensating a public employee for union activities; requires a labor organization to provide the number of members in the labor organization upon request of a public employer; defines terms; and makes technical and conforming changes. | Rep Teuscher | Oppose |
| HB374 2nd Sub | County Sheriff Amendments | This bill repeals provisions regarding a county sheriff's role and duties in interlocal agreements for law enforcement services, police local districts, and police interlocal entities. This bill establishes a repeal date for provisions governing the content of interlocal agreements for law enforcement services involving a county; and establishes a repeal date for provisions governing the role of a sheriff in police local districts and police interlocal entities. | Rep Teuscher/Sen Cullimore | Monitor |
| HB377 1st Sub | Prison Health Care Services Retirement Amendments | This bill modifies membership provisions of the public safety retirement systems to include certain employees of the Department of Health and Human Services. This bill provides the circumstances under which an employee who was employed by the Department of Corrections and now is an employee of the Department of Health and Human Services shall continue to earn public safety service credit in the public safety retirement systems; and makes technical changes. | Rep Acton/Sen Owens | Support |
| HB379 | State Employee Incentive Amendments | This bill addresses the use of certain unexpended appropriations. This bill defines terms; and allows an executive branch agency to use appropriated funds for one-time employee incentive expenses, if the Legislature appropriated the funds for a full-time employee position; and the executive branch agency was unable to fill the full-time employee position before the end of the fiscal year, despite best efforts. | Rep Matthews | Support |
| HB412 2nd Sub | State Employment Revisions | This bill modifies provisions relating to state employment. This bill provides for certain career service employees to make a voluntary election to convert to career service exempt status; modifies a provision relating to the responsibilities of the director of the Division of Human Resource Management; modifies definitions applicable to a pay-for-performance management system; allows a state independent entity to choose to participate in a pay-for-performance plan under a pay-for-performance management system; establishes a schedule AY position as a career service exempt position; provides for employees in a schedule B career service status position who have not completed probation to become career service exempt employees if the position is changed to a schedule AY position; and modifies provisions related to employee salary ranges. | Rep Christofferson | Oppose |
| HB466 2nd Sub | Office of the Attorney General Employment Amendments | This bill modifies provisions relating to employees of the Office of the Attorney General. This bill modifies provisions relating to the career service status of employees of the Office of the Attorney General; provides that employees hired after a specified date may not be given career service status; provides for certain employees to voluntarily elect to convert to a position with career service exempt status; authorizes the attorney general to adopt a policy for a review process for an employee in a career service exempt status who is recommended to be suspended, demoted, or dismissed; requires the attorney general to adopt a pay for performance plan and provides for the features of a plan; and makes technical changes. | Rep Christofferson | Oppose |
| HB479 | Corrections Task Force | This bill creates the Corrections Task Force; includes a sunset date; and makes technical and conforming changes. | Rep Burton | Monitor |
| HB521 | Correction Officer Amendments | This bill modifies provisions relating to the designation and duties of officers within the Department of Corrections. | Rep Burton | Monitor |
| HB533 | State Pay Plan Amendments | This bill amends provisions related to state pay plans. This bill defines terms; and requires the division director of the Division of Human Resource Management to • establish specialized state pay plans for transportation technicians in the Department of Transportation that include certain information about salary range, qualifications, training, performance evaluation, and promotion; and • include recommendations on funding and salary increases for transportation technicians in the division director's annual compensation plan to the governor. | Rep Matthews | Support |
| SB11 | Retirement Fiscal Note Requirements | This bill modifies the duties of the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst. This bill directs the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst to include specified additional information in the fiscal estimate for each proposed bill that changes retirement benefits for public employees. | Sen Fillmore/Rep Brooks | Support |
| SB21 | Retirement and Independent Entities Amendments | This bill clarifies which entities are considered independent entities for purposes of the Independent Entities Code; adds the Public Service Commission to the list of independent entities and authorizes the commission to participate in coverage under the Risk Management Fund; allows the Retirement and Independent Entities Committee to meet at certain times to review draft legislation that is in the committee's purview; requires the committee to review certain entities to determine whether an entity should be treated as an independent entity; amends the committee's duties concerning studying retirement issues; provides for the return of an independent entity's unspent appropriations to the state in certain circumstances; repeals a provision exempting the Utah Housing Corporation from study by the committee; and makes technical and conforming changes. | Sen Harper/Rep Brooks | Monitor |
| SB22 | State Employee Benefits Amendments | This bill creates the State Employee Benefits Advisory Commission. This bill defines terms; creates the State Employee Benefits Advisory Commission; describes the commission's membership, quorum requirements, duties, and other requirements; establishes reporting requirements for the commission; provides a sunset date for the commission; and makes technical and conforming changes. | Sen Fillmore/Rep Brammer | Support |
| SB89 | Utah Retirement Amendments | This bill modifies the provisions relating to an employer match of employee contributions to a retirement savings account. This bill requires an employer to automatically enroll a newly hired benefit-eligible state employee to make a biweekly contribution to a Utah Retirement Systems 401(k) retirement savings account in an amount equal to the amount that is eligible for an employer match; and allows an employee to modify the automatic enrollment, including: • opting out of automatic enrollment; • changing the amount of a contribution; • changing the Utah Retirement Services retirement savings account into which the contribution is made. | Sen Harper/Rep Stratton | Monitor |
| SJR5 | Budgeting Changes to State Retirement Contributions | This resolution modifies duties of the Executive Appropriations Committee related to retirement contributions. This resolution directs the Executive Appropriations Committee to set aside any savings from each reduction in the amortization rate and, when the total set aside money reaches a specified threshold, include the amount in the base budget as an increase to benefitted state employee salaries. | Sen Fillmore/Rep Gwynn | Monitor |
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