LEGISLATION

Legislation

The following list includes legislation I've sponsored that has, or will become, law in the State of Utah.

2026 Legislative Session

H.B. 118 Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments – Requires commercial driver license (CDL) applicants to attest to their English language proficiency and mandates reporting and tracking requirements for CDL driver training schools.
H.B. 122 Pregnant and postpartum Inmate Amendments – Expands protections for pregnant and postpartum inmates by limiting the use of restraints, extending postpartum care and social worker access to 12 weeks, and increasing reporting requirements for correctional facilities.
H.B. 146 Mentoring and Supporting Teacher Exellence and Refinement Program Amendments – Creates ongoing initiative that strengthens teacher retention by creating leadership pathways, expanding mentorship opportunities, and keeping high-performing educators in the classroom while increasing their impact.
H.B. 241 Charter School Amendments– Strengthens and clarifies Utah’s charter school framework by affirming charter schools as public schools, expanding access to surplus property, creating a sustainable revolving fund for facilities, and increasing governance accountability through required oaths of office.
H.B. 291 Security and Land Restriction Amendments –Strengthens Utah’s national security protections by tightening foreign ownership thresholds, enhancing enforcement and investigation processes, and ensuring restricted foreign entities cannot improperly acquire or retain interests in Utah land.
H.B. 429 Special Districts Amendments – Establishes a clear, transparent process for first-class counties and municipalities to withdraw from a garbage disposal district, including feasibility studies and public hearings, while protecting taxpayers by pausing new district debt and ensuring fair allocation of assets and liabilities.
H.B. 452 Firearm Storage for Concealed Permit Holders on Publicly Supported Entities – Requires certain publicly funded private venues that prohibit firearms to provide secure, no-cost handgun storage for concealed carry permit holders, ensuring responsible gun owners can safely access public spaces while maintaining security policies.
H.B. 467 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Modifications – Makes technical and clarifying updates to the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program, ensuring eligibility, administration, and program rules are consistent and easier to implement.
H.B. 493 Pricing Protection Amendments – Establishes a schedule of civil penalties for violations of Utah’s weights and measures program under the Department of Agriculture and Food, while making technical and clarifying updates to ensure consistent enforcement and compliance.
H.B. 495 Capital Felony Case Amendments – updates and clarifies Utah’s capital felony statutes, covering sentencing, appeals, postconviction relief, competency and intellectual disability determinations, execution procedures, and defense counsel requirements.
H.B. 576 Child Welfare Timeline Compliance Amendments – This bill requires specific reporting and court procedures to ensure timely compliance with child welfare timelines, appeals, and reunification services, while defining terms and making technical updates.
H.J.R. 28 Joint Resolution Amending Court Rules Related to Capital Felony Cases – This resolution amends court rules to clarify procedures for stays of execution and remands in capital felony cases, including addressing ineffective assistance of counsel and conditions for release pending appeal.

2024 Legislative Session

H.B. 358 Pregnant and Postpartum Inmate Amendments – Prevents the Department of Corrections from creating or operating a nursery in a correctional facility to provide space for a female inmate and the inmate's child.
H.B. 430 Local Government Transportation Services Amendments – Allows certain local option sales taxes to be used for public transit innovation grants by communities who don’t receive adequate transit service. Requires large public transit districts to provide a report to each municipality regarding expenditures, transit service, and ridership utilized by residents.
H.B. 404 Public Entity Restrictions – Establishes procurement restrictions related to forced labor and restricted foreign entities. Prevents a municipality from entering into or renewing a sister city agreement or arrangement with another municipality unless the other municipality confirms that there are no forced labor production facilities within the other municipality's borders.
H.B. 431 Teacher Retention – Establishes programs to support teacher retention efforts and requires public schools to provide postpartum recovery (maternity) leave.
H.B. 516 State Land Purchase Amendments – Modifies the definition of restricted foreign entity to prevent the following entities from obtaining an interest in land in the state: China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia.
S.B. 44 Alternative Education Scholarship Combination (Floor Sponsor) – Combines the Carson Smith Scholarship and Special Needs Opportunity Scholarship.
S.B. 164 Family Outreach Amendments (Floor Sponsor) – Allows a school to apply to create a Family Outreach Program and establishes an application and review process for that program.
S.B. 230 State Purchasing Amendments (Floor Sponsor) – Authorizes the procurement of items intended to be used to host a presidential debate to be made without engaging in a standard procurement process.
S.B. 262 Organ Transplant Amendments (Floor Sponsor) – Addresses details surrounding forced organ harvesting. Prevents insurance companies from covering a human organ transplant if the operation was performed in the People’s Republic of China or any country known to participate in forced organ harvesting.
S.J.R. 13 Joint Resolution Expressing Friendship and Support for Taiwan (Floor Sponsor) – This resolution expresses support for the continued friendship between Utah and Taiwan.

