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 | Signed by 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 | Signed by the Governor | Taxes |
| HB 024 S2 | Limitations on Liability Amendments | Rep. Nelson Abbott Sen. Todd Weiler | Extends the sunset date for the employer liability limitation provision. | Priority | Signed by the Governor | Workforce |
| HB 037 S5 | Utah Housing Amendments | Rep. Jim Dunnigan Sen. Lincoln Fillmore | Lowers the population threshold for an area to incorporate as a town. Allows a municipality or county that approves a minimum density per acre to allow some or all units to be deed restricted or for some units to qualify as affordable housing. The municipality or county may also offer other incentives to promote owner-occupied, affordable housing. The bill also updates certain moderate income housing plans that must included in a municipality with a fixed guideway public transit station. Lists certain moderate income housing strategies that count as three strategies for purposes of compliance with moderate income housing plans in a municipality without a fixed guideway public transit station. Directs the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget to develop a state housing plan which may consist of regional housing plans. The plan is to include data and metrics about actual and potential housing production and infrastructure capacity, maintenance, and development. The office is to analyze and determine if any codified moderate income housing strategies correlate with an increase in supply of moderate income housing. | Priority | Signed by the Governor | Housing |
| HB 038 S4 | Criminal Offense Modifications | Rep. Ryan Wilcox Sen. Calvin Musselman | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Public Safety |
| HB 048 S3 | Wildland Urban Interface Modifications | Rep. Casey Snider Sen. Mike McKell | 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 | Signed by the Governor | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Regulatory |
| HB 052 S2 | Health Insurance Modifications | Rep. Candice Pierucci | Requires any cost paid toward a patient's drug or device to apply to their cost-sharing requirement, including pharmaceutical and manufacturer's coupons. An insurer may choose to not apply the cost paid on behalf of the patient to the cost-sharing requirement if the coupon is for a drug or device with a generic or biosimilar equivalent that a medical provider deems an appropriate form of treatment, or if the patient has not obtained necessary approval from a health benefit plan to have the drug covered by the health benefit plan. A pharmaceutical manufacturer that provides a coupon meant to be applied to a patient's cost-sharing requirement must allow the insurer to utilize the full value of the coupon with clear defined terms. | Monitor | Introduced (Sine Die) | 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 Second Reading (Sine Die) | 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 (Sine Die) | 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 | Signed by the Governor | 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 | Held in Committee (Sine Die) | 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 | Held in Committee (Sine Die) | Housing |
| HB 106 S4 | Income Tax Revisions | Rep. Kay Christofferson Sen. Dan McCay | Lowers the corporate and individual tax rate to 4.5%. Allows a taxpayer to claim a tax credit equal to 20% of expenditures for constructing a child care facility of the employer. The bill also allows a taxpayer to claim a tax credit equal to 10% of child care expenditures used to provide child care or contract with a third party child care provider. The employer is required to operate the child care facility for at least five years after the employer first claims the credit, or they will be subject to repayment of the credits. Expands the child tax credit to allow children up to six years old to be claimed under the tax credit. | Priority | Signed by the Governor | 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 (Sine Die) | 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 (Sine Die) | Homelessness and Public Safety |
| HB 131 | Talent Ready Utah Program Amendments | Rep. Val Peterson Sen. Ann Millner | Includes an engineering and computer technology talent initiative under Talent Ready Utah. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Workforce and Education |
| HB 136 | Alternative Incarceration Program Amendments | Rep. Doug Owens Sen. Brady Brammer | 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 | Passed Senate Committee (Sine Die) | Workforce |
| HB 142 | Service Member and Veteran Amendments | Rep. Jordan Teuscher Sen. Todd Weiler | Requires USHE institutions to offer in-state tuition to active duty military service member. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Workforce and Education |
| HB 149 | Single Family Homes Ownership Amendments | Rep. Tyler Clancy | Prohibits an institutional investor from purchasing single-family houses. | Monitor | Introduced (Sine Die) | 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 | Held in Committee (Sine Die) | Housing |
| HB 152 S1 | Healthcare Facilities Amendments | Rep. Katy Hall Sen. Keith Grover | 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 | Signed by the Governor | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Energy & Critical Materials |
| HB 167 S3 | Offender Reintegration Amendments | 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. | Priority | Signed by the Governor | 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 (Sine Die) | 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 (Sine Die) | 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 | Passed Committee (Sine Die) | 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 (Sine Die) | 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 (Sine Die) | Air Quality |
| HB 186 S2 | Wage Payment Amendments | Rep. Kay Christofferson Sen. Heidi Balderree | Requires employers to pay wages owed within three business days to an employee who they have separated from their payroll. If an employee disputes the amount of wages owed, they shall provide written notice to the employer and allow three business days for the employer to respond before bringing legal action. | Monitor | Failed to Pass Senate Committee (Sine Die) | Regulatory |
| HB 199 S2 | 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 an 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 | Signed by the Governor | Homelessness and Public Safety |
| HB 201 S3 | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Energy |
| HB 212 S1 | Advanced Transmission Technologies | Rep. Christine Watkins Sen. David Hinkins | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Energy |
| HB 214 S1 | 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 (Sine Die) | Workforce & Immigration |
| HB 230 S3 | Blockchain and Digital Innovation Amendments | Rep. Jordan Teuscher Sen. Kirk Cullimore | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Technology |
| HB 241 S2 | Solar Power Plant Amendments | Rep. Colin Jack Sen. David Hinkins | Requires a person to obtain a permit to construct and operate a solar power plant; an application shall specify how the location and design standards will be met. Outlines which solar farms may or may not receive an state incentive depending on if they are on prime farmland, or farmland of any importance, irrigated cropland, or other such locations. Requires the owner or operator of a solar power plant to consult with the Division of Wildlife Resources or United States Fish and Wildlife Service about wildlife implications. A solar power plant owner shall place financial assurance with the appropriate local jurisdiction which may not be less than the estimated cost of decommissioning a solar power plant. The owner shall also create and update a decommissioning and reclamation plan every five years. | Monitor | Passed Senate Committee (Sine Die) | Energy |
| HB 243 | Agricultural Water Optimization Amendments | Rep. David Shallenberger Sen. Scott Sandall | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Water |
| HB 249 S4 | 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 a public and private research university and the Idaho National Laboratory. The board's responsibilities are expanded to include overseeing the San Rafael Energy Lab and the Utah Advanced Nuclear and Energy Institute, appointing directors, establishing governance, and creating policies for joint appointments with educational and workforce institutions. It also creates the Utah Energy Council to facilitate baseload electrical energy generation and transmission projects, with duties such as assessing and facilitating energy infrastructure, establishing and implementing strategic plans for energy development and stakeholder engagement, consulting with state land use authorities regarding state lands suitable for electrical energy development and managing the Electrical Energy Development Investment Fund among others. Directs the council to negotiate with the applicable county or municipality regarding the distribution of the property tax differential for impact mitigation and affordable housing. 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 and for the state land use authority to also propose a zone to the council. Outlines parameters and timeframes for the council to approve or deny these applications from a county, municipality or state agency. 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 and establishes a sunset date for the consortium. | Priority | Signed by the Governor | Energy |
| HB 255 S1 | Local Land Use Modifications | Rep. Scott Chew Sen. David Hinkins | Allows the owner of at least 50 contiguous acres of land to create a subdivision of at least one acre. This only applies to land in a county of the third, fourth, fifth or sixth class. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Housing |
| HB 256 S3 | Municipal and County Zoning Amendments | Rep. Neil Walter Sen. Evan Vickers | 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 business license or other permit in order to list a short-term rental on a website or they may require the removal of 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 | Signed by the Governor | Housing Economic Development |
| HB 257 S1 | Pharmacy Benefit Amendments | Rep. Norm Thurston Sen. Evan Vickers | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Healthcare |
| HB 260 S2 | 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 | Signed by the Governor | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Energy |
| HB 265 S1 | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Workforce |
| HB 266 | Veteran Housing Amendments | Rep. Jennifer Dailey-Provost Sen. Calvin Musselman | 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 | Signed by the Governor | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Workforce |
| HB 272 S1 | Vehicle Assessment Amendments | Rep. Clinton Okerlund Sen. Wayne Harper | Increases the gross weight value for vehicles subject to a uniform fee in lieu of a property tax. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Infrastructure |
| HB 274 S5 | Water Amendments | Rep. Casey Snider Sen. Dan McCay | Allows a water supplier to set rates to encourage conservation and efficient water use. The bill also directs a supplier to consider this component in their rate structure for at least the highest block of water usage as well as considering rates for urban farming that improves food scarcity, reduces pollution and creates green spaces. A public water system is not required to establish or show that rates associated with conservation are based on the system's actual cost or has reasonable basis when compared to other rates. 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 July 1, 2030 and provide an educational component for end users that provides information on usage. Outlines secondary water exemptions for tiered rate requirements. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | 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 (Sine Die) | Housing |
| HB 294 | Infectious Disease Procedures Amendments | Rep. Matt MacPherson Sen. Wayne Harper | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Healthcare |
| HB 297 S1 | Expungement Amendments | Rep. Tiara Auxier Sen. Brady Brammer | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Workforce |
| HB 301 S3 | Ambulance Provider Payment Amendments | Rep. Cory Maloy Sen. Evan Vickers | Establishes rates for ambulance services dependent on what type of medical professional is on board of the transport. Directs a health benefit plan to consider a mileage rate as a correctly charged amount. An ambulance provider may not charge a higher rate than the defined rates. 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. Sets a repeal date for 2027. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Healthcare |
| HB 307 S3 | Wildfire Funding Amendments | Rep. Casey Snider Sen. Mike McKell | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Natural Resources |
