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House OKs $1.96 billion FY2026 supplemental appropriation bill
Summary
The House passed Senate Bill 2, a new fiscal-year supplemental appropriation that includes $1.96 billion in operating, capital and expendable fund appropriations for FY 2026; sponsor said the bill funds prior fiscal-note items and transfers.
The Utah House on March 4 approved Senate Bill 2, the new fiscal-year supplemental appropriation bill for FY 2026, which the sponsor said appropriates $1.96 billion across operating, capital and expendable funds. The House passed the bill 70-0 and will transmit it to the Senate for its signature.
House sponsor Representative Val Peterson told members the bill covers funding for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and incorporates items approved in earlier bills this session. “This bill appropriates 1,960,000,000.00 including a hundred and 3,000,000 from general fund and income tax funds for FY 2026 in the state's operating capital budgets and expendable funds and accounts,” Peterson said on the floor.
Peterson also noted a $5 million transfer from the general fund and described the bill as a vehicle to place prior fiscal-note items into the FY 2026 budget. House members waived further debate and the measure passed unanimously on the floor.
What happens next: With House passage recorded 70-0, the bill will be returned to the Senate for further action and signature steps. Floor comments did not break down line-by-line appropriations; the sponsor referenced a circulated “lilac” funding document available to members for detail.
