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Effective February 13, 2026, the university revised Rule R5-200B: Paid Time Off (PTO), Holidays, Paid Parental Leave, and Other Paid and Unpaid Leave for University of Utah Health, Hospitals and Clinics Staff Members to clarify that an employee is not eligible for a leave of absence with pay to appear in court if the employee is appearing in court on their own behalf (e.g. to pay a traffic fine).

Effective February 10, 2026, the university revised Policy 6-101: Undergraduate Study and Degrees to align the number of upper division credits required for a Bachelor of University Studies degree with the number of credits required for other bachelor's degrees.

Effective February 9, 2025, the university finalized interim revisions to Rule R1-012A: University Non-discrimination Rule Rule R1-012B: Complaint Process Rule. In addition, the university updated definitions in Rule R1-012A to match changes to federal definitions and made other technical changes.

Effective January 13, 2026, the university revised several policies to ensure that university regulations comply with state law that establishes responsibilities of institution of higher education presidents. These revision include changes to the following policies: Policy 2-003: The President of the University Policy 2-004: Organization of the University Policy 6-001: Academic Units and Academic Governance – Roles of Faculties, Committees, Councils, and Academic Senate Policy 6-002: The Academic Senate and Senate Committees – Authority, Structure, Functions, and Procedures In addition the university created a new rule -- Rule R6-001A: Creation, Significant Modification, and Discontinuance of the Academic Units of Free-standing Division, Department, School, College, and Library -- to document the existing process for creating or modifying academic units. The university also moved information about meetings of the faculty as a whole from Policy 6-001 into a new rule, Rule R6-001D: Meeting Procedures for the University Faculty as a Whole.

Effective January 1, 2026, the university revised Policy 7-001: Research Misconduct Policy to comply with changes in federal regulations. The revised policy also addresses expectations for behavior follow completion of research misconduct proceeding, addresses retaliation, and create a standing committee for research misconduct proceedings.