Below you will find the watchlist for all the bills that the Salt Lake Chamber is tracking during the 2025 Legislative Session. The list may be sorted by column or category.
The Chamber takes the following range of positions on bills:
| Bill Number | Bill Title | Sponsor | Summary | Position | Status | Legislative Priority Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 014 S1 | Emergency Services Personnel Amendments | Rep. Norm Thurston Sen. Lincoln Fillmore | Allows a licensed EMT or paramedic to provide non-emergency services subject to their training and licensure in a setting that employs a medical director, has established processes for 911 emergency services initiation and does not purport to be an alternative to 911 emergency response. | Monitor | To the Governor | Healthcare & Life Sciences |
| HB 018 S1 | Petroleum Storage Tank Amendments | Rep. Steve Eliason Sen. David Hinkins | Cleans up references to petroleum storage tanks that are already subject to permitting processes. Increases the cap on the Petroleum Storage Tank Restricted Account from $50M to $60M and proposes a floor of $20M that would automatically increase the environmental assurance fees from 1/4 cent to 13/20 cent. | Monitor | Passed Senate Committee | Taxes |
| HB 024 S2 | Limitations on Liability Amendments | Rep. Nelson Abbott Sen. Todd Weiler | Extends the sunset date for the employer liability limitation provision. | Monitor | Passed the House | Workforce |
| HB 037 | Utah Housing Amendments | Rep. Jim Dunnigan | Allows counties and municipalities to implement a density overlay to allow for increased and diverse housing options in a residentially zoned area. Allows deed restrictions in a density overlay if the residentially zoned area is still undeveloped. Also requires moderate income housing reports to include whether they used a density overlay, a five-year projection for housing demand, and the quantity of undeveloped land that is entitled or approved for housing in the specified county or municipality. | Monitor | In Committee | Housing |
| HB 038 S2 | Criminal Offense Modifications | Rep. Ryan Wilcox | Addresses various criminal offense and penalty statutes. Enhances penalties for actors who are convicted of similar theft crimes--including retail theft--in other jurisdictions. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Public Safety |
| HB 048 S2 | Wildland Urban Interface Modifications | Rep. Casey Snider | Outlines procedures for a county to enter into a cooperative with the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands for evaluation of properties within the wildland urban interface areas. Property insurers may assess a WUI area using their proprietary processes in addition to using a fire hazard mapping tool provided by the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands and set rates and underwrite a property insurance policy using all mentioned processes and tools. The bill also allows a third party actuarial review to be reviewed by the Insurance Department to determine the review was fully compliant. Outlines actions that must be taken by an insurer if they elect to cancel or not renew a policy due to the risk of wildfire or raise the premium by more than 20%. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Natural Resources |
| HB 050 | Occupational Safety and Health Amendments | Rep. Jim Dunnigan Sen. Don Ipson | Increases the state OSHA fines for various violations and citations and repeated offenses. | Monitor | Passed Senate Committee | Regulatory |
| HB 052 | Health Insurance Modifications | Rep. Candice Pierucci | Requires any cost paid toward a patient's healthcare service (including drugs) to apply to their cost-sharing requirement, including pharmaceutical and manufacturer's coupons. The cost paid on behalf of the patient would not apply if the coupon is for a drug with a generic equivalent that a medical provider deems an appropriate form of treatment. | Monitor | Introduced | Healthcare & Life Sciences |
| HB 061 S1 | Tax Withholding Amendments | Rep. Bridger Bolinder Sen. Dan McCay | Aligns the mineral production tax percentage to align with the income tax rate in statute. The bill also outlines penalties and fines for not filing a withholding return on time or correctly. | Monitor | Passed Senate Committee | Natural Resources Rev & Tax |
| HB 072 | Electricity Rate Amendments | Rep. Carl Albrecht Sen. Keven Stratton | Prohibits an energy balancing account to be used by any electrical corporation. Directs the Public Service Commission to only consider the interests of Utah ratepayers when deciding on a rate case and prohibits recovery of costs from Utah ratepayers for programs, facilities, or investments that benefit other states. | Monitor | In Senate Committee | Energy |
| HB 085 S1 | Environmental Permitting Modifications | Rep. Tyler Clancy Sen. Ron Winterton | This bill directs the Division of Air Quality Director to develop and publish guidance and rules on obtaining a plantwide applicability limitation (PAL). The Director is to report annually in the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee on the number of PALs, the status of their implementation, and recommendations for improvement. The bill also directs the Division of Air Quality to study and make recommendations for operations that should be included within the permit by rule program (exempting them from having to apply for a permit). | Monitor | In the Senate | Regulatory Air Quality |
| HB 088 | Housing Policy Amendments | Rep. Ray Ward Sen. Lincoln Fillmore | Requires specified municipalities and counties to submit their subsequent moderate income housing reports every three years instead of every one. Also allows for modular housing units to be used for accessory dwelling units and for detached accessory dwelling units to not be subject to greater setback requirements than the detached single family home on the same lot. | Monitor | In Committee | Housing |
| HB 090 S1 | Zoning Amendments | Rep. Ray Ward Sen. Lincoln Fillmore | Allows detached single family homes on lots at least 6000 square feet in a municipality within the first or second class in a residentially zoned area. | Monitor | In Committee | Housing |
| HB 106 | Income Tax Revisions | Rep. Kay Christofferson | Lowers the corporate and individual tax rate to 4.45% | Monitor | Introduced | Taxes |
| HB 107 | University Facilities Financing Amendments | Rep. Neil Walter | Creates the Higher Education Capital Projects Fund that can offer loans to institutes of higher education for their capital development or improvement projects. The institution must prove that they have the funding to cover ongoing operation and maintenance as well as statutory costs that come with the new development or improvement. Loans are to be repaid in 40 years at a rate of 4%. | Monitor | In Committee | Education & Workforce |
| HB 118 S2 | Homelessness Revisions | Rep. Nelson Abbott | Adjusts the annual local contribution of local governments to the Homeless Shelter Cities Mitigation Restricted Account to account for funds already spent to achieve the goal of the account. | Monitor | Held in Committee | Homelessness and Public Safety |
| HB 131 | Talent Ready Utah Program Amendments | Rep. Val Peterson | Includes an engineering and computer technology talent initiative under Talent Ready Utah. | Monitor | In Senate Committee | Workforce and Education |
| HB 136 | Alternative Incarceration Program Amendments | Rep. Doug Owens | Establishes a program to be administered and implemented by county sheriff's to allow inmates to participate in public works programs in lieu of serving time in jail. Only applies to inmates convicted of non-violent offenses, inmates who voluntarily agree to participate and whose participation is not prohibited by a court order, and who is not serving under a second or subsequent sentencing. Eight hours of participation shall equal one day of incarceration served. | Monitor | In Committee | Workforce |
| HB 142 | Service Member and Veteran Amendments | Rep. Jordan Teuscher | Requires USHE institutions to offer in-state tuition to active duty military service member. | Monitor | In Committee | Workforce and Education |
| HB 149 | Single Family Homes Ownership Amendments | Rep. Tyler Clancy | Prohibits an institutional investor from purchasing single-family houses. | Monitor | Introduced | Housing |
| HB 151 | Home Sales Amendments | Rep. Gay Lynn Bennion | Requires anyone purchasing a home listed for sale for less than 30 days in a county of the first class to sign an affidavit that they will occupy the home unless a renter currently resides there, or there is an exigent circumstance. Prohibits the sale of a single-family home as part of a bulk foreclosure. | Monitor | Introduced | Housing |
| HB 152 S1 | Healthcare Facilities Amendments | Rep. Katy Hall | Outlines the minimum parameters a satellite emergency department must have on-site during operating hours. Parameters include equipment and personnel to conduct and use certain diagnostic tests and equipment, a licensed physician, two registered nurses, a respiratory care staff member, a certified medical laboratory scientist or technologist, security personnel and two units of red blood cells. Requires certain signage to be posted including rates that are charged for emergency departments and outlines parameters for how many satellite emergency rooms a healthcare organization may operate. | Monitor | Passed the House | Healthcare |
| HB 157 S2 | Energy Education Amendments | Rep. Colin Jack Sen. Derrin Owens | The Office of Energy Development shall establish the Energy and Education Workforce Development advisory group to develop and maintain energy education programs and curricula for k-12 education, provide professional development training for educators, and develop workforce development programs and facilitate collaboration among USHE institutions, elementary and secondary schools and industry. The workforce development program shall create stackable credential programs, prepare students for energy industry jobs, and promote policies consistent with the state energy policy. | Monitor | In the Senate | Energy & Critical Materials |
| HB 167 S1 | Re-Entry Modifications | Rep. Tyler Clancy Sen. Stephanie Pitcher | Directs local mental health authority to coordinate with the Department of Corrections to ensure continuity of mental health services for those on probation or parole. Directs a county's criminal justice coordinating council to identify strategies to connect those on probation or parole with county-based housing, employment, mental health and substance use services in addition to educating and incentivizing employers to hire individuals with a record. This bill also creates the Rehabilitation and Re-entry Services Restricted Account whose funds shall be used to increase successful reintegration and decrease the likelihood of recidivism. | Support | In the Senate | Workforce |
| HB 172 | Unpaid Wage Amendments | Rep. Jefferson Burton | No longer requires a 15 day waiting period for an employee to bring a suit against their employer for wages due. The court will establish the amount that they are due and award attorney fees. | Monitor | Introduced | Regulatory |
