Utah legislation · 2025 General Session
Utah HB236: County Career Service Council Amendments
Status: Chaptered, March 18, 2026
This bill modifies provisions related to county career service councils.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
County Career Service Council Amendments 2025 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Michael J. Petersen LONG TITLE General Description: This bill modifies provisions related to county career service councils. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - provides that a county career service council may award reasonable attorney fees to a prevailing career service county employee; - provides that an appointment to fill a vacancy on the career service council shall be only for the unexpired term of the appointee's predecessor; and - makes technical and conforming changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 17-33-4 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2017, Chapter 70 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1, Section 17-33-4 is amended to read: 17-33-4. Career service council -- Members and alternate members -- Powers and duties -- Appeals -- Time limit -- Qualifications, appointment, terms, and compensation of council members. (1) (a) (i) There shall be in each Each county establishing a system shall establish a three-member bipartisan career service council with members appointed by the county executive. (ii) The members of the career service council shall be persons in sympathy with the application of merit principles to public employment. (ii) (iii) (A) The county executive may appoint alternate members of …
Sponsors
- Petersen, Michael J. (R, 2) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Governor Signed
- : House/ to Governor
- : House/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- : House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- : Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- : Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- : Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- : House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
- : House/ received from Senate
- : Senate/ to House
Votes
- House/ passed 3rd reading (February 26, 2025): 64 yea, 3 nay, passed
Subjects: Local Government Employees, Counties, Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)
Common questions
- What is HB236?
- HB236 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2025 General Session): County Career Service Council Amendments.
- What does HB236 do?
- This bill modifies provisions related to county career service councils.
- What is the status of HB236?
- Chaptered as of March 18, 2026. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 18, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB236?
- Petersen, Michael J. (R, 2).
- Where is the official record for HB236?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0236.html
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