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H.B. 317: Social Health in Public Education Curriculum

2026 General Session · Originating chamber: House

Saved official records and Ledger coverage. The outcome below is from the Legislature’s own step list.

What the bill does

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026.

It would have added instruction in social health to the required health curriculum in public schools. It did not become law, and it was filed on March 6, 2026.

This bill includes instruction in social health within the required health curriculum in the public education system.

  • Defines terms
  • Includes instruction in social health within the required health curriculum in the public education system
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

The description and list come from the bill's own long title as recorded by the Legislature; the paragraph above is the Ledger’s summary. Read the official bill. The Ledger takes no position on it.

Subjects: Education · K-12 Education · State Board of Education · Local Education Agencies (LEAs) · Child Development · Standards and Curriculum

How it moved

  1. · House1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
  2. · Houseto standing committeeEducation Committee
  3. · HouseHouse Comm - Substitute RecommendationEducation Committee
  4. · HouseHouse Comm - Amendment RecommendationEducation Committee
  5. · HouseHouse Comm - Favorable RecommendationEducation Committee
  6. · Housefiledfile for bills not passed

Steps as the Legislature recorded them; clerical and fiscal-staff entries are left out. Numbers such as 54-14-7 are yeas, nays and absent.

Fiscal note

From the Legislative Fiscal Analyst's note on 1st Sub. H.B. 317 (Buff), dated February 6, 2026. A fiscal note estimates direct costs and revenue; it is not an appropriation.

  • State revenue: Enactment of this legislation likely will not materially impact state revenue.
  • State expenditures: Enactment of this legislation likely will not materially impact state expenditures.
  • Local government: Enactment of this legislation may cost Local Education Agencies up to $17 to $44 per student one-time beginning in Fiscal Year 2027 to update curriculum standards.
  • Individuals and businesses: Enactment of this legislation likely will not result in direct expenditures from tax or fee changes for Utah residents and businesses.

Bill overview

Sponsor: Ken Ivory

Legislature passed-list status: Not available in the saved metadata.

Passed-list membership is not a finding that a bill was signed or took effect. A bill absent from that list is not necessarily pending or defeated.

Latest recorded action

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The full step list is above. Find the bill in the official session list for status, hearings and committee records.

Recorded floor votes

No floor-vote records for this bill and session are available here. This does not mean no vote occurred; consult the official bill record.

Ledger coverage

No Ledger stories with an explicit source link to this bill and session are listed here.