| HB 178 | Noncitizen Health Insurance Policies Amendments | Rep. Neil Walter | Changes the definition of who is eligible for the Children's Health Insurance Program to be a citizen of the United States, a Supplemental Security Income recipient who meets the grand-fathered SSI non-citizen recipient classification or a lawfully present child. | Monitor | Introduced | Healthcare |
| HB 181 | School Week Schedule Amendments | Rep Christine Watkins | This bill creates a waiver process where a local education agency or an individual school may apply for a waiver to institute a four-day school week. | Monitor | In Committee | Workforce and Education |
| HB 182 | Rental Amendments | Rep. Gay Lynn Bennion | Requires a landlord to provide notice of rent price increases at least 60 days before the increase is to take effect. Exempts month-to-month rentals, low-income tax credit community that allows the rent to be increased, or the renter agrees in writing to an increase before the 60 days have expired. | Monitor | Failed to Pass Committee | Housing |
| HB 185 | Railroad Modifications | Rep. Tyler Clancy | Directs the Division of Air Quality to complete an air emissions inventory of all rail yards in an ozone nonattainment county for specific pollutants, and to create an emissions reduction plan for said pollutants from rail locomotives. | Monitor | Introduced | Air Quality |
| HB 186 | Wage Payment Amendments | Rep. Kay Christofferson | Removes provisions requiring an employee separating from their employer to demand their wage in writing. | Monitor | Introduced | Regulatory |
| HB 199 S1 | Substance Use Treatment and Enforcement Amendments | Rep. Tyler Clancy Sen. Brady Brammer | Requires local substance abuse and mental health authorities to provide lists of available services and resources for use by first responders. Allows first responders to offer a referral to the appropriate service for an individual who has had an accidental or intentional overdose. Updates reporting requirements for a syringe exchange program. Outlines parameters under which a opioid treatment provider may operate a mobile unit to provide opiate medications to individuals without a permanent address and requires it to operate under the pharmacy license of the treatment provider. The intentional operation of a drug-involved premises (knowingly open, leases, rents, allows for illicit drug consumption, etc.) is a second degree felony. A cause of action may be brought against an individual who generates or allows to be generated fumes in the unlawful manufacturing or possession of a controlled substance or a landlord who knowingly allows this same practice. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Homelessness and Public Safety |
| HB 201 S1 | Energy Resource Amendments | Rep. Colin Jack Sen. Ron Winterton | This bill requires the Public Service Commission, when reviewing an integrated resource plan of an electric utility, to attribute any supplemental baseload assistance cost to the total cost of a variable energy source utilization. When calculating generation capacity, the commission must reflect actual delivery and capability for energy storage systems, but must exclude energy conservation measures or demand reduction programs. A utility may not implement demand management programs without affirmative consumer consent, and may not count any anticipated demand reductions as part of the generation capacity calculation in the integrated resource plan. Outlines under what parameters the plan can account for a load decrease. Requires an electric utility to report all baseload and variable energy resources as their respective capacities and any energy or variable energy storage as firming capacity. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Energy |
| HB 212 S1 | Advanced Transmission Technologies | Rep. Christine Watkins | Outlines cost-effectiveness analyses reporting requirements and the approval procedures for the Public Service Commission when a large-scale electric utility proposes additions or expansions to the transmission system. Directs the commission to encourage deployment of advanced transmission technologies in an integrated resource plan and requires the utility to report any existing or planned advanced transmission technologies in their integrated resource plan. Give the commission the authority to allow the utility to recover prudent costs. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Energy |
| HB 214 | Employer Verification Amendments | Rep. Neil Walter | Reduces the number of employees that would subject an employer to register with and verify the status of any new employee from 150 employees to five employees. | Monitor | Held in Committee | Workforce & Immigration |
| HB 230 S2 | Blockchain and Digital Innovation Amendments | Rep. Jordan Teuscher | A person in this state has the right to accept or take control of digital assets as a method of payment for legal goods or services and operate a node for the purpose of blockchain protocol operation and transfer or exchange of digital assets without a money transmission license. Prohibits any local government from prohibiting a digital asset mining company from operating in an industrial zoned location if they are meet requirements for industrial use. | Monitor | Passed Third Reading | Technology and Innovation |
| HB 241 | Solar Power Plant Amendments | Rep. Colin Jack | Creates standards for a solar power plant including a minimum lot size and maximum structure height with established set backs and noise limitations, green space maintenance and appearance of accessory structures among others. A plant may not be located on productive crop or grazing land, may not remove forestry or wetlands or be in protected habitats. Provides different restrictions for municipalities. Outlines the process for obtaining a permit including having a transportation, site and development plan including all access routes, setbacks, proposed structures, etc. Requires an owner of a solar power plant to establish a fund for decommissioning and update the decommissioning plan every four years. | Monitor | In Committee | Energy |
| HB 243 | Agricultural Water Optimization Amendments | Rep. Casey Snider | Allows funds from the Agricultural Water Optimization Account to be used to fund certain projects and research approved by the Agricultural Water Optimization Committee. Projects that may utilize these funds are a subsurface drip irrigation project, an automated surge irrigation project or a measurement, telemetry or reporting project that meet the requirements and rules of the grant funds set forth by the committee. Research that may utilize these funds include any research related to farm economics that affects agricultural water optimization and financial rewards for water optimization practices, research to identify obstacles to and constraints of agricultural water optimization and related management tools and technologies, and research that establishes methods for measuring saved water or the effectiveness of agricultural water optimization funding program. | Monitor | Introduced | Water |
| HB 249 S1 | Nuclear Power Amendments | Rep. Carl Albrecht Sen. Ann Millner | This bill renames the Utah San Rafael Energy Lab Board to the Utah Energy Research Board and adds a representative from the Idaho National Laboratory. The board's responsibilities are expanded to include overseeing the San Rafael Energy Lab and the Utah Center for Advanced Energy Research and Development, appointing directors, establishing governance, and creating policies for joint appointments with educational and workforce institutions. It also creates the Utah Energy Council to facilitate electrical energy generation and transmission projects, with duties such as stakeholder engagement, approving funding allocations, and managing the Electrical Energy Development Investment Fund among others. Projects must be located within designated electrical energy development zones to qualify for local financial incentives, and the bill outlines procedures for counties and municipalities to establish these zones and allocate property tax revenue. Additionally, the bill establishes the Nuclear Energy Consortium to advise the Office of Energy Development and the Legislature on nuclear energy technologies, safety, and policy development. | Monitor | In the Senate | Energy |
| HB 255 | Local Land Use Modifications | Rep. Scott Chew | Allows the owner of at least 50 contiguous acres of land to create a subdivision of at least one acre that is at least 500 feet away from another subdivision. This only applies to land in a county of the third, fourth, fifth or sixth class. | Monitor | In Committee | Housing |
| HB 256 | Municipal Zoning Amendments | Rep. Neil Walter | Sets forth parameters under which a municipality or county that regulates short-term rentals may use a listing as evidence that a short-term rental occurred. A municipality or county may require a permit to list a short-term rental on a website or remove the short-term rental listing upon notice of a requirement violation. A short-term rental listing may be provided to the county auditor and State Tax Commission to determine whether the owner of the listing is subject to Transient Room Tax. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Housing Economic Development |
| HB 257 S1 | Pharmacy Benefit Amendments | Rep. Norm Thurston | Requires a health benefit plan to ensure that each pharmaceutical manufacturer rebate is used exclusively to benefit plan enrollees by passing the rebate to the point of sale to offset an enrollee's deductible, using the rebate to reduce premiums paid by the enrollee, or using the rebate to enhance enrollee benefits. A pharmacy benefit manager must offer a self-funded health benefit plan these same provisions while charging the same amount that they are reimbursed for. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Healthcare |
| HB 260 S1 | First Credential Program | Rep. Val Peterson Sen. Ann Millner | Establishes the Utah First Credential Program and the First Credential Oversight Committee. The committee is tasked with developing a first credential master plan which includes various components such as frameworks for development, a comprehensive needs assessment, methods for ensuring industry demand alignment, definitions of industry-recognized credentials, and guidelines for LEAs to procure industry-recognized certification program licenses among others. The initial master list shall include any existing industry-recognized credential recognized by the state board or Utah Board of Higher Education. Sets forth parameters under which a student is awarded a first credential certificate. The Utah Board of Higher Education shall ensure that credits earned for the first credential certificate are accepted and transferable to institutions of higher education and technical colleges and applicable towards relevant degree programs. Has other provisions related to grants for LEAs. | Monitor | Passed the House | Workforce |
