HB 317: Social Health in Public Education Curriculum - Utah

Amended 2/5/2026 11:02:182 → Substitute #1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill substitutes a new version of HB 317 that retains the core requirement to teach social health in Utah public schools but reorganizes the curriculum list and removes the Senate sponsor designation. The text shifts from a formal legislative amendment format to a substitute bill format, indicating a procedural change in how the bill is being presented for consideration.

Scope change

The substantive scope of the bill remains largely the same, focusing on health curriculum requirements, but the specific list of required topics has been reordered and some items have been renumbered.

TECHNICAL

The document format changed from a formal amendment to a 'Substitute #1' bill, removing the Senate Sponsor name and updating the header to reflect the substitute status.

Minor formatting adjustments were made to the section headers and indentation to align with the substitute bill style.

REQUIREMENT

The list of required health curriculum topics was renumbered and reordered; for example, 'marriage and safe dating practices' was moved to position F, 'refusal skills' to G, 'resilience' to H, and 'situational awareness' to I, while the original 'social health' definition remained at position E.

Amended Excerpts 2/5/2026 11:02:182 → Amended 2/5/2026 11:02:182 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted to include a new title and long title section, while the core legislative text was significantly rewritten to reorganize definitions and curriculum requirements. The substantive policy changes include the addition of new definitions for 'refusal skills,' 'situational awareness,' and 'social health,' and the restructuring of required health curriculum topics to explicitly include the 'success sequence' and 'social health' alongside existing topics like marriage and refusal skills.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding required health curriculum content was expanded to include specific new topics such as 'social health' and the 'success sequence' framework, while the definitions of these terms were newly added to the statute.

DEFINITION

Added new statutory definitions for 'refusal skills,' 'situational awareness,' 'social health,' and 'success sequence' to clarify curriculum content.

REQUIREMENT

Added 'social health' and the 'success sequence' as mandatory components of the state health curriculum.

Reorganized the list of required health curriculum topics, renumbering items and ensuring new topics are explicitly included.

TECHNICAL

Added a new title page, long title, and general description section to the bill text.

Introduced → Amended Excerpts 2/5/2026 11:02:182 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to shift the requirement for comprehensive health instruction from grades 7-12 to grades K-6, while maintaining the requirement for a second round of instruction in grades 7-12. This change expands the age range of students receiving the curriculum and alters the timing of when specific health topics must be taught.

Scope change

The scope of the bill's applicability was expanded to include younger students (kindergarten through grade 6) who were previously excluded from the mandatory instruction requirements.

REQUIREMENT

Mandatory health instruction was moved from kindergarten through grade 12 to kindergarten through grade 6, with a second round of instruction required between grades 7 and 12.

The specific health topics required for the initial instruction phase were updated to align with the new grade range, focusing on age-appropriate content for younger children.

The previous requirement for initial instruction to occur in kindergarten through grade 12 was removed.

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