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H.B. 526: Student Welfare Check 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 addresses student welfare checks for students with unknown whereabouts.

  • Requires an LEA to refer a student for a welfare check under certain circumstances
  • Provides that a welfare check referral does not preclude or obligate other actions

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: Education · Student Health and Safety · K-12 Education · Health and Human Services · Division of Child and Family Services · Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice · Department of Health and Human Services · Local Education Agencies (LEAs)

How it moved

  1. · House1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
  2. · 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 H.B. 526, dated February 12, 2026. A fiscal note estimates direct costs and revenue; it is not an appropriation.

  • State revenue: Enactment of this legislation could increase federal funds to the Department of Health and Human Services by $75,100 ongoing beginning in FY 2027 and $12,500 one-time in FY 2027.
  • State expenditures: Enactment of this legislation could cost the Department of Health and Human Services $634,800 ongoing from the General Fund and $75,100 ongoing from federal funds beginning in FY 2027, as well as, $105,800 one-time from the General Fund and $12,500 one-time from federal funds in FY 2026 to implement the welfare checks on chronically absent students as outlined in the bill.
  • Local government: Enactment of this legislation likely will not result in direct, measurable costs for local governments.
  • 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: Doug Welton

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.