| HB 310 S1 | Disability Coverage Amendments | Rep. Jennifer Dailey-Provost Sen. Luz Escamilla | Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver to qualified individuals as well as to establish a sliding scale which shall determine the qualified individual's cost sharing requirement that is based on their income. The sliding scale shall require a person to pay no more than 10% of wraparound services if their income is equal to or less than 400% of the federal poverty level, or at least 10% if their income is greater than 400% of the federal poverty level (up to 800%). The bill sets maximum monthly amount paid for each respective income category. Qualified individuals must have employer provided insurance to be eligible for the sliding scale. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Healthcare Workforce |
| HB 311 S3 | Watershed Amendments | Rep. Casey Snider Sen. Scott Sandall | Clarifies when a water commissioner appointed by the State Engineer is a full time employee of the state and eligible for benefits. Allows the Board of Water Resources to enter into a contract for a water augmentation project that the Utah Water Agent recommends. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | 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 (Sine Die) | 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. This bill was incorporated into HB 106. | Monitor | Passed the House (Sine Die) | 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 (Sine Die) | Water |
| HB 321 S1 | Utah Olympics Amendments | Rep. Jon Hawkins Sen. Mike McKell | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Olympics |
| HB 322 S2 | Child Actor Regulations | Rep. Doug Owens Sen. Scott Sandall | 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 three days that the request was made and the creator will have ten days to comply with the request. Outlines the qualifying minor's right of action if the content creator does not comply. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Technology |
| HB 328 | Water Usage Amendments | Rep. Doug Owens Sen. Ron Winterton | 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 | Failed to Pass the House (Sine Die) | Water |
| HB 329 S3 | Homeless Services Amendments | Rep. Tyler Clancy Sen. Dan McCay | Updates the composition of the board to include a person with lived experiences. Adds a requirement that the Office of Homeless Services Board regularly update the strategic plan to reflect trends in homelessness data and performance and accountability metrics. Also requires the board to report with local homeless councils on the percentage of clients referred to services that meet their needs. Establishes the Shelter County Cities Advisory Board made up of chief executives of counties that maintain a homeless shelter year round and are to provide recommendations to the Office of Homeless Services Board. The Office may use funds to provide transportation costs to an individual to connect them with their out-of-state support network and has applicable reporting requirements. 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. | Priority | Signed by the Governor | 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 (Sine Die) | Water |
| HB 337 S2 | Property Manager Requirements | Rep. Jordan Teuscher Sen. Calvin Musselman | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Housing |
| HB 341 S2 | Higher Education Revisions | Rep. Val Peterson Sen. Mike McKell | Standardizes the definition of "private postsecondary educational institution" to include nonprofit and for-profit schools for the purposes of funding, loans and scholarship awardees. Allows the University of Utah Medical School to enter into an agreement to teach an out-of-state student at another educational institution. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Workforce and Education |
| HB 350 | District Energy Amendments | Rep. Val Peterson Sen. Mike McKell | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Energy |
| HB 351 S4 | Election Day Amendments | Rep. Ryan Wilcox Sen. Keven Stratton | Establishes Election Day as a holiday to be observed on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. | Monitor | Passed Senate Committee (Sine Die) | Regulatory |
| HB 355 S4 | Critical Infrastructure Materials Amendments | Rep. Casey Snider Sen. Scott Sandall | This bill outlines what constitutes a vested critical infrastructure materials 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 determine whether the expansion will not imminently endanger the public. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Minerals Infrastructure Housing |
| HB 360 S2 | Housing Attainability Amendments | Rep. Stephen Whyte Sen. Lincoln Fillmore | 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. Allows a city of the first or second class to utilize loans from the Utah Housing Corporation to acquire and rehabilitate houses to be sold as deed restricted attainable housing. 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. Extends the sunset date of the Utah Homes Investment Program by one year. Repeals the sunset date on the Utah Seismic Commission, the Education and Mental Health Coordinating Committee and the Utah Housing Corporation Act. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | 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 (Sine Die) | Housing and Homelessness |
| HB 364 S3 | Governmental Immunity Amendments | Rep. Kay Christofferson Sen. Todd Weiler | For the purposes of governmental immunity, this bill states that a legal firm or practitioner within the firm that contracts with a municipality is an employee of the municipality, but not eligible for employee benefits. | Monitor | Failed to Pass the Senate (Sine Die) | Regulatory |
| HB 366 S2 | Access to Call Location Information Amendments | Rep. Cory Maloy Sen. David Hinkins | 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 | Signed by the Governor | 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 (Sine Die) | Housing Taxes |
| HB 368 S3 | Local Land Use Amendments | Rep. Stephen Whyte Sen. Lincoln Fillmore | Amends provisions for municipalities annexing unincorporated areas that contains privately owned land. Enacts Municipal Boundary Adjustments which states that a boundary adjustment may not jeopardize or endanger any general obligation or revenue bond. Amends provisions pertaining to a building permit plan review by a municipality or county and/or its divisions by establishing a screening period during which a city shall determine if an application is complete. Clarifies public notice requirements for certain land use changes. Prohibits a municipality or county from requiring a private individual or entity from maintain a public access amenity or water utility in perpetuity unless it is a sidewalk adjacent to a private property, or the private individual or entity legally agreed to do so. Outlines timelines for approval of installed subdivision requirements of counties in each classification and requires the land use authority to specifically list any defaults in some circumstances with penalties for noncompliance listed. Outlines parameters relating to transferring development rights and the conveyance of real property to a public entity. Outlines duties of a developer and municipality or county when seeking approval for an identical building plan including approving or denying the plan within two days and sets forth fines and penalties for intent to deceive when filing identical plans. Allows a municipality/county to require certain features consistent with the International Fire Code or street naming and withhold a certificate of occupancy until those conditions are met. Allows a municipal and county to enact and enforce a landscaping ordinance. Requires a special district to comply with all county and municipal land uses and must receive an improvement assurance from a service applicant before service begins. | Priority | Signed by the Governor | Housing |
| HB 370 S1 | State Holiday Modifications | Rep. Sandra Hollins Sen. Kirk Cullimore | 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 | Failed to Pass Senate Committee (Sine Die) | Regulatory |
| HB 373 | Service Marketplace Platforms Amendments | Rep. Jason Thompson Sen. Ron Winterton | Allows a daycare provider to utilize a service marketplace platform to solicit daycare services. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Workforce |
| HB 375 | Commercial Driver License Modifications | Rep. Jefferson Burton Sen. Don Ipson | 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 | In Committee (Sine Die) | Regulatory |
| HB 378 S3 | Department of Natural Resources Funding Amendments | Rep. Casey Snider Sen. Mike McKell | Creates the Species Protection Funding Act and outlines tax revenues from centrally assessed transmission lines that shall be deposited into the fund. Revenues to be deposited include the tax revenue for depleted uranium waste and wind and solar tax revenues among others. Directs a portion of centrally assessed new growth to be remitted to the Division of Finance for deposit into the fund. Enacts a tax on a wind or solar electric generation facility starting with projects that become commercially operational after 2026. The tax is the amount of megawatts generated multiplied by $2,100. Directs the Office of Energy Development to study the impacts of this tax on the state. Outlines the various amounts of assessments to be paid by the parent of a renewable energy entity. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Energy |
| HB 382 | Child Care Modifications | Rep. Ashlee Matthews Sen. Luz Escamilla | Directs the Office of Child Care to prepare and present an annual report on the development and implementation of child care subsidies to interim committees. Funds the childcare provider assistance program. | Monitor | Introduced (Sine Die) | Workforce |
| 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 (Sine Die) | Regulatory |
| HB 389 S1 | Child Care Business Tax Credit | Rep. Jason Thompson Sen. Ann Millner | Creates the employer-provided child care tax credit and the employer-provider child care tax credit. The credit is equal to 10% of the costs incurred to provide child care services, or 20% of costs to acquire, construct or rehabilitate property for a qualified child care facility. This bill was incorporated into HB 106. | Support | Passed Committee (Sine Die) | 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 | In Committee (Sine Die) | Housing |
| HB 410 S1 | Child Care Amendments | Rep. Tracy Miller Sen. Wayne Harper | Allows a municipality or county to use no more than 1% of HTRZ funds to aid in the expanding of child care facilities. Addresses educator licensing. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Workforce |
| HB 411 S2 | Public Asset Ownership Amendments | Rep. Troy Shelley Sen. Derrin Owens | Outlines provisions for a state entity selling or exchanging an environmental commodity in the state. States that any environmental commodity that is generated from activities receiving state funds are the property of the state--proportionate the the percentage of state funds used in production of the commodity--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 | Signed by the Governor | Energy Natural Resources |
| HB 418 S1 | Data Sharing Amendments | Rep. Doug Fiefia Sen. Mike McKell | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Technology |
| HB 420 S1 | Halogen Emissions Amendments | Rep. Andrew Stoddard Sen. Kirk Cullimore | Modifies the point source pollution of halogen section of code. Allows the Division of Air Quality to complete a best available control technology emissions reduction plan for all major halogen sources and require implementation by major halogen sources. The plan may be modified if a more cost-effective control technology achieves the same or better outcomes. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Air Quality |
| HB 426 | Resident Student Tuition | Rep. Jennifer 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 (Sine Die) | 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 | In Committee (Sine Die) | Regulatory |
| 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 | Passed Committee (Sine Die) | Transportation and Infrastructure |
| HB 430 S1 | Security and Land Restriction Amendments | Rep. Candice Pierucci Sen. Mike McKell | 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 by using funds provided by that entity, and creates a third degree felony for related violations. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Regulatory |
