2025HB 265

Targeting University Dollars Toward Real Results, Not Bureaucrats

2025 - Utah Senate

Conservatives Support

Description

This bill creates a strategic reinvestment framework for higher education, redirecting funds toward high-value programs and measurable outcomes rather than administrative bloat. This bill puts pressure on universities to justify their budgets and cut waste. CPAC supports performance-based higher-ed funding and efforts to rein in campus bureaucracy and supported this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-03-04 by a vote of 21-5. The House passed this bill on 2025-02-04 by a vote of 63-9. The bill later became law.

21

Voted Yes

5

Voted No

3

Did Not Vote

Legislators · 29

LegislatorVote
J. Stuart Adams

UT

Conservative
Heidi Balderree

UT

Conservative
Nate Blouin

UT

Leftist
Brady Brammer

UT

Did Not Vote
Kirk Cullimore

UT

Conservative
Luz Escamilla

UT

Leftist
Lincoln Fillmore

UT

Conservative
Keith Grover

UT

Conservative
Wayne Harper

UT

Conservative
David Hinkins

UT

Conservative
Don Ipson

UT

Conservative
John Johnson

UT

Conservative
Karen Kwan

UT

Leftist
Daniel McCay

UT

Conservative
Michael McKell

UT

Did Not Vote
Ann Millner

UT

Conservative
Calvin Musselman

UT

Conservative
Derrin Owens

UT

Conservative
Stephanie Pitcher

UT

Leftist
Jen Plumb

UT

Did Not Vote
Kathleen Riebe

UT

Leftist
Scott Sandall

UT

Conservative
Jerry Stevenson

UT

Conservative
Keven Stratton

UT

Conservative
Daniel Thatcher

UT

Conservative
Evan Vickers

UT

Conservative
Todd Weiler

UT

Conservative
Chris Wilson

UT

Conservative
Ronald Winterton

UT

Conservative

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