Utah legislation · 2025 General Session
Utah HB557: Debate Committee Amendments
Status: Chaptered, March 25, 2026
This bill creates the Utah Debate Committee at Utah Valley University.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
0 Debate Committee Amendments 2025 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Nelson T. Abbott Senate Sponsor: LONG TITLE General Description: This bill creates the Utah Debate Committee at Utah Valley University. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms; - creates the Utah Debate Committee; - creates an executive board and advisory board that make up the committee; - describes the membership of the committee; and - establishes certain duties and powers for the: - committee; - executive board; and - advisory board. Money Appropriated in this Bill: This bill appropriates $600,000 in operating and capital budgets for fiscal year 2026, all of which is from the Income Tax Fund. Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: ENACTS: 53B-29-401 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 53B-29-402 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 53B-29-403 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 53B-29-404 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1, Section 53B-29-401 is enacted to read: 4. Utah Debate Committee 53B-29-401. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Advisory board" means the Utah Debate Committee Advisory Board established in Section 53B-29-404 . (2) "Committee" means the Utah Debate Committee created in Section 53B-29-402 . (3) "Executive board" means the Utah Debate Committee Executive Board established in Section 53B-29-402 . Section 2, Section 53B-29-402 is …
Sponsors
- Nelson Abbott (R, 57) · 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 Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed (February 28, 2025): 5 yea, 6 nay, failed
- House Comm - Held (February 28, 2025): 7 yea, 4 nay, passed
Subjects: REITZ, AARON F. (NM0TC), Boards and Committees, Election Law
Common questions
- What is HB557?
- HB557 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2025 General Session): Debate Committee Amendments.
- What does HB557 do?
- This bill creates the Utah Debate Committee at Utah Valley University.
- What is the status of HB557?
- Chaptered as of March 25, 2026. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 25, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB557?
- Nelson Abbott (R, 57).
- Where is the official record for HB557?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0557.html
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