January 2026 Archive

As the 2026 General Session gets cracking, so too does the Request for Appropriation (RFA) process. Before RFAs existed, many bills were drafted solely to appropriate money, even when no policy change was needed, which created a backlog for drafting attorneys. Today, RFAs function as their own structured pathway; one that improves efficiency, transparency, and […]

Dr. W. Edwards Deming said “if you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you are doing.” Over the past year, the Legislature’s Operations and Performance Team (Ops. Team) has done just as Dr. Deming advised, sharing Utah’s efficiency improvement process with several other states. In turn, the team […]