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2023 Legislative Session

H.B. 43 Domestic Violence Modifications – Creates the Domestic Violence Data Task Force.
H.B. 161 Foreign Language Education Funding Amendments – Prohibits a school that provides foreign language instruction from seeking or accepting funding support from a restricted foreign entity, such as from the People’s Republic of China, ruled by the Chinese Communist Party.
H.B. 163 Protecting Student Religious and Moral Beliefs Regarding Athletic Uniform Requirements – Provides that certain associations and educational organizations may not prohibit a student athlete from wearing religious clothing, or other clothing consistent with the student athlete's beliefs, while participating in an athletic activity.
H.B. 186 State Land Purchase Restrictions – Prohibits a restricted foreign entity from acquiring an interest in land, such as the People’s Republic of China that is ruled by the Chinese Communist Party, and it requires a restricted foreign entity to alienate certain interests in land.
H.B. 215 Funding for Teacher Salaries and Optional Education Opportunities – Established the Utah Fits All Scholarship program. The bill also boosted all public school teacher salaries by $6,000 per year.
H.B. 378 Fireworks Amendments – Allows fireworks to be discharged between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. on January 1 of each year.
H.B. 511 Crime Victim Identification Amendments – Prohibits a law enforcement agency and law enforcement officer from disclosing to a representative of a media outlet information on the identity of a minor victim of a criminal homicide without making a reasonable effort to obtain specified consent.
S.B. 23 Traffic Safety Amendments (Floor Sponsor) – Requires the Department of Public Safety and Utah Highway Patrol to annually evaluate enforcement responsibilities on state highways and coordinate with local law enforcement agencies regarding enforcement responsibilities.
S.B. 42 Massage Therapy Practice Act Amendments (Floor Sponsor) – Creates a license classification and establishes qualifications for a massage assistant and a massage assistant in-training.
S.B. 77 Education Scholarship Amendments (Floor Sponsor) – Amends provisions related to scholarships for elementary and secondary education.
S.B. 95 Foreign Driver License Reciprocity Amendments (Floor Sponsor) – Allows the Driver License Division to negotiate and enter into a driver license reciprocity agreement with a foreign jurisdiction.
S.B. 222 Effective Teachers in High Poverty Schools Incentive Program Amendments (Floor Sponsor) – Amends requirements of the Effective Teachers in High Poverty Schools Incentive Program.
S.B. 227 School Board Ethics Complaint Investigation Requirements (Floor Sponsor) – Addresses the process for an ethics complaint regarding a local school board member.
S.B. 261 Infant At Work Pilot Program Sunset Extension (Floor Sponsor) – Extends the sunset date of the Infant at Work Pilot Program.

