Utah 2026 General Session Status: To Executive 1 D cosponsors

HB 482 — Social Health Amendments

Last action — House/ filed

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 04, 2026. It awaits signature.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

Prognosis

Advancing 44% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

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Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill adds a definition for 'social health' to the Utah Code.

  • 68-3-12.5

    "Social health" means: (a) an individual's ability: (i) to build and maintain mutually supportive relationships within and across communities, including the following types of communities: (A) family; (B) peers; (C) school; (D) work; and (E) neighborhood; (ii) to listen with curiosity; (iii) to try to understand the perspective of another individual; (iv) to regulate emotion especially during conflict; (v) to find common ground with another especially during conflict; and (vi) to be empathic to the needs and perspectives of others while asserting the individual's own needs and perspectives; (b) considering the needs and perspective of others for any action or measure to ensure social health of the individual or the larger community; (c) an individual's feelings of being valued by and listened to by others including those who are outside of the individual's immediate family and community; (d) a measurable construct that assesses an individual's perception of the individual's own social health and the extent to which an individual helps to create: (i) a climate of mutually supportive relationships within and across communities including communities that disagree with each other; (ii) a sense of belongingness; and (iii) perceived common humanity.

    This change formally introduces the concept of 'social health' into the legal definitions of the Utah Code, establishing criteria for understanding individual social interactions and community relationships.

Action History

  1. House/ filed

  2. House/ strike enacting clause

  3. House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst

  4. LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0482

  5. LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0482

  6. House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

  7. House/ received bill from Legislative Research

  8. LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0482

  9. LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0482

  10. Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

  11. Bill Numbered but not Distributed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 103 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (103)

103 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 482?
HB 482 is sponsored by Angela Romero (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 482?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 04, 2026. It awaits signature.
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