2017 Legislative Session Bill Tracker

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1 Bill Number H.B. 8 H.C.R. 13 S.B. 127 S.B. 21 Bill Short Title Bill Sponsor Bill Status STATE AGENCY AND HIGHER EDUCATION COMPENSATION APPROPRIATIONS This bill: provides funding for a 1.0% general salary increase for state and higher education employees; provides funding for a 8.0% increase in health insurance benefits rates for state and higher education employees; provides funding for retirement rate changes for certain state employees; provides funding for an up-to $26 per pay period match for qualifying state employees enrolled in a defined contribution plan; and provides funding for other compensation adjustments as authorized. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' BENEFIT AND INSURANCE PROGRAM This resolution: directs the Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program to: modify benefit design and employee premium contributions for the STAR Plan and Utah Basic Plus Plan beginning FY ; and refund excess reserves in the state's dental insurance pool. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AMENDMENTS This bill: modifies a provision relating to the supervision of the director of the Division of Facilities Construction and Management over projects of the State Board of Education; includes the State Board of Education as an educational procurement unit that is a procurement unit with independent procurement authority; removes State Board of Education employees from certain overtime provisions; expands the category of State Board of Education employees who are exempt from certain classification provisions; and exempts certain State Board of Education employees from career service provisions. RETIREMENT SYSTEMS AMENDMENTS This bill: modifies the responsibility for certain functions within the Utah Retirement Systems; modifies an exception to the postretirement reemployment restrictions; modifies certain retiree notification and benefit conversion provisions relating to retirement options affected by death or divorce; specifies additional names for the Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program; and makes technical changes. Rep. Bradley G. Last Rep. James A. Dunnigan UPEA s Position Support Sen. Ann Millner Oppose Sen. Daniel Hemmert 1

2 S.B. 20 S.B. 6 H.B. 5 H.B. 1 H.B. 4 H.B. 6 S.B. 7 S.B. 5 PHASED RETIREMENT AMENDMENTS This bill: amends definitions; modifies the application procedures for a phased retirement agreement; modifies provisions regarding the beginning and termination periods for phased retirement employment; and makes technical changes. EXECUTIVE OFFICES AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE BASE BUDGET This bill: provides appropriations for the use and support of certain state agencies; and provides RETIREMENT AND INDEPENDENT ENTITIES BASE BUDGET This bill: provides appropriations for the use and support of certain state agencies; provides appropriations for other purposes as described; approves employment levels for internal service funds; and approves capital acquisition amounts for internal service funds. HIGHER EDUCATION BASE BUDGET This bill: provides appropriations for the use and support of certain state agencies; provides BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND LABOR BASE BUDGET This bill: provides appropriations for the use and support of certain state agencies; provides INFRASTRUCTURE AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT BASE BUDGET This bill: provides appropriations for the use and support of certain state agencies; and provides SOCIAL SERVICES BASE BUDGET This bill: provides appropriations for the use and support of certain state agencies; provides NATURAL RESOURCES, AGRICULTURE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BASE BUDGET This bill: provides appropriations for the use and support of certain state agencies; and provides Sen. Daniel Hemmert Sen. Daniel W. Thatcher Rep. LaVar Christensen Rep. Keith Grover Rep. R. Curt Webb Rep. Gage Froerer Sen. Allen M. Christensen Rep. David P. Hinkins 2