2022 Legislative Session

H.B. 90 Transparency in Lobbying and Disclosures Amendments – Makes provisions of the Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act applicable to a person who lobbies a local official or an education official. Requires the name tag of a lobbyist who is a foreign agent to indicate that the lobbyist is a foreign lobbyist.
H.B. 341 Birth Certificate Amendments – Modifies provisions related to birth certificates and requires the Department of Health to create a report regarding the elimination or reducing of birth certificate fees.
H.B. 346 Funding Independence in Foreign Language Education – Prohibits an institution of higher education from seeking or accepting funding support from a restricted foreign entity, such as the People’s Republic of China that is governed by the Chinese Communist Party.
H.B. 210 Primary Care Spending Amendments – Requires the Health Data Committee to issue a report on primary care spending within the state.
H.C.R. 16 Concurrent Resolution Recognizing Student Athletes' Right to Religious Freedom and Modesty – Resolution encouraging all municipalities, public and private K-12 schools, universities, and organizations supporting youth athletic teams and activities to allow youth to wear religious clothing or headwear or to modify their uniforms to accommodate religious beliefs or personal values of modesty without barriers or limitations.
S.J.R. 3 Joint Resolution to Terminate Public Health Orders Pertaining to Face Coverings (Floor Sponsor) – Terminates public health orders of constraint that require the wearing of a mask or face covering in Salt Lake County, Summit County, Salt Lake City, or any other place in the state of Utah.

2021 Legislative Session

H.B. 27 Public Information Website Modifications – Requires the Division of Archives and Records Service to create and maintain the Utah Open Records Portal Website to serve as a point of access for Government Records Access and Management Act requests.
H.B. 43 Emergency Procurement Declaration Modifications – Modifies provisions related to the public procurement of goods or services during an emergency and limits the term length of a contract entered into for an emergency procurement.
H.B. 63 Impact Fees Amendments – Modifies provisions regarding the calculation of impact fees.
H.B. 301 Domestic Violence Training Amendments – Requires the Department of Public Safety and Peace Officer Standards and Training create a training program for law enforcement in recognizing domestic violence indicators, providing lethality assessments and writing reports on incidents.
H.B. 329 Expungement Revisions – Allows for the de-linking of certain court records when cases are dismissed.
H.R. 8 Resolution to Protect Utah's Institutions of Higher Education from Chinese Communist Party Influence – A resolution calling on Utah's institutions of higher education to close their Confucius institutes and disclose certain information related to Confucius institutes to the Legislature.
S.B. 11 Military Retirement Income Tax Amendments (Floor Sponsor) – Creates a nonrefundable income tax credit for military retirement pay.
S.B. 19 Expanded Infertility Treatment Coverage Pilot Program Amendments (Floor Sponsor) – Amends the expanded infertility treatment coverage pilot program by providing an additional three years.
S.B. 38 K-9 Policy Requirements (Floor Sponsor) – Amends the liability provisions for dog bites relating to law enforcement activities and requires the annual certification of law enforcement canines and handlers.
S.B. 87 Professional Licensing Amendments (Floor Sponsor) – Creates an exemption from licensure under the cosmetology act for an individual who only dries, styles, arranges, dresses, curls, hot irons, shampoos, or conditions hair.
S.B. 88 Local Option Sales Tax Distribution Amendments (Floor Sponsor) – Addresses the distribution of revenue generated by a county option sales tax for funding botanical, cultural, recreational, and zoological organizations or facilities by amending the eligibility requirements for certain botanical and cultural organizations to receive revenue.
S.B. 191 Law Enforcement Modifications (Floor Sponsor) – Addresses disciplinary charges against a peace officer and addresses the regulation and authority of a law enforcement agency established by a private institution of higher education.
S.B. 219 Truancy Enforcement Moratorium (Floor Sponsor) – Decriminalizes certain truancy violations until 2022 due to COVID-19.

2020 Legislative Session

H.B. 30 Workforce Services Amendments – Modifies provisions of the Utah Workforce Services Code and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Act.
H.B. 42 Heritage and Arts Amendments – Modifies the requirements for a state agency to begin an undertaking on a historic property.
H.B. 305 Urban Development Amendments – Requires any county that proposes expansion area urban development to provide notice to nearby cities and towns.
H.B. 416 Penalties for Misconduct with Students – Amends penalties for an educator who engages in misconduct with students.
S.B. 169 Transportation Utility Fee Amendments (Floor Sponsor) – Clarifies the definition of a transportation utility fee imposed by a municipality.

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