HB 210 Utah House · 2025 General Session

Higher Education Board of Trustees Amendments

HB 210 amends Utah's requirements for members of boards of trustees at degree-granting institutions and technical colleges. It requires all appointed board members to be Utah residents and updates qualifications to include specific service area residency or attendance history. The bill also mandates applicants provide additional application details and applies these changes to appointments made on or after May 7, 2025. These changes affect the composition of governing boards for Utah's public universities and technical colleges. The bill makes technical updates to existing code without appropriating funds.
Bill status failed 3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Governor
Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Mar 8, 2025
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MODERATE
This bill amends requirements for Utah's higher education board of trustees, updating appointment qualifications, application processes, and adding technical college provisions. The changes clarify residency requirements, modify how service areas are defined, and require additional disclosure information from applicants.
Scope change
The bill now explicitly includes technical colleges in addition to degree-granting institutions, and adds specific requirements for Utah State University board composition.
ELIGIBILITY

Changed the Utah State University board membership from eight to nine individuals, with one required to reside in the Eastern or Blanding service regions.

DEFINITION

Modified the definition of 'service area' to allow the institution's board policy to determine the geographic area rather than relying solely on statutory description.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement for applicants to disclose employment and affiliations with public and private entities from the past five years.

Added requirement for applicants to provide proof of meeting board member qualifications when applying.

SCOPE

Added technical colleges to the list of institutions subject to these board appointment requirements.

TECHNICAL

Updated Senate sponsor name from 'LONG TITLE' to 'John D. Johnson' and corrected chapter references in the Utah Code sections affected.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
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Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 24, 2025
Committee
Senate/ to standing committee
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Introduced
Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
House/ passed 3rd reading
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
House/ to standing committee
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced
House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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