| HB 264 S1 | Tax Incentive Amendments | Rep. Kay Christofferson Sen. Brady Brammer | Puts a sunset date on various residential and commercial clean energy systems tax credits. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Energy |
| HB 265 | Higher Education Strategic Reinvestment | Rep. Karen Peterson Sen. Ann Millner | Requires the Utah Board of Higher Education to report on each USHE institution's strategic reinvestment plan to the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee; the strategic reinvestment plan is a plan put forth by a USHE institution that describes how they will reallocate reinvestment funds to certain strategic investments. Directs the subcommittee and the board to study a re-design of the performance funding model and enrollment-based funding. Ties funding of each USHE institution to presentation and approval of that institution's strategic reinvestment plan; in subsequent years, institutions must present on progress on their strategic plan. Outlines what reinvestment funds may be used for and penalties for non compliance. | Monitor | In the Senate | Workforce |
| HB 266 | Veteran Housing Amendments | Rep. Jennifer Dailey-Provost | Requires the Utah Homeless Services Board and the Department of Veterans and Military Affairs to work in conjunction to create best practices for assisting veterans experiencing homelessness. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Homelessness |
| HB 267 S1 | Public Sector Labor Union Amendments | Rep. Jordan Teuscher Sen. Kirk Cullimore | Prohibits a public employer from recognizing a labor organization as a bargaining agent for a public employee for contracts existing after May 7, 2025. Public money and property may not be used to utilize union activity. Allows public employees to join labor unions and outlines parameters under which an employer may pay union dues on their behalf, and when they are to stop paying dues. Outlines reporting requirements to union participants pertaining to funds used from membership dues. Labor organization participants may not participate in the state retirement system. | Monitor | To the Governor | Workforce |
| HB 272 S1 | Vehicle Assessment Amendments | Rep. Clinton Okerlund | Increases the gross weight value for vehicles subject to a uniform fee in lieu of a property tax. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Infrastructure |
| HB 274 | Water Amendments | Rep. Casey Snider | Allows a water supplier to set rates to encourage conservation and efficient water use and directs a supplier to consider this component in their rate structure for at least the highest block of water usage. Revenue collected from the conservation block may not be used to repay investors, but must be used to further the retailer's conservation efforts. Requires secondary water suppliers to enter into contracts that allow for tiered rates by no later than April 1, 2027. | Monitor | In Committee | Water |
| HB 286 | Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund Amendments | Rep. Carol Moss | Requires the Division of Finance to annually transfer an amount equal to 25% of the net sales tax on liquor sales to the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund before they do their standard transfer of funds from the Liquor Control Fund. The transferred funds must be used to benefit individuals purchasing income-restricted affordable single-family housing and those who are purchasing, developing, or rehabilitating multi-family affordable housing. | Monitor | Held in Committee | Housing |
| HB 288 | Health Care Malpractice Amendments | Rep. Nelson Abbott | Doubles the length of time for health care provider malpractice actions to be filed. Increases the compensation an injured plaintiff may recover to any cause arising after May 15, 2025 to $950,000 | Monitor | In Committee | Healthcare |
| HB 294 | Infectious Disease Procedures Amendments | Rep. Matt MacPherson | A place of public accommodation or enterprise may not require individuals with medically diagnosed negative reactions to masks to wear them on their premises. Prohibits a local health department from issuing an order of constraint which establishes, maintains, or enforces isolation, quarantine, or stay-at-home orders, exercises physical control over property to include closing theaters, schools, or other gathering places, etc. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Healthcare |
| HB 297 | Expungement Amendments | Rep. Karianne Lisonbee | Adds traffic-related offenses and vehicle operation while under the influence-related to the list of offenses that are not eligible for automatic expungemet. Outlines situations under which an expungement order may be vacated by a court or requested by the Bureau of Criminal Identification. Prohibits the bureau from issuing a certificate of eligibility for expungement for an offense that requires registration as a sex offender, kidnap offender or child abuse offender or if they have a protective order or criminal stalking injunction. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Workforce |
| HB 301 | Ambulance Provider Payment Amendments | Rep. Cory Maloy | Establishes base rates for ambulance services dependent on what type of medical professional is on board of the transport. Directs a health benefit plan to consider an adjusted base rate as a correctly charged amount. An ambulance provider may not charge a higher rate than the established base rate. Prohibits "balance billing" which is the billing of an amount equal to the difference between the charges and the amount a health benefit plan pays. | Monitor | Introduced | Healthcare |
| HB 307 S1 | Wildfire Funding Amendments | Rep. Casey Snider | Allows the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands to establish criteria for community wildfire preparedness and require action that is both qualitative and quantitative and leads to reduced wildfire risk. Combines several fire related accounts into the Utah Wildfire Fund. The fund will be used to pay for wildfire costs on state lands or any private or unincorporated lands for which the division has been delegated fire management authority, making grants to assist local or volunteer fire departments, and pay certain wildfire prevention costs. Delegates which funds can be used for wildfire prevention and which may be used for wildfire costs. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Natural Resources |
| HB 311 | Watershed Amendments | Rep. Casey Snider | The state engineer may require an owner, lessee or controller to construct or make repairs to a hydroelectric facility at their own expense. If an owner, lessee or controller fails to prevent waste of water, damage to property, injury or fails to mitigate environmental impacts, a person has a right of action against that owner, lessee or controller. Water stored in a reservoir or other body of water for use in power generation may not be used for any other purpose. | Monitor | Introduced | Water |
| HB 314 | Breast Cancer Prevention Modifications | Rep. Jennifer Dailey-Provost | Prohibits a health benefit plan from having a cost-sharing requirement for a medically necessary diagnostic or supplemental breast examination. | Monitor | Held in Committee | Healthcare |
| HB 316 | Child Tax Credit Amendments | Rep. Mark Strong | Increases the maximum age that a dependent may be claimed under the child tax credit amendments to six years old. | Monitor | Introduced | Taxes |
| HB 318 | Residential Turf Amendments | Rep. Doug Owens | Outlines turf restrictions for a newly constructed single-family detached dwelling unit within the Great Salt Lake Basin. | Monitor | In Committee | Water |
| HB 321 | Utah Olympics Amendments | Rep. Jon Hawkins | Outlines how the director of the Olympic Host Committee shall be selected. Directs OLRGC to assist the legislature's olympic coordination committee's communication with the Host Committee. The legislature's committee shall review issues related to all committees' activities and finances in preparing for and coordinating the games and review any binding contract. | Monitor | In Committee | Olympics |
| HB 322 | Child Actor Regulations | Rep. Doug Owens | Establishes various parameters around parent/guardian responsibility in regards to child actors. Requires a content creator to maintain a monthly record of any minor featured in their content and allocate a proportionate percentage of any earnings to the minor. The minor's parent/guardian shall establish a trust for the minor where any gross earnings shall be transferred to. Outlines who may be a trustee of the minor's trust. Allows a featured minor to bring a cause of action up to five years after they turn 18 years old against a content creator, trustee, or parent for any violation of the trust. A featured minor--after they have turned 18--may request a content creator delete or edit them out of their content via a readily apparent process created by the social media company. A social media company shall inform a creator within 30 days that the request was made and the creator will have 72 hours to comply with the request. If the creator fails to comply, the social media company shall remove the content unless they petition the court, or the court issues an order. | Monitor | In Committee | Technology |
| HB 328 | Water Usage Amendments | Rep. Doug Owens | Prohibits a landowner who develops or redevelops on land in the Great Salt Lake drainage from installing, maintaining or using overhead spray irrigation on landscaped areas, in a park strip, or on a planting bed. | Monitor | In Committee | Water |
| HB 329 | Homeless Services Amendments | Rep. Tyler Clancy Sen. Dan McCay | Integrates the "know-by-name" case management system which shares aggregated data from HMIS with the Utah Office of Homeless Services and its Board, caseworkers and service providers to identify and provide coordinated and centralized services to chronically homeless individuals. Updates the composition of the board to include a person with lived experiences. Adds a requirement that the Office of Homeless Services report the data collected from service providers, and the progress made on reducing the prevalence of homelessness. Outlines how the board shall prioritize funding requests. Creates the Homeless Services Provider Program and outlines the requirements of a service provider's program including requiring measurable and evidence-based services in particular areas. This bill also outlines safety requirements for Homeless Shelters including a zero tolerance illegal drug policy, bag check procedures and regular searches of belongings for illegal drugs and weapons, and a requirement to cooperate with law enforcement. Penalties and fees may be assessed for noncompliance. Enacts certain penalties for possession or distribution of drugs in or around any type of shelter or supportive housing. | Monitor | Introduced | Homelessness and Public Safety |
| HB 330 | Water Sprinkler Efficiency Requirements | Rep. Doug Owens | Describes certain sprinkler bodies that may not be sold for use within the state including those without integral pressure regulators or those which do not meet/exceed water efficiency or performance criteria specified in WaterSense Specification for Spray Sprinkler Bodies, Version 1.0. | Monitor | In Committee | Water |
| HB 337 S2 | Property Manager Requirements | Rep. Jordan Teuscher | Amends definitions related to property management. Requires property managers to have a license, and directs the Real Estate Commission to make rules for their licenses. Exemptions include the property owner or a member of their immediate family, an individual who only performs maintenance or accounting services, or a rental agency who does not engage in broker activities. An applicant for a property manager license shall complete an educational program outlined by the Real Estate Division. Outlines when the division may modify requirements for an applicant. Outlines what a property manager may do including accepting finder fees, contracting for services or paying bills on behalf of an owner, advertising properties for lease or rent, etc. Requires property managers to have at least one real estate trust account to secure tenant security deposits, rent, and unexpected expense funds, and other commission requirements unless they obtain and hold a security bond. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Housing |
| HB 341 S1 | Higher Education Revisions | Rep. Val Peterson | Standardizes the definition of "private postsecondary educational institution" to include nonprofit and for-profit schools for the purposes of funding, loans and scholarship awardees. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Workforce and Education |
| HB 350 | District Energy Amendments | Rep. Val Peterson | Includes a district heating or cooling plant that involves new investment of at least $10,000,000 under the high cost infrastructure tax credit. | Monitor | Introduced | Energy |
| HB 351 S1 | Election Day Amendments | Rep. Ryan Wilcox | Establishes Election Day as a holiday to be observed on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. | Monitor | In Committee | Regulatory |
| HB 355 | Critical Infrastructure Materials Amendments | Rep. Casey Snider | This bill defines a vested critical infrastructure materials use as one that existed before a political subdivision prohibits, restricts, or otherwise limits that particular use. Puts the burden of proof that an use was not vested on the party that claims it was not a vested use. Requires an operator to file a declaration including a legal description of the land with the county recorder. Outlines the rights of a vested use operator including the right to operate on the extent of their owned land within the vested area as well as expand the use to any new land that is contiguous after they have provided written notice to all applicable legislative bodies so they can provide sufficient public notice and if the expansion will not imminently endanger the public. | Monitor | Introduced | Minerals Infrastructure Housing |
| HB 360 | Housing Attainability Amendments | Rep. Stephen Whyte | Allows a political subdivision to hold a closed meeting to discuss the purchase, exchange, or lease of real property, including any form of a water right or water shares, or to discuss a proposed development agreement, project proposal, or financing proposal related to the development of land. Amends the composition of the six trustees for the Utah Housing Corporation to require that no more than two of the six trustees are from the same county. Repeals the sunset date on the Utah Seismic Commission, the Education and Mental Health Coordinating Committee and the Utah Housing Corporation Act. | Monitor | Introduced | Housing |
| HB 362 | Homeless Rights Amendments | Rep. Grant Miller | Outlines the rights that all individuals experiencing homelessness are entitled to including a right to privacy, right to free movement in public spaces, obtaining employment regardless of housing status and to receive emergency medical care. The bill also outlines the right to register to vote and cast their vote, right to have any record managed by a political subdivision in accordance with all state and federal laws and provides a private right of action for any violation of this bill. | Monitor | Introduced | Housing and Homelessness |
| HB 364 | Governmental Immunity Amendments | Rep. Kay Christofferson | For the purposes of governmental immunity, this bill states that a legal firm or practitioner within the firm that contracts with a state agency is an employee of the state. | Monitor | Introduced | Regulatory |
| HB 366 | Access to Call Location Information Amendments | Rep. Cory Maloy | Requires a mobile telecommunication device to provide call location information as quickly as possible to law enforcement agency who has prioritized the request as urgent for a missing person they believe to be in danger. If a mobile telecommunications service establishes procedures for response to an urgent request, they shall include a method for a law enforcement agency to identify a prioritized urgent request. | Monitor | Introduced | Regulatory |
| HB 367 | Charitable Contribution Tax Credit Amendments | Rep. Thomas Peterson | Creates a nonrefundable tax credit equal to the amount of aggregate contributions made to an affordable housing organization. | Monitor | Introduced | Housing Taxes |
| HB 370 | State Holiday Modifications | Rep. Sandra Hollins | Establishes Juneteenth National Freedom Day as an official state holiday to fall on June 19 or the next Monday if June 19 falls on Saturday or Sunday. | Monitor | In Committee | Regulatory |
| HB 373 | Service Marketplace Platforms Amendments | Rep. Jason Thompson | Allows a daycare provider to utilize a service marketplace platform to solicit daycare services. | Monitor | In Committee | Workforce |
| HB 375 | Commercial Driver License Modifications | Rep. Jefferson Burton | The Driver License Division may refuse a CDL to an applicant who has been convicted within the last three years of a felony offense related to failure to respond to officer's signal to stop, habitual violent offender, road rage enhancements or aggravated assault. | Monitor | Introduced | Regulatory |
| HB 378 | Department of Natural Resources Funding Amendments | Rep. Casey Snider | Increases the royalty for brine shrimp eggs harvested from the Great Salt Lake. Increases the amount paid for depleted uranium waste. Enacts a tax on a wind or solar electric generation facility; the tax is the amount of kilowatts sold multiplied by $0.108. Prohibits an electric corporation from recovering this tax from ratepayers. Enacts the direct current transmission tax equal to the kilovolt capacity multiplied by $10,000. | Monitor | In Committee | Energy |
| HB 385 | Insurance Revisions | Rep. Jim Dunnigan | Requires a small employer stop-loss insurance contract to have an annual attachment point that is at least $30,000 and that may not be less than 90% of expected claims. Requires a small employer to have at least 15 enrolled employees to enter into a contract. | Monitor | Introduced | Regulatory |
| HB 389 | Child Care Business Tax Credit | Rep. Jason Thompson | Creates the employer-provided child care tax credit and the employer-provider child care tax credit. Outlines how a person may claim this tax credit and how the amount will be calculated. The credit calculation will consider costs incurred to contract with a child care service provider, or to acquire, construct or rehabilitate property for a qualified child care facility. | Support | Introduced | Workforce |
| HB 398 | Auxiliary Housing Amendments | Rep. Steve Eliason | A municipality/county may not prohibit the rental of an internal accessory dwelling unit if the primary residence is not occupied by the property owner. | Monitor | Introduced | Housing |
| HB 400 | Blood Transfusion Amendments | Rep. Kristen Chevrier | Requires a health care facility to allow a patient to use their own blood or blood from a selected donor under certain circumstances. | Monitor | In Committee | Healthcare |
| HB 410 | Child Care Amendments | Rep. Tracy Miller | Allows a child care center with between 16-100 children to have only a warming kitchen. Allows a municipality or county to use HTRZ funds to aid in the expanding of child care facilities. Addresses educator licensing. | Monitor | Introduced | Workforce |
| HB 411 | Public Asset Ownership Amendments | Rep. Troy Shelley Sen. Derrin Owens | Outlines provisions for a person selling or exchanging an environmental commodity in the state who receives state funds in relation to the development of said environmental commodity. States that any environmental commodity that is generated from activities receiving state funds is the property of the state, and the treasurer may sell, exchange or hold said commodity for the benefit of the citizens of the state, to promote energy independence, and maximize natural resources. | Monitor | Introduced | Energy Natural Resources |
| HB 418 | Data Sharing Amendments | Rep. Doug Fiefia | Enacts the Utah Digital Choice Act. This act requires social media companies to implement transparent, third-party-accessible data sharing infrastructure between social media platforms that would allow users to share their own personal data between selected social media services and enable third parties to access content created by the user. Requires a social media company to reasonably secure all personal data in or received from the data-sharing infrastructure. Requires consent of an user to share or receive personal data through the infrastructure. Outlines what would constitute "interoperability" of the data-sharing infrastructure. Does not require a social media company to provide access to analyses or internally gathered inferences about an user or any proprietary algorithms or operating mechanisms. Requires a social media service to provide an user their own personal data upon request. This bill exempts an entity owned, controlled or operated by a religious organization and that is exempt from paying property taxes. | Monitor | Introduced | Tech |
| HB 420 | Halogen Emissions Amendments | Rep. Andrew Stoddard | Modifies the point source of halogen pollution section of code. This bill would require major halogen sources to submit a notice of intent to modify an existing air permit to maintain a connection between a chlorine reduction burner and a chlorine bypass scrubber and to operate these two mechanisms at full potential. Requires the Division of Air Quality to remove a maintenance limit and establish annual emissions testing and to approve a modification of an air permit only after all conditions of Title 5 of the federal Clean Air Act have been met. Outlines reporting requirements for the Division of Air Quality. | Monitor | Introduced | Air Quality |
| HB 426 | Resident Student Tuition | Rep. Dailey-Provost | Includes individuals who have applied for or who have an employment-based immigrant visa to be granted resident tuition to a USHE institution. | Monitor | Introduced | Immigration |
