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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah extends health and human services program expiration dates and appropriates $19,000 for rare disease advisory grants
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsors: Steve Eliason and 1 other
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What This Bill Would Do
Utah extends the scheduled expiration dates for multiple health and human services programs, committees, and advisory councils—including behavioral health and crisis response groups—to 2029, 2036, and other future dates, while appropriating $19,000 from the for 2027 to support the Rare Disease Advisory Council Grant Program.
Extends the legal authorization and operational life of numerous state health committees and grant programs that would otherwise expire, ensuring ongoing state-backed services and administrative oversight for mental health, crisis response, and rare disease support.
- Sunset legislation in Utah periodically reviews state agencies, programs, and committees, terminating their legal authority unless explicitly reauthorized by the Legislature. context
Who It Would Affect
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Department of Health and Human Services
The department's underlying committees, grant programs, and statutory responsibilities have their legal expiration dates extended.
Rare Disease Advisory Council
The council receives an extension of its repeal date to 2036 and a specific $19,000 appropriation for fiscal year 2027.
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Procedural history
39 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/ 3nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- Feb 5, 2026SenateSenate/ placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
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- Feb 5, 2026SenateSenate/ 3rd reading
- Feb 5, 2026SenateFloorSenate/ passed 2nd reading
- Feb 5, 2026SenateSenate/ 2nd reading
- Feb 5, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0028S02
- Feb 5, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0028S02
- Feb 4, 2026SenateSenate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- Feb 4, 2026SenateSenate/ comm rpt/ substituted
- Feb 4, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0028S01
- Feb 4, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0028S01
- Feb 3, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Feb 3, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- Feb 3, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0028S02
- Feb 3, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0028S02
- Feb 2, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0028S01
- Feb 2, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0028S01
- Jan 26, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Not Considered
- Jan 23, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate/ to standing committee
- Jan 21, 2026SenateIntroducedSenate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Jan 20, 2026SenateSenate/ received from House
- Jan 20, 2026HouseHouse/ to Senate
- Jan 20, 2026HouseFloorHouse/ passed 3rd reading
- Jan 20, 2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
- Jan 20, 2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
- Jan 20, 2026HouseHouse/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- Jan 20, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Jan 14, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Jan 14, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Dec 5, 2025ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0028
- Dec 5, 2025Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Dec 5, 2025Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
- Nov 13, 2025Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0028
- Oct 22, 2025Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0028
- Oct 22, 2025Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0028
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Extension of Health Sunsets
The bill extends multiple health and human services sunsets by a decade or more, notably pushing several committee repeals out to 2036.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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