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- First substitute House Bill 3 94 — Statutory intent amendments: Passed 71-0. Sponsor described it as a technical cleanup removing legislative-intent language from operative statute. Transmitted to the Senate for consideration.

- First substitute House Bill 4 59 — Appropriations subcommittee amendments: Passed 68-0. Sponsor said bill updates subcommittee names and coordinates reporting clauses with other legislation; sent to the Senate.

- First substitute House Bill 76 — Public education revisions: Passed 71-0. The substitute removed the word \"accredited\" from a kindergarten-enrollment provision and added several education code clarifications; sent to the Senate.

- Fourth substitute House Bill 104 — Firearm safety in schools: Passed 59-10 (see separate article for debate and amendment details).

- First substitute House Bill 219 — Charter school funding revisions: Passed 70-0. Sponsor described a plan to use a $4 million fund to support charter school bond financing and refinancing, with projected interest savings of $3–4 million per year for schools that qualify.

- First substitute House Bill 2 72 — Vehicle assessment amendments: Passed 73-0. The bill aligns Utah's weight cutoff for classification with the federal class-3 truck standard by changing the threshold from 12,000 to 14,000 pounds and applies age-based uniform rates accordingly.

- Second substitute House Bill 302 — Minors in state custody amendments: Passed (final tally recorded on floor as 72-0); creates secure accounts for survivor benefits for children who have lost both parents and directs the Department of Health and Human Services to seek a Medicaid waiver.

- Second substitute House Bill 3 26 — Pregnant and postpartum inmate amendments: Passed 71-0. Bill requires jails to offer pregnancy testing to women incarcerated longer than 72 hours and extends an advisory group's charge through 2027.

- Fourth substitute House Bill 3 32 — Voter registration data amendments: Passed 59-13 (see separate article for extended debate and amendment attempts).

These items will be transmitted or were transmitted to the Senate as appropriate. For bills with extensive debate or substantive amendments, see the dedicated articles in this package for fuller context.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House - 2025 General Session - Day 25 - February 14, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","A summary of bills the Utah House voted on Feb. 14, with outcomes and key details for bills that had limited floor debate.","taxTitle","2025 Utah Legislature, Utah Legislature, Utah Legislative Branch, Utah","taxId",78171,"location","Utah","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6328411,"House passes bill to protect survivor benefits for children in foster care",1303,4677000,5980000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2320190-ecc0e66ddb54013e48aff3a0fb49c32a&start=4677&end=5980","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2320190-ecc0e66ddb54013e48aff3a0fb49c32a/thumbnail_4677000.jpg","/articles/6328411/Utah/House-passes-bill-to-protect-survivor-benefits-for-children-in-foster-care","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6328411-3d27ab6140d73bef3636d90f8046b3fd/orig.mp4?Expires=1771161028&Signature=Z4ndk6vAiQT~8Xq7Mm99pXbSkKh062UguBUBUlvQCnbiTklt54kaq9-1xzW8YHr59LC2tL1LCVb-0WOZoWswwmDha-~5XGoQ19AeRz~wKUmFs~tjkiWA46-5wjdDG0znLz~jup8ehU4a6Lr1ZtjlFVi7XRiFNEN26OdZOgvDnAmwVyKXGt85Tx3TNZbWQw6WASHb60XDX0LoB-Cu2-YGCQNQ4JoW-9eZrBqOK3rb1M2VdP3bRCdh1kgv1ocZ6nafswsuOIri5Bp9Gc0Tj8PtSBlETmD7iSYQ1eiG5M3Pc4qI-~60V6Nuem059uP9nvh0Zv9YPQ30HWBZrYFTsc5DYw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Utah House unanimously passed House Bill 302 on Feb. 14 to change how social-security survivor benefits and related funds are handled for children in state custody who have lost both parents. Sponsor Representative Fia Fia said the bill addresses what she called an \"injustice\" in current practice and would secure funds for children's futures.

