HB7 is the social services base budget bill for the State of Utah. This bill appropriates $247,133,400 for FY 2022, plus $7,934,112,600 for FY 2023.
The Senate passed HB7 on January 27, 2022, by a vote of 26 to 0. We have assigned minuses to the yeas because social services represents the biggest base budget category in Utah, relying heavily on unconstitutional federal funding, caused in large part by continued participation in the state’s costly Medicaid programs. States should oppose the use of federal taxpayer money for purposes not authorized under Article 1, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution.