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Utah law requires many state boards, committees, and programs to periodically expire — a process called "sunsetting" — unless lawmakers vote to extend them. This bill would push back the expiration dates for numerous state bodies and programs, including the State Weed Committee, the Bears Ears Visitor Center Advisory Committee, the Land Use and Eminent Domain Advisory Board, the Rare Disease Advisory Council Grant Program, the Newborn Hearing Screening Committee, the Mobile Crisis Outreach Team Grant Program, the Behavioral Health Receiving Center Grant Program, the Child Care Advisory Committee, the Health Care Providers Immunity from Liability Act, the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Licensing Act, the Hearing Instrument Specialist Licensing Act, the Behavior Analyst Licensing Act, the Behavioral Health Crisis Response Committee, the Utah Commission on Aging, and the Alternative Dispute Resolution Act, with most extended to 2029, 2031, or 2036 depending on the program. It would also permanently remove the expiration date for state rules governing lead acid battery disposal, meaning those environmental regulations would no longer need periodic renewal, and would extend the expiration date for the Rural Physician Loan Repayment Program and its advisory committee to 2036. The bill makes minor technical wording updates to the law governing the State Weed Committee, and appropriates $19,000 from the state's General Fund for the 2027 budget year to support the Rare Disease Advisory Council's work through the State Laboratory.