This bill supplements or reduces appropriations otherwise provided for the support and operation of state government for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026.
This bill:
AI-generated summary, not yet reviewed by Better Utah staff. Please consult the bill text.
This bill serves as Utah's mid-year budget adjustment for the fiscal year running July 2025 through June 2026, making hundreds of individual additions, reductions, and transfers to spending previously approved for state agencies, courts, and higher education institutions. It shifts money between programs and funding sources, authorizes new federal and dedicated-fund spending, and extends deadlines for dozens of previously appropriated but unspent balances so they can still be used for their original purposes rather than reverting to the state's General Fund. Notable changes include funding increases for jail contracting and inmate housing, homeless services and shelter operations, drinking water and air quality programs, natural resources land management, and several university and technical college budgets, alongside targeted cuts in areas like tourism marketing and some corrections and public safety line items. Many provisions, including tens of millions of dollars tied to the Rural Health Transformation Program, are contingent on final approval from federal Medicare and Medicaid officials.
Introduction
Mar 2
Senate Rules
Senate Committee
Skipped
Senate 2nd Reading
Mar 2
Senate 3rd Reading
Mar 3
House Rules
Mar 3
House Committee
Skipped
House Floor Vote
Mar 4
Governor Signed
Mar 26
IntroductionMar 2
Senate Rules
Senate CommitteeSkipped
Senate 2nd ReadingMar 2
Senate 3rd ReadingMar 3
House RulesMar 3
House CommitteeSkipped
House Floor VoteMar 4
Governor SignedMar 26
This bill supplements or reduces appropriations otherwise provided for the support and operation of state government for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026.
This bill:
AI-generated summary, not yet reviewed by Better Utah staff. Please consult the bill text.
This bill serves as Utah's mid-year budget adjustment for the fiscal year running July 2025 through June 2026, making hundreds of individual additions, reductions, and transfers to spending previously approved for state agencies, courts, and higher education institutions. It shifts money between programs and funding sources, authorizes new federal and dedicated-fund spending, and extends deadlines for dozens of previously appropriated but unspent balances so they can still be used for their original purposes rather than reverting to the state's General Fund. Notable changes include funding increases for jail contracting and inmate housing, homeless services and shelter operations, drinking water and air quality programs, natural resources land management, and several university and technical college budgets, alongside targeted cuts in areas like tourism marketing and some corrections and public safety line items. Many provisions, including tens of millions of dollars tied to the Rural Health Transformation Program, are contingent on final approval from federal Medicare and Medicaid officials.
Governor Signed
Lieutenant Governor's office for filing
Senate/ to Governor
Executive Branch - Governor
Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
Senate Secretary
Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
Senate Secretary
Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
Senate Secretary
Last updated Aug 29, 2026, 5:26 PM