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Summit County health staff warn state bills could burden local services; HB 152 fails committee
Summary
Summit County health officials briefed the Board of Health on dozens of bills in the Utah Legislature, flagging House Bill 88 for potentially requiring citizenship verification before people receive benefits and reporting that House Bill 152 (removing vaccine-exemption education) failed to pass out of committee.
Summit County health department staff told the Board of Health on Feb. 2 that the 2026 legislative session contains a large number of measures with potential local public-health impacts and that the department is coordinating with statewide associations and lobbyists to track them.
The department circulated a local bill tracker and said officials have been working with the Utah Association of Counties and the Association of Local Health Officers to press for restoration of funds cut under a proposed 10% reduction to all state departments. "We spent the better part of the first two weeks trying to have monies restored…
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