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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah SB 306 Establishes Procedures for Municipal and County Withdrawal from First Responder Special Districts
Last action · March 6, 2026: Senate/ filedSponsor: Kirk Cullimore
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill deals with the withdrawal procedure from a first responder district.
The bill alters how local governments separate fire, paramedic, and emergency services from special districts, directly impacting service delivery timelines and cost allocations for property owners within those districts.
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.
First responder special districts
Their service boundaries, asset allocations, debt obligations, and personnel counts may change when a municipality or county withdraws.
Withdrawing municipalities and counties
They must fund feasibility studies, hold public hearings, and assume responsibility for providing services independently after withdrawal.
Property owners within withdrawing areas
They may experience changes in property taxes, service charges, or the entity providing their emergency services.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · on the Senate floor.
Procedural history
18 actions- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ strike enacting clause
- Mar 4, 2026SenateSenate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- Feb 27, 2026SenateSenate/ circled
- Feb 27, 2026SenateSenate/ 2nd reading
- Feb 23, 2026SenateSenate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
Show 12 earlier actions
- Feb 23, 2026SenateSenate/ committee report favorable
- Feb 23, 2026SenateSenate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Feb 23, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0306
- Feb 23, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Feb 23, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0306
- Feb 19, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate/ to standing committee
- Feb 18, 2026SenateIntroducedSenate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Feb 18, 2026SenateSenate/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Feb 18, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0306
- Feb 18, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0306
- Feb 18, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Feb 18, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
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Full breakdown
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Discoveries
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Standardized Withdrawal Framework
The legislation establishes a structured, step-by-step mechanism involving feasibility consultants and public hearings for entities leaving first responder districts.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 55)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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