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House approves FY2026 supplemental appropriation bill totaling about $1.96 billion
Summary
The House passed Senate Bill 2 (new fiscal year supplemental appropriation act) allocating roughly $1.96 billion for FY2026, including $103 million from the general fund and income tax funds; the measure passed by voice/record and will be sent to the Senate.
The Utah House on March 4 approved Senate Bill 2, the new fiscal-year supplemental appropriation act for FY2026. Representative Val Peterson, the floor sponsor, told the House the bill appropriates approximately $1,960,000,000 for FY2026 across operating, capital and expendable funds, including about $103,000,000 from the general fund and income tax funds. The bill transfers $5,000,000 from the general fund and income tax fund into other funds and consolidates fiscal‑note items approved earlier in the session.
Peterson told the chamber the bill bundles funding for bills approved last Friday (House Bill 3; House Bill 2; House Bill 8; Senate Bill 8) and provides the line‑item and supplemental appropriations needed to fund those measures. “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,” Peterson said on the floor.
The House waived further discussion and recorded the vote; the clerk announced SB 2 passed the House by a 70–0 vote and will be returned to the Senate for the president’s signature.
Floor debate was minimal on the bill itself; floor sponsors emphasized that relevant fiscal details and the session’s prior appropriations package had already been circulated to members for review. The measure is a standard supplemental appropriations vehicle to reconcile enacted measures and budget adjustments ahead of the next fiscal year.