| HB 432 S4 | Tobacco and Electronic Cigarette Modifications | Rep. Matt MacPherson Sen. Todd Weiler | Defines flavored electronic cigarette product. Prohibits any electronic cigarette product that is more than 5% of nicotine by weight per container or contains a nicotine concentration of 59 milligrams per milliliter. Creates a registry of flavored electronic cigarette products that may be available for sale by a general tobacco retailer. Products not on this registry may not be sold. Prohibits the sale of a flavored electronic cigarette product in a flavor other than fruit, herb, or spice or if the final assembly is done outside of the United States. Outlines packaging requirements. Outlines permit renewal fees. Requires a retail tobacco specialty business to implement a video monitoring system and all employees must have a tobacco handling permit. Outlines violations and associated fines. Outlines the required identification verification system for a retail tobacco establishment. Each flavored electronic cigarette product shall have an individual RFID tag to track the product, and the retail tobacco business shall store that information for 180 days from the sale date. Enacts a flavored electronic cigarette tax of 0.10 multiplied by the retail price and requires a retailer to obtain a license from the State Tax Commission and post a bond of at least $500. Distributors may only sell to licensees identified on the list maintained by the commission. Outlines how revenue from this tax is to be disbursed. | Monitor | Failed to Pass the House (Sine Die) | Regulatory |
| HB 437 S3 | Interdicted Person Amendments | Rep. Steve Eliason Sen. Jerry Stevenson | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Regulatory |
| HB 438 S1 | Environmental Legal Action Amendments | Rep. Colin Jack Sen. David Hinkins | Exempts a cause of action seeking judicial review of a permit issued by the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining from the definition of environmental action. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Regulatory |
| HB 441 S2 | Franchisee Protection Act | Rep. Ken Ivory Sen. Mike McKell | This bill outlines prohibitions on a franchisor when a franchisee asserts a sincerely held religious belief. Prohibitions include requiring a franchisee to operate on a day that conflicts with a sincerely held religious belief, amending a franchise agreement to require operation on a day that conflicts with a sincerely held religious belief, or refusing to renew a franchise agreement due to the franchisee's refusal to operate on on a day that conflicts with a sincerely held religious belief. This bill allows franchisors to enforce religious day operation requirements if the original agreement clearly includes it, the franchisee agrees to it in a renewal or amendment, or a new agreement for additional locations contains the requirement. Allows a court to assess and award damages. The bill provides exceptions for automobile dealers and hotels. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Regulatory |
| HB 442 S4 | Construction Trades Licensing Amendments | Rep. Thomas Peterson Sen. Calvin Musselman | Updates what a general engineering contractor may perform work on or superintend and clarifies that they may not perform or superintend plumbing, electrical, mechanical, or other work they do not have specialized engineering knowledge and skill for. Allows a journey lineman with four years of employment to obtain a general engineering contractor license. An HVAC contractor license applicant must have at least two years of HVAC specific experience and passed an examination set forth by the Construction Services Commission. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Workforce |
| HB 446 | Great Salt Lake Amendments | Rep. Jill Koford Sen. Scott Sandall | Allows the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining to issue a royalty agreement that is not subject to the same parameters of a normal royalty agreement if it is only for a duration of up to 12 months and requires a minimum use of five acre-feet of Great Salt Lake brines. Allows the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands to keep the Great Salt Lake Adaptive Management Berm raised for up to 18 months for lake level equalization. Directs the Great Salt Lake Commissioner negotiate agreements, leases, or other means to acquire or lease water or water rights for the Great Salt Lake in consultation with the Department of Agriculture and Food Commissioner. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Water |
| HB 447 S3 | Statewide Catalyst Campus Model | Speaker Mike Schultz Sen. Ann Millner | Directs the Utah State Board of Education to establish the Catalyst Center Grant Program to provide funding to an LEA to support catalyst centers. The program will be overseen by a director who reports directly to the state superintendent and has specific qualifications related to developing and implementing innovative education models and possesses expertise in managing complex multi-stakeholder initiatives across education, industry and government sectors, establishes formal collaboration mechanisms with the state board's CTE director to coordinate initiatives, and facilitates training of catalyst center administrators. Outlines requirements for an LEA applying for a grant. The program director shall prioritize LEA applications that propose innovative programming supported by local labor market data, collaborates with postsecondary institutions and industry, demonstrates the ability to sustain the catalyst center after the grant period, addresses gaps in high-demand career pathways, etc. Also requires the Director to consider unique challenges faced by rural LEAs. Outlines reporting requirements for LEAs who receive grant funds and the requirements of other state programs to execute on marketing and outreach. Allows an individual with expertise related to a career and technical education course or catalyst center program to be an educator without being licensed so long as they meet other requirements. | Priority | Signed by the Governor | Workforce and Education |
| HB 452 S2 | Artificial Intelligence Amendments | Rep. Jefferson Moss Sen. Kirk Cullimore | Creates a new section addressing mental health applications of artificial intelligence. Prohibits a supplier of a mental health chatbot from selling or sharing any personal or identifiable consumer information with a third party unless the consumer has given their consent. The chatbot may not advertise a specific product or service unless it is conspicuously identified as an advertisement or is attached to a sponsorship, business affiliation, or other advertisement agreement. The supplier of the chatbot may not use a consumer's input to display advertisements that are not for the chatbot itself or determine a product or service to advertise to the consumer. The chatbot is allowed to suggest a consumer seek professional help from a specific licensed professional. The chatbot must clearly and conspicuously disclose that it is not a human and that it is powered by artificial intelligence before the consumer uses the chatbot and any time the user asks. The Division of Consumer Protection is the enforcer of this section and may impose fines and bring a court action. Creates a rebuttable presumption for a chatbot supplier if they meet certain parameters. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Healthcare |
| HB 454 S2 | Local Government Fees Modifications | Rep. Karen Peterson Sen. Brady Brammer | Prohibits a city or county from imposing a new general fee for broadband and stipulates that any fees enacted before May 7, 2025 must be repealed by July 1, 2027. Generally prohibits a city or county from imposing a fee for public safety services except under specific circumstances which are also outlined. Allows a city or county to impose and collect a transportation utility fee under certain conditions, but there may only be one fee in effect at a time. The city or county must first conduct a study to determine and provide a reasonable estimate for the new transportation facility, then hold an open and public meeting and adopt an ordinance. The city or county shall determine rates for different classifications of users. Religious organizations shall be exempt from the fee except for specific carve outs. Revenues from this fee shall be deposited into a fund which shall be exclusively used to pay for development, construction, upgrading, replacing, maintenance, operation or repair of a transportation facility and reasonable administrative costs associated with the fund. Requires an annual review of the fee and enacts a 10 year limitation on the fee from date of adoption in addition to subjecting this fee to the parameters of a referendum. | Monitor | On House Concurrence (Sine Die) | Infrastructure |
| HB 456 S8 | Transient Room Tax Amendments | Rep. Bridger Bolinder Sen. Evan Vickers | This bill adds a provision that would allow counties to pay for tourism or recreation related facilities within the county which also includes trails. Modifies the breakdown of how a county may spend TRT revenues and prohibits any revenues from being disbursed to a large public transit district. A county that generates over $1M shall expend the first 2% of the revenue to establish and promote tourism, recreation, film production, or convention related activities, and a county that generates between $500,000 to $1M shall spend a minimum of 1% on these same activities; the same county may use the rest of the funds for other tourism-related activities and supporting infrastructure. A county that does not generate over $500,000 in TRT revenue may use those funds for any defined purpose. Updates the reporting requirements of how TRT revenue was expended and includes a component of how many search and rescue efforts were conducted and the total cost as well as any costs recuperated by an individual (and whether they were an in-state or out-of-state visitors to the county) that warranted the response. Modifies the composition of a tourism tax advisory board to include a representative of a municipality, if any, that generates over 50% of TRT revenues. Increases the TRT by 0.75%, and 33% of this 0.75% increase shall be deposited into the Outdoor Recreation Mitigation Grant Fund. Extends the Search and Rescue Advisory Board's sunset date to 2030. Creates the Outdoor Recreation Mitigation Grant Fund to be administered by the Division of Outdoor Recreation. The fund shall be used by counties of the fourth, fifth, and sixth classes whose TRT revenues are not in excess of $10M even after imposing the maximum allowable tax rate. Outlines how grants applications are to be prioritized and directs the division to take rolling search and rescue costs into account. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Tax |
| HB 465 S4 | Public Safety Amendments | Rep. Casey Snider Sen. Mike McKell | Requires a public safety interagency agreement between the Department of Public Safety and a law enforcement agency in a municipality that is the county seat in a county of the first class. The agreement shall address how the department and local law enforcement agency are to work together to improve public safety. Terms of the agreement are to include reimbursement for the Division for resources deployed in execution of the agreement, roles and responsibilities of each party for joint operations, data sharing parameters, and accountability metrics. Allows the Division of Facilities and Construction Management to exercise eminent domain to condemn unincorporated land owned by the aforementioned county seat for the purposes of constructing facilities for homelessness services. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Public Safety |
| HB 466 S1 | Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act Amendments | Rep. Jordan Teuscher Sen. Mike McKell | Requires anyone filing a pre-merger notification with the FTC to also file a Hart-Scott-Rodino form with the Attorney General if they are located in the state or have annual net sales in the state that equate to at least 20% of the filing threshold. The forms filed with the AG are to be kept private and are protected under GRAMA. The bill requires reciprocity from other states' laws before the AG may disclose any related documentation to another state's AG. Sets implementation date for 2026. | Concern | In the Senate (Sine Die) | Regulatory |
| HB 467 | Dependent Workers | Rep. Cory Maloy | Defines a dependent worker as someone who works at least 30 hours per week for the same employer, does not employ another person to assist in their work for the employer, and whose employer has at least 15 other workers. These workers are extended the same rights under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and the state Workers' Compensation Act, Utah Occupational Disease Act, Utah Antidiscrimination Act, and Employment Security Act. Creates a private right of action. | Monitor | In Committee (Sine Die) | Workforce |
| HB 470 | Water Heater Emissions Amendments | Rep. Ray Ward | Repeals a section of code that bans natural gas-fired water heaters from selling or installation in the state. | Monitor | Introduced (Sine Die) | Housing |
| HB 471 S1 | Transportation Procurement Amendments | Rep. Calvin Roberts Sen. Wayne Harper | Allows UDOT to enter into a compact or other agreement with one or more state governments or their subdivisions for the purpose of procuring transit vehicles. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Infrastructure |
