HB 31 Utah House · 2026 General Session

Local Education Agency Financial Reporting

HB 31 requires Utah school districts and charter schools (local education agencies) to standardize payroll reporting by using common naming conventions for job titles and including employee benefits data. The bill directs the state auditor to create these standardized naming systems, ensuring consistent reporting of compensation data across all local education agencies. It excludes certain financial information from public reporting requirements and updates the Utah Public Finance Website to improve transparency for taxpayers viewing how funds are spent. The changes aim to make financial data more comparable and accessible without adding new funding.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 20, 2026 Last action Mar 7, 2026

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Introduced → Substitute #1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

This substitute bill modifies the Utah Public Finance Website requirements to clarify how local education agencies report financial data. The changes expand the definition of public financial information to include employee benefits, exclude certain third-party contractor payments from reporting, and update terminology throughout the statute to better align with the bill's intent.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on Utah Public Finance Website requirements, but the applicability of reporting requirements has been narrowed to exclude certain third-party contractor payments while broadening what must be reported for local education agencies.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'common naming convention' was updated to explicitly include 'benefit compensation data' alongside job titles and position classifications for local education agencies.

REQUIREMENT

A new requirement was added for local education agencies to include an employee's benefits when reporting payroll data on the public finance website.

The exclusion for third-party contractor payments was clarified to exclude payments made by contractors to their own employees, rather than payments made by local education agencies to contractors.

The reference to the rulemaking authority was updated from Subsection (9) to Subsection (10) to reflect the new organizational structure of the statute.

TECHNICAL

Numerous section lettering and numbering changes were made throughout the statute, including renumbering subsections and updating cross-references to maintain consistency with the new structure.

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Committee

Mar 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

House/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules [House Rules Committee]

lower

Mar 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

House Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules [House Education Committee]

lower

Jan 22, 2026

Lower · Passed

House Comm - Not Considered [House Education Committee]

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Lower · Passed

House/ lifted from calendar sent to standing comm [House Education Committee]

lower

Jan 20, 2026

Introduced

House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

lower

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