H.B. 384: Executive Branch Agency Amendments

About this bill

Signed by the governor on March 24, 2026. This bill addresses executive branch agencies.

• Clarifies that the Utah Office of Data Privacy is an office within the Department of Government Operations (department)
• Clarifies that the department exercises oversight of the state's comprehensive accounting system and executive branch payroll services
• Subjects the Division of Finance's establishment of the comprehensive state accounting system to departmental oversight
• Replaces the requirement that the director of the Division of Finance audit all claims against the state with a requirement that the director oversee internal controls relating to state financial transactions
• Updates the definition of "executive branch entity" for purposes of executive branch payroll services by: removing a date-specific reference to participation in the Division of Finance's central payroll system; and adding the Division of Technology Services as an entity included within the definition
• Changes the title of certain gubernatorial appointees to "commissioner," beginning on May 6, 2026

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Norman K Thurston