| HB 427 | Used Electric Vehicle Battery Disclosure Amendments | Rep. Doug Owens Sen. Ron Winterton | Enacts a new section of code that addresses the sale of an electric motor vehicle. Requires any electric motor vehicle (beginning with the 2027 model) sold in the state to display the battery state of health and battery service history without requiring the use of any tools. Requires a private seller or dealer to disclose the current battery state of health, status of the battery warranty and any known batter service history. Outlines penalties for a seller or dealer who violates any disclosure requirement. | Monitor | Introduced | Regulatory |
| HB 428 | Property Tax Changes | Rep. Jill Koford | Increases the exemption allowed on a residential property to 50% when assessing a statewide property tax rate subject to the passage of HJR 007. Modifies the process for certifying a minimum basic tax rate imposed by school districts and allows for funds from the Public Education Economic Stabilization Restricted Account to be used for certain purposes. | Monitor | Introduced | Housing Taxes |
| HB 429 | Transportation Funding Alignment Amendments | Rep. Val Peterson | Directs an increased amount of 24% of certain revenue from sales and use taxes to be deposited into the Transportation Investment Fund. | Monitor | Introduced | Transportation and Infrastructure |
| HB 430 | Security and Land Restriction Amendments | Rep. Candice Pierucci | Prohibits a food delivery company from delivering food anywhere within the geographic borders of a Utah National Guard base and makes any violation to this a reportable and enforceable offense under the Department of Veterans and Military Affairs. A person may not purchase interest in land on behalf of a restricted foreign entity or using by using funds provided by that entity. | Monitor | Introduced | Regulatory |
| HB 432 | Tobacco and Electronic Cigarette Modifications | Rep. Matt MacPherson | Removes the provision that prohibits an electronic cigarette product to be sold unless it is premarket authorized by the FDA. Allows for the sale of flavored electronic cigarette products in the state. Requires a retail tobacco specialty business to acquire a permit from the local health department and pay a fee of $3,000, implement standardized security video monitoring systems and obtain and maintain tobacco handling permits. Establishes requirements for an identification verification system that must be employed by a retailer. To sell a flavored electronic cigarette product in the state, a person or business must first acquire a license (which is valid for three years) for each address where these products will be sold and comply with any bonding requirement. A distributer may only sell to a licensed retailer and may be fined for selling to anyone else who is not a retailer. Imposes a tax of 0.025 multiplied by the retail price of each product in addition to taxes that would normally be imposed. Requires a retailer to remit this tax revenue on a quarterly basis which will then be deposited into the "Flavored Electronic Cigarette Product Proceeds Restricted Account". 80% of this amount shall be distributed to the Department of Health and Human Services and 20% to the State Board of Education to pay for the school lunch program. | Monitor | Introduced | Regulatory |
| HB 437 | Interdicted Person Amendments | Rep. Steve Eliason | Requires the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services to develop a training program for an individual licensed to sell alcohol to verify whether a potential customer is an interdicted person. Requires a seller to verify whether a person is an interdicted person. Outlines when a court may designate a person as an interdicted person. Outlines requirements for an interdicted person to obtain a specific license. | Monitor | Introduced | Regulatory |
| HB 438 | Environmental Legal Action Amendments | Rep. Colin Jack | Repeals a section of code that would require a plaintiff in an environmental action to post a bond before a court grants an injunction or before a state agency puts an administrative stay on a project. If a plaintiff does not prevail, the bond shall be paid to the defendents who suffered loss by the injunction. | Monitor | Introduced | Regulatory |
| HCR 005 | House Concurrent Resolution on Permitting Reform | Rep. Melissa Ballard Sen. Keven Stratton | Recognizes the importance and benefits of domestic energy production and mineral extraction including cleaner domestic operations, enhanced national security and economic competitiveness. Also recognizes the cumbersome, costly and inefficient permitting processes for such operations and calls for congressional action to reform federal permitting and environmental review processes. | Monitor | Passed the House | Energy & Critical Materials |
| HCR 006 | Concurrent Resolution Urging Changes to Federal Homelessness Regulations | Rep. Tyler Clancy Sen. Heidi Balderree | Calls on the Department of Housing and Urban Development to grant Utah a waiver in order to be more flexible in designing housing solutions. Also calls for reduced HMIS administrative burdens in order to focus on individuals being served in the state in addition to allowing Utah to replace HUD performance measures with state outcomes and measures and providing flexibility for communities to offer a variety of housing options among other grant provisions. | Monitor | Passed the House | Homelessness |
| HJR 007 | Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution - Property Tax | Rep. Jill Koford | Creates a ballot measure to be put forth to Utah voters to amend the Utah constitution to allow an exemption of up to 55% of the fair market value when calculating residential property tax. | Monitor | Introduced | Housing Taxes |
| HJR 008 | Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution - Right to Work | Rep. Jordan Teuscher | This bill would create a ballot measure that would amend Utah's Constitution which would prohibit any entity from denying employment to anyone due to their membership in, affiliation with, resignation from, or refusal to join or affiliate with a labor union or employee organization. | Monitor | Introduced | Workforce |
| SB 013 | Property Tax Reimbursement Amendments | Sen. Lincoln Fillmore Rep. Joseph Elison | This bill allows certain rental businesses to charge a recovery fee for heavy equipment rentals to cover property taxes. The fee must be itemized, is not subject to sales tax, and cannot be charged to government entities. The State Tax Commission, county auditors, and the Multi County Appraisal Trust will study fee rates and report findings to the Legislature, with required data-sharing for the study. | Monitor | To the Governor | Taxes |
| SB 015 | Certified Public Accountant Licensing Amendments | Sen. Evan VIckers Rep. Steve Eliason | This bill removes CPA hour requirements, adds a bachelor's degree requirement, allows out-of-state CPAs to practice in Utah under certain conditions, permits fines for CPA-related violations, and makes technical changes. | Monitor | In House Committee | Workforce |
| SB 017 S1 | Services for Department of Defense Civilian Employees | Sen. Ann Millner Rep. Val Peterson | Allows a spouse of a DOD civilian who is stationed in the state to be granted a professional license and practice in that occupation if they have a valid and current license of a substantially similar occupation in another jurisdiction. Grants in state tuition to a DOD civilian or their immediate family member upon proof that they are domiciled in the state. Outlines parameters K-12 schools must follow for a transferring student who is an immediate family member of a DOD civilian. | Monitor | To the Governor | Workforce |
| SB 026 S1 | Housing and Transit Reinvestment Zone Amendments | Sen. Wayne Harper Rep. Stephen Whyte | This bill adjusts definitions, ties median income requirements for housing projects to county data, limits tax increment collection to three times per project, and makes technical changes. | Monitor | In House Committee | Housing |
| SB 030 | Forest Fire Resources Compact Amendments | Sen. Derrin Owens Rep. Troy Shelley | Directs the Governor to enter into the Great Plains Interstate Fire Compact. This compact allows for sharing resources across state lines related to suppression, control or preventing of fires. | Monitor | To the Governor | Natural Resources |
| SB 031 S1 | Refugee Services Amendments | Sen. Ron Winterton Rep. Jim Dunnigan | Creates the Refugee Services Office within the Department of Workforce Services to provide refugee resettlement services, operate a refugee cash assistance program, provide support to the advisory committee, collaborate with community partners and create the necessary reports and rules to administer the office. Creates the Refugee Services Fund and outlines for which purposes it is to be used and funds it is to receive. | Monitor | In the House | Immigration |
| SB 034 | Mineral Surety Amendments | Sen. Derrin Owens Rep. Ariel Defay | Directs the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining to study mineral sureties requirements including surety forms they will accept, amounts of the surety, when a surety should be released or forfeited, etc. The Division shall report the results and any recommendations to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee. | Monitor | Passed the House | Energy & Critical Materials |
| SB 038 | Manufacturing Modernization Grant Sunset Amendments | Sen. Ann Millner Rep. Colin Jack | Extends the Manufacturing Modernization Grant Program until 2028. | Support | Passed House Committee | Economic Development |
| SB 042 | Consumer Protection Amendments | Sen. Evan Vickers Rep. Cory Maloy | Allows for disgorgement of anything of value obtained by a deceptive act against a consumer. Includes penalty enhancement considerations of whether a supplier knowing and intentionally deceived a consumer and whether the harmed consumer was a vulnerable adult. Allows a consumer to recover actual damages and court costs that are not part of a class action. | Monitor | To the Governor | Regulatory |
| SB 044 S1 | Professional Licensure Background Checks | Sen. Evan Vickers Rep. Cory Maloy | Modifies and standardizes background check requirements for an applicant seeking licensure for certain professions. Requirements include requiring an applicant to send in fingerprints which will be compared to the state's criminal database and forwarded to the FBI for a national comparison. If an applicant is found to have a criminal history that was not disclosed prior to licensure, their license may be revoked. | Monitor | Passed House Committee | Workforce |
| SB 047 | Sales and Use Tax Remittance Amendments | Sen. Wayne Harper Rep. Steve Eliason | Alters the parameters that would require a seller to collect and remit sales tax in the state by removing the separate transaction threshold. | Monitor | In the House | Taxes |
| SB 048 | Behavioral Health Amendments | Sen. Mike McKell Rep. Tyler Clancy | Expands the scope of mental health therapy to include treatment of an emotional disorder in addition to what is already in statute. Also creates the Mental Health Professionals Education and Enforcement Fund which will receive any administrative penalty fine and be used for education purposes and enforcement of the Mental Health Professional Practice Act. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Healthcare |
