Utah 2026 General Session Status: To Executive 1 R cosponsors

HB 488 — Standards and Curriculum 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

Moderate

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  • 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 R).

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Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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Compared against the Utah Code as published AI-generated reading aid — verify against the official bill.

This bill amends various sections of the Utah Code to enhance social studies instruction and establish requirements for open educational resources.

  • 53E-4-202

    and understand history and government as described in Section 53G-10-302. → and understand history and government as described in Sections 53E-4-208 and 53G-10-302.

    This change updates the reference to include a new section on educational resources.

  • 53E-4-202

    and mathematics, including basic computational skills; → and social studies, including history and government as described in Sections 53E-4-208 and 53G-10-302.

    This introduces social studies as a core subject area alongside English and mathematics.

  • 53E-4-208

    High-quality open educational resource instructional materials for social studies and civics education.

    This section creates a requirement for the development of high-quality open educational resources for social studies.

  • 53E-4-208

    the state board shall: develop comprehensive open educational resource instructional materials for social studies and civics education for students in kindergarten through grade 12.

    This mandates the creation of open educational materials aligned with social studies standards.

  • 53E-4-208

    ensure the open educational resource instructional materials include: comprehensive instructional materials aligned with social studies core standards.

    This ensures that the open educational resources are comprehensive and aligned with state standards.

  • 53E-4-208

    ensure that: the state owns all intellectual property rights, including copyright, in the open educational resource instructional materials developed under this section.

    This clarifies ownership and licensing of the newly developed educational materials.

  • 53G-10-302

    requires social studies instruction on American Exceptionalism and comparative government systems.

    This introduces a requirement for instruction on American Exceptionalism and comparative government systems.

  • 53G-10-302

    requires instruction on the Bible as a literary and historical text.

    This includes a new requirement for teaching the Bible as a literary and historical text.

  • 53G-10-307

    allows local education agencies to determine whether applied crafts and technical arts courses meet fine arts credit requirements.

    This gives local education agencies the authority to decide on credit requirements for applied arts courses.

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 HB0488

  5. LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0488

  6. House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

  7. House/ received bill from Legislative Research

  8. LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0488

  9. LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0488

  10. Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

  11. Bill Numbered but not Distributed

Sponsors

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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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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 488?
HB 488 is sponsored by Tiara Auxier (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 488?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 04, 2026. It awaits signature.
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