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H.B. 332: School District Project Financing Amendments

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.

This bill amends the requirements for how a school district may finance and build a school building or facility.

  • Requires a school district to pursue voter approval of a general obligation bond before issuing a lease revenue bond to finance a school building or infrastructure project
  • Prohibits a school district from establishing a public-private partnership to execute a school district project
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

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

Subjects: Public Bonds · Local Building Authority · Limited Purpose Local Government Entities · Political Subdivisions (Local Issues) · Government Operations (State Issues) · County and Municipal Finance · School Districts · School Facilities

How it moved

  1. · House1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
  2. · Houseto standing committeePolitical Subdivisions Committee
  3. · HouseHouse Comm - Substitute RecommendationPolitical Subdivisions Committee
  4. · HouseHouse Comm - Recommends Returned to RulesPolitical Subdivisions Committee
  5. · 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 2nd Sub. H.B. 332 (Gray), dated February 18, 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 could cost the State Board of Education $3,100 one-time in FY 2026 from the Income Tax Fund for updates to the school construction manual.
  • Local government: To the extent that school districts could no longer issue lease revenue bonds for school construction activities, enactment of this legislation could increase bond authorization costs by an unknown amount to a school school districts for notice, hearing, and election costs associated with general obligation bonds.
  • 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: Tiara Auxier

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.