| SB 051 | State Resource Management Plan Amendments | Sen. Keven Stratton Rep. Ken Ivory | Adopts the State Resource Management Plan that was presented to the Federalism Commission in September. | Monitor | In House Committee | Natural Resources |
| SB 052 S1 | Vehicle Registration Modifications | Sen. Brady Brammer | This bill would allow the state tax commission to contract with an entity to identify vehicles or vessels that are insured but not registered in the state. The bill gives a deficient vehicle owner 60 days to come into compliance before the Tax Commission may impose a penalty. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Taxes |
| SB 058 S1 | Mobile Crane Amendments | Sen. Calvin Musselman Rep. Thomas Peterson | Requires that an owner of real property on which a mobile crane will be used to obtain a geotechnical report and take certain precautions if the geotechnical report states that the conditions of the real property cannot support the maximum crane load; also prohibits an owner from using a mobile crane on the owner's property under certain conditions and creates a presumption of negligence in a civil action resulting from an owner failing to take certain precautions when using a mobile crane | Monitor | Passed Committee | Regulatory |
| SB 059 | Commercial Driver License Provisions | Sen. Don Ipson Rep. Steve Eliason | Amends provisions relating to disqualification of a commercial driver license and requires the Driver License Division to utilize the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse as required by federal law | Monitor | Passed the House | Workforce |
| SB 061 S2 | Energy Corridor Amendments | Sen. Derrin Owens | Requires a person filing an eminent domain action for certain telecommunications, electric light, and electric power infrastructure to conduct an infrastructure siting analysis and coordinate with federal land management agencies before pursuing condemnation of private lands. The person filing the action must include the documentation showing alternative federal land options when pursuing eminent domain. Requires a public utility to submit an annual report on eminent domain actions and efforts to utilize federal public lands to the Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Interim Committee | Monitor | Passed Committee | Energy |
| SB 062 S1 | Spaceport Exploration Committee | Sen. Jerry Stevenson Rep. Val Peterson | Creates the Spaceport Exploration Committee that will determine the needs of the state to establish a space port including conducting a feasibility study, outlining key objectives, siting assessment, and making recommendations as to whether it is in the state's best interest to establish a spaceport. | Monitor | Passed House Committee | Economic Development |
| SB 069 | Medication Amendments | Sen. Evan Vickers | Defines "340B drug" and "pharmaceutical entity" and bans interfering with a pharmaceutical entity's acquisition of a 340B drug. | Monitor | In Committee | Healthcare |
| SB 072 | Family Leave Requirements Amendments | Sen. Nate Blouin | Includes family leave insurance in the definition of income replacement and disability income insurance, making family leave insurance subject to the same statutory requirements as income replacement and disability income insurance | Monitor | In Committee | Workforce |
| SB 078 | Homeless Individuals Protection Amendments | Sen. Jen Plumb | Creates the homeless services provider ombudsman to provide information and training pertaining to the rights and services available for a person experiencing homelessness. They may also investigate claims pertaining to the violation of rights of an individual experiencing homelessness. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Homelessness and Public Safety |
| SB 080 | Drinking Water Amendments | Sen. Scott Sandall Rep. Casey Snider | Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to establish a fee schedule for the regulation of public water systems. The fee schedule may implement an fees related to the consumption to an end user, review of the plan, sanitary review and oversight of public drinking water regulation. The fee schedule may also provide incentives to a public water system if it complies with source and storage minimum requirements and if the system installs meters on all residential connections, adopts tiered water rates and creates a master plan. | Monitor | In House Committee | Water |
| SB 085 | Income Tax Rate Amendments | Sen. Lincoln Fillmore | Lowers the income tax rate if the state's actual revenue the previous year is higher than the projected revenue. The State Tax Commission shall annually publish the calculated rate. Mineral production tax withholding rates shall be the same as the calculated tax rate. | Monitor | Introduced | Taxes |
| SB 089 | Immunization Cost Amendments | Sen. Jen Plumb | Requires a health benefit plan to reimburse a physician that does not contract with any health benefit plan to e a paneled provider for the cost of a covered vaccine. | Monitor | In Committee | Healthcare |
| SB 090 | Unlawful Presence Criminal Enhancement Amendments | Sen. Calvin Musselman Rep. Colin Jack | Creates penalty enhancements and fines for crimes committed by an individual who is unlawfully present in the United States. | Monitor | Introduced | Immigration |
| SB 091 S1 | Restaurant Tax Provisions | Sen. Lincoln Fillmore | Updates the definition of restaurant to include portions of a grocery store, gas station or convenience store that function like a restaurant, resulting in the restaurant tax being imposed on transactions from the restaurant portion of the grocery store | Monitor | Passed Committee | Regulatory & Taxes |
| SB 092 S1 | Golf Course Amendments | Sen. Dan McCay Rep. Jon Hawkins | Directs Utah State University Institute of Land, Air, and Water to study the use of water on golf courses in the state. Part of the study shall identify best practices, strategic water saving opportunities and report out on their findings while not identifying any specific golf course. Requires compliance of the owner or operator of a golf course. Any record held in relation to this study by the Institute is not subject to GRAMA. | Monitor | In the House | Water |
| SB 096 | Advanced Air Mobility Amendments | Sen. Wayne Harper Rep. Kay Christofferson | Directs the Department of Transportation to conduct a community outreach and education campaign and to develop an advanced air mobility toolkit | Monitor | In the House | Transportation & Infrastructure |
| SB 106 | Utah-Ireland Trade Commission | Sen. Wayne Harper | Creates the Utah-Ireland Trade Commission (commission) and outlines the membership, purpose, and duties of the commission; requires an annual report, authorizes the commission to solicit funds, and creates the Utah-Ireland Trade Commission Restricted Account | Monitor | In Committee | Economic Development |
| SB 116 | Income Tax Modifications | Sen. Dan McCay | Lowers the corporate and individual income tax rates to 4.5% | Monitor | Introduced | Taxes |
| SB 121 | Property Loss Amendments | Sen. Jen Plumb | Creates the Property Loss Related to Homelessness Compensation Fund to compensate an individual who lives or a business which is located 1/5 of a mile from a homeless services facility and experiences property loss as a direct result of the presence of that facility. The fund may also provide no-interest loans to affected businesses for property loss or property loss mitigation which shall be repaid within one year of disbursement. The fund shall be overseen by the Property Loss Related to Homelessness Advisory Committee. | Monitor | In Committee | Homelessness and Public Safety |
| SB 122 | Sales Tax on Food Amendments | Sen. Nate Blouin | Removes the state sales tax on food and food ingredients. | Monitor | Introduced | Taxes |
| SB 129 | Higher Education Development Areas | Sen. Chris Wilson | Allows an institute of higher education to develop property that they own. They are also to establish a fund for revenue from the development area which may be used for expenses associated with the development, capital facility projects and their operation and maintenance costs, or for any other university related purpose. | Monitor | In Committee | Education |
| SB 132 S1 | Electric Utility Amendments | Sen. Scott Sandall Rep. Colin Jack | Outlines requirements for an electrical corporation that receives a large-scale service request including conducting a feasibility study. After completion of the study, the electrical corporation shall notify whether they can accommodate the requested service, large load incremental costs that will be assessed, any system upgrades or transmission service request, estimated timeline to commence service and the proposed terms and conditions. Outlines contract provisions under which a large-scale service shall be provided. Allows a large load customer to enter into a contract with a large-scale generation provider if they cannot come to terms on a contract with an electrical corporation and if they have provided written notice to the corporation of the terms of the contract with the generation provider which the electrical corporation is not able to uphold. Requires a large load customer to pay for interconnection and transmission-related studies, any system upgrades, transmission service rates, and any other services that they must provide. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Energy |
| SB 134 S1 | Health-Care Decisions Act Amendments | Sen. Mike McKell | Enacts the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act which outlines the process for determining whether a patient lacks capacity and outlines how they may go about creating an advance healthcare directive that addresses only mental healthcare. Outlines immunity provisions for a healthcare professional complying with a healthcare decision according to the person's capacity and surrogate status. Other legal aspects related to a person who lacks capacity and designation of a surrogate are outlined. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Healthcare |
| SB 136 | Motor Vehicle Business Regulation Amendments | Sen. Stephanie Pitcher Rep. Jordan Teuscher | Repeals the prohibition on a licensed dealer or salesperson selling, offering for sale, leasing, or offering for lease a vehicle on consecutive days of Saturday and Sunday. | Monitor | Introduced | Regulatory |
| SB 142 S1 | App Store Accountability Act | Sen. Todd Weiler | Creates the App Store Accountability Act. This act requires an app store provider to request and verify an individual's age who sets up an account in the state. If the account belongs to a minor, it must be affiliated with a parent account who consents to the minor having an account and must approve all app downloads, purchases, and in-app purchases. The app store provider must provide certain accesses to developers and protecting other age verification data. Requires a developer to verify through the app store's protected data sharing methods the consumer's age and determine that parental consent has been obtained. Creates safe harbor provisions for a developer. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Technology |