| HB 474 S2 | Regulatory Oversight Amendments | Rep. Ryan Wilcox Sen. Dan McCay | Allows an individual to petition the office to repeal or modify an occupational regulation. Adds a part of the annual report required by DOPL which includes the number of rules the office modifies in response or as a result of complaints, each rule that had a complaint filed against it and a description of any modifications. Updates the fiscal impact to $1M statewide over five years that subjects an agency rule to review by the corresponding interim and appropriation committee and outlines exemptions to this provision. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Regulatory |
| HB 491 S3 | Behavioral Health Modifications | Rep. Steve Eliason Sen. Evan Vickers | Requires the Office of Licensing within the Department of Health and Human Services to outline licensing and fee requirements. The Department of Health and Human Services shall apply for a medicare and medicaid waiver which shall be directed to the State Hospital and the Huntsman Mental Health Institute. They are also to create a publicly available registry to show whether each law enforcement agency is or is not available to receive a voluntarily committed firearm. | Priority | Signed by the Governor | Healthcare |
| HB 492 S1 | Drinking Water Utilities Amendments | Rep. Colin Jack Sen. Heidi Balderree | This bill requires a director of a community water system to ensure that it has a security plan which shall be updated annually, and removes a provisions that they are to study how to find greater efficiencies through improved coordination with other water-related organizations. Outlines when and how security breaches are to be reported to the Utah Cyber Center. | Monitor | Passed Senate Committee (Sine Die) | Water |
| HB 499 S2 | Department of Environmental Quality Amendments | Rep. Casey Snider Sen. Keven Stratton | Modifies the composition of the Air Quality Board. Addresses certain water heaters and if they may be installed in homes not located in ozone nonattainment areas. | Monitor | Passed Senate Committee (Sine Die) | Air Quality Water |
| HB 503 S3 | Medical Malpractice Modifications | Rep. Katy Hall Sen. Scott Sandall | Prohibits the prejudice of a defendant before liability has been established. Allows a court to add specific or economic damages to an award based on amounts paid by a plaintiff or third party insurer to the defendant and outlines other considerations when awarding damages. Amends provisions related to the prelitigation panel review and courses of action that the claimant may take if the other party has not cooperated with the timeline. Requires the Division of Professional Licensing to report out on the number of prelitigation panel reviews, the number of cases filed by complainants, instances that both parties elected to forgo a prelitigation panel review and the amount of damages sought as compared to the amount of damages awarded. If the claimant does not prevail on merits, files an affidavit they know to be false/baseless or the court does not side with them, they must pay reasonable attorney fees to the respondent. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Healthcare |
| HB 511 | Property Tax Revenue Increase Amendments | Rep. Tiara Auxier | Allows a taxing entity to submit an opinion question to voters on a ballot during a general election asking the voters to authorize an increased tax rate that generates no more than a proposed property tax budgeted revenue. The question to voters shall satisfy the truth-in-taxation hearing that would otherwise be required. Modifies the equation for the "certified revenue levy" as well as the "maximum new growth revenue". | Monitor | Held in Committee (Sine Die) | Taxes |
| HB 513 S2 | Utah Commission for Earthquake Preparedness | Rep. Thomas Peterson Sen. Todd Weiler | This bill creates the Utah Commission for Earthquake Preparedness and outlines membership and meeting frequency of the commission. The commission is to assess earthquake-related hazards and risks to the state associated with injury, loss of life and property, damage to infrastructure, and economic damage. The commission shall prepare and prioritize recommendations to identify and mitigate hazards and risks to be adopted as policy or loss reduction strategies to help expedite the return to normalcy, as well as monitor and report on progress toward risk reduction and maintain and update a strategic document. Sets a repeal date for January of 2031. | Monitor | Failed to Pass Senate Committee (Sine Die) | Natural Resources Infrastructure |
| HB 514 S3 | Vehicle Registration Changes | Rep. Ariel Defay Sen. Wayne Harper | Allows a vehicle owner to opt into a physical or electronic notification for vehicle registration renewal. Allows a 24-month registration for a trailer, electric motor vehicle, off-highway vehicle, or street-legal all-terrain vehicles for a fee that is double the amount of a 12-month registration. Clarifies that an interstate apportioned vehicle is not eligible for a 24-month registration. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Regulatory Infrastructure |
| HB 516 S1 | Automobile Franchise Amendments | Rep. Steve Eliason Sen. Chris Wilson | Repeals prohibitions of automobile franchisors from owning or operating a new motor vehicle dealership. Updates the definition of "franchise holder" to include a manufacturer with practical control over the manufacturer's or its affiliate's line-make models, and who acquires an interest in a new motor vehicle manufacturer that is not exclusively an electric vehicle manufacturer. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Regulatory |
| HB 517 | Post-employment Restrictions Revisions | Rep. Kristen Chevrier | This bill states that a noncompete agreement between a mental health provider and their employer is void if the employer has a waitlist that is at least two months long at the time the agreement was entered into, or if either party terminates the employment relationship. | Monitor | Introduced (Sine Die) | Healthcare |
| HB 518 | Sexual Abuse Material Modifications | Rep. Nicholeen Peck | Prohibits a commercial entity from knowingly or intentionally publishing or distributing any obscene material or child sexual abuse material on the internet. Allows for a private right of action and for a court to award relief, damages, and costs. Excepts internet service providers or cloud service providers from liability if they are not responsible for the creation of the material. Allows the Attorney General to seek relief and directs the AG's office to develop and publish guidance or regulations to assist commercial entities with compliance. | Monitor | Introduced (Sine Die) | Regulatory |
| HB 519 | Health Care Access Amendments | Rep. Steve Eliason Sen. Evan Vickers | Prohibits a pharmaceutical manufacturer from prohibiting or restricting a pharmacy from contracting with a 340B entity or vice versa by denying access to a drug produced by the manufacturer. Furthermore, the manufacturer may not restrict or prohibit the acquisition, dispensing, or delivery of a 340B drug to any location where they are authorized to receive a drug, nor may they impose time limits on a 340B entity to replenish or submit a claim for a drug. The manufacturer may not require a 340B entity to purchase a drug from a supplier if other non-340B entities are not subject to the same requirement, and they may not interfere with contracts between a pharmacy and a 340B agency. | Monitor | In the Senate (Sine Die) | Healthcare |
| HB 520 S2 | Water Entity Amendments | Rep. Casey Snider Sen. Brady Brammer | Updates the composition of the Great Salt Lake Trust Council and its duties with regard to projects related to the Great Salt Lake or acquiring or leasing water rights. Transitions the Great Salt Lake Commissioner to be a member of the Department of Natural Resources and report directly to the Executive Director. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Water |
| HB 522 | Automotive Repair Business Amendments | Rep. Colin Jack | This bill requires that a motor vehicle liability coverage policy include coverage of the difference in market value from before and after a motor vehicle accident. Coverage may not be reduced or terminated because a policyholder is at fault in causing an accident. If the insurer intends to use aftermarket crash parts that are not made by the original equipment manufacturer for replacement or repair in a damaged vehicle, the repair facility or installer shall use aftermarket crash parts that are substantially equivalent in quality and function to OEM aftermarket crash parts. | Monitor | In Committee (Sine Die) | Regulatory |
| HB 523 | Rio Grande Plan Amendments | Rep. Jennifer Dailey-Provost | Creates the Rio Grande Financial Advisory Authority. They are tasked with identifying potential federal, state and other funding sources for the Rio Grande Plan, studying how to implement the Rio Grande Plan, issues of eminent domain, and the potential impacts of the project. The group is to consult with relevant railroad companies, report to the Transportation Interim Committee and provide recommendations to the Governor's Office and Salt Lake City. | Monitor | In Committee (Sine Die) | Infrastructure |
| HB 525 | Clean Truck Amendments | Rep. Paul Cutler Sen. Kirk Cullimore | Prohibits the DMV from registering a "prohibited heavy duty vehicle" (a vehicle older than a 2009 model that has a gross weight of more than 14,000 lbs) in a major nonattainment county. There will be a five year grace period ending in 2030 after which the division will no longer be authorized to register these vehicles. Creates an exception for a sole proprietor who owns no more than one such vehicle and uses it for construction-related activities. Creates a tax credit for individuals who replace these vehicles with a 2010 year model or newer in nonattainment counties. | Monitor | Introduced (Sine Die) | Air Quality |
| HB 528 S1 | Tax Payments with Precious Metals | Rep. Ken Ivory | Creates a discounted severance rate for certain minerals if the taxpayer pays in gold that complies with international standards. Allows a corporation or individual to pay other taxes due in gold that complies with international standards. Creates a nonrefundable tax credit for a mine operator that pays their owed taxes in gold. | Monitor | Passed Committee (Sine Die) | Taxes |
| HB 530 S1 | Utah Innovation Lab Modifications | Rep. Karen Peterson Sen. Kirk Cullimore | Reorganizes and renames the Utah Innovation Lab into the Nucleus Institute. Modifies the board composition (including adding the director of the Talent Ready Utah Program) and stipulates that the Institute's executive director shall serve as chair of the board. Sets forth additional responsibilities for the board including to provide strategic oversight for institute initiatives, supports and guide workforce development, innovation, and policy integration, coordinate efforts across innovation districts, etc. The Utah Innovation Fund is to be governed by an investment committee who shall establish management policies including an investment code of conduct, strategic allocation policy of assets, and an investment philosophy statement. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Workforce |
| HB 532 | Housing Authority Amendments | Rep. Ryan Wilcox Sen. Calvin Musselman | Requires the adoption of a resolution by a city and every housing authority within that city before a county housing authority or a public or private entity may start on a project within that city boundary. | Monitor | In Committee (Sine Die) | Housing |
| HB 535 S1 | Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments | Rep. Candice Pierucci | This bill requires any commercial driver license schools to obtain a signed form from CDL applicants that states they are able to speak the English language sufficiently, understand highway traffic signs and signals, respond to official inquiries and make entries on reports and records. This form is to be presented to a third party tester or examiner. | Monitor | In the Senate (Sine Die) | Regulatory |
| HB 536 | Water Usage Notification Amendments | Rep. Doug Owens | Requires a retail and a fully metered secondary water supplier (or any secondary water supplier who is not fully metered by July 1, 2031) to respectively administer a system that measures and records water used by an end user and provides notifications when an end user's water use has significantly escalated during a month. Does not apply to a secondary water supplier that is exempt from metering or authorized to meter at strategic points. | Monitor | In Committee (Sine Die) | Water |
| HB 542 S9 | Economic Development Amendments | Rep. Jon Hawkins Sen. Chris Wilson | Repeals the Unified Economic Opportunity Commission and rolls any duties overseen by them to the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity. Also repeals the Women in the Economy Subcommittee. Repeals a provision that would offer up to 35% of new state revenues as a tax credit if a new commercial entity brings 2,500 jobs and spends at least $1B in capital expenditures. Places the Utah Broadband Center under the Department of Transportation and tasks the Transportation Commission with approving Utah Broadband Center grant awards. Appropriates funds to the Nucleus Institute subject to the passage of HB 530 Utah Innovation Lab Modifications. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Economic Development |
