HB 332 Utah House · 2026 General Session

School District Project Financing Amendments

HB 332 prohibits local building authorities (such as those for counties, cities, towns, or school districts) from building, funding, or advancing any project that was previously rejected by voters in the same jurisdiction. The bill directly affects local governments and building authorities by preventing them from re-submitting the same or similar projects after a public vote rejected them. Its key provision, found in Utah Code 17D-2-303, bans such authorities from proceeding with these rejected projects on behalf of the creating entity. The law takes effect on May 6, 2026, and involves no funding changes.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2026 Last action Mar 7, 2026

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MODERATE

This bill removes a prohibition on school districts using lease revenue bonds for school construction, replacing it with a requirement to first seek voter approval for a general obligation bond instead. It also removes a provision allowing school districts to use lease revenue bonds for correctional facilities and deletes a separate section prohibiting public-private partnerships for school projects, likely because those provisions were moved to other sections. The bill retains the rule that local building authorities cannot build projects previously rejected by voters.

Scope change

The bill narrows the scope of restrictions on school district financing by removing the ban on lease revenue bonds and deleting a standalone prohibition on public-private partnerships for schools.

REQUIREMENT

Deleted the requirement that school districts must seek voter approval of a general obligation bond before issuing a lease revenue bond for school buildings.

Deleted the restriction preventing school districts from using lease revenue bonds to finance correctional facilities.

Deleted a standalone section prohibiting local building authorities from constructing projects previously rejected by voters.

DEFINITION

Removed a standalone section defining 'public-private partnership' and prohibiting school districts from establishing them for school projects.

TECHNICAL

Corrected formatting inconsistencies and removed redundant text markers from the legislative text.

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Committee

Mar 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

House/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules/ substituted [House Rules Committee]

lower

Mar 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

House Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules [House Political Subdivisions Committee]

lower

Feb 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

House Comm - Held [House Political Subdivisions Committee]

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Committee

House/ to standing committee [House Political Subdivisions Committee]

lower

Jan 23, 2026

Introduced

House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

lower

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