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This bill extends last year’s law concerning single sex dorms on public campuses to private dorms as well. Should the bill pass, landlords operating single sex designated dormitories would be allowed to limit occupancy based on sex at birth.

HCR 4 is a resolution that declares support for religious liberty principles and affirms the Legislature’s stance on religion in public spaces.

Specifically, HCR 4 acknowledges the role of religion in government and education history., supports the right of public school students and teachers to openly express their faith, encourages accommodations for religious observances in government and community settings and supports the protection of religious symbols in public spaces.

SB 174 would amend Utah law to allow healthcare providers, institutions and insurers to discriminate against patients on the basis of their religious beliefs and conscience rights, SB 174 affirms that a health care provider, health care institution, or health care payer has a right of conscience, allowing them to refuse to provide, participate in, pay for, or arrange payment for a health care service that violates their moral or ethical or religious beliefs.

HB 204 focuses on accommodating students’ sincerely held religious or conscience beliefs within Utah’s public higher education institutions. The bill would broaden requirements for institutions of higher education to establish policies that reasonably accommodate a student’s objection to a required course assignment or activity if it conflicts with the student’s sincerely held religious or conscience beliefs.

HB 302 is part of broader legislative action following HB 77 (the 2025 law that restricted what flags could be flown on public property) and subsequent city efforts to modify or adopt new flags — including Pride and other symbolic flags — to navigate around that statute. HB 302 gives the Legislature veto power over local government flags, limiting municipalities’ ability to adopt official flags without state approval.  Under HB 302, local governments would be limited to one “official” flag, while giving municipalities the ability to fly “ceremonial” flags, subject to review by the Legislature’s Rules Review and General Oversight Committee.

HB 193 restricts the use of public funds for gender-affirming medical care. Specifically, the bill prohibits public funding — including Medicaid and state employee insurance plans — from covering gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender people. HB 193 would effectively block access to coverage for these treatments for transgender adults under public insurance programs.

HB 174 converts Utah’s moratorium on gender affirming care for minors into a complete ban. The bill also interferes with the doctor-patient relationship of the minor patients who had been grandfathered into being able to receive care under the existing moratorium, and requires them to taper medication down, with the goal of ending treatment.

This bill prevents disciplinary action from being taken against a Utah public school teacher for using a name or pronoun other than that requested by the student, so long as done in good faith, or at the request of the student’s parents. The bill also limits disciplinary action from being taken against a government employee for using a name or pronoun other than that requested by another employee, so long as done in good faith or because of a sincerely held religious or moral belief. This bill was proposed by Rep. Peck last year, and we worked closely with lawmakers in the House to amend the bill to incorporate anti-discrimination language from the Utah Compromise. We ultimately convinced legislators that even the amended bill was unnecessary and worked with lawmakers to kill the bill in a Senate committee hearing.

HB 183, Sex Designation Amendments, undoes years of painstakingly negotiated policies that protect the transgender community in Utah. Notably, HB 183 would leave transgender Utahns unprotected from the ability to have gainful employment and a roof over their heads, by removing them from the statute that protects against discrimination in housing and employment. The bill goes further in this area of statute, unconstitutionally banning transgender Utahns from holding a host of jobs that would put them in contact with minors, including healthcare workers, teachers, counselors, and many, many others. HB 183 also removes transgender Utahns from the protections of Utah’s Hate Crimes statute. The bill bans gender marker changes on birth certificates. And in particularly cruel fashion, HB 183 permits Utahns to acquire a personalized license plate that disparages someone because of their gender identity. We will work diligently to oppose this cruel and immoral legislation, and encourage other lawmakers to do the same.

This is a bill sponsored by Representative Trevor Lee that proposes renaming Harvey Milk Boulevard in Salt Lake City to Charlie Kirk Boulevard. The bill would override local decision-making authority by requiring the name change through state action rather than municipal process. Supporters frame it as a symbolic measure, while critics argue it is a culture-war gesture that does not address practical governance issues and is intended to provoke rather than solve problems affecting Utah residents.

Status: Introduced in 2026