Utah 2026 General Session Status: To Executive 2 R cosponsors

SB 75 — Educator Salary Adjustment Eligibility

Last action — Senate/ filed

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced January 05, 2026. It awaits signature.

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Advancing 46% · moderate confidence

  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 R).

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

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Plain-language change summary

The bill SB 75 has been updated to specify that it refers to a "registered nurse" instead of just "nurse." This change is important because it clarifies that the regulations or provisions in the bill apply specifically to licensed professionals who have met certain educational and certification requirements, ensuring that only qualified individuals are involved in the context addressed by the bill.

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75 Educator Salary Adjustment Eligibility GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor:
Calvin R.
Musselman House Sponsor:
Katy Hall 3 LONG TITLE General Description:
This bill adds school nurses to the list of employees who are eligible to receive the educator salary adjustment.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ adds school nurses to the list of employees who are eligible to receive the educator salary adjustment;
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 a.d the Blind who holds:
B .
(a)(i) a license issued by the state board;
and 7 (ii) a position as a:
5 (A) classroom teacher;
(B) speech pathologist;
(C) librarian or media specialist;
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75 01-22 11:01 (D) preschool teacher;
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(E) mentor teacher;
(b) (i) a license issued by the Division of Professional Licensing;
(F) teacher specialist or teacher leader;
and (ii) a position as a[ ]:
(G) guidance counselor;
(A) social worker[.];
(H) audiologist;
(I) psychologist;
or (J) social worker;
or (b)(i) a license issued by the Division of Professional Licensing;
and (ii) a position as a[ ] :
(A) social worker[.] ;
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(3)(a) The state board shall distribute to each school district, each charter school, each regional education service agency, and the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind money that the Legislature appropriates for educator salary adjustments based on the number of educator positions described in Subsection (1) in the school district, the charter school, each regional education service agency, or the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), if appropriations are insufficient to provide the full amount of educator salary adjustments described in this section, the state board shall distribute money appropriated for educator salary adjustments to school districts, charter schools, each regional education service agency, and the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind in proportion to the number of full-time-equivalent educator positions in a school district, a charter school, each regional education service agency, or the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind as compared to the total number of full-time-equivalent educator positions in school districts, charter schools, each regional education service agency, and the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
(4) A school district, a charter school, each regional education service agency, or the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind shall award bonuses to educators as follows:
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(a) for fiscal year 2026, the amount of the salary adjustment for each full-time-equivalent educator is:
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75 (i) if Chapter 6, Part 4, Utah Fits All Scholarship Program, is funded and in effect, $10,350;
or (ii) if Chapter 6, Part 4, Utah Fits All Scholarship Program, is not funded and in effect, $5,175;
(b) an individual who is not a full-time educator shall receive a partial salary adjustment based on the number of hours the individual works as an educator;
(c) a salary adjustment may not be awarded if an educator has received an unsatisfactory rating on the educator's three most recent evaluations;
and (d) for a fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2024, the amount of the salary adjustment is equal to:
(i) the amount of salary adjustment in the preceding fiscal year;
and (ii) a percentage increase that is equal to the percentage increase in the value of the WPU in the preceding fiscal year.
(5) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the state board:
(a) shall make rules to ensure that the LEAs do not:
(i) reduce or supplant a compensation increase from an increase in the WPU value with an increase from the salary supplement in this section;
or (ii) reduce or artificially limit a teacher's salary to convert the salary supplement in this section into a windfall to the LEA;
and (b) may make rules as necessary to administer this section.
(6)(a) Subject to future budget constraints, the Legislature shall appropriate sufficient money each year to:
(i) maintain educator salary adjustments provided in prior years;
and (ii) provide educator salary adjustments to new employees.
(b) Money appropriated for educator salary adjustments shall include money for the following employer-paid benefits:
(i) retirement;
(ii) worker's compensation;
(iii) social security;
and (iv) Medicare.
(7)(a) Subject to future budget constraints, the Legislature shall:
(i) maintain the salary adjustments provided to school administrators in the 2007-08 school year;
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75 01-22 11:01 (ii) provide salary adjustments for new school administrators in the same amount as provided for existing school administrators.
(b) The appropriation provided for educator salary adjustments described in this section shall include salary adjustments for school administrators as specified in Subsection (7)(a).
(c) In distributing and awarding salary adjustments for school administrators, the state board, a school district, a charter school, each regional education service agency, or the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind shall comply with the requirements for the distribution and award of educator salary adjustments as provided in Subsections (3) and (4).
Section 2.
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect on July 1, 2026.
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Action History

  1. Senate/ filed

  2. Senate/ received from House

  3. House/ to Senate

  4. House/ strike enacting clause

  5. House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact [House Rules Committee]

  6. House/ committee report favorable [House Education Committee]

  7. House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Education Committee]

  8. House/ to standing committee [House Education Committee]

  9. House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

  10. House/ received from Senate

  11. Senate/ to House

  12. Senate/ passed 3rd reading

  13. Senate/ 3rd reading

  14. Senate/ passed 2nd reading

  15. Senate/ uncircled

  16. LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0075

  17. LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0075

  18. Senate/ circled

  19. Senate/ 2nd reading

  20. Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar

  21. Senate/ comm rpt/ amended [Senate Education Committee]

  22. Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee]

  23. Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation [Senate Education Committee]

  24. Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee]

  25. Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst

  26. Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)

  27. LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0075

  28. LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0075

  29. Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research

  30. LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0075

  31. LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0075

  32. Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

  33. Bill Numbered but not Distributed

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Who sponsors SB 75?
SB 75 is sponsored by Katy Hall (Republican) and Calvin R. Musselman (Republican).
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