Representative Fia Fia told the House that last year 464 children were affected by the current practice and that the state collected roughly $2,200,000 in survivor benefits intended for those children — an average of about $5,000 per child. \"This is the reality of what's happening today in Utah for children in foster care who've lost both of their parents,\" she said.

HB 302 directs the Department of Health and Human Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver so children can receive survivor benefits without losing Medicaid because of asset limits. The bill also requires the state to set aside portions of survivor benefits into secure accounts — such as ABLE accounts or special‑needs trusts — and mandates annual reporting and financial-literacy training for the children.

The bill sponsor said the changes both serve a moral obligation to children and save public resources long-term: studies cited on the floor estimate lifetime taxpayer costs for individuals who age out of foster care without support. The measure also sets a formula that would reserve 50% of certain survivor payments for secure accounts and increased transparency around use of funds.

Floor debate was brief and supportive; Representative Fia Fia closed by calling the measure both \"moral\" and fiscally responsible. The House approved the bill and will send it to the Senate for consideration.","House Bill 302 passed after sponsors said it will stop the state from keeping survivor benefits intended for children who lost both parents, create secure accounts and seek a Medicaid waiver so benefits don't jeopardize coverage.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":46,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6328415,"Utah House votes to withdraw from ERIC, requires new voter‑data arrangements and privacy standards",1947,5311000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2320190-ecc0e66ddb54013e48aff3a0fb49c32a&start=5311&end=7258","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2320190-ecc0e66ddb54013e48aff3a0fb49c32a/thumbnail_5311000.jpg","/articles/6328415/Utah/Utah-House-votes-to-withdraw-from-ERIC-requires-new-voterdata-arrangements-and-privacy-standards","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6328415-2d7efd68a8a56505e486f4efdc22e1d5/orig.mp4?Expires=1771161028&Signature=b7SS9sTQGvL2CQUgSqJ0gbZmavICApdJo73OhjXrAAjCDrF1dF~DObde~dtUNumt7Zbzd1ispgTdW2bXd6M-PrThI6--Gt-WZQKMxQaDZnxG1UjX8jD8CUb1h52QG570JtGtHGYbEfDuxpnjHjZ10GgVzxxpjZ6yJyNnLsxNMoWJJoy08sc2mETJhA~~5wbFEaOsMnGuoMqRvzxTi09Yqz8JF~ppvVA0T0N3soziknDiI7vXhpHNkbMeGyWciQnigwzAzvI086kMr3sBpCDLV7Ha1xtCTanQK48AsO9w74i7xAXUZznbeR7L4fbnfYtZ7rV790x8Sgz0BFmCZO~3EA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Utah House on Feb. 14 approved House Bill 3 32, a measure that requires the lieutenant governor to terminate Utah's membership in the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) and enables the lieutenant governor to enter new memorandums of understanding with other states or consortia that meet Utah's data-privacy and security standards. The bill passed on a 59-13 vote after extensive floor debate.

Sponsor Representative Lisenby said the bill responds to a December 2024 elections audit and longstanding problems with voter‑roll maintenance. \"Clean voter rolls are the foundation for secure elections,\" Lisenby told colleagues, citing audit findings that the rolls contained roughly 700 active deceased voters who received ballots and more than 400 likely deceased records left on the rolls for more than a year.

The legislation requires updated chain‑of‑custody procedures for ballots, data-privacy and security protections, and gives the lieutenant governor authority to enter single‑state or multistate agreements to access and match voter records. Proponents argued leaving ERIC is necessary because several other states have exited the consortium and because some member states allegedly imposed conditions that compromised data quality and privacy.

Opponents and some members sought a phased exit. Representative Cutler offered an amendment that would have required Utah to have new agreements in place with at least six other states before withdrawing from ERIC; that amendment failed. Representative Ballard and others expressed concern that any rapid transition must ensure a replacement system and procurement process exist before termination of current services; Ballard also raised operational concerns about long-term video retention requirements in counties.