| HB 544 | Worker Protection Modifications | Rep. Tyler Clancy Sen. David Hinkins | Defined "employer" as a person who employs 100 or more employees in a single warehouse distribution center or 500 or more employees in more than one warehouse distribution center. This bill prohibits an employer from compelling an employee to attend a meeting or listen to communication regarding the employer's opinion about a religious or political matter. Allows an employee to bring a civil right of action within 120 days of a violation. This bill also enacts the Warehouse Worker Temperature Protections section. This section requires an employer to establish cold-risk and heat-risk temperature managing program for the employer's worksite that identifies a range the employer establishes for the safety of the employees. Outlines employers' responsibilities when there is a heat-risk or cold-risk temperature to provide for the safety and protection of workers. Provides a right of action for an employee or former employee under this section, and an employer may not take an adverse reaction against an employee. Requires an employer to clearly notify any quotas to employees, and any adverse action that may result from failure to meet the quota and incentives or bonuses that may result from meeting or exceeding the quota. If the quota is to be modified, the employer must make oral and written notifications at least two business days in advance of when the new quota takes effect. Outlines prohibitions on adverse actions an employer may take based on the data they use to measure an employee's quota progress. Creates a civil right of action for both employees and former employees and has an anti-retaliation clause. | Monitor | Introduced (Sine Die) | Workforce |
| HB 546 | Water Infrastructure Amendments | Rep. Thomas Peterson | Creates the Storm Water Improvements Fund whose board may use funds to make loans or cover administrative costs in the Great Salt Lake basin for upgrading storm water infrastructure or replacing low impact development with alternate forms of storm water infrastructure. Requires the Division of Water Quality to conduct a study to examine regionalized solutions, water quality relationship to low impact development, maximizing the amount of storm water that reaches the Great Salt Lake, etc. | Monitor | Introduced (Sine Die) | Water |
| 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 | Signed by the Governor | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Homelessness |
| HCR 009 | House Concurrent Resolution to Create Energy Compact with Idaho and Wyoming | Rep. Jefferson Moss Sen. Kirk Cullimore | Calls on the governments of Idaho and Wyoming to establish an interstate compact focused on regional energy collaboration. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Energy |
| HCR 014 | House Concurrent Resolution Supporting Streamlining Utah Housing Policies | Rep. Stephen Whyte Sen. Lincoln Fillmore | Resolution outlining the various housing-related initiatives in state code and expressing support for the 2023 Legislative Auditor General's audit on housing policy and implementing its recommendations for consolidating housing policies and programs to more efficiently and effectively address attainable homeownership. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Housing |
| 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 (Sine Die) | 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 (Sine Die) | Workforce |
| HJR 009 S1 | Joint Resolution Regarding Utah's Share of Colorado River Water | Rep. Casey Snider Sen. Scott Sandall | Recognizes that Utah has land in the Upper Basin and Lower Basin as defined within the Colorado River Compact, and this resolution would allow the state to use any of its allotment anywhere in the geographic state boundary. | Monitor | Passed Senate Committee (Sine Die) | Water |
| HJR 011 | Joint Resolution on the Foundation for a Strong Utah Future | Rep. Nicholeen Peck | Promotes the adoption of policies that promote and strengthen married, two-parent families and career and technical programs to create financial security, upward mobility, and family stability for Utah children. | Monitor | Introduced (Sine Die) | Economic Development |
| 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 | Signed by the Governor | Taxes |
| SB 015 S1 | 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 | Signed by the Governor | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Workforce |
| SB 026 S6 | Housing and Transit Reinvestment Zone Amendments | Sen. Wayne Harper Rep. Stephen Whyte | Allows for the creation of a convention center public infrastructure district via a petition submission. Boundaries of the public infrastructure district shall be no more than a one-half mile radius away from the convention center. The district may levy a tax up to $0.005 per dollar of taxable property within the district and shall be used exclusively for administrative purposes. Outlines the governance of these districts and allows districts to issue certain bonds to pay for infrastructure or convention center costs. Prescripes a portion of sales and use tax increment to be transferred back to the district. Allows the zone to capture a sales and use tax for construction materials. Outlines how the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity is to distribute hotel mitigation funds to hotels that experience qualified losses. Ties household income for affordable housing projects to county data and outlines the rights and process of developers' projects on unincorporated county land within a 1/3 mile radius of a public transit hub to qualify for a housing and transit reinvestment zone. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | 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 | Signed by 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 | Signed by the Governor | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Energy & Critical Materials |
| SB 038 | Manufacturing Modernization Grant Sunset Amendments | Sen. Ann Millner Rep. Colin Jack | Extends the Manufacturing Modernization Grant Program until 2028. | Priority | Signed by the Governor | 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 | Signed by 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 | Signed by the Governor | Workforce |
| SB 047 S1 | 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 | Signed by the Governor | 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 | Signed by the Governor | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Natural Resources |
| SB 052 S2 | Vehicle Registration Modifications | Sen. Brady Brammer Rep. Jason Kyle | 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 | Signed by the Governor | 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 (Sine Die) | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Workforce |
| SB 061 S3 | Energy Corridor Amendments | Sen. Derrin Owens Rep. Troy Shelley | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Energy |
| SB 062 S4 | 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. Outlines membership of the committee. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Economic Development |
| SB 069 S6 | Medication Amendments | Sen. Evan VIckers Rep. Steve Eliason | Prohibits a pharmaceutical manufacturer from interfering with or prohibiting a pharmacy contracting with a 340B entity or the pharmacy's acquisition, dispensing, or delivery of a 340B drug. | Monitor | To the Governor | 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 | Introduced (Sine Die) | Workforce |
| SB 078 S1 | Homeless Individuals Protection Amendments | Sen. Jen Plumb Rep. Tyler Clancy | 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. Creates a sunset review date. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Homelessness and Public Safety |
| SB 080 S3 | 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 fees related to the consumption of 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. Exempts wholesale water suppliers that deliver water directly to an end user for domestic uses and agricultural water from the fee. Allows the state to establish a fee schedule for public water systems subject to approval by the legislature. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | 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 (Sine Die) | 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 (Sine Die) | Healthcare |
| SB 091 S2 | Restaurant Tax Provisions | Sen. Lincoln Fillmore Rep. Jason Kyle | 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 establishment. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | 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 House Committee (Sine Die) | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Transportation & Infrastructure |
| SB 106 S3 | Utah-Ireland Trade Commission | Sen. Wayne Harper Rep. Tyler Clancy | Creates the Utah-Ireland Trade Commission and outlines the membership. Outlines the duties of the commission including advancing bilateral trade and investment, initiating joint action on policy issues, promoting business and academic exchanges and encouraging mutual economic support. Allows the office to raise funds, and are to report to the Governor and Economic Development and Workforce Services Interim Committee. | Monitor | Vetoed by the Governor | Economic Development |
| SB 116 | Income Tax Modifications | Sen. Dan McCay | Lowers the corporate and individual income tax rates to 4.5% | Monitor | Introduced (Sine Die) | Taxes |
| SB 121 S6 | Property Loss Amendments | Sen. Jen Plumb Rep. Tyler Clancy | Creates the Property Loss Related to Homelessness Compensation Enterprise 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 who provide documentation for property loss or property loss mitigation which shall be repaid within one year of disbursement. The fund is not meant to be an alternative to a service or support mechanism provided by the state or private agency (i.e. insurance company) but may disburse funds if the service or support mechanism does not fully cover the cost of the loss. | Support | Signed by the Governor | 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 (Sine Die) | Taxes |
| SB 129 S3 | Higher Education Development Areas | Sen. Chris Wilson Rep. Steve Eliason | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Education |
| SB 132 S5 | Electric Utility Amendments | Sen. Scott Sandall Rep. Colin Jack | Lists definitions related to large-scale electric service requirements. Exempts large-scale service requests from rate regulation, ratemaking provisions, and tariff and schedule filing requirements of the public utility section of Utah code. Allows a large load customer to request an electric service contract from a private large-scale generation provider if they are requesting cumulative electric demand in excess of 100 megawatts within five years of the requested initial start date. If the customer does not meet the parameters to initially request electric services from a private large-scale generation provider, they may submit a large-scale service request to a qualified utility. The bill outlines information to be included in a large-scale service request to the qualified utility including the customer's identifying information, proposed location for the service, the requested amount of electric demand in megawatts, and other load profile and financial surety information. A qualified utility shall acknowledge receipt of the request and notify the customer of any deficiencies and complete an evaluation as soon as reasonably practicable and begin a study within six months of beginning the evaluation. Directs qualified utilities to start evaluations no later than April 1 or October 1 for any requests received in the prior six months and provide the customer with regular updates and a written service proposal upon completion of the evaluation stating whether they can provide the requested service and large load incremental costs and other provisions related to service. The utility may charge reasonable fees to evaluate a request, and is not obligated to start on the evaluation until these fees are paid. Large-scale service requests shall only be provided under one or more large load contracts with a qualified electric utility or a large-scale generation provider or a combination of the two. Outlines the parameters that are required in a large load contract with a qualified utility and with a large-scale generation provider, specifically that the large load customer shall be responsible for all costs related to the large load contract and that a qualified utility has no obligation to serve a large load customer except as provided in a contract. The Public Service Commission shall review all large load contracts within 60 days of them being filed. The commission shall approve any contract that meets the parameters outlined in this bill, and ensure the large load customers bear all associated costs with none being passed on to ratepayers. States that the qualified utility has the sole right to provide electricity service to a large load customer in their territory. The