CHECKING IN AT THE LEGISLATURE: 2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION THE FINAL WEEK

Dear neighbors and friends,

As our legislative session has come to an end, I want to provide you with a summary of the bills I've been working on. I’ve also included other important updates and resources for you to browse legislative changes on topics you are interested in. In the events section of this Newsletter, you’ll find information on Caucus night March 5th, at 6:30 PM.

We will continue our legislative work with public committee meetings once a month from April-Nov and with our service on many commissions and councils.

It has been an honor to serve you in the Utah House of Representatives. I appreciate many of you who have reached out all year with ideas and resources to make Utah better.

Thank you for your ongoing support and engagement in our legislative process. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at mballard@le.utah.gov or 801-633-6561.

Warmest regards,

Melissa

• Visit my website to read past newsletters
• Click here to find topics such as education, housing, election integrity, and taxes and their associated list of bills
• Click here to view my bills for this session
• Watch more about the H.B. 192 Local Education Agency Employee Paid Leave bill, which passed both chambers this week, here
• See all bills passed during the 2024 session here

UPCOMING EVENTS

IN THIS ISSUE

1. MY BILLS
2. COLLABORATED BILLS
3. COSPONSORED BILLS
4. OTHER BILLS THAT ARE GOOD FOR UTAH
5. MY RFA PRESENTATION
6. HELPFUL RESOURCES
7. CAUCUS NIGHT
8. FRIENDS ON THE HILL
9. BILLS PASSED IN THE HOUSE THIS WEEK

COLLABORATED BILLS

H.B. 276 Crime Victims Restitution Amendments

H.B. 324 Disability Services Amendments

H.C.R. 8 Concurrent Resolution Creating the Butch Cassidy State Monument

H.B. 390 Newborn Safe Haven Amendments

H.B. 432 Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Amendments

H.B. 406 Firearms Financial Transaction Amendments

H.B. 516 State Land Purchase Amendments

H.B. 514 School Chaplain Amendments

H.B. 84 School Safety Amendments

OTHER BILLS THAT ARE GOOD FOR UTAH

SB104 Children’s Device Protection Act

S.B. 27 Behavioral Health System Amendments

S.B. 161 Energy Security Amendments

H.B. 105 Educator Expense Modifications

S.B. 205 Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Amendments

H.B. 14 School Threat Penalty Amendments

H.B. 196 Sexual Abuse Amendments

• Read an article about this bill here.

For a comprehensive list of Veteran and Military Affairs bills, you can visit this link.

MY REQUEST FOR APPROPRIATION PRESENTATION

Learn more about the Best Defense Foundation here.

Watch the presentation by clicking below.

House Majority Priorities

Utah Senate and House Majority Caucuses Focus on Energy Policy

Utah Leaders Reject Exchange of School and Institutional Trust Lands

Utah House Majority Caucus Responds to State School Board Member Comments

House Members Propose Bills to Address National Security

Utah Legislature Continues to Protect, Conserve and Invest in Statewide Water Resources

Legislature and Governor’s Office Release Updated Budget Estimates

Lawmakers Propose Policies to Improve Teacher Retention and Recruitment

Listen to the Utah House of Representatives Podcast

Utah Fairpark Area Investment and Restoration District

Top left photo: Louise Day (House page and neighbor).

Top right photo: LeAnn and Jim Haws (House page & House security and neighbors).

Bottom left photo: Representatives Karen Peterson, Susan Pulsipher, Cheryl Acton, Marsha Judkins, Christine Watkins, Judy Rohner.

Bottom right photo: Neighbors-Wayne Lawrence (House security), Louise Day (House page), Sonia Noall (House page), Kay Whitehead (House page assistant Supervisor), Michelle Wise (House page supervisor), LeAnn Haws (House page), Jim Haws (House security).

BILLS PASSED BY THE HOUSE THIS WEEK
(As of Thursday Night)
 

H.B. 2 New Fiscal Year Supplemental Appropriations Act

H.B. 8 State Agency Fees and Internal Service Fund Rate Authorization and Appropriations

