Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB198: Educator Salary Adjustment
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill repeals a provision that makes the amount of the educator salary adjustment dependent on the operation of the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program.
What the bill says
From the introduced text, January 8, 2026:
0 Educator Salary Adjustment 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: John Arthur Senate Sponsor: LONG TITLE General Description: This bill repeals a provision that makes the amount of the educator salary adjustment dependent on the operation of the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - repeals a provision that makes the amount of the educator salary adjustment dependent on the operation of the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program; and - makes technical changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: This bill provides a special effective date. Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 53F-2-405 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 165 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 53F-2-405 is amended to read: 53F-2-405 . Educator salary adjustments. (1) As used in this section, "educator" means a person employed by a school district, charter school, regional education service agency, or the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind who holds: (a) (i) a license issued by the state board; and (ii) a position as a: (A) classroom teacher; (B) speech pathologist; (C) librarian or media specialist; (D) preschool teacher; (E) mentor teacher; (F) teacher specialist or teacher leader; (G) guidance counselor; (H) audiologist; (I) psychologist; or (J) social worker; or (b) (i) …
Sponsors
- Arthur, John (D, 41) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : House/ filed
- : House/ strike enacting clause
- : House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- : House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0198
- : LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0198
- : House/ received bill from Legislative Research
- : LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0198
- : LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0198
- : Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
Subjects: School Finance, Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, Education, Charter Schools, K-12 Education, School Districts, School Personnel
Common questions
- What is HB198?
- HB198 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Educator Salary Adjustment.
- What does HB198 do?
- This bill repeals a provision that makes the amount of the educator salary adjustment dependent on the operation of the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program.
- What is the status of HB198?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: House/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB198?
- Arthur, John (D, 41).
- Where is the official record for HB198?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0198.html
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