qualified utility is not required to provide service to a large load customer if the customer has not complied with provisions of this bill, the qualified utility is not able to provide the requested service, the parties cannot come to agreement on the terms of the contract or if the customer is receiving service from a large-scale generation provider or another private generation contract. Allows a customer to enter into a contract with a large-scale generation provider including when a qualified utility fails to complete an evaluation or provide a written response or if terms to a contract are not agreed upon between the customer and qualified utility within 90 days. A large-scale generation provider is to register with the Public Service Commission and comply with any qualification, permit and security provisions required by the commission. Outlines requirements for connecting with a transmission system and allocates all costs for interconnection and ancillary services to the large load customer or large-scale generation provider. A closed private generation system and a large-scale generation provider are exempt from oversight or regulation by the Public Service Commission and shall remain completely separate from any cooperative, municipality, or other utility. Outlines requirements for a large-scale generation provider to use a connected generation system and to connect to the interstate transmission system. Outlines accounting requirements for large-scale generation providers and qualified utilities and requires any large load accounting records to be maintained separately from other accounting records. Qualified electric utilities shall provide data to the Public Service Commission pertaining to operational data, the timing, magnitude, and duration of the dispatch and demand, method of excluding large load costs from retail customers' rates, and other information. Directs the Public Service Commission to investigate large load flexible tariff for qualified utilities and determine if it is just, reasonable and in the public's interest. Directs the Public Service Commission to review this chapter of code every three years and retain a qualified consultant to analyze transmission cost allocation and make recommendations. The cost of the consultant shall be covered by fees paid when large-load service requests are submitted. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Energy |
| SB 134 S2 | Health-Care Decisions Act Amendments | Sen. Mike McKell Rep. Jordan Teuscher | 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 | Signed by the Governor | 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 (Sine Die) | Regulatory |
| SB 142 S6 | App Store Accountability Act | Sen. Todd Weiler Rep. James Dunnigan | 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 for a minor account. The developer shall also request personal age verification data or parental consent at the time an user downloads or purchases the app. Prohibits a developer from enforcing a contract or terms of service against a minor unless the developer has verified through the app store provider that parental consent has been obtained. Creates safe harbor provisions for a developer. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Technology |
| SB 150 S1 | Nonpublic Personal Information Amendments | Sen. Kirk Cullimore Rep. Anthony Loubet | 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 | Signed by the Governor | 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 (Sine Die) | 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 (Sine Die) | Regulatory |
| SB 162 S1 | Talent Connect | Sen. Ann Millner Rep. Jefferson Moss | 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. | Priority | Signed by the Governor | Workforce and Education |
| SB 165 S2 | Municipal Broadband Service Amendments | Sen. Lincoln Fillmore Rep. Ryan Wilcox | 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 | Signed by the Governor | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Transportation |
| SB 178 S1 | Devices in Public Schools | Sen. Lincoln Fillmore Rep. Doug Welton | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Technology |
| SB 179 | Local Regulation of Business Entities Amendments | Sen. Calvin Musselman Rep. Karen Peterson | Directs municipalities to incorporate into their land use ordinances a process for reviewing and approving new businesses or businesses not otherwise on pre-approved lists, and designating an appropriate zone or zones for an approved use. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Economic Development |
| SB 181 S1 | Housing Affordability Amendments | Sen. Lincoln Fillmore Rep. Stephen Whyte | Outlines restrictions on municipality-issued parking requirements. | Priority | Signed by the Governor | Housing |
| SB 182 S1 | Homeless Services Modifications | Sen. Todd Weiler Rep. Tyler Clancy | 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 | Failed to Pass the House (Sine Die) | Homelessness and Public Safety |
| 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 | In Committee (Sine Die) | Air Quality |
| SB 189 S2 | Child Care Services Amendments | Sen. Luz Escamilla Rep. Karianne Lisonbee | 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 50% 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 | Failed to Pass the House (Sine Die) | Workforce |
| SB 190 | Workers' Compensation Modifications | Sen. Scott Sandall Rep. James Dunnigan | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Regulatory |
| SB 192 S5 | Commercial Wind and Solar Incentives Amendments | Sen. Derrin Owens Rep. Carl Albrecht | Requires commercial wind and solar energy systems of 660 or more kilowatts to include energy storage systems to qualify for tax credits. Clarifies that energy that is stored may only be considered in the tax credit calculation at the time it is sold. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Energy Taxes |
| SB 195 S7 | 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. 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. Requires air ambulances to provide the real-time location of the ambulance and provides dispatching requirements. Increases the amount of revenue from certain taxes to be deposited into the Transportation Investment Fund. Extends the implementation date for a public transit district to make 10% of the 0.10% used for public transit innovation grants available to UDOT. Requires the proposed gondola project in the Cottonwood Canyons area that already has an environmental impact statement to be executed 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. Puts limitations any construction project in Salt Lake City that is not part of a mobility plan which is to be conducted by UDOT in partnership with Salt Lake City and presented to various stakeholders (including the Salt Lake Chamber). The bill outlines the different aspects required in the mobility plan and considerations including air quality, alternative traffic routes and impacts on other highways. Allows the UDOT Executive Director to use money for corridor preservation subject to the Transportation Commission's prioritization and approval and other specified projects. Outlines who is responsible for maintenance of a street lighting system. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Healthcare |
| SB 197 S4 | Property Tax Amendments | Sen. Dan McCay Rep. Steve Eliason | The county auditor shall notify each owner of real estate the valuation of the property and any tax changes, and shall include additional information describing the availability of property tax deferral options for qualifying residential property owners. This bill requires a claimant to have claimed the homeowner's tax credit within the prior two years to qualify for the credit after Jan. 1, 2026 and outlines the amount of the credit for different household income ranges up to $40,840. They may not claim a homeowner's credit if they have received any property tax relief in the form of a deferral or abatement. The bill also outlines income thresholds for a renter's credit up to $46,000. Outlines how a qualified owner not otherwise subject to the homeowner's tax credit program may apply to the county for a property tax deferral. Outlines additional notice requirements for county treasurers and auditors and when interest shall start accruing on delinquent deferrals. Outlines when an owner of an attached or detached single-family residence may apply to the county for a deferral of property tax and when a county may approve the application and what the interest rate of the deferral shall be. | Monitor | Vetoed by the Governor | Housing Taxes |
| SB 198 S1 | Federal Guidance Letter Amendments | Sen. Keven Stratton Rep. Casey Snider | Directs all state agencies to publicly post any written statement received by a federal agency. Excludes communications regarding specific entities or peer-to-peer communications. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Regulatory |
| SB 201 S1 | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Housing |
| SB 203 S1 | Judicial Standing Amendments | Sen. Brady Brammer Rep. Casey Snider | Requires a plaintiff to meet the traditional standing requirement to bring a right of action. Addresses parameters under which the plaintiff may bring a cause of action on behalf of a third party. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Regulatory |
| SB 207 S3 | Local Impact Mitigation Amendments | Sen. Ron Winterton Rep. Neil Walter | Enacts a local tax on certain oil and gas produced in the state by a private entity between 2026-2029 of $0.05 per barrel of oil and $0.025 per MCF of gas. Exempts government produced oil and gas and certain wells that produce oil and gas. Outlines how and when the tax is to be collected and 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 | Signed by the Governor | Natural Resources |
| SB 213 | Sales and Use Tax Modifications | Sen. Wayne Harper Rep. Jefferson Moss | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Energy |
| SB 216 S3 | Environmental Quality Amendments | Sen. Mike McKell Rep. Bridger Bolinder | This bill exempts waste facilities within a hazardous waste corridor from obtaining certain approvals that are inherent to the creation of a hazardous waste corridor. Imposes a tax of 16.67% of total gross receipts of radioactive waste received from a generator. 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 | Signed by the Governor | Energy |
| SB 219 S1 | Financial Institution Tax Amendments | Sen. Mike McKell Rep. Val Peterson | Changes the formula for a financial institution's sales factor fraction calculated by the State Tax Commission. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Finance |
| SB 220 S2 | Construction Modifications | Sen. Calvin Musselman Rep. Thomas Peterson | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Regulatory Water |
| SB 221 S2 | Child Care Revisions | Sen. Luz Escamilla | Defines a "qualifying child" as a child no older than 12 years old, or no older than 18 years old if the child has a disability. Requires a person providing childcare for more than eight children to obtain a license. Requires a person providing residential childcare for five to eight qualifying children to obtain a certificate. Requires a person providing residential child care to at least four but no more than eight children to comply with all background check requirements, obtain and maintain CPR and first aid certification. | Monitor | Failed to Pass the House (Sine Die) | 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 (Sine Die) | Housing Taxes |
| SB 226 S2 | Artificial Intelligence Consumer Protection Amendments | Sen. Kirk Cullimore Rep. Jefferson Moss | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Technology |