3 S.B. 8 H.B. 7 H.B. 299 H.B. 165 H.B. 97 STATE AGENCY FEES AND INTERNAL SERVICE FUND RATE AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATIONS This bill: provides budget increases and decreases for the use and support of certain state agencies and institutions of higher education; authorizes certain state agency fees; authorizes internal service fund rates; adjusts funding for the impact of Internal Service Fund rate changes; and, provides budget increases and decreases for other purposes as described. NATIONAL GUARD, VETERANS' AFFAIRS, AND LEGISLATURE BASE BUDGET This bill: provides appropriations for the use and support of certain state agencies; provides SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH ACT AMENDMENTS This bill: clarifies the role of a mental health officer; modifies definitions; removes references to the Utah State Hospital Board, which no longer exists; removes the exemption of security officers from the public safety retirement system; updates code provisions in accordance with the existing practice of private hospitals providing inpatient mental health treatment; makes changes to procedures and criteria for civil commitments; gives officers authority to not take a mentally ill individual into custody in order to avoid escalating a dangerous situation; and makes technical changes. HIGHER EDUCATION RETIREMENT AMENDMENTS This bill: provides definitions; provides that the Board of Directors of each applied technology college, rather than the State Board of Regents, shall designate the public or private retirement systems, organizations, or companies that a regular full-time employee of each applied technology college is eligible to participate in under certain retirement systems or plans; and makes technical and conforming changes. ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL OPERATIONS AMENDMENTS This bill: designates certain records as private records; defines terms; creates and provides funding for the Operations Investigation Program to covertly observe and evaluate customer contacts with the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control; establishes program responsibilities; establishes reporting and tracking requirements; addresses subject department's responsibilities; addresses incentives; provides that reports placed in an employee's personnel file can be challenged under grievance procedures; and makes technical changes. Sen. Kevin T. Van Tassell Rep. Dean Sanpei Rep. Edward H. Redd Rep. John R. Westwood Rep. Steve Eliason 3

4 S.B. 26 S.C.R. 5 S.B. 155 S.B. 221 S.B. 176 TRANSPORTATION DIVISIONS AND STRUCTURE AMENDMENTS This bill: modifies the structure and responsibilities of the divisions of the Department of Transportation; and makes technical and conforming changes. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING SNOW REMOVAL CREWS THROUGHOUT UTAH This resolution: acknowledges the hard work and long hours spent by snow removal crews to keep Utah roads safe in winter conditions; acknowledges cost savings achieved through snow removal efforts; and recognizes the efforts of snow removal crews, which enhance the safety, commerce, and overall quality of life of residents. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL BUDGET AMENDMENTS This bill: defines terms; addresses the department's base budget; provides for use of specific funds for specified purposes; and makes technical changes. STATE PENSION SYSTEM AMENDMENTS STRATEGIC PLAN FOR EQUAL COMPENSATION This bill: defines terms; requires the executive director of the Department of Human Resource Management (DHRM) to submit to the Executive Appropriations Committee a strategic plan to eliminate gender-based wage discrimination; establishes the content of the strategic plan; and requires DHRM and state agencies to provide relevant information and data to support the creation of the strategic plan. PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AMENDMENTS This bill: defines terms; excludes "professional employees" and "supervisors" from the definition of "employee"; provides a method for certification of a labor organization to bargain on behalf of a group of employees; provides minimum intervals between votes for certification of a labor organization; and makes technical changes. Sen. Wayne A. Harper Sen. Ralph Okerlund Sen. Karen Mayne Rep. Raymond P. Ward Sen. Luz Escamilla Sen. Todd Weiler Support 4

5 S.C.R. 1 S.B. 179 S.B. 110 H.B. 95 H.B. 156 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON INCREASING PAY FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS This resolution: recognizes the vital roles of public safety officers and firefighters; recognizes the necessity of creating the Tier II retirement system in order to stabilize participating employers' pension funding obligations and control future retirement benefit costs; acknowledges that starting wages for public safety officers and firefighters are below market starting wages; acknowledges that the Tier II annual employers' savings provide the opportunity and means to fund a pay increase; and encourages the state of Utah, as well as the other employers of public safety officers and firefighters throughout the state, to provide a pay increase for its public safety officer and firefighter employees who are Tier II members. ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL APPRECIATION WEEK This bill: designates a week in April as Animal Care and Control Appreciation Week. SALES TAX COLLECTION AMENDMENTS This bill: defines terms; addresses the circumstances under which a seller may be required to collect and remit sales and use tax to the State Tax Commission; provides a legal process for determining the application of certain sales and use tax collection obligations; repeals a requirement that certain sales and use tax revenue be deposited into a restricted account; repeals the provision allowing a seller that voluntarily collects and remits sales and use tax to retain 18% of collections; makes technical and conforming changes; and contains a severability clause. LITTLE SAHARA STATE PARK DESIGNATION This bill: authorizes the Division of Parks and Recreation to enter into an agreement with the United States Bureau of Land Management to use the Little Sahara Recreation Area as a state park; and states that the Little Sahara Recreation Area shall be included within the state park system upon the division entering into the agreement described above. STATE JOB APPLICATION PROCESS This bill: defines terms; provides that a public employer may not require an applicant to disclose a past criminal conviction before an initial interview for employment; and provides exemptions for certain public employers. Sen. Todd Weiler Sen. J. Stuart Adams Sen. Curtis S. Bramble Rep. Steve Eliason Rep. Sandra Hollins 5

