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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah Expands Salary Supplement and Teaching Supply Eligibility to Include Speech-Language Pathologists
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsors: Jill Koford and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Utah HB 150 expands the definition of eligible teachers and classroom teachers for state salary supplements and teaching supply appropriations to explicitly include speech-language pathologists and speech-language technicians, effective July 1, 2026.
Speech-language pathologists and technicians become eligible for state-funded salary supplements and classroom supply allocations of $250 or $500 depending on grade level, directly expanding professional financial support within local education agencies.
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.
speech-language pathologists
Speech-language pathologists are newly included in statutory definitions, making them eligible for salary supplements and teaching supply appropriations.
speech-language technicians
Speech-language technicians are explicitly added to eligible teacher and classroom teacher definitions for state funding programs.
local education agencies
Local education agencies must update policies, administer appeals processes, verify eligible teachers, and distribute state-allocated funds accordingly.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House · on the Senate floor.
Procedural history
38 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ to House
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ strike enacting clause
- Mar 4, 2026SenateSenate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- Feb 26, 2026SenateSenate/ circled
Show 32 earlier actions
- Feb 26, 2026SenateSenate/ 2nd reading
- Feb 25, 2026SenateSenate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- Feb 25, 2026SenateSenate/ committee report favorable
- Feb 24, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Feb 13, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate/ to standing committee
- Feb 12, 2026SenateIntroducedSenate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Feb 12, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0150S02
- Feb 11, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0150S02
- Feb 10, 2026SenateSenate/ received from House
- Feb 10, 2026HouseHouse/ to Senate
- Feb 10, 2026HouseFloorHouse/ passed 3rd reading
- Feb 10, 2026HouseHouse/ substituted
- Feb 10, 2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
- Feb 10, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0150S02
- Feb 10, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0150S02
- Feb 2, 2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
- Feb 2, 2026HouseHouse/ committee report favorable
- Jan 30, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Jan 29, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse/ to standing committee
- Jan 29, 2026House Rules CommitteeBill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm
- Jan 26, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0150S01
- Jan 24, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0150S01
- Jan 22, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0150S01
- Jan 22, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0150S01
- Jan 20, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Jan 16, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0150
- Jan 16, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0150
- Jan 14, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Jan 6, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0150
- Jan 6, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0150
- Jan 6, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Jan 6, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
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Inclusion of Specialized Support Staff in Teacher Incentives
The legislation broadens traditional classroom teacher funding categories to formally encompass therapeutic support personnel like speech-language pathologists.
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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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