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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah makes state infant-at-work program permanent and opens participation to all executive agencies
Last action · March 6, 2026: Senate/ filedSponsors: Stephanie Pitcher and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill makes the Infant at Work Program permanent for state employees, removes its pilot status, and allows any executive branch agency to opt into the program starting July 1, 2026. Participating agencies must adopt written policies, evaluate employee eligibility based on workplace needs, and ensure parents retain sole responsibility for infant care.
State employees across executive branch agencies gain the option to bring infants aged six weeks to six months to the workplace, subject to agency approval and division oversight, with a new sunset review date set for July 1, 2029.
- The Infant at Work Program was originally established as a pilot program restricted to the Department of Health and Human Services. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
State executive branch employees
Employees meeting service thresholds gain the opportunity to apply to bring infants aged six weeks to six months to the workplace, subject to agency approval and policies.
Executive branch agencies
Agencies may choose to opt into the program, must establish written participation policies, and must evaluate employee applications based on operational needs and work environments.
Division of Human Resource Management
The division is authorized to approve agency participation, establish application processes and health/safety guidelines, make administrative rules, and revoke agency approval if necessary.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the Senate · on the House floor.
Procedural history
45 actions- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ received from House
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ to Senate
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ strike enacting clause
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ circled
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- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- Mar 3, 2026HouseHouse/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- Mar 3, 2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
- Mar 3, 2026HouseHouse/ committee report favorable
- Mar 3, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Feb 27, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse/ to standing committee
- Feb 26, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Feb 25, 2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
- Feb 25, 2026SenateSenate/ to House
- Feb 25, 2026SenateFloorSenate/ passed 3rd reading
- Feb 25, 2026SenateSenate/ uncircled
- Feb 25, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0258S02
- Feb 25, 2026SenateSenate/ circled
- Feb 25, 2026SenateSenate/ 3rd reading
- Feb 25, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0258S02
- Feb 24, 2026SenateFloorSenate/ passed 2nd reading
- Feb 24, 2026SenateSenate/ substituted
- Feb 24, 2026SenateSenate/ 2nd reading
- Feb 23, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0258S02
- Feb 23, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0258S02
- Feb 17, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0258S01
- Feb 17, 2026SenateSenate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- Feb 17, 2026SenateSenate/ comm rpt/ substituted
- Feb 13, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0258S01
- Feb 12, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Feb 12, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- Feb 11, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0258S01
- Feb 11, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0258S01
- Feb 9, 2026SenateSenate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Feb 9, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0258
- Feb 8, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0258
- Feb 6, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate/ to standing committee
- Feb 5, 2026SenateIntroducedSenate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Feb 5, 2026SenateSenate/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Feb 5, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0258
- Feb 5, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0258
- Feb 5, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Feb 5, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
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Transition from Pilot to Permanent Program
The legislation formally transitions the Infant at Work initiative from a limited pilot program centered in the Department of Health and Human Services into a permanent, opt-in program available across all state executive branch agencies.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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