6 H.B. 28 S.B. 19 S.B. 30 H.B. 148 H.B. 98 S.B. 36 PUBLIC EMPLOYEES LONG-TERM DISABILITY ACT AMENDMENTS This bill: modifies the circumstances when a monthly long-term disability benefit shall be reduced or reimbursed; requires an eligible employee that is under a total disability to inform the Public Employees' Insurance Program of certain information; provides penalties if an eligible employee knowingly misrepresents or fails to disclose certain information; and makes technical changes. RETIREMENT SYSTEMS PAYMENTS TO SURVIVORS AMENDMENTS This bill: provides that the divorce or annulment of a member's marriage revokes any beneficiary designation naming the divorced member's former spouse; specifies the methods for reviving a former spouse as a member's designated beneficiary in certain circumstances; and makes technical changes. INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX AMENDMENTS This bill: modifies provisions earmarking revenue for certain firefighter reasons; removes outdated reporting requirements; clarifies deposit of money into the General Fund unless otherwise earmarked by statute; and makes technical changes. REAUTHORIZATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE RULES This bill: reauthorizes all state agency administrative rules. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AMENDMENTS This bill: repeals certain funds and accounts administered by the Division of Finance; modifies the duties of the director of the Division of Finance; removes certain reporting requirements from the Division of Finance; repeals provisions relating to adoption and use of a seal by the Division of Facilities Construction and Management; and makes technical and conforming changes. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AMENDMENTS This bill: provides that the Department of Transportation may employ auditing experts from outside the department rather than appoint at least two performance auditors for the department; repeals the class B and class C roads account; repeals the requirement that funds appropriated for class B and class C roads be deposited into the class B and class C roads account; requires the Department of Transportation, rather than the director of the Division of Finance, to transfer certain funds to the State Park Access Highways Improvement Program; and makes technical and conforming changes. Rep. Susan Duckworth Sen. Margaret Dayton Sen. Curtis S. Bramble Rep. Brian M. Greene Rep. Steve Eliason Sen. Wayne A. Harper 6

7 S.B. 123 H.B. 154 S.J.R. 1 H.B. 213 STATE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER DENTAL CLINIC This bill: requires the superintendent of the developmental center to report to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee on: the availability of dental services for individuals with intellectual disabilities; the use of funds appropriated for the dental care of individuals with intellectual disabilities; and the progress toward the establishment of a financially independent dental clinic for individuals with intellectual disabilities; and makes technical changes. TELEHEALTH AMENDMENTS This bill: defines terms; amends the Medical Assistance Act regarding reimbursement for telemedicine services; amends the Insurance Code to require insurer transparency regarding telehealth reimbursement; amends the Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program Act (PEHP) regarding reimbursement for telemedicine services; requires the Department of Health and PEHP to report to a legislative interim committee and a task force regarding telehealth services; requires a legislative study; describes responsibilities of a provider offering telehealth services; and amends the Electronic Prescribing Act to restrict certain prescriptions in conjunction with telehealth services. JOINT RULES RESOLUTION ON FUNDING MIX DETERMINATIONS This joint rules resolution: addresses processes for determining the mix of funding sources to be used for state employee compensation adjustments and internal service fund rate impacts; and provides for exceptions. WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION AMENDMENTS This bill: modifies the remedies available in an administrative action based on prohibited employment practices; provides for civil actions seeking relief from discriminatory or prohibited employment practices; bars further agency action if a civil action is commenced; removes language related to exclusive remedy; and makes technical and conforming changes. Sen. Margaret Dayton Rep. Ken Ivory Sen. Jerry W. Stevenson Rep. Mark A. Wheatley 7

