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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah updates public school health curriculum to mandate social health instruction and define refusal skills
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsor: Ken Ivory
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What This Bill Proposed
Utah HB 317 requires public schools to incorporate instruction in social health, , and situational awareness into required health education courses, effective July 1, 2026. The legislation updates the state board's health curriculum framework while maintaining strict statutory prohibitions on teaching or discussing premarital sexual activity, contraception advocacy, or criminal conduct.
Local school districts and charter school boards must adjust their health education materials and provide professional development to ensure teachers cover newly defined topics like social health and across kindergarten through grade 12.
- Utah public education health curricula are regulated by statute under Title 53G, establishing mandatory topics, parental notification rules, and curriculum content limitations. 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.
Utah public school students
Students must receive updated health curriculum instruction covering social health, refusal skills, and situational awareness across specific grade level intervals.
Local Education Agencies (LEAs)
LEAs must ensure curriculum compliance, provide staff professional development, and conduct biennial reviews of health policies and local health data.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · on the House floor.
Procedural history
24 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ strike enacting clause
- Feb 23, 2026HouseHouse/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- Feb 17, 2026HouseHouse/ circled
- Feb 17, 2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
- Feb 6, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0317S01
Show 18 earlier actions
- Feb 5, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0317S01
- Feb 5, 2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
- Feb 5, 2026HouseHouse/ comm rpt/ substituted/ amended
- Feb 4, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Feb 4, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Amendment Recommendation
- Feb 4, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- Feb 4, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0317S01
- Feb 4, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0317S01
- Jan 27, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse/ to standing committee
- Jan 23, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Jan 23, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0317
- Jan 22, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0317
- Jan 22, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Jan 22, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Jan 21, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0317
- Jan 21, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0317
- Jan 21, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Jan 21, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
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House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Total
15
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 3
- Abstain
- 0
How they voted (15)
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House Comm - Amendment Recommendation
Total
15
- Yes
- 12
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 3
- Abstain
- 0
How they voted (15)
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Total
15
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 4
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 3
- Abstain
- 0
How they voted (15)
Lobbying Activity
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 55)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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