Utah State Legislation

The bill would allocate $73 million for homeless services and $9 million for autism coverage, plus $15 million for a shared artificial-intelligence research data center for public colleges.

Lawmakers' bill reshapes two-year appropriations for FY2026 and FY2027, including Medicaid expansion and higher education. Provisions target grants and Great Salt Lake land or water-rights projects.

Lawmakers would fund a new college and career counseling program in 2026-27 and require data standards for the Deaf and Blind school, with course-choice funds restricted after July 1, 2027.

Lawmakers would boost budgets by $483.7 million this year. Funding homelessness services, public safety programs, and colleges would continue under carryover authority and Rural Health Transformation funds pending federal approval.

Resolution would transfer 22,311 acres of state lands to the federal government. Utah would retain mineral rights and direct proceeds to the Great Salt Lake.

House censures Judge Don M. Torgerson for remarks at a May 20, 2025 sentencing.

A bill would require municipal service districts to post notices and analyze property-value effects for planning proposals, and require third-party consultation and a district representative at public meetings.

Utah lawmakers would repeal boycott-based contracting rules.

County-approved development agreements in Utah could be shielded from later municipal rules. The measure failed and would not take effect.

Concurrent resolution would express lawmakers' support for keeping Utah's public lands under federal management.