8 H.C.R. 3 H.B. 91 S2 S.B. 31 S.B. 18 S.B. 126 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND REMEMBERING THE FORGOTTEN PATIENTS OF THE UTAH STATE HOSPITAL This resolution: expresses support for current efforts by staff of the Utah State Hospital to partner with individuals and private entities to build and maintain appropriate markers and monuments at the grave sites of former patients of the Utah State Hospital as a tangible effort to appropriately recognize and remember their courageous and often lonely struggle with mental illness during an earlier era when effective treatments and hope for recovery were very limited and long-term institutionalization was often the only viable intervention; and honors the lives of these onceforgotten individuals who suffered immensely from mental illness by continuing to support ongoing use of evidence-based best practices and interventions to effectively treat citizens of Utah who are currently suffering from mental illness and other complex diseases of the brain. COUNTY COMMISSION ELECTION AMENDMENTS This bill: modifies the process by which a candidate for county commission is elected when there is more than one vacant county commission position; and makes technical and conforming changes. PROTECTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' PERSONAL INFORMATION This bill: provides criminal penalties for posting on the Internet a law enforcement officer's address and phone numbers, or posting the same information regarding an officer's spouse and children; prohibits the solicitation or sale of the officer's private information and provides for civil damages and the cost of attorney fees; and provides definitions, including a definition of "personal information." FIREFIGHTERS' DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFIT AMENDMENTS This bill: provides and amends definitions; modifies the standard for determining a disability for members of the Firefighters' Retirement System; modifies the disability payment period for certain Firefighters' Retirement System disability payments; and makes technical changes. COLLECTION PROCESS AMENDMENTS This bill: modifies provisions relating to processes to obtain property held by a governmental entity, including narrowing a provision prohibiting execution, attachment, or garnishment to apply to efforts to collect a judgment against a governmental entity or the governmental entity's employee. Rep. Edward H. Redd Rep. Norman K. Thurston Sen. Don L. Ipson Sen. Karen Mayne Sen. Todd Weiler 8

9 H.B. 105 H.B. 147 EARLY VOTING AMENDMENTS This bill: extends the last day of the early voting period to the day before the election date. LIVING WAGE AMENDMENTS This bill: modifies the minimum wage for a private or public employee within the state; modifies the cash wage obligation for a tipped employee within the state; and provides for future increases of the minimum wage and cash wage obligation. JOINT RESOLUTION REGARDING STATE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER ROAD TRANSPORTATION FUNDING AMENDMENTS OFF DUTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER EMPLOYMENT AMENDMENTS REMOVAL OF ELECTED OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY REVISIONS REVISIONS TO SALES TAX SALES TAX AMENDMENTS SALES TAX CHANGES SALES TAX MODIFICATIONS SALES TAX RATE REDUCTION ELECTIONS MODIFICATIONS Rep. Craig Hall Rep. Lynn N. Hemingway Rep. Michael Kennedy Sen. Wayne A. Harper Rep. Lee B. Perry Rep. Rebecca Chavez-Houck Sen. Deidre M. Henderson Sen. Deidre M. Henderson Sen. Deidre M. Henderson Sen. Deidre M. Henderson Sen. Wayne A. Harper Sen. Lincoln Fillmore Sen. Howard A. Stephenson 9

10 RIGHT TO EARN A LIVING Rep. Marc K. Roberts LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE AMENDMENTS Rep. Paul Ray LAW ENFORCEMENT DISABILITY AMENDMENTS Rep. Paul Ray MENTAL HEALTH PROTECTION FOR FIRST RESPONDERS Rep. Karen Kwan GOVERNMENT RECORDS ACCESS AND MANAGEMENT ACT AMENDMENTS Sen. Curtis S. Bramble INSURANCE AMENDMENTS Rep. Mike K. McKell 10