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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah Requires Local Education Agencies to Report Employee Benefits and Use Standardized Job Titles on Public Finance Website
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsor: Neil Walter
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill requires local school districts and charter schools to include employee benefits and use standardized job titles established by the state auditor when reporting payroll data to the Utah Public Finance Website, effective July 1, 2026.
School districts and charter schools must alter their payroll reporting software and administrative practices to conform to newly mandated state job categories and comprehensive benefit valuations.
- The State Auditor manages the Utah Public Finance Website, which provides taxpayers with access to public financial information across state and local entities. context
- Previous legislative sessions established framework statutes governing public financial disclosures and exceptions under the Government Records Access and Management Act. 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.
Local education agency
School districts and charter schools must use common naming conventions and include employee benefits when reporting payroll data to the state auditor.
Office of the State Auditor
The office must create and maintain a list of common naming conventions and establish rules for enforcing them.
Utah taxpayers
Taxpayers gain access to standardized and comprehensive public financial information regarding education payroll and benefits through the public finance website.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · on the House floor.
Procedural history
22 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ strike enacting clause
- Mar 5, 2026HouseHouse/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules
- Mar 4, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules
- Jan 26, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0031S01
- Jan 22, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Not Considered
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- Jan 22, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0031S01
- Jan 22, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0031S01
- Jan 21, 2026HouseHouse/ lifted from calendar sent to standing comm
- Jan 20, 2026HouseHouse/ circled
- 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 20, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Jan 14, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Jan 14, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0031
- Jan 5, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0031
- Dec 5, 2025Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0031
- Dec 5, 2025Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0031
- Dec 5, 2025Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Dec 5, 2025Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
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Standardization of Education Payroll Reporting
The state is moving toward tighter uniformity in public financial transparency by requiring localized education entities to use centralized job classifications.
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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
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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