| SB 150 | Nonpublic Personal Information Amendments | Sen. Kirk Cullimore | Stipulates that an individual may bring a cause of action against a commercial entity who has violated the disclosure and sale of nonpublic personal information statute, but not in a class action. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Regulatory |
| SB 152 S1 | Local Land Use Regulation Restrictions | Sen. Nate Blouin | Adds the requirement to build, install, or include a garage to the list of building design elements that a municipality or county may not require. | Monitor | Held in Committee | Housing |
| SB 160 | Product Liability Amendments | Sen. Keven Stratton | A claimant in any action for damages caused by a defect in a product is not required to show a safer and feasible alternative design exists to prevail on a claim. | Monitor | Introduced | Regulatory |
| SB 162 S1 | Workforce Development Amendments | Sen. Ann Millner | Creates the Utah High-Demand Talent Portal to connect employers with qualified individuals from higher education institutions and recent graduates for high-wage employment opportunities. Directs requirements for use of the portal as well as key stakeholders with whom to partner. Creates the cooperative education pilot program to provide students with educational and occupational opportunities. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Workforce and Education |
| SB 165 | Municipal Broadband Service Amendments | Sen. Lincoln Fillmore | Allows a municipality to construct, maintain, and operate a broadband service. A feasibility study must be performed and must consider if the municipality's role in providing broadband will hinder or advance competition for that service in the same municipality. Broadband services may be funded through operational revenues or bonding. Requires the municipality to maintain separate operations as they pertain to the competitive provider and the regulator over private providers that offer a competitive service and any information that may relate to the two. Outlines reporting requirements for the municipality. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Economic Development |
| SB 174 | Transit and Transportation Governance Amendments | Sen. Wayne Harper Rep. Kay Christofferson | Modifies the responsibilities of a large public transit district's board of trustees in regards to approving the executive director's strategic plan and pursuing funding opportunities. The board shall also direct the internal auditor to conduct an audit of an internal issue if directed by the executive director and local advisory council. Increases the limits of expenses that must be reviewed and approved by the board, and directs them to engage with the safety and security team to ensure coordination with local municipalities and counties. Outlines the duties of a local advisory council to include consultation with the executive director on the budget of the large public transit district and with the board of trustees as they determine fixed fares. The executive director shall establish district administrative policies and procedures and ensure state and federal compliance. Sets forth the frequency that the executive director must review a strategic development plan and perform a cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit study for each mode of public transit. Allows UDOT to delegate certain fixed guideway capital development projects to a large public transit district. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Transportation |
| SB 175 | Medical Expense Liability Amendments | Sen. Stephanie Pitcher | Exempts any medical expenses due to health care provided to a deceased spouse from being recovered by a creditor or other successor in interest of the creditor from recovering those amounts. | Monitor | In Committee | Healthcare |
| SB 178 S1 | Devices in Public Schools | Sen. Lincoln Fillmore | Provides that a student may not use a cell phone, smart watch, or other emerging technology in a school except for in a designated space, during emergencies or as part of an IEP. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Technology |
| SB 179 | Local Regulation of Business Entities Amendments | Sen. Calvin Musselman | Directs municipalities to incorporate into their land use ordinances a process for reviewing and approving new or unlisted business use and designating an appropriate zone or zones for an approved use. | Monitor | In Committee | Economic Development |
| SB 181 | Housing Affordability Amendments | Sen. Lincoln Fillmore | Consolidates the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund and the private activity bond program into the Olene Walker State Housing Fund to administer funds for housing affordability projects across the state. The new Fund shall be administered by its board. Outlines the duties of the board, including approving a qualified allocation plan of the Utah Housing Corporation and distributing volume caps. Requires the division to announce loan and grant application period. Outlines how applications are to be prioritized including considering those that will increase the affordable housing supply. Fund money may be used for the acquisition or rehabilitation of affordable housing and matching funds for other such housing projects. Outlines other activities for which the funds may be used or distributed. Defines affordable housing as housing for households with a gross total income of 80% of the area median income and that are deed restricted for five years. Outlines restrictions on municipality-issued parking requirements. | Monitor | In Committee | Housing |
| SB 182 | Homeless Services Modifications | Sen. Todd Weiler | Creates a Code Red alert when temperatures are expected to reach over 105 degrees fahrenheit and outlines parameters that shelters must take when an alert is issued. | Monitor | Introduced | Homelessness and Public Safety |
| SB 183 | Inmate Amendments | Sen. Stephanie Pitcher | Requires the Department of Corrections to offer financial literacy classes to inmates. | Monitor | In Committee | Education & Workforce |
| SB 184 | Diesel Emissions Reduction Amendments | Sen. Escamilla Luz | Requires the Division of Air Quality to create a registry for owners of certain non-road diesel engine equipment to register to receive a replacement incentive. | Monitor | Held in Committee | Air Quality |
| SB 187 | Critical Minerals Amendments | Sen. Jerry Stevenson | Allows the legislature to appropriate money from the Throughput Infrastructure Fund to the Industrial Assistance Account for an entity that is socially or economically impacted by mineral leasing. Creates application requirements for an entity mining fluorspar or gallium and sets a maximum interest rate. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Minerals |
| SB 189 | Child Care Services Amendments | Sen. Luz Escamilla | Creates the Employer-based, State-assisted Child Care Capacity Expansion Program. The goal of the program is to expand supply of high quality and affordable child care, support employers seeking to secure a reliable workforce, support the financial prosperity of parents with young children, promote economic growth, and utilize obsolete state properties. Directs the Division of Facilities Construction and Management to identify state-owned buildings no longer being used and establish a timeline to retrofit the property to serve as an expanded child care opportunity facility. DCFM is responsible for ongoing maintenance of these facilities and shall be detailed in a lease between an employer and the division. After a state-owned building has been retrofitted, the Department of Health and Human Services shall work with DCFM to determine capacity limit and how many licensed child care programs may be housed there. Outlines the leasing requirements and how interested employer sponsors are to be prioritized and lease requirements of the employer including only utilizing the space for child care purposes, contracting with a licensed child care provider, maintaining the proper insurance to operate a child care program and reserving 40% of the available child care spots for children within the community. Requires the employer sponsor and the licensed provider to enter into a contract that outlines the amount of the tuition reduction guaranteed by the employer, the number of spots set aside for employees' children, hours of operation, insurance amounts that the provider is required to maintain, and the employer may not pass along any additional costs to the provider. | Support | Passed Committee | Workforce |
| SB 190 | Workers' Compensation Modifications | Sen. Scott Sandall | Allows the Labor Commission to request additional reports from an employer's worker compensation insurance carrier when assessing an injured worker's case. Prohibits a healthcare provider from charging the patient the difference between the amount that is covered by workers compensation and the amount of the treatment (balance billing). | Monitor | Passed Committee | Regulatory |
| SB 192 S1 | Commercial Wind and Solar Incentives Amendments | Sen. Derrin Owens | Requires commercial wind and solar energy systems of 660 or more kilowatts to include energy storage systems to qualify for tax credits. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Energy Taxes |
| SB 195 | Transportation Amendments | Sen. Wayne Harper Rep. Kay Christofferson | This bill requires cities to connect roads that end due to a water conveyance (canal, ditch, pipeline, etc.). Requires a five year review of a municipality's station area plan. Allows UDOT to retain ownership of property that is conveyed to a public transit district and outlines parameters for conveyance. Removes the flat fee option charged for the registration of a hybrid electric vehicle (requiring a registrant to pay the road usage charge cap instead). Enhances certain traffic penalties if they were part of a road rage incident. Allows the operation of an electric personal assistive mobility device in designated bicycle traffic lanes. Subjects an electric unicycle/self-balancing electric skateboard operator to the same parameters as bicyclists with minor exceptions, and prohibits individuals under the age of eight from operating them on public property, highways, paths, or sidewalks. Requires air ambulances to provide the real-time location of the ambulance and provides dispatching requirements. Requires UDOT to construct a project that requires an environmental impact statement exactly as provided in the record of decision. Requires UDOT and a large public transit district to jointly study transportation services programs and evaluate strategies to consolidate these services. Allows the UDOT Executive Director to use money for corridor preservation subject to the Transportation Commission's prioritization and approval. | Monitor | In Committee | Transportation and Infrastructure |
| SB 196 S2 | Physical Therapist Practice Amendments | Sen. Calvin Musselman Rep. Norm Thurston | Includes qualified physical therapists in the primary health care providers category for musculoskeletal-related conditions to be covered by a health benefit plan. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Healthcare |
