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H.B. 584: State Employee Leave 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 modifies retirement benefits for state employees.

  • Establishes the Unused Sick Leave Retirement Option Program III (Program III) for state employees
  • Provides that, under Program III, a state employee employed on or after January 4, 2014, receives a payment equal to 50% of the value of the employee's unused sick leave hours, calculated at the employee's rate of pay at the time of retirement
  • Allows a state employee with unused Program I or Program II sick leave hours to make a one-time, irrevocable election to convert those hours to Program III sick leave hours eligible for the 50% payment described above
  • 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: Government Operations (State Issues) · State Officers and Employees · Public Employees Retirement

How it moved

  1. · House1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
  2. · Houseto standing committeeEconomic Development and Workforce Services Committee
  3. · HouseHouse Comm - Favorable RecommendationEconomic Development and Workforce Services Committee
  4. · 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. 584, dated February 24, 2026. A fiscal note estimates direct costs and revenue; it is not an appropriation.

  • State revenue: Oil and Gas Conservation Account (GFR) Oil and Gas Conservation Account (GFR), One-time Insurance Department Acct (GFR) Insurance Department Acct (GFR), One-time Enactment of this legislation could cost the Department of Government Operations $19,700 from the Commerce Service Account in FY 2026, $134,400 in FY 2027, and $150,600 ongoing in FY2028; $6,500 from the Insurance Department Account in FY 2026, $44,200 in…
  • State expenditures: Enactment of this legislation could cost the Department of Government Operations $900 one-time from the General Fund in FY 2026 and $16,900 ongoing from the General Fund in FY 2027 to create and manage the fund, and for actuarial work.
  • 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: Thomas W. Peterson

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.