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2021 Education Bill Tracking 2021 Education Bill Tracking Updated February 3, 2021 S = Support O = Oppose TOTAL BILLS = 94 N = No Position Sponsor Bill Board Rulemaking Bill Number Bill Title Bill Sponsor Bill Summary Status Coordination Notes Passed Position Requied with USBE (yes/no) HOUSE BILLS HB0008S01 State Agency and Higher Jefferson Moss Provides funding for a 3.0% labor market increase for state Enrolled Yes Education employees; provides funding for a 3.0% labor market increase Compensation for higher education employees; provides funding for step and Appropriations lane increases for employees of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind; provides funding for an average 4.3% increase in health insurance benefits rates for state and higher education employees; provides funding for retirement rate changes for certain state employees; provides funding for an up-to $26 per pay period match for qualifying state employees enrolled in a defined contribution plan; and provides funding for other compensation adjustments as authorized. HB0013 School and Child Care Stephen Handy This bill addresses water quality for schools and child care House Rules 1st Reading USBE Performance Note Center Water Testing centers. Requirements HB0018S01 Driver Education Melissa Ballard Extends the term of a learner permit from one year to 18 Senate 2nd Reading Amendments months; changes identifying information required on a driver license to include "gender" instead of "sex"; prohibits rules requiring driver education observation hours. HB0027 Public Information Candice Pierucci This bill amends provisions related to certain public information Senate 2nd Reading Unadopted substitute available Website Modifications websites. Sponsor Bill Board Rulemaking Bill Number Bill Title Bill Sponsor Bill Summary Status Coordination Notes Passed Position Requied with USBE (yes/no) HB0030S01 Tax Modifications Stewart Barlow Clarifies the signature requirements for the form a new owner of Senate 2nd Reading residential property uses to declare that the residential property qualifies for the primary residential exemption; amends the calculation of certain tax credits to match the applicable income tax rate. HB0031 Unaccompanied Minors Karen Kwan Establishes a temporary workgroup -- which includes a Senate Rules in Autonomous Vehicles representative appointed by the State Superintendent -- to study issues related to unaccompanied minors and autonomous vehicles; and requires reports from the workgroup. HB0037 Child Protection Unit Karianne Lisonbee Repeals the Child Protection Unit Pilot Program; reenacts House 3rd Reading - Amendments provisions authorizing a child protection unit to share case- Circled specific information with certain persons including LEA representatives. HB0038 School Technology Travis Seegmiller This bill requires digital resources, provided by UETN to Utah's House Judiciary Amendments public schools, to block obscene or pornographic material. HB0039 Corporate Tax Douglas Sagers Provides that a corporate taxpayer's unadjusted income is Senate Revenue & Unadjusted Income determined before any deductions related to: Taxation Amendments • foreign-derived intangible income and global intangible low-taxed income; and • deferred foreign income. HB0042 Education Agency Susan Pulsipher This bill removes certain education reporting requirements and Senate Rules 1st Reading Report Process requires the State Board of Education to establish a policy or Amendments procedures to evaluate the impact a report required in a proposed rule may have on reporting requirements for local education agencies. HB0043 Emergency Candice Pierucci Modifies reporting requirements related to an emergency House 3rd Reading Procurement procurement; limits the term length of a contract entered into Declaration for an emergency procurement. Modifications Sponsor Bill Board Rulemaking Bill Number Bill Title Bill Sponsor Bill Summary Status Coordination Notes Passed Position Requied with USBE (yes/no) HB0044 CCJJ Reporting Kelly Miles This bill requires the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Senate 2nd Reading Requirements Justice -- whose membership includes a representative of public education -- to make an annual progress report on certain topics to the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee. HB0046 Student Prosperity Steve Eliason This bill repeals income tax incentives related to the Student Senate 2nd Reading Savings Program Prosperity Savings Amendments HB0050 Government Insurance James Dunnigan Authorizes school districts, charter schools, the Utah Senate 2nd Reading Unadopted amendment available Amendments Communications Authority, and the Utah State Fair Corporation to participate in any captive insurance company created by the risk