HB 584 Utah House · 2026 General Session

State Employee Leave Amendments

HB 584 creates "Program III" for Utah state employees, allowing them to convert unused sick leave hours accrued on or after January 4, 2014, into a payout equal to 50% of their unused leave value (based on retirement pay rate). It also permits employees with unused sick leave under older "Program I" or "Program II" to make a one-time, irrevocable election to switch to Program III for the 50% payout. This directly affects current and future state employees who have accrued eligible sick leave since 2014. The bill modifies existing retirement benefit codes to implement these changes without new state funding.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Feb 18, 2026 Last action Mar 7, 2026

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Introduced → Substitute #1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill modifies Utah's state employee retirement benefit programs by updating references to include a new Program III, clarifying when converted sick leave can be transferred between programs, and making technical edits to section numbering and formatting throughout the legislation.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on state employee retirement benefits, but it now explicitly incorporates Program III into existing program descriptions and clarifies transfer eligibility between programs.

TECHNICAL

Updated section references to include 63A-17-508.1 (Program III) in multiple subsections where only previous programs were listed.

Changed wording from 'prior to' to 'before' in several instances for consistency.

Removed redundant semicolons and punctuation in section 63A-17-506.

Corrected formatting inconsistencies in section headers and line numbers.

Added bracketed text to show deleted portions of original text for legislative record purposes.

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Committee

Mar 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

House/ committee report favorable [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee]

lower

Feb 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee]

lower

Feb 26, 2026

Committee

House/ to standing committee [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee]

lower

Feb 18, 2026

Introduced

House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

lower

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