Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah SB258: Infant at Work Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill makes permanent the Infant at Work Program and expands the program to other executive branch agencies.
What the bill says
From the substitute text, February 23, 2026:
0 Infant at Work Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Stephanie Pitcher House Sponsor: Karen M. Peterson LONG TITLE General Description: This bill makes permanent the Infant at Work Program and expands the program to other executive branch agencies. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms; - makes permanent the Infant at Work Program (program) available for Department of Health and Human Services (department) employees and removes obsolete pilot-related references; - repeals the June 30, 2026 sunset date for the program; - authorizes an executive branch agency to opt-in to the program by submitting written notice from the agency head to the Division of Human Resource Management (division); - makes an agency's participation in the program subject to division approval; - authorizes the division to withdraw or revoke an agency's approval if the agency's participation is detrimental to the program's administration or the agency's work environment; - requires an agency that participates in the program to: - adopt a written participation policy; and - determine whether an employee of the agency may participate in the program based on workplace considerations; - authorizes the division to adopt rules to administer the program; - adds a July 1, 2029 repeal date, subject to review by a legislative interim committee; and - makes technical and conforming changes. Money Appropriated in …
Sponsors
- Stephanie Pitcher (D, 14) · primary sponsor
- Peterson, Karen M. (R, 13)
Latest actions
- : Senate/ filed
- : Senate/ received from House
- : House/ to Senate
- : House/ strike enacting clause
- : House/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- : House/ circled
- : House/ 3rd reading
- : House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- : House/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- : House/ 2nd reading
Votes
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (March 3, 2026): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading (February 25, 2026): 15 yea, 7 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading (February 24, 2026): 21 yea, 4 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (February 12, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 12, 2026): 5 yea, 2 nay, passed
Subjects: Government Operations (State Issues), Department of Government Operations, Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures, State Officers and Employees, Child Development, Division of Human Resource Management, Department of Health and Human Services
Common questions
- What is SB258?
- SB258 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Infant at Work Amendments.
- What does SB258 do?
- This bill makes permanent the Infant at Work Program and expands the program to other executive branch agencies.
- What is the status of SB258?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: Senate/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB258?
- Stephanie Pitcher (D, 14), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB258?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0258.html
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