H.B. 119 School Employee Firearm Possession Amendments

H.B. 165 Federal Law Enforcement Amendments

H.B. 213 Crime Victim Records Amendments

H.B. 215 Home Solar Energy Amendments

H.B. 456 Protection Order Amendments

H.B. 459 Blended Plea Amendments

H.B. 460 Government Employee Conscience Protection Amendments

H.B. 462 Employee Compensation Amendments

H.B. 467 Child Abandonment Amendments

H.B. 468 Student Health Amendments

H.B. 471 Public Lands Possession Amendments

H.B. 478 Animal Care Amendments

H.B. 484 Nonprofit Entity Amendments

H.B. 493 Concurrent Enrollment Participation Amendments

H.B. 495 Vulnerable Population Amendments

H.B. 497 School Construction Amendments

H.B. 501 Health Amendments

H.B. 502 Critical Infrastructure and Mining

H.B. 503 Nursing Care Facility Amendments

H.B. 506 Higher Education Residency Amendments

H.B. 507 Construction Amendments

H.B. 518 State Construction Code Modifications

H.B. 519 Department of Natural Resources Modifications

H.B. 524 Water Interests Study

H.B. 526 Shell Egg Producers Amendments

H.B. 528 Behavioral Health Amendments

H.B. 530 Licensed School Psychological Practitioner Amendments

H.B. 535 Water Conservation Modifications

H.B. 537 Counterfeit Airbag Amendments

H.B. 538 Protection of State Official or Employee Personal Information

H.B. 539 State Legal Dispute Amendments

H.B. 542 Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act Modifications

H.B. 544 Mental Health Amendments

H.B. 548 Alcohol Amendments

H.B. 561 Communication Awareness Pilot Program

H.B. 562 Utah Fairpark Area Investment and Restoration District

H.B. 567 Fire Regulation Amendments

H.B. 570 Health Care Facility Amendments

H.B. 572 State Treasurer Investment Amendments

H.B. 584 Economic Interruption Amendments

S.B. 2 Public Education Budget Amendments

S.B. 3 Current Fiscal Year Supplemental Appropriations

S.B. 8 State Agency and Higher Education Compensation Appropriations

S.B. 14 Corporate Dissolution Amendments

S.B. 23 Offender Registry Amendments

S.B. 26 Behavioral Health Licensing Amendments

S.B. 27 Behavioral Health System Amendments

S.B. 28 Scenic Byway Program Amendments

S.B. 31 Insurance Amendments

S.B. 43 Commercial Filing Amendments

S.B. 48 County Correctional Facility Reimbursement Amendments

S.B. 45 License Plate Revisions

S.B. 52 Educator Salary Amendments

S.B. 60 Drug Paraphernalia Amendments

S.B. 61 Electronic Cigarette Amendments

S.B. 69 Income Tax Amendments

S.B. 70 Judiciary Amendments

S.B. 79 Estate Planning Recodification

S.B. 84 Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity Amendments

S.B. 86 Local Government Bonds Amendments

S.B. 91 Local Government Officers Compensation Amendments

S.B. 95 Domestic Relations Recodification

S.B. 101 Limited Liability Company Amendments

S.B. 104 Children's Device Protection Act

S.B. 108 Veteran Access to State Parks

S.B. 110 Domestic Violence Amendments

S.B. 112 Cosmetology Licensing Amendments

S.B. 113 Disposition of State Property Amendments

S.B. 119 Fire and Rescue Training Amendments

S.B. 126 Gestational Agreement Requirements

S.B. 133 Electronic Cigarette and Other Nicotine Product Amendments

S.B. 135 Advanced Air Mobility and Aeronautics Amendments

S.B. 136 Reauthorization of Administrative Rules

S.B. 139 Competency Amendments

S.B. 144 Public Art Funding Amendments

S.B. 145 Utility Easements Amendments

S.B. 147 Adoption Revisions

S.B. 149 Artificial Intelligence Amendments

S.B. 154 Independent Entities Amendments

S.B. 159 Public School Discipline and Conduct Plans Amendments

S.B. 160 Indigent Defense Amendments

S.B. 161 Energy Security Amendments

S.B. 162 Rural Development Act Amendments

S.B. 163 Expungement Revisions

S.B. 166 Health Benefit Amendments

S.B. 167 Court Transcript Fee Amendments

S.B. 168 Affordable Building Amendments

S.B. 169 Military Installation Development Authority Modifications

S.B. 173 Market Informed Compensation for Teachers

S.B. 174 Safe Leave Amendments

S.B. 177 Absenteeism Prevention Amendments

S.B. 181 Native American Health Amendments

S.B. 182 Property Tax Assessment Amendments

S.B. 186 State Commemorative Period Amendments

S.B. 188 Professional Licensing Revisions

S.B. 192 Higher Education Amendments

S.B. 193 Arbitration Amendments

S.B. 194 Social Media Regulation Amendments

S.B. 197 Medicaid Reimbursement Rate Amendments

S.B. 199 Placental Tissue Amendments

S.B. 202 Regulations for Legal Services

S.B. 205 Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Amendments

S.B. 206 Young Adult Service Fellowship

S.B. 208 Housing and Transit Reinvestment Zone Amendments

S.B. 211 Generational Water Infrastructure Amendments

S.B. 212 Substance Use Treatment in Correctional Facilities

S.B. 213 Criminal Justice Modifications

S.B. 215 Motor Vehicle Consumer Data Protection

S.B. 222 Egg Production Amendments

S.B. 223 Youth Fee Waiver Amendments

S.B. 225 School District Boundary Amendments

S.B. 227 Boards and Commissions Revisions

S.B. 228 Protective Order Amendments

S.B. 236 Highway Designation Amendments

S.B. 240 Government Records Access and Management Act Amendments

S.B. 241 Funds Amendments

S.B. 267 Respite Care Amendments

S.B. 272 Capital City Revitalization Zone

S.C.R. 6 Concurrent Resolution Creating the Golden Spike State Monument

S.J.R. 5 Joint Resolution Condemning Communism and Socialism

S.J.R. 10 Joint Resolution Dissolving Richmond City Justice Court