| SB 227 S1 | Electricity Supply Amendments | Sen. Kirk Cullimore Rep. Jefferson Moss | This bill states which types of electric service requests are subject to the parameters of just charges and joint tariffs sections of the Public Utility Code and which may be exempt by the Public Service Commission due to not interfacing with other utility resources that would affect rates of other customers. Outlines the process for a large-scale service customer request from an electric utility which includes providing identifying information, proposed location for electric service and proposed commencement date, requested amount (in megawatts) of electric demand, and other information. The electric utility shall acknowledge the receipt of the request and notify the requester of any missing or deficient information in the request. Upon receiving a completed request, the electric utility company must begin processing requests on Jan. 1 or Jul. 1 for any requests received in the preceding six months and must provide regular updates to the requester and a notification when the evaluation is complete. After completing the evaluation, the electric utility is to provide a written service proposal to the requester that includes whether the utility is able to provide the service in the given time frame, estimated large load incremental costs, any required upgrades, improvements or transmission service requests, estimated timeline for commencing the requested service, and proposed terms and conditions of the service. The electric utility may charge reasonable fees for evaluating a request and is not obligated to start an evaluation until all fees have been paid. Contract requirements between a customer and utility or other large-scale generation provider include ensuring all large load incremental costs are allocated to and paid by the large load customer, compliance with all system requirements, specifying points of interconnection, amount of electricity that is contracted for, terms of service and curtailment provisions if the customer's demand exceeds the amount in the contract. Clarifies that a large-scale generation provider that does not interface with another cooperative or utility generation system shall ensure that large load customers cover all incremental costs associated with their service. Also clarifies that an electric utility is not required to serve a large load customer nor are they required to provide backup power to a large load customer except as explicitly stated in a large load contract or tariff. A utility is also not required to commence design and construction of large load facilities until after a contract has been executed or commission approval has been granted. Contracts are subject to the approval of the Public Service Commission, and outlines considerations for the commission when reviewing such contracts. Gives an electric utility first right of refusal for large load contracts and outlines parameters under which the utility can deny the large load request as well as when a customer may seek alternative electric services from a large-scale generation provider. Such parameters include if the utility is not able to provide the requested electricity, terms of a contract cannot be agreed upon within 90 days or if an evaluation is not completed within the given time period among others. Requires a large-scale generation provider to register with the commission before provide service to a customer and outlines different qualifications, and securities that must also be filed with the commission; failure to do so would warrant suspension of their registration. Outlines how a large load service shall interface with a transmission system and requires the customer or large-scale generation provider to pay for and provide any studies, upgrades, tariffs or rates and other services. The bill clarifies that if a large load customer is to use a large-scale generation provider with a closed private generation system, they are exempt from regulatory oversight from the Public Service Commission as long as their operation remains wholly separate from any other cooperative or utility. Allows a large-scale generation provider to provide services through a connected generation system if they register with the Public Service Commission, use only qualifying resources, maintains sufficient generation capacity to serve all contracted load, and provides the commission with necessary system and emergency response information and maintains appropriate commercial liability insurance. Outlines further parameters for which a closed private generation system may connect to the interstate transmission system of a transmission provider. Outlines accounting requirements for large-scale generation provider and qualified electric utilities. Allows the commission to investigate and adopt large load flexible tariffs if they are just, reasonable and in the public interest. The commission is to conduct a proceeding to establish rules for the allocation of transmission costs between large load customers and retail customers, retain a qualified and independent consultant with expertise in transmission cost allocation methodologies. | Monitor | In the House (Sine Die) | Energy |
| SB 228 S1 | Health Care Services Platform | Sen. Lincoln Fillmore Rep. Doug Owens | 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 required background checks. The platform must 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 | Signed by the Governor | Healthcare |
| SB 234 S3 | Severance Amendments | Sen. Derrin Owens Rep. Carl Albrecht | 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 | Signed by the Governor | Energy and Minerals |
| SB 235 S1 | 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 | Held in Committee (Sine Die) | Energy |
| SB 239 S1 | Inland Port Authority Amendments | Sen. Jerry Stevenson Rep. Jefferson Moss | 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. Requires the UIPA Board to annually review the statutory authority and evaluate whether UIPA is achieving their statutorily defined objectives and determine whether changes are needed to the board rules, policies or guidelines and either modify according to their authority or make suggestions to the legislature. 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. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Regulatory |
| SB 241 S2 | Limited Purpose Local Government Amendments | Sen. Jerry Stevenson Rep. Paul Cutler | Outlines when a local entity may levy and enforce an assessment against property owned by the federal government or a public agency if consent is obtained from the applicable federal or public agency. Allows a property owner district to use revenue from an impact fee toward payment of a general obligation bond without reducing the property tax rate on the affected properties. General obligation bonds may be issued by a property owner district with the consent of all property owners and registered voters within the district, and the consent is valid for 10 years. Allows a basic special district to create a public infrastructure district within their boundaries and outlines administrative requirements for the newly formed district. Does not require consent of property owners in matters pertaining to easements, right-of-ways or other public or utility improvements. Outlines membership on a public infrastructure district board and how to address vacancies. Outlines filing and governing requirements of a newly formed district. Outlines provisions and certain exceptions where a public or private entity may receive funds from a public infrastructure district's property tax revenue. Outlines consent required to issue limited tax bonds. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Housing Infrastructure |
| SB 244 | Modifications to Income Tax | Sen. Nate Blouin | Raises the income tax rate to 5.55% for any income equal to or greater than $1M. Amends various sections of state code that calculate the values of tax credits. Enacts the refundable earned income tax credit which is equal the lesser of 20% of the amount of the federal earned income tax credit, or the total Utah wages reported. | Monitor | Failed to Pass Committee (Sine Die) | Taxes |
| SB 250 S2 | Community Development Modifications | Sen. Kirk Cullimore Rep. Bridger Bolinder | Allows the Utah Inland Port Authority to disburse differential revenue to a housing non profit fund that helps income targeted individuals within a 15-mile radius of a project area attain or maintain housing. Allows an agreement between a community reinvestment agency and a development project participant to use funds that would have already gone to a participant to pay a participant's delinquent property tax or privilege tax, or to resolve a political subdivision lien against the participant. Allows a community reinvestment agency to provide tax increment financing to a private participant, as long as the funds recipient does not have delinquent property taxes due or a lien; if such conditions exist, the tax increment that would have otherwise been paid directly to the participant may instead be paid to the county or political subdivision that is owed the property tax or lien resolution, respectively. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Housing |
| SB 253 S4 | Railroad and Transportation Amendments | Sen. Wayne Harper Rep. Casey Snider | No longer requires the Department of Agriculture and Food to administer the requirements pertaining to livestock damage by a train. Instead requires the rail ombudsman to distribute a complaint or report received to the rail company and all other agencies. Removes sunset dates from provisions related to railroad fencing and injury to livestock, making them permanent. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Infrastructure |
| SB 261 | Tourism Related Tax Reporting Amendments | Sen. Brady Brammer Rep. Bridger Bolinder | Directs the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst to analyze each report from each county that imposes a transient room tax to ensure they are spending revenue from that tax appropriately. If the county is found to not be in compliance, the state auditor is then required to examine the report and take action if the state auditor agrees with the report. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Taxes |
| SB 262 S3 | Housing Affordability Modifications | Sen. Lincoln Fillmore Rep. Stephen Whyte | Directs municipalities and counties to use home ownership promotion zone funds for specified purposes including for water exaction, street lighting or environmental remediation costs. Enacts provisions allowing legislative bodies to settle certain litigation through a consent agreement. Creates the subordinate shared appreciation loan program which is to be administered by the Department of Workforce Services. The loan program shall distribute funds to non-profit entities or their existing partnerships to support the first time homebuyer program. Fund distributions shall have a private match requirement. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Housing |
| SB 264 | Higher Education Certification Amendments | Sen. Luz Escamilla Rep. Melissa Ballard | Creates the Child Care Center Business Management Certificate Program at Utah State University. In addition to the educational components to help teach students best child care and business practices, the program may assist students and alumni in applying to become a regulated provider. | Monitor | Failed to Pass House Committee (Sine Die) | Workforce |
| SB 265 S1 | Utah Constitutional Sovereignty Act Amendments | Sen. Scott Sandall Rep. Ken Ivory | Amends the Utah Constitutional Sovereignty Act by clarifying that employees of higher ed institutes and school districts are considered "government officers". Changes the method of addressing federal directives by the legislature from considering a concurrent resolution to considering legislation. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Regulatory |
| SB 269 | Telecommunications Amendments | Sen. Wayne Harper Rep. Ryan Wilcox | Outlines when a telephone corporation is no longer the carrier of last resort and an area is changed into a competitive area. Allows the Public Service Commission to reinstate a carrier of last resort in a public hearing if they determine it to be in the public's best interest. Requires the Public Service Commission to follow suit if the FCC permits a telecommunication corporation to discontinue service. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Infrastructure |
| SB 271 S1 | Unauthorized Artificial Intelligence Impersonation Amendments | Sen. Mike McKell | Defines "content" to include more applications where artificial intelligence can be used and makes it an abuse of another individual's personal identity generated through artificial intelligence to imply their endorsement of an item of commerce without obtaining consent. Also makes it an abuse of another individual's identity to distribute, sell or license any technology, software, or tool whose primary purpose is to create content that utilizes another individual's personal identity to imply their endorsement of a commercial item or service. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Technology |
| SB 273 | State Facilities Amendments | Sen. Todd Weiler | If a subcontractor wants to be on any approved vendor list, among other requirements already in statute, they must also offer qualified health coverage to their employees. | Monitor | Introduced (Sine Die) | Healthcare Regulatory |
| SB 274 S2 | Health Insurance Preauthorization Revisions | Sen. John Johnson Rep. Katy Hall | Requires an insurer to report to the Department of Insurance a list of medical services that have preauthorization requirements. They must also report the percentage of requests for pre-service preauthorizations and urgent preauthorizations that were approved and denied, percentage of requests that approved after an appeal and the average time that elapsed between submission and final determination. Requires the insurer to provide to an enrollee and their health care provider a detailed and specific explanation of any adverse preauthorization determination and the process for appeal. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Healthcare |
| SB 280 | Retail Facility Amendments | Sen. Evan Vickers Rep. Neil Walter | Allows the Utah Inland Port Authority to disburse differential revenue to a housing non profit fund that helps income targeted individuals within a 15-mile radius of a project area attain or maintain housing. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Regulatory |
| SB 287 | Higher Education Modifications | Sen. Keith Grover | Allows the University of Utah Medical School to enter into an agreement with another state or institution of higher education in another state in order to teach a medical student from an institution of education outside the state. | Monitor | Introduced (Sine Die) | Workforce Healthcare |
| SB 291 S1 | Lobbying Amendments | Sen. Brady Brammer Rep. Jordan Teuscher | Outlines that an individual who only accepts reimbursement for travel expenses in exchange for lobbying does not in itself constitute a lobbyist. Clarifies that it is unlawful for a lobbyist to solicit, accept, or agree to accept anything of value as a consideration, reward, or incentive based on whether certain government action occurs, or the value is based on the value of an appropriation. Amends provisions related to former elected officials lobbying activities. | Monitor | Passed House Committee (Sine Die) | Regulatory |
| SB 292 S1 | Ticketing Delivery Amendments | Sen. Todd Weiler Rep. Paul Cutler | Requires a primary ticket seller or reseller to deliver an e-ticket for an event to a consumer before the event begins. Provides an exemption for a season ticket. Creates a private right of action for a person who suffers harm from someone's direct violation of this section. | Monitor | Passed the Senate (Sine Die) | Regulatory |
| SB 293 | Trust Business Amendments | Sen. Brady Brammer | Updates the definition of "trust company" to remove the provision that the company be engaged in the trust business since 1981 and instead requires the trust company to offer accounts denominated in specie legal tender. | Monitor | In Committee (Sine Die) | Finance |
| SB 295 S2 | Property Tax Modifications | Sen. Dan McCay Rep. Steve Eliason | If a proposed budget is equal to or less than the previous year's base budget, the taxing entity need not hold a truth-in-taxation hearing. Removes outdated tax rates and requires any revenue collected from multicounty assessments and levies to be deposited to the Multi County Appraisal Trust. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Taxes |
| SB 306 | Convention Center Investment Amendments | Sen. Dan McCay Rep. Jon Hawkins | Allows a county of the first class to expend a portion of their sales and use tax revenue on revitalization of a convention center and surrounding related projects. Alters how Hotel Impact Mitigation Funds are to be distributed. Allows the additional tax increase revenue from the Capital City Revitalization legislation in 2024 to also be used for land acquisition costs, and commercial development, housing development and parking infrastructure within the project area. | Monitor | In the House (Sine Die) | Taxes |
| SB 310 S1 | Transportation Utility Fee | Sen. Brady Brammer Rep. Karen Peterson | Allows a city or county to hold a public hearing and adopt an ordinance to implement or increase a transportation utility fee. A city or county may only impose and collect a single transportation utility fee at a time, but that fee may provide funding for any number of transportation systems. The fee must be related to the services provided or benefits received by or needed for those who pay the fee; it may not be used to supplant appropriations from the city. Requires a city to set different rates for different classifications of users. Revenue from this fund shall be deposited into a specified transportation fund that my not be combined or commingled with other funds or funding sources. | Monitor | In the House (Sine Die) | Infrastructure |
| SB 311 | Sales and Use Tax Exemptions Amendments | Sen. Evan Vickers Rep. Paul Cutler | Updates the definition of "electric storage facility" to be a facility that has a storage capacity of two megawatts or greater. Extends the exemption of taxation of an energy storage facility or equipment until 2037. | Monitor | In the House (Sine Die) | Energy |
| SB 320 | Physician Practice Amendments | Sen. Evan Vickers | Defines "conscientious objection" as a physician's right to refuse to provide a medical service if it conflicts with the physician's medical, moral, religious or ethical beliefs. This bill allows a patient to exercise a conscientious objection unless there is an immediate threat to a patient's health or life. Stipulates that adverse action may not be taken against a physician exercising this right, and creates a civil action for a physician that is subject to such adverse reactions. | Monitor | Introduced (Sine Die) | Healthcare |
| SB 325 | Transportation Condemnation Amendments | Sen. Brady Brammer | Outlines parameters the Department of Transportation must comply with when acquiring real property through condemnation including transmitting wholly the compensation owed to the property owner or other affected claimant, not obstructing visibility of unless they have acquired the right, and having a written certification. | Monitor | In Committee (Sine Die) | Infrastructure |
| SB 328 S6 | Alcohol Amendments | Sen. Jerry Stevenson Rep. Karen Peterson | Exempts an outlet or restaurant from the proximity requirement to a public park if a local authority authorizes the exemption in writing, and if the park is at least 15 acres in size, on state land and managed by the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority. Includes an off-premise beer retailer in the definitions of an applicable licensee for purposes of verifying age. Allows the Alcoholic Beverage Services Commission to deny license applications based on violations, and requires the commission to treat applicants with similar violation histories consistently. A license is not required to use a calibrated metered dispensing system when serving liquor if the liquor was poured straight from the sealed container, is not more than 12 ounces nor over certain alcohol by weight or volume. Allows a patron to transport beer from one area of a licensed facility to another if both premises are contiguous and permit consumption of beer. Allows staff of an establishment to utilize the straw test for product quality, flavor and and alcohol content. Allows the commission to authorize up to five dispensing locations for one equity license if they are on the same premise, under the same leadership or management, and an individual who is a member of at least one location has access to all locations. Allows amphitheaters to obtain on-premise banquet licenses. Allows drive up and drive through options to purchase beer subject to certain parameters. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Economic Development Workforce & Education |
| SB 331 | Pain Medication Amendments | Sen. Todd Weiler | Prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services and any health benefit plan from designating a non opioid drug as a non preferred drug if an opioid or narcotic is designated as a preferred drug, nor may the department establish more restrictive or extensive prescription utilization management practices for a non opioid drug than the least restrictive practice for any opioid or narcotic to include prior authorization or step therapy protocol. | Monitor | In Committee (Sine Die) | Healthcare |
| SB 332 | Artificial Intelligence Revisions | Sen. Kirk Cullimore Rep. Jefferson Moss | Extends the repeal date for the Artificial Intelligence Policy Act to 2027. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Technology |
| SB 333 S5 | Major Sporting Event Venue Financing Amendments | Sen. Jerry Stevenson Rep. Jon Hawkins | Creates the Major Sporting Event Venue Zone Act. Outlines a process for a creating entity to establish a Major Sporting Event Zone and what purposes that zone shall serve. Allows for the collection of tax increment in these zones. Creates the Major Sporting Event Venue Zones that must be approved by the governing committee. Allows transient room taxes and other accommodations, energy, and telecommunications taxes to be imposed within one of these zones and gives bonding authority to the creating entity. Prescribes how the revenue from these zones may be spent including development within the zone, public infrastructure and improvements in a secondary and primary area, and annual payments of bonds. Allows for the creation of public-private partnerships and outlines the process of entering into one. Outlines different amounts that shall be transferred back to the zone by the Tax Commission. Construction materials to be used by a major sporting venue within an approved zone are exempt from sales and use tax. Allows a creating entity to impose a sales and use tax on transactions within the sales and use boundary of a major sporting event venue zone. Also allows a county of the third class with at least three major sporting venues as designated by the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games to impose a sales and use tax on the unincorporated area, and the revenue from this tax must be used on infrastructure projects and improvements. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Regulatory |
| SB 336 S3 | Utah Fairpark Area Investment and Restoration District Modifications | Sen. Scott Sandall Rep. Ryan Wilcox | This bill makes technical changes to the Utah Fairpark Area Investment Act from the 2024 session. Addresses how additional land shall be added to the fairpark district boundary and under which authority. Addresses how a public infrastructure district created by the fairpark district may levy a property tax or bond for operations and maintenance of financed infrastructure and related improvement. Allows the fairpark district to use certain funds before or after a franchise agreement date. Outlines requirements for a board member to submit a conflict of interest disclosure statement. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Economic Development |
| SB 337 S1 | Land Use and Development Amendments | Sen. Kirk Cullimore | Enacts the Beehive Development Agency Act which establishes the Beehive Development Agency. The purpose of the Agency is to address and focus state resources on projects that will have significant statewide impact. There will be a loan committee that will recommend infrastructure loan requests to the agency board for approval, and the board is to outline how they will prioritize these requests. The agency is responsible for developing policies for consideration and implementation of community impact plans and developing a business plan for each project area. Powers and authorities of the agency are outlined including the ability to acquire and develop land in a way that will benefit the entire state. The bill directs departments, division, or other entities or political subdivisions who have a project area to coordinate with the agency. The Agency is to be governed by a board and shall be operated by a commissioner. Outlines conflicts of interest that would preclude an individual from serving on the board or as the commissioner. The board is tasked with proposing significant community impact project plans, criteria for considering a plan, criteria to approve or deny a plan, and other policies necessary to fulfill the agency's duties. Plans are to describe the economic opportunity of statewide concern and how the plan will address those concerns as well as contain a boundary description and any other tax and financial considerations that the project will generate and require respectively, and describe the estimated economic impacts among other requirements and allowances. These plans are to be made publicly available and have a public hearing to consider the plan. Any proposed significant plan shall be proposed by the commissioner and approved by the board. The agency may create a public infrastructure district for a project area and subjects that district to existing state code. Outlines how project area funds may be used within project areas including land development, public infrastructure, improvements and infrastructure outside of a project area that would have a benefit to the area, etc. Allows the board to impose an accommodations and services tax, an energy tax, a transient room tax, resort community tax, or other additional taxes on a provider located within a project area. The agency may issue bonds which may be purchased by an agency. Outlines how the agency budget is to be decided on, implemented, and reported on. | Monitor | Passed Committee (Sine Die) | Economic Development |
| SCR 003 S2 | Concurrent Resolution Supporting Federalism Principles and Utah's Control of 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 | Signed by the Governor | Energy |
| SJR 011 | Joint Resolution Regarding Critical Minerals | Sen. Ann Millner Rep. Logan Monson | Outlines Utah's support of the creation of a national strategy to advance supply chain resilience for critical minerals and supports positioning Utah as a national hub for producing and processing critical minerals by utilizing the state's existing permitted mining operations and processing facilities. Also calls on private industry to form a technical working group to create an executable strategy to position Utah as the national leader. | Priority | To the Governor | Critical Minerals |