manager. HB0060S02 Conceal Carry Firearms Walt Brooks Provides that an individual who is 21 years old or older, and may Senate 2nd Reading Amendments lawfully possess a firearm, may carry a concealed firearm in a public area without a permit; provides for the transfer of unused funds in the Concealed Weapons Account to the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health for suicide prevention efforts. HB0061 Conceal Carry Firearms Cory Maloy This bill suspends the requirement to have a concealed carry House Rules Amendments permit to carry a firearm during a declared state of emergency. HB0062S01 Post Certification Andrew Stoddard Adds the following grounds to the council's authority to issue a House Law Enforcement Amendments Letter of Caution, suspend, or revoke the certification of a peace Committee - Failed 5-5-1 officer: • conduct involving dishonesty or deception; or • violation of employer's use of force policy; and modifies when separations from an employer must be reported to the division HB0063 Impact Fees Candice Pierucci Modifies provisions regarding the calculation of impact fees. Senate Rules Amendments HB0076 Firearm Preemption Cory Maloy Creates the Firearms Preemption Enforcement Act; clarifies House Rules Amendments preemption of the field of firearms regulation; outlines violations of legislative preemption; provides for civil action for a violation of legislative preemption; outlines remedies for violating legislative preemption; addresses governmental immunity. HB0081 Mental Health Days for Mike Winder This bill adds mental or behavioral health as a valid excuse for a House 3rd Reading Students school absence; and makes technical and conforming changes Sponsor Bill Board Rulemaking Bill Number Bill Title Bill Sponsor Bill Summary Status Coordination Notes Passed Position Requied with USBE (yes/no) HB0086 Social Security Tax Walt Brooks This bill provides for an individual income tax credit for certain House 3rd Reading Bill was amended Amendments social security benefits. HB0089 Hydrogen Tax Credit Douglas Sagers This bill creates tax credit provisions related to hydrogen energy. House Rules Amendments HB0091 Tax Credit for Andrew Stoddard This bill reenacts a tax credit related to certain alternative fuel House Rules Unadopted amendment available Alternative Fuel Heavy heavy duty vehicles. Duty Vehicles HB0093 Youth Suicide Brian S. King This bill amends provisions related to the purposes for youth House HHS Committee Prevention Programs suicide prevention programs; requires school districts and Amendments charter schools to ensure coordination between youth suicide prevention programs and certain other prevention programs; repeals a separate program to consolidate funding and effort into one comprehensive suicide prevention program; and makes technical and conforming changes. HB0097 Property Tax Penalties Matt Gwynn This bill reduces the penalty for failure to file a timely signed or House Rules Amendments completed statement or to appear and testify as requested regarding personal property; implements a lower penalty if the failure is remedied within a specified time period; and makes technical changes. HB0099 Public Employees Health Suzanne Harrison Authorizes the Public Employees' Health Program to establish an Senate HHS Program Amendments out-of-state provider network through requests for proposal; authorizes the Public Employees' Health Program to partner with public entities in other states under certain circumstances. HB0105 Students with Marsha Judkins This bill amends a formula related to add-on weighted pupil House 3rd Reading Unadopted amendment available Disabilities units for students with disabilities; and makes technical changes. S Amendments HB106 Adoption Tax Credit Rex Shipp Enacts a nonrefundable and a refundable individual income tax House Revenue & credit for expenses related to the adoption of a child for which Taxation eligibility depends on the individual's income. HB0116 Student Attendance Adam Robertson This bill defines terms; prohibits requiring documentation from a House 3rd Reading Amendments medical professional for an absence due to mental or physical illness; and makes technical and conforming changes. Sponsor Bill Board Rulemaking Bill Number Bill Title Bill Sponsor Bill Summary Status Coordination Notes Passed Position Requied with USBE (yes/no) HB0117S03 Vaccine Reporting Raymond Ward Prohibits a business from requiring a vaccination verification Senate HHS Unadopted substitute available Requirements from the Utah Statewide Immunization Information System (USIIS) before providing services; requires a vaccine provider to report vaccine information; allows an individual to opt out of having vaccine information shared with the USIIS; and requires the Department of Health to assist
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