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Senate passes House Bill 2, advancing fiscal-year 2021 supplemental appropriations
Summary
The Utah Senate on March 10 passed House Bill 2, the new fiscal-year supplemental appropriations act, suspending ordinary three‑reading requirements and approving an allocation package that includes an approximate 2% pay increase for state employees and other funding adjustments.
The Utah Senate passed House Bill 2, the new fiscal-year supplemental appropriations act, on March 10 after suspending the chamber’s three-reading requirement. The roll-call vote recorded 29 yeas, 0 nays and 0 absent, sending the bill back to the House for enrollment and the Speaker’s signature.
Senator Stevenson, presenting the bill, said it implements funding decisions approved by the Executive Appropriations Committee and includes an "equivalent of an approximately 2% raise for state employees," along with targeted appropriations and fund transfers to align the budget for fiscal year 2021. He told colleagues the green handouts on members’ desks explain the bill’s mechanics.
Why it matters: HB2 authorizes spending and transfers that set compensation and program funding for the coming fiscal year, and its passage clears a major step in the Legislature’s budget work during the session’s closing days.
The Senate moved under suspension of the rules to read HB2 for second and third time and then approved final passage by roll call. The President will sign the enrolled bill before it is returned to the House for the Speaker’s signature. No recorded floor amendments to the bill were adopted at the time of final passage.
Looking ahead: Senate leaders said staff will continue to refine remaining appropriations bills and amendments so the chamber can complete its final budget package before the session ends.
