Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB409: Legislator Leave Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill modifies provisions related to legislators who are public employees.
What the bill says
From the substitute text, March 3, 2026:
0 Legislator Leave Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Clinton D. Okerlund Senate Sponsor: Ann Millner LONG TITLE General Description: This bill modifies provisions related to legislators who are public employees. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - provides paid leave to a state employee or teacher for the purpose of serving as a state legislator; - addresses the use and administration of legislator leave; - provides that a legislator may not receive salary or accrue service credit or receive retirement related contributions for time during which the legislator uses legislator leave; - allows a state employer or local education agency to seek partial reimbursement for the costs related to legislator leave; and - makes technical and conforming changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 36-2-2 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 425 36-2-3 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 61 63A-17-513 , as enacted by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapter 402 ENACTS: 49-11-506 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 53G-11-210 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 36-2-2 is amended to read: 36-2-2 . Salaries and expenses of members -- Compensation of in-session employees. (1) (a) Unless rejected or lowered …
Sponsors
- Okerlund, Clinton (R, 42) · primary sponsor
- Millner, Ann (R, 5)
Latest actions
- : House/ filed
- : House/ received from Senate
- : Senate/ to House
- : Senate/ strike enacting clause
- : Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- : Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- : Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- : Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0409S02
- : LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0409S02
Votes
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (March 3, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (March 3, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House/ passed 3rd reading (February 25, 2026): 51 yea, 16 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 19, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Government Operations (State Issues), Tier 1 Retirement, State Officers and Employees, Public Safety Retirement, Utah Retirement Systems (URS), Local Government Employees, Firefighters' Retirement, Public Retirement and Insurance
Common questions
- What is HB409?
- HB409 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Legislator Leave Amendments.
- What does HB409 do?
- This bill modifies provisions related to legislators who are public employees.
- What is the status of HB409?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: House/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB409?
- Okerlund, Clinton (R, 42), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB409?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0409.html
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