Legislation

HB517 would have made it harder for guardians, students, educators, and authors to sue to protect their First Amendment rights, as it attempted to extend government immunity to state and local officials (including school districts), prohibit class actions, and allow school districts to require guardians to sign arbitration agreements.  

SJR7 would have called on the Governor to reconsider the Disability Law Center’s status as the state’s Protection & Advocacy Agency. This designation provides the organization with federal funding to serve people with disabilities in Utah. The timing of this bill was particularly concerning, given that the Disability Law Center had just filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of SB199. This 2025 law created a new ultra-guardianship for severely disabled individuals.  

HB315 would have required public schools to show students an ultrasound video and a video depicting fetal development twice between grades 7-12 in a health education class. The specific goal of this bill was to require schools to show “Baby Olivia”, a medically misleading video produced by an extreme anti-abortion group called Live Action.  

HB366 is deeply intertwined with HB392. HB366 makes several changes to the transfer process in HB392 and adds a fallback option in case the Utah Supreme Court rules the transfer to a three-judge panel unconstitutional.

This bill would have prohibited the Utah State Board of Education, local school districts, and other public employers from disciplining an employee for misgendering or using non-preferred gender-specific language or names for a student, coworker, or other individuals. The bill would have also required public employers to offer a religious exemption from any requirement to use preferred pronouns, names, or other gender-specific language.  

HB88 attempted to require verification of valid immigration status to access certain major state- or grant-funded healthcare and social services programs or grants. These programs are currently exempt from checking immigration status in alignment with federal law. These services included food assistance (including for children), vaccinations, services for domestic violence victims, housing assistance, testing and treatment of communicable diseases, and more.  

This bill attempted to change the name of Harvey Milk Boulevard in Salt Lake City to Charlie Kirk Boulevard, stripping the name of a beloved street and undermining local control

The original version of HB392 would have created an entirely new court, called the “Constitutional Court,” to hear cases challenging the constitutionality of state laws. The judges on the court were to be chosen by a commission selected by the Governor and then approved by the Legislature.