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Across more than a dozen sections of Utah law, this bill adds "private postsecondary educational institutions" alongside public colleges and universities wherever state law previously applied only to public institutions of higher education. These changes span STEM education coordination and computer science grant programs, Highway Patrol assistance during campus unrest, tuition waivers for the children and spouses of peace officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty, experimental behavioral health drug treatment programs, criminal penalties for property damage causing economic interruption and for interfering with campus activities, the definition of "law enforcement agency" used in state forfeiture law, geological survey assistance, and hydrogen energy research promotion. The bill also adds a new provision allowing public higher education institutions, as part of standard procurement processes, to request or consider sponsorships, contributions, or other value-added offerings from vendors bidding on contracts without those offerings being treated as an illegal gratuity or kickback. The remaining changes are technical, renumbering definitions and cross-references without altering how the affected programs otherwise operate.