| SB 197 | Property Tax Amendments | Sen. Dan McCay | Phases out the homeowner's credit program by 2030. Directs county auditors to notify property owners that the amount of property tax relief through the homeowner's credit program will be reduced by 20% each year and will no longer be available after 2030. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Housing Taxes |
| SB 198 | Federal Guidance Letter Amendments | Rep. Keven Stratton | Directs all state agencies to publicly post any written statement received by a federal agency. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Regulatory |
| SB 201 | Real Estate Amendments | Sen. Wayne Harper Rep. Cory Maloy | Allows a HOA to establish a lease that is six months or less by rule. Outlines notice requirements a HOA must provide each unit and lot owner related to implementing annual fees related to rental units. Establishes a way and under which circumstances an owner may contest the fee. Requires associations to adopt rules supporting water wise landscaping. Allows a condominium owner to bring a cause against the developer for defective design if they have provided sufficient written notice and time for the developer to remedy the action. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Housing |
| SB 203 | Judicial Standing Amendments | Sen. Brady Brammer | Requires a plaintiff to establish that the harm they suffered or will suffer was caused specifically by the defendant against whom they are bringing action. Outlines parameters for a plaintiff who is an association or who is bringing an action on behalf of a third party if they were not the ones that suffered harm. | Monitor | Failed to Pass Committee | Regulatory |
| SB 207 | Local Impact Mitigation Amendments | Sen. Ron Winterton | Enacts a tax on oil and gas produced in the state by a private entity between 2026-2029 of five cents per barrel of oil and one cent per MCF of gas. Outlines how the tax is to be paid to the State Tax Commission which will then be distributed to the county where the tax was generated. These funds shall be used for transportation projects that mitigate the direct impacts of oil or gas production. | Monitor | In Committee | Natural Resources |
| SB 213 | Sales and Use Tax Modifications | Sen. Wayne Harper | Defines "qualifying energy storage manufacturing facility" as one that manufactures in-state equipment or devices that store and discharge energy. Exempts any property purchase that is incorporated into equipment or a device that stores and discharges energy, or the purchase or lease of such equipment or machinery from the sales and use tax. | Monitor | Introduced | Energy |
| SB 216 | Environmental Quality Amendments | Sen. Mike McKell | Imposes a tax of $3.45 per cubic yard on radioactive waste. Revenue from this tax will be deposited into the Energy Research Fund. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Energy |
| SB 220 | Construction Modifications | Sen. Cal Musselman | Outlines when municipal system authorities/UDOT may enact more stringent regulations than federal regulations when considering storm water runoff or water pollution control at construction sites and outlines enforcement authorities and penalty/fines for violations. | Monitor | In Committee | Regulatory Water |
| SB 221 | Child Care Revisions | Sen. Luz Escamilla | Lowers the threshold of qualified children a residential child care service provider may provide services for from nine to five. Requires residential providers who have five to eight children in their program to obtain a Residential Child Care Certificate. They are to report which individuals older than age 12 live in the home where the services are provided. | Monitor | In Committee | Workforce |
| SB 224 | Property Tax Relief Modifications | Sen. Wayne Harper | Increases the income thresholds for a renter tax credit or a homeowner tax credit. | Monitor | Introduced | Housing Taxes |
| SB 226 | Artificial Intelligence Consumer Protection Amendments | Sen. Kirk Cullimore | Requires a generative AI to disclose that they are not a human if explicitly asked by a consumer. If the AI application is used in the course of a regulated occupation, the supplier must prominently disclose verbally and in writing that the consumer is interacting with a generative AI application. Provides a safe harbor for s supplier that makes these disclosures. Assesses liability to the operator of an AI application that violates any provision administered by the Consumer Protection Division. | Monitor | In Committee | Innovation, Tech, and AI |
| SB 227 | Electricity Supply Amendments | Sen. Kirk Cullimore | Enacts a new section of code that defines “alternative electrical service provider” as a person that has received market-based rate authority from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or owns, has ownership or contractual interest in, leases, operates, finances, or manages one or more alternative energy sources. The bill allows the alternative service provider to sell electric services to new large load customers and the large load customers' interrelated facilities as well as build, own, and operate transmission and distribution lines among other permissions. Before an alternative service provider may supply energy to a large load customer, they must submit documentation to the Public Service Commission demonstrating that they own and have capacity to meet the need of the customer. Such a provider is not considered a utility and is not under the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission. The bill allows a large load customer to purchase energy from an alternative service provider and sell any excess to another large load customer, new tenant or affiliate load, or a utility. A large load customer may notify a large-scale utility of what electricity types and amounts they need and when. Requires a large-scale utility to provide available services indiscriminately to large load customers and alternative service providers. Defines “flexible load tariff” as a tariff used by a new large load customer that receives components of electric services from an alternative energy source or service provider or reduces demand at specified peak load periods. The new large load customer receives components of available electric services from a large-scale utility if the utility’s resources are reasonably expected to be available and sufficient. The bill states that a flexible load tariff shall specify the conditions and times they will provide electric services to a large load customer that receives services from an alternative energy source or service provider or to a large load customer that will reduce or eliminate demand. The tariff may not require a new large load customer to self-supply electric services or reduce or eliminate electric services supplied by a large-scale electric utility more than is necessary to avoid expected peak constraints of the large-scale utility. The tariff may include options for a large-scale electric utility to purchase and operate facilities used to provide electric service to a new large load or new tenant or affiliate loads under certain circumstances. | Monitor | In Committee | Energy |
| SB 228 | Health Care Services Platform | Sen. Lincoln Fillmore | Requires any entity operating a health care services platform to register with the Division of Occupational Licensing by 2026. The health care services platform shall retain records demonstrating all workers meet the minimum state and federal licensing, training and education standards and have passed all background check. The worker and platform must both maintain appropriate liability insurance. The platform may not require a worker to enter into a non-compete agreement. The platform is prohibited from accepting a fee from any health care facility or provider if one of their workers accepts an offer of employment from another health care provider or facility. The platform is also prohibited from prohibiting a health care worker from using another platform or accepting employment from another provider or facility. | Monitor | In Committee | Healthcare |
| SB 234 | Severance Amendments | Sen. Derrin Owens | Excludes brine mineral extraction and secondary source mineral extraction businesses from the definition of "eligible claimant" for purposes of claiming a mining exploration tax credit against severance tax otherwise due. Allows DOGM to issue a tax certificate up to $30M if an applicant has spent more than $20M in mining exploration activities to produce a mineral for which the U.S. is more than 50% net import reliant. Modifies provisions related to recompletion and workover operations and tax credits. The tax credits association with recompletion or workover are nonrefundable and equal to the lesser of 20% of the total expenses for these operations or $30,000, and this tax credit may carry over for three years. Outlines qualifications for a tax credit for an individual who operates or owns a plant that converts natural gas to hydrogen fuel for use in the state for zero emission vehicles and is subject to severance tax on the natural gas. The amount of this tax credit is equal to the lesser of the amount that a taxpayer owes in severance or $5M. Allows an entity to claim the high cost infrastructure nonrefundable tax credit against their severance taxes due or income taxes, but not both. This credit can carry forward for up to seven years, but may only be claimed once on a given tax credit certificate. This bill also requests any federal agency to consult with the state before creating a federal designation that would impact critical mineral deposit development. | Monitor | Introduced | Energy and Minerals |
| SB 235 | Natural Resources Ownership | Sen. Mike McKell | States that a landowner also owns the rights to an underlying geothermal resource unless those rights have already been reserved by or conveyed to another person. | Monitor | Introduced | Energy |
| SB 239 | Inland Port Authority Amendments | Sen. Jerry Stevenson | Allows a business proposal submitted to the Utah Inland Port Authority to be a protected record while it is being evaluated. Proposals not approved will be returned to the submitter and are not subject to GRAMA. Adds an individual with relevant business experience to the board composition. This bill allows the UIPA to fund developments within a project area and on lands adjacent to project areas. The UIPA may provide funding through grants or agreements to another governmental entity to fulfill UIPA's duties and responsibilities. Enacts a section that | |||
| SCR 003 | Concurrent Resolution Regarding Utah's Authority to Determine its Energy Future | Sen. Wayne Harper Rep. Carl Albrecht | Resolution calling upon the federal government to recognize state authority to make location-specific decisions about energy projects and to defer to states on these issues. Also urges the federal government to limit its role in energy regulation, and encourages Congress to pass legislation requiring federal agencies to prove they have consulted with the states before implementing energy-related regulations. | Monitor | Introduced | Energy |