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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah establishes risk assessment and security requirements for public events at higher education institutions featuring outside speakers
Last action · March 6, 2026: Senate/ filedSponsor: Kathleen Riebe
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill requires Utah public colleges and universities to conduct risk assessments for public events featuring outside speakers, establishing a five-tier threat classification system with mandatory security measures, insurance minimums, and security fees ranging from $0 to $50,000.
Student organizations and campus departments hosting outside speakers face new financial and administrative mandates, including mandatory general liability insurance coverage up to $5,000,000 and security fees based on assigned threat levels.
- Public universities across the United States have increasingly grappled with balancing campus safety, free speech protections, and security costs for controversial outside speakers. 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.
Institutions of Higher Education
Colleges and universities must conduct risk assessments, assign threat levels, implement mandatory security measures, track security costs, and submit annual reports to the board.
Student Organizations and Sponsoring Entities
Organizers must submit event requests further in advance, procure required general liability insurance policies, pay security fees, and provide proof of insurance prior to events.
Department of Public Safety
The department must provide threat intelligence, assist institutions with risk assessments for events rated Level 3 or higher, maintain a confidential threat database, and develop training programs.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who pays for the required security measures at a campus public event?
Can an institution deny or cancel a campus event based on the political viewpoint of the speaker?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
14 actions- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ strike enacting clause
- Mar 3, 2026SenateSenate/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules
- Mar 2, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules
- Jan 21, 2026SenateSenate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Jan 21, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0095
Show 8 earlier actions
- Jan 20, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate/ to standing committee
- Jan 20, 2026SenateIntroducedSenate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Jan 16, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0095
- Jan 12, 2026SenateSenate/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Jan 7, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0095
- Jan 7, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0095
- Jan 7, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Jan 7, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
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Standardized Five-Tier Campus Threat Framework
The legislation formalizes a rigid five-level threat classification structure tied directly to mandatory security staffing, insurance tiers, and tiered financial fee structures for campus events.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz45Current news / social attention level
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