Representative Thurston, among supporters of exit, said some states used ERIC’s governance to impose policies and requirements on participating states, and that Utah should return to a narrower data‑exchange approach.

The bill was amended during floor consideration; substitute 4 contains the requirements directing the lieutenant governor to cancel the ERIC contract and to comply with Utah data‑privacy standards for any successor arrangements. The House approved the fourth substitute and passed HB 3 32, which will be sent to the Senate.","House Bill 3 32 passed after extensive debate, ordering the lieutenant governor to cancel the state's ERIC membership and directing new multi‑state memorandums with data-privacy standards; final House vote was 59-13.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6328420,"Utah House approves bill requiring firearm-safety instruction in schools",626,1766000,2392000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2320190-ecc0e66ddb54013e48aff3a0fb49c32a&start=1766&end=2392","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2320190-ecc0e66ddb54013e48aff3a0fb49c32a/thumbnail_1766000.jpg","/articles/6328420/Utah/Utah-House-approves-bill-requiring-firearm-safety-instruction-in-schools","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6328420-3d39320c6023d0f3c0d387b7f45c458a/orig.mp4?Expires=1771161028&Signature=mbVZ7ccV~cV4TK30l6WmEbcIdGVEBUexbPSEerfGxZDalnbgexDS8x-RULDS2tcnCSgDrJmpf0wIRvDsAYIzIZPZqwjnveGrtizLtTkKu3QOf1OZJ1jHM~M2ROeMzpgIpLxIlkDiW1mwuiPxGgbMmGHJYZLNQMO1nyKvh2t-xeIj410Xaor3s2TpeSbAPsNuzpoaQqFZmSMg8U1~d7WTB~G2jEGeq~gKxW65hASjMHXkBXRbgZCBMAxTsAdzJhdIg9SB6hl8omRltkizgy7IXDJr1ElD9Eo3zsO5e2p2LwqmsQVrd1jbrUPUsV9Nf353SAIm7TkjSXTmlTWoL0huKw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Utah House on Feb. 14 approved House Bill 104, a measure that requires public schools to provide firearm-safety instruction at least three times during kindergarten through sixth grade, once in middle school and once in high school. The bill, sponsored by Representative Shipp, passed the House on a 59-10 vote.

Supporters said the requirement aims to reduce accidental shootings by ensuring students who do not have firearms at home still receive basic safety instruction. \"From time to time, we hear of accidental shootings of kids,\" Representative Shipp said during floor debate, arguing that short video- or curriculum-based instruction can reach students who otherwise never learn safety at home.

The bill codifies existing state standards into statute and adds a parental opt-out. Representative Walter, who worked with the sponsor on the measure, said the fourth substitute largely adopts standards already in place and makes compliance a statutory requirement: \"Those standards have not been met ... the requirement to meet those standards will now be part of the statute,\" he said.

Floor debate included an amendment that increased the number of times firearm safety must be taught in grades K–6 from two to three. The sponsor urged support for that change, saying it reinserts instruction earlier and more often in elementary school.

Representative Ivory raised concerns about material children see in schools and referenced violent media as part of the broader conversation, noting: \"There is a 12‑volume series in schools now that I would encourage everyone to check their schools and school districts. It's called Assassination Classroom.\" He framed that point as part of why clear safety instruction matters.

The bill includes a parental opt-out and allows instruction to be delivered by video, substitute teachers or other non classroom-intensive methods; supporters emphasized the sessions are intended to be brief. Opponents who voted no argued that teachers already face heavy demands and that implementation details need close oversight.

Passage sends the bill to the state Senate for consideration. The House approved an amendment and adopted the fourth substitute before final passage.

Votes and next steps: House Bill 104 passed the House 59-10 and will be transmitted to the Senate.","The Utah House passed House Bill 104 to require schools to teach firearm safety multiple times between kindergarten and high school, adding an opt-out for parents and codifying state standards; the final vote was 59-10.","actionData","errors"]

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