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H.B. 335: County Employment 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 provisions relating to peace officers in a county merit system or career service.

  • Defines terms
  • Provides that certain employees in a county sheriff's office are exempt from a merit system or career service, unless before July 1, 2026, the county sheriff designates the position as a merit system position
  • 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: Counties · Peace Officers · Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice · Political Subdivisions (Local Issues) · Public Safety · Local Government Employees

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 - Substitute RecommendationPolitical Subdivisions Committee
  5. · HouseHouse Comm - Motion to Recommend FailedPolitical Subdivisions Committee
  6. · HouseHouse Comm - Recommends Returned to RulesPolitical Subdivisions Committee
  7. · 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. 335 (Gray), dated February 17, 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: To the extent that a county legislative body compensates merit system officer for surrendering their merit status, enactment could cost a county $10,800 ongoing in FY 2027 for every 1% increase in salary-driven compensation offered to 10 merit system officers.
  • 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: Kay J. Christofferson

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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Action date:

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.