---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government Drug Testing Amendments"
description: "Local Government Drug Testing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 246"
citation: "Utah HB 246 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and Universities", "Counties", "Drug and Alcohol Testing", "Education", "Higher Education", "K-12 Education", "Labor and Employment", "Limited Purpose Local Government Entities", "Municipalities", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "School Districts", "Special Service Districts", "Volunteers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maloy, A. Cory"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-13T22:07:45+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T15:49:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d033399-db56-4a46-a07d-60fc7558241c"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0246.html"
source_hash: "e73ae617df0ca2d228cafb97ae34cb1ff191b783e6e220d59d7064cd193f8a5a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
---

# Utah HB 246 (2026) — Local Government Drug Testing Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0246.xml)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0246.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maloy, A. Cory — primary (person)
- Balderree, Heidi — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-13T22:07:45+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-13T22:07:45+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-13T22:07:49+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0246
- **2026-01-13T22:07:49+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0246
- **2026-01-14T21:15:00+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-17T15:00:48+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0246
- **2026-01-17T15:00:50+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0246
- **2026-01-20T16:28:28+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:26+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-02T19:14:07+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Political Subdivisions Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04T00:05:46+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04T00:06:55+00:00** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation [House Political Subdivisions Committee]
- **2026-02-04T18:12:33+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar [House Political Subdivisions Committee]
- **2026-02-04T18:12:34+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-06T18:31:22+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-06T18:34:07+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-06T18:34:09+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-06T19:29:06+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-06T21:17:22+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-10T21:28:01+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Education Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20T00:54:51+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Education Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20T00:56:15+00:00** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation [Senate Education Committee]
- **2026-02-20T17:20:32+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar [Senate Education Committee]
- **2026-02-20T17:20:33+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-25T17:30:04+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-25T17:32:07+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-25T17:32:08+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-25T17:32:09+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-25T19:39:05+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-25T19:39:06+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-27T15:19:51+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-02-27T15:19:55+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-04T17:21:13+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-04T17:21:17+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-11T16:25:34+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T16:25:36+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17T15:49:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d033399-db56-4a46-a07d-60fc7558241c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).