HB 459 Utah House · 2025 General Session

Appropriations Subcommittee Amendments

HB 459 updates the official names of three Utah legislative appropriations subcommittees to better reflect their current focus areas. It changes "Business, Economic Development, and Labor Appropriations Subcommittee" to "Economic and Community Development Appropriations Subcommittee," "Executive Offices and Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee" to "Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee," and "Infrastructure and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee" to "Transportation and Infrastructure Appropriations Subcommittee." The bill also modifies related reporting requirements to match the new committee names and coordinates with another bill (H.B. 200) regarding recreation grant reporting. This is a purely administrative adjustment with no new funding or policy changes.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Feb 10, 2025 Signed Mar 26, 2025

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Substitute #1 → Enrolled · 6 edits · Mar 26, 2025

MODERATE

This bill updates the names of several Utah appropriations subcommittees to reflect current organizational structures and modifies reporting requirements to ensure state agencies submit data to the correct committees. It also clarifies a coordination clause with another bill regarding outdoor recreation grants. These changes ensure accurate governmental oversight and streamline the reporting process for state funds.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include updated reporting recipients for specific funds, such as the State Store Land Acquisition Fund and Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Account, which now report to the newly named 'Transportation and Infrastructure Appropriations Subcommittee' instead of the former 'Infrastructure and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee'.

REQUIREMENT

Reporting requirements were updated to direct state agencies to submit annual reports to the newly renamed 'Transportation and Infrastructure Appropriations Subcommittee' instead of the old 'Infrastructure and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee'.

Reporting requirements for the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Restricted Account were changed to direct reports to the 'Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee' instead of the former 'Executive Offices and Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee'.

Reporting requirements for the State Store Land Acquisition and Building Construction Fund were updated to align with the new 'Transportation and Infrastructure Appropriations Subcommittee' name.

Reporting requirements for the Department of Agriculture and Food regarding building plans and market surveys were updated to reflect the new 'Transportation and Infrastructure Appropriations Subcommittee' name.

Reporting requirements for the Department of Transportation regarding new detention facilities were updated to direct analysis to the new 'Transportation and Infrastructure Appropriations Subcommittee'.

TECHNICAL

A timestamp was added to the coordination clause section to track the specific time of the amendment.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 26, 2025

Signed into law

Governor Signed

executive

Feb 27, 2025

Legislature · Passed

House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling

legislature

Feb 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate/ passed 3rd reading

upper

Feb 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation

upper

Feb 19, 2025

Committee

Senate/ to standing committee

upper

Feb 18, 2025

Introduced

Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)

upper

Feb 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

House/ passed 3rd reading

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

House Comm - Favorable Recommendation

lower

Feb 10, 2025

Introduced

House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors