Below you will find the watchlist for all the bills that the Salt Lake Chamber is tracking during the 2024 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 013 S1 | Infrastructure Financing Districts | Rep. James Dunnigan | Allows housing developers to create an infrastructure financing district for a parcel of land that they own which is already residentially zoned. Before a residential unit is sold, any liens that have arisen from the infrastructure district must be paid in full. | Support | In Senate Committee | Housing |
| HB 048 S1 | Utah Energy Act Amendments | Rep. Colin Jack Sen. David Hinkins | Outlines additional responsibilities of the Office of Energy Development to include developing policies to advocate for Utah's interests as they pertain to federal energy and environmental entities, programs, and regulations and plan for funding for any legal challenges to such federal actions. | Monitor | In Senate Committee | Energy and Natural Resources |
| HB 055 S2 | Employment Confidentiality Amendments | Rep. Kera Birkeland Sen. Todd Weiler | Nullifies and makes unenforceable any confidentiality clauses pertaining to sexual assault. | Monitor | Passed Senate Committee | Workforce |
| HB 063 | Consumer Review Fairness Amendments | Rep. Cory Maloy Sen. Curt Bramble | Creates the Utah Consumer Review Fairness Act which prohibits a clause that would prohibit a person from creating or sharing a review, or which would impose a fine or penalty for doing so. | Monitor | Passed Senate Committee | Regulations |
| HB 065 S1 | Active Transportation and Canal Trail Amendments | Rep. Rosemary Lesser Sen. Wayne Harper | Canal owners and operators must notify certain entities of their intent to transfer ownership or abandon all or part of a canal located within certain geographical areas. These entities will have first rights of refusal in the order they are listed. Tasks UDOT with creating a toolkit for the development and maintenance of a canal trail; requires UDOT to consider developing canal trails as part of the active transportation system. | Monitor | Held in Committee | Infrastructure |
| HB 074 | Utility Relocation Cost Sharing Amendments | Rep. Kay Christofferson Sen. Wayne Harper | Directs UDOT and a utility company to divide costs of necessary utility relocations necessary for UDOT projects. | Monitor | To the Governor | Infrastructure |
| HB 096 | Child Care Program Sales Tax Exemption | Rep. Christine Watkins | Exempts construction materials used in the construction of a new or expansion of an already existing childcare center from sales tax. | Monitor | Introduced | Workforce |
| HB 111 | Employment Training Requirement Limitations | Rep. Tim Jimenez Sen. Dan McCay | Prohibits employers from offering employment contingent upon signing a document that promotes, espouses, advances, or compels the individual to profess beliefs pertaining to race, color, sex, or national origin. These beliefs relate to inherent racism, privileged or oppressed status, discrimination, etc. | Monitor | In Senate Committee | Workforce |
| HB 124 S1 | High Cost Infrastructure Development Tax Credit Amendments | Rep. Carl Albrecht Sen. Derrin Owens | Allows for geothermal, hydroelectric storage, nuclear power generation, qualified emissions reduction projects, mineral processing project, and underground mine infrastructure projects to be considered for the High Cost Infrastructure Development Tax Credit Act. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Energy |
| HB 126 | Emissions Regulation Amendments | Rep. Andrew Stoddard Sen. Kirk Cullimore | Prohibits a vehicle weighing more than 14,000 lbs. from being registered in Box Elder, Davis, Salt lake, Tooele, Utah, or Weber Counties. Counties may not exempt such diesel vehicles from emissions inspections. | Monitor | In Committee | Energy |
| HB 132 S3 | Pharmacy Amendments | Rep. Raymond Ward Sen. Evan Vickers | Allows a pharmacist to substitute a therapeutically similar drug if the prescribed drug is out of stock, preferred by the patient's health benefit plan, or would result in a reduced cost to the patient. | Monitor | In the Senate | Healthcare and Life Sciences |
| HB 141 | Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund Amendments | Rep. Carol Spackman Moss | Directs the Division of Finance to transfer 25% of the net profit for liquor sales to the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund. | Monitor | Introduced | Housing |
| HB 152 S2 | Residential Construction Amendments | Rep. Nelson Abbott Sen. David Buxton | Directs the Division of Professional Licensing with the assistance of an experienced industry attorney to draft and make publicly available model contracts for use in residential construction and remodels. | Monitor | In the Senate | Housing |
| HB 153 | Child Tax Credit Modifications | Rep. Susan Pulsipher | Increases the age of a qualified child from four to six years for whom a tax filer may claim a child tax credit. | Support | Introduced | Finance |
| HB 164 | Digital Currency Modifications | Rep. Tyler Clancy Sen. Michael Kennedy | Excludes central bank digital currency from the definition of legal tender, and prohibits its use as such within the state. | Monitor | Passed Senate Committee | Finance |
| HB 170 | Unemployment Insurance Amendments | Rep. Trevor Lee | Stipulates that an individual is ineligible from receiving unemployment benefits if they fail to show up for a job interview without a good reason, or if the individual fails to accept reasonable employment within two days of the offer. Also directs the Department of Workforce Services to maintain a website with descriptions of conduct that would disqualify an individual from receiving benefits as well as a place where employers may report possible violations. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Workforce |
| HB 174 | Automatic Renewal Contract Requirements | Rep. Cheryl Acton Sen. Todd Weiler | Enacts the Automatic Renewal Contracts Act which would require an individual or business that provides a service or product via a contract or free trial period that renews automatically to notify the individual between 30-60 days of the renewal date. The notification is to include the renewal date, the total renewal cost, and options for cancellation of the contract. The act does not apply to a person or company providing a service or good that is regulated by the Insurance code, a financial institution, public utility, or an entity/affiliate that provides services regulated by the FCC. | Monitor | Passed Senate Committee | Regulations |
| HB 183 | Income Tax Reduction | Rep. Kay Christofferson Sen. Chris Wilson | Reduces the corporate and individual tax rate to 4.55% | Monitor | Introduced | Finance |
| HB 191 S1 | Electrical Energy Amendments | Rep. Colin Jack Sen. Ronald Winterton | Directs the Public Service Commission to evaluate any proposed early closures of power plant facilities to ensure that the closures do not negatively impact affordable, reliable and dispatchable electricity to customers or cause any net incremental rate increases for the utility or are part of a financial incentive offered by the federal government. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Energy |
| HB 205 S1 | Minimum Wage Amendments | Rep. Brett Garner | Repeals a provision that allows individuals with a disability or impairment of any kind to be employed with a compensation below minimum wage. | Monitor | Failed to Pass Committee | Workforce |
| HB 215 | Home Solar Energy Amendments | Rep. Colin Jack | Allows a customer to cancel their solar power agreement up to 15 days after their second monthly bill for any reason. The provider is then tasked with returning any payment remitted by the customer and notify the customer of product or equipment installed that will need to be removed from the customer's residence within 10 days. All product and equipment must be removed or designated abandoned by the provider within 20 days of notification. | Monitor | In Committee | Energy |
| HB 216 | Eliminating Minimum Time Requirements for Professional Training | Rep. Norman Thurston | Eliminates the requirement that an applicant for a following license complete all education or experience within a minimum time period: funeral service director, barber, esthetician, massage therapist, and psychologist. Also eliminates the requirement that an applicant for an appraiser license complete the educational or experience requirements within a minimum time period. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Workforce |
| HB 231 S1 | Motor Vehicle Insurance Modifications | Rep. Nelson Abbott | Stipulates that benefits related to workers compensation or benefits related to the Utah Labor Commission do not need to be used up before uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage benefits can be paid. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Professional Services |
| HB 237 | Land Use Authority Amendments | Rep. Neil Walter Sen. Curt Bramble | Prohibits a municipality or county from requiring an aesthetic feature--color, architectural style, facade, etc.--that is not expressed in municipality or county code. | Monitor | In Committee | Housing |
| HB 249 | Utah Legal Personhood Amendments | Rep. Walt Brooks Sen. Don Ipson | Prohibits a governmental entity from granting or recognizing legal personhood of artificial intelligence among other nonhuman, inanimate objects. | Monitor | Passed Senate Committee | Natural Resources |
| HB 254 | State Olympic Coordination Amendments | Rep. Jon Hawkins | Allows the Division of Facilities Construction and Management to consult with the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Coordination Committee about the Olympic and Paralympic Venues Grant Fund when administering grants. | Support | Passed the House | Economic Development |
| HB 261 S4 | Equal Opportunity Initiatives | Rep. Katy Hall Sen. Keith Grover | Prohibits institutes of higher education from requiring in any form a prohibited submission (a requirement of a person to profess their views, effort or experience regarding any policy, program or initiative that promotes differential treatment based on an individual's personal identity characteristics) that will factor into decisions surrounding employment, admission or graduation, participation in an institution-sponsored program, or qualification for or receipt of state financial aid. Exemptions include institutions subject to federal law. Prohibits an institution from establishing or maintaining any type of office or position designed to implement programs of any sort relating to any prohibited discriminatory practices. | Monitor | To the Governor | Workforce Education |
| HB 267 | Telemedicine Amendments | Rep. Melissa Ballard | Requires a health benefit plan to reimburse a network provider that offers telemedicine at the same rate that they would for an in-person visit. | Monitor | In Committee | Healthcare |
| HB 277 | Aviation Fuel Incentive Amendments | Rep. Calvin Musselman | Increases the number of years that net severance tax revenue can be deposited into the aviation fuel incentive account. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Infrastructure |
| HB 279 | Air Quality Amendments | Rep. Tyler Clancy Sen. Kirk Cullimore | Includes a provision that the state shall reduce fine particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxide by half by the year 2033. The bill also outlines penalties for not registering a vehicle due to an emission requirement. | Monitor | Introduced | Air Quality |
| HB 280 S1 | Water Related Changes | Rep. Casey Snider | Requires the state Water Development Coordinating Council to develop a unified water infrastructure plan to maintain reliable supply of safe and clean water and which shall describe water infrastructure projects. The council will develop a prioritization process of which projects will receive funding. | Monitor | Held in Committee | Water |
| HB 282 | Utah Office of Regulatory Relief Amendments | Rep. Cory Maloy | Directs the Utah Office of Regulatory Relief to review laws and regulations every year to determine which, if any, are overly burdensome to an industry. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Regulations |
| HB 285 S2 | Labor Union Amendments | Rep. Jordan Teuscher Sen. Curt Bramble | Requires a labor organization that are subject to a collective bargaining agreement with a public employer to hold a representative recertification election every three years. Prohibits a public employer from deducting union dues from an employee's paycheck. Prohibits a public employer from using public funds or property to assist, support, or deter union activity. Prohibits a public employer from compensating a public employee for union activities. Requires labor organizations that are subject to a collective bargaining agreement with a public employer to provide the number of members and the number of public employees represented in the collective bargaining agreement. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Workforce |
| HB 295 | Produced Water Amendments | Rep. Steven Lund Sen. Evan Vickers | Water produced by oil and gas activities is regulated by the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining, but it is the responsibility and under control of the oil and gas activity operator. | Monitor | Passed the House | Natural Resources Water |
| HB 298 | Homelessness Services Amendments | Rep. Tyler Clancy Sen. Kirk Cullimore | Defines additional data that the Office of Homeless Services report on in addition to requiring state and local homelessness councils to establish goals so that the number of individuals entering homelessness is equal to or less than the number of individuals exiting homelessness. Alters certain provisions of code related to location prioritization of a temporary winter response shelter during a code blue event, and the time during which a code blue event will be occurring. | Monitor | Passed the House | Homelessness |
| HB 300 S1 | Court Amendments | Rep. Brady Brammer | If a Business and Chancery Court judge is unable to preside over an action of the court, this bill allows the Judicial Council to designate a district court judge to preside over the action. The bill also clarifies that the District Court has jurisdiction over an action if a party requests a jury trial after the actions related to the Business and Chancery Court have been bifurcated, or if the action involves controlled substances, parental rights petitions, protective orders, adoptions or to issue a declaratory judgement. Also removes the provision that the court be located in Salt Lake City. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Regulations |
| HB 304 | Alcohol Control Amendments | Rep. Ken Ivory | Requires a bar establishment to maintain a record of each payment for alcohol that includes the patron's name, date and time of purchase, and quantity and type of each beverage included in the purchase, and a digital copy of proof of age if payment is made with cash for 30 days. Those convicted of a DUI that results in serious bodily injury or death are convicted of a felony that is ineligble for expungement. | Monitor | Introduced | Regulations Workforce |
| HB 305 | Post-Employment Restrictions Amendments | Rep. Brady Brammer | Voids any post-employment restrictive covenant of a non-exempt employee contract or in the contract of an employee who was laid off that was entered into after May 1, 2024. | Monitor | Introduced | Workforce |
| HB 306 | Residential Housing Amendments | Rep. Raymond Ward | Allows a starter home to be built on a lot that is at least 5,400 square feet in an urban municipality that is zoned residential. Prohibits an urban municipality from denying approval based on lot size of a residential lot that is at least 5,400 square feet. Prohibits a local government from imposing an impact fee on a starter home unless the fee is for costs related to roads, sewer service or fire protection service. | Monitor | In Committee | Housing |
| HB 317 S1 | Energy Storage Amendments | Rep. Calvin Musselman Sen. Kirk Cullimore | Directs the Office of Energy Development to conduct a study analyzing the benefits, risks, feasibility, and requirements of establishing energy fuel storage reserve. The study is to evaluate current and predicted energy fuel consumption patterns and needs for the state, existing infrastructure, strengths and vulnerabilities in the state's regional and national energy fuel supply chain. Allows the Office to contract with independent entities to conduct the study. | Monitor | Passed the House | Energy |
| HB 342 | Electronic Information Privacy Amendments | Rep. Andrew Stoddard | This bill would make the Consumer Privacy Act more widely applicable to businesses, particularly those who deal with less than $25M in annual revenue. It also creates a private right of action. | Monitor | Introduced | Tech |
| HB 346 | Talent Ready Utah Program Amendments | Rep. Jefferson Moss | Allows an institution of higher education to be classified as a qualifying employer that may provide work experience for an intern. Also stipulates under the definition of intern that it is a non compensated work experience. | Monitor | Passed the House | Workforce Education |
| HB 352 | Amendments to Expungement | Rep. Karianne Lisonbee | Repeals sunset dates regarding fees for expungement. Outlines parameters for which a court may automatically expunge plea in abeyance rulings and which plea in abeyance rulings are ineligible for expungement. Updates the definition of a clean slate eligible case. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Workforce |
| HB 354 | Truth in Taxation Revisions | Rep. Tyler Clancy | Prohibits a property tax increase for the next several years unless approved by a majority of registered voters in the area. | Monitor | In Committee | Finances Housing |
| HB 368 | Apprenticeship on Public Works Requirement | Rep. Tyler Clancy | Directs government entities to include in their contracts that a certain amount of public works labor will be performed by an apprentice subject to apprentice availability. | Monitor | In Committee | Workforce |
| HB 374 | State Energy Policy Amendments | Rep. Colin Jack Sen. Evan Vickers | Updates the state energy policy and directs the plan to be such that focuses on Utah's development of its own energy resources in a way that is reliable, and has human well-being and quality of life as the central focus. The bill prioritizes the attributes that energy resources should have including adequacy, reliability, dispatchability, etc.The plan also stipulates that Utah shall foster market based solutions that keep energy prices as low as possible for consumers among other provisions. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Natural Resources |
| HB 385 | Social Media Usage Amendments | Rep. Ken Ivory | Enacts the Utah Digital Expression Act. Requires social media companies to publicly disclose their content management and business practices and how they curate targeted content for an user, place advertisements, moderate content, etc. Requires social media companies to provide an avenue by which an user may submit a complaint and outlines timeframes and requirements a company must operate within to remedy complaints. Requires a company to publish a biannual report with statistics pertaining to instances of illegal content being posted, the number of times the company took adverse actions against such posts, and how companies enforce their moderation policy. Prohibits any kind of viewpoint censorship except that which is permitted by federal law. Provides a private right of action. | Monitor | Introduced | Tech Regulatory |
| HB 386 | Commission on Housing Affordability Amendments | Rep. Joel Briscoe | Amends the composition of the Commission on Housing Affordability to include a renter and a representative of the housing advocacy community. | Monitor | Introduced | Housing |
| HB 394 | Homeless Services Funding Amendments | Rep. Mark Strong | Directs the Utah Homeless Network Steering Committee to develop a funding formula for the Utah Homelessness Council to implement their services. | Monitor | Introduced | Housing |
| HB 396 | Workplace Discrimination Amendments | Rep. Brady Brammer | Prohibits an employer from compelling an employee to engage in any religious act or expression that is contrary to their beliefs or morals. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Regulatory |
| HB 401 | Water Usage Amendments | Rep. Doug Owens | Prohibits certain counties from watering their lawns from October 1 through April 30. | Monitor | Introduced | Natural Resources |
| HB 404 | Public Entity Restrictions | Rep. Candice Pierucci | Requires any vendor who submits a bid or proposal for contract with a state governmental agency relating to technology, technology services, or other network or systems related services shall ensure that they are not utilizing a forced labor product, or that they or any subcontractor is not a restricted foreign entity. | Monitor | Introduced | Tech |
| HB 406 | Firearms Financial Transactions Amendments | Rep. Cory Maloy | Enacts the Firearm Financial Transaction Act. Prohibits a financial entity from requiring the use of a firearm retailer code to distinguish from other general or sporting good retailers in the state and from declining lawful payment card transaction based on the firearm retailer code. Prohibits financial institutions from limiting or refusing to do business with or imposing higher fees on an individual based on whether or not they have financial transactions that have utilized a firearm retail code. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Financial Services |
| HB 410 S1 | San Rafael State Energy Lab | Rep. Christine Watkins | Establishes the State Energy Lab. The lab is to support innovation in the energy sector as it pertains to technology, workforce, research and investment. Within the lab is created the San Rafael Energy Research Center which is tasked with conducting innovative energy technology research and projects that have commercialization potential as well as assessing the viability of emerging solutions and providing policy analysis and proposals to lawmakers. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Natural Resources and Energy. |
| HB 416 | Nonprofit Hospital Amendments | Rep. Jennifer Dailey-Provost | Requires nonprofit hospital systems to post descriptions of the health care needs in their communities and their plans to address them as well as annual progress reports on their plans to their public website. These hospitals would also be required to submit data to the Department of Health and Human Services pertaining to community benefit spending including indigent care, medical discounts, donations of time, etc. as well as information regarding uncompensated care. Directs nonprofit hospitals to post and make available written information about their financial assistance policies. | Monitor | Introduced | Healthcare and Natural Resources |
| HB 421 | Homelessness Amendments | Rep. Steve Eliason | Outlines how the Utah Homelessness Council should be prioritizing beds (notably allotting the majority to individuals who are eligible for assistance under the Family Employment Program. Clarifies how funding is to be distributed and that such funding is contingent upon shelters' prioritization of who is eligible for an available bed. | Monitor | Introduced | Housing and Homelessness |
| HB 425 | Health Insurance Benefit Amendments | Rep. Norman Thurston | Requires health benefit plans to ensure that any rebate for a customer be passed down to the point of sale to offset an enrollee's deductible or coinsurance, or to reduce premiums if they do not have cost sharing. | Monitor | Introduced | Healthcare |
| HB 427 | Access to Protected Health Information | Rep. James Dunnigan | Outlines requirements upon request of a patient to healthcare providers for medical records. Requires providers or their third party fulfilling service to within 30 days provide either the copies of a health record or a written response as to why they are unable to provide the records along with the contact information of the person who can help resolve the request. Assesses penalties which are to be paid toward the patient's outstanding balance for a provider or their third-party service who does not comply within 30 and 60 days respectively. | Monitor | Introduced | Healthcare |
| HB 430 | Local Government Transportation Services Amendments | Rep. Candice Pierucci | Directs large public transit districts to ensure that a proportionate amount of revenue generated from local sales and use tax is used for to provide services and other operations within the same city or town in which it was generated. The district is also required to provide the cities and towns with a report accounting how much revenue was collected and how much was allocated to services within each city and town. | Monitor | Introduced | Transportation and Infrastructure |
| HB 433 | Brine Amendments | Rep. Bridger Bolinder | Gives the Board of Oil, Mning, and Gas authority to designate certain areas of the state as multiple mineral development areas for brine mining operations. They also may make rules pertaining to cooperative agreements among brine mineral extraction operations within these areas. | Monitor | Introduced | Natural Resources |
| HB 435 | Truth in Advertising Amendments | Rep. James Cobb | Expands the violation of deceptive trade practices to include intentionally causing confusion or misunderstanding about the extent to which a good or services are human-made. | Monitor | Introduced | Tech |
| HB 440 | Money Transmission Fees | Rep. Tyler Clancy | Requires a customer to pay a fee for every wire transfer. The customer is entitled to a tax credit equal to the fees paid for each transfer if they file individual income tax return with a valid social security number or taxpayer identification number. | Monitor | Introduced | Finance |
| HB 452 | Carbon Capture Amendments | Rep. Scott Chew | Creates the Carbon Dioxide Storage Fund. The Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining is authorized to use funds in this account to offset costs related to constructing, operating, maintaining, monitoring, regulating, etc. any carbon dioxide storage facility. | Monitor | Introduced | Natural Resources |
| HB 453 | Great Salt Lake Revisions | Rep. Casey Snider | Requires a Great Salt Lake mineral extraction operator to pay a severance tax to the state. Allows the Division of Oil, Mining, and Gas to reduce acreage or water that may be diverted from the Great Salt Lake if the acreage or water were not used under their lease. If an operator's water diversion is reduced, they shall forfeit the same amount of their water right. Updates royalties provisions and offers a reduced royalty rate if a lithium extraction operator has an agreement that the lithium will be used in an end product in this state. Enacts the Great Salt Lake Preservation Act which has provisions pertaining to the management of the berm in the UP causeway when the lake has reached certain conditions. Directs the Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands to complete an analysis to determine the infrastructure and engineering needs related to salinity management and hydrology improvement as well as identifying projects that would benefit wildlife habitat. The act also requires royalty agreements to include obligations on the part of the lessee to prevent waste, and to preserve and conserve ecological integrity and salinity levels in the course of their operations. Allows the Division to acquire property for a solar evaporation pond through legal means, including eminent domain. | Monitor | Introduced | Natural Resources Water |
| HB 454 | Minimum Wage Modifications | Rep. Brett Garner | Creates a statewide age-based tiered minimum wage. The minimum wage shall be the greater of the federal minimum wage or for an individual that is younger than 18 years old $10/hour, 18-21 years old $13/hour, 21-22 years old $15, 23 years old or older $19. | Monitor | Introduced | Economic Development |
| HB 458 | Public Contracts Labor Amendments | Rep. Doug Owens | Enacts the Industry Stabilization Act which directs the Labor Commission to determine prevailing wages for each county for all occcupations required for construction projects within the state and may not be lower than the U.S. Department of Labor's prevailing wage. Contractors shall pay all employees involved in construction projects a wage that is at least equal to that set by the Labor Commission with the exception of apprentices who may be compensated at no less than 60% of the wage rate set. | Monitor | Introduced | Workforce |
| HB 461 | Childcare Wage Stabilization Amendments | Rep. Ashlee Matthews | Allows a full child care subsidy or grant for a child who has at least one parent working full-time for a childcare provider. Creates a wage supplement grant program for a child care provider whose capacity limit is filled with at least 50% enrollees who receive a child care subsidy or grant. The funds from the wage supplement grant program must be used to increase the hourly wage of child care provider employees or provide benefits to their employees. | Monitor | Introduced | Workforce |
| HB 464 | Social Media Regulation Act Amendments | Rep. Jordan Teuscher | Repeals the Utah Social Media Regulation Act that was passed during the 2023 General Session. Allows an user of a social media company who is a minor or the minor's parent to bring a cause of action against a social media company for adverse mental health outcomes stemming from the minor's excessive use of the company's algorithmically curated service. Outlines parameters for bringing a cause of action against a social media company, rebuttable presumption for both parties, and damages for a minor or their parent who prevails in a court action. Creates an affirmative defense for companies being sued if they have complied with all provisions of this bill. | Monitor | Introduced | Tech |
| HB 465 | Housing Affordability Revisions | Rep. Stephen Whyte | Allows the Utah Inland Port Authority to exercise their land use authority to increase the supply of housing. Allows a community reinvestment agency to use their funds on projects outside of the community as long as the funds are used for acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of income targeted housing. Requires a housing organization to enter into an agreement with the Department of Workforce Services before they may accept pass-through funding. The agreement shall require a housing organization to match funding, and shall be invested in rental units for individuals at or below 80% of the AMI. The bill also outlines how much funding shall be designated to demographics at or below certain AMI thresholds. Property purchased with pass-through funding shall be deed restricted for 40 years. | Monitor | Introduced | Housing |
| HCR 007 | Concurrent Resolution Encouraging the Repeal of the Jones Act | Rep. Norman Thurston | Urges Congress to repeal the Jones Act which requires that any cargo being shipped via sea would have to be carried on a ship that is built, flagged, owned, and crewed by the United States. This resolution cites the high costs that are incurred by the Jones Act for businesses and mentions that it would bring overseas commerce more in line with interstate commerce which is allowed to use modalities manufactured abroad. | Monitor | Introduced in the Senate | Regulatory |
| HCR 011 | Concurrent Resolution Recognizing the Importance of Cross-Issue Growth Impacts | Rep. Bridger Bolinder | Supports the Guiding our Growth initiative of the Governor's Office and encourages all state agencies, private sector entities, and community partners to consider cross-issue growth impacts in their decision making. | Support | Introduced | Economic Development |
| HJR 016 | Joint Resolution Ratifying an Amendment to the United States Constitution | Rep. Mark Wheatley Sen. Kathleen Riebe | This bill ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. | Monitor | Introduced | DEI |
| HJR 018 | Joint Resolution for Education that Encourages Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship | Rep. Steven Lund | Encourages free enterprise and entrepreneurship to be incorporated within existing curricula. Encourages collaboration and partnerships between local entrepreneurs, business leaders, and community organizations and all levels of education to foster real-world connections and experiences. | Support | Passed House Committee | Education and Workforce |
| HJR 019 | Joint Resolution Encouraging Support of the HOUSES Act | Rep. Ken Ivory | Outlines the benefits that the HOUSES Act would have on Utah's families and urges Congress to enact the act. | Monitor | Passed the House | Housing |
| HJR 024 | Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution--Lotteries | Rep. Kera Birkeland | Resolution submitting a proposal to Utah voters to amend the state constitution to allow the state to run a lottery. | Monitor | Introduced | Economic Development |
| HR 004 | Resolution Supporting the National Infrastructure Bank Bill H.R. 4052 | Rep. Gay Lynn Bennion | Recognizes the need for more infrastructure development and support and urges Congress to pass H.R. 4052 National Infrastructure Bank Act | Monitor | Failed to Pass Committee | Infrastructure |
| HR 005 | House Resolution Regarding the Trade Policies of the United States | Rep. Tyler Clancy | Resolution urging the United States Congress to support trade policies that hold high polluting countries like China and Russia accountable for pollution and that would bolster domestic extraction and production. The Resolution also promotes American economic development and the rebuilding of United States supply chains. | Monitor | Introduced | Regulatory Natural Resources |
| SB 014 S1 | Corporate Dissolution Amendments | Sen. Curt Bramble Rep. Cory Maloy | Prohibits the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code from administratively dissolving a corporation or nonprofit corporation that is in good standing with the Tax Commission before reasonable attempts have been made to said corporation. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Regulatory |
| SB 018 S1 | Water Modifications | Sen. Scott Sandall Rep. Casey Snider | Adds saved water (all or part of a water right that is not used) as a beneficial use under agricultural water optimization programs. Prohibits an agricultural water right from being forfeited if it is not completely used. | Monitor | Introduced in the Senate | Water |
| SB 030 S1 | Property Transaction Amendments | Sen. Daniel McCay Rep. Steve Eliason | Requires disclosure of the purchase price of any real property to county recorders, State Tax Commission, and anyone involved in a property tax appeal. | Monitor | Passed the Senate | Taxes |
| SB 047 | Local Government Business License Amendments | Sen. Heidi Balderee Rep. Stephanie Gricius | Prohibits any municipality or county from requiring a business license for a business operated only occasionally by a person over 18 years old who is enrolled in a traditional high school. | Monitor | Passed House Committee | Regulations |
| SB 057 S2 | Utah Constitutional Sovereignty Act | Sen. Scott Sandall Rep. Ken Ivory | Creates a framework for the state Legislature to prohibit a state government officer from enforcing a federal directive if the directive would adversely affect the State's sovereignty. | Monitor | To the Governor | Regulatory |
| SB 069 | Income Tax Amendments | Sen. Chris Wilson Rep. Kay Christofferson | Reduces the corporate and individual tax rate to 4.55% | Monitor | In the House | Finance |
| SB 075 S1 | Mineral Amendments | Sen. Derrin Owens Rep. Carl Albrecht | Sets a limit of the total value of tax credit certificates for mineral exploration activities at $30M. Excludes any mineral exploration where the U.S. is a net importer of greater than 50%. | Monitor | In the House | Natural Resources Finance |
| SB 077 | Water Rights Restricted Account Amendments | Sen. Scott Sandall Rep. Casey Snider | Allows funds in the Water Rights Restricted Account to be used for installation, operation, or maintenance of water measurement infrastructure for cost sharing of U.S. Geological Survey stream gauges. Up to 5% of the funds deposited into the account in the preceding fiscal year may be used to acquire, manage, and analyze groundwater data. | Monitor | Passed House Committee | Water |
| SB 089 | Social Media Modifications | Sen. Kirk Cullimore Rep. Jordan Teuscher | Delays the implementation of the Utah Social Media Regulation Act (enacted during the 2023 Legislative General Session) from March 1 to October 1, 2024. | Monitor | To the Governor | Tech |
| SB 098 S2 | Online Data Security and Privacy Amendments | Sen. Wayne Harper Rep. Jefferson Burton | Gives the Utah Cyber Center rulemaking authority to stipulate responsibilities of an individual who owns or licenses computerized personal data after a data breach. These rules would be in addition to regulations already in place. | Monitor | In the House | Tech |
| SB 101 | Limited Liability Company Amendments | Sen. Todd Weiler | Provides an additional provision that a limited liability company may be automatically dissolved on the dissolution date on the certificate of organization. | Monitor | In the House | Business Climate |
| SB 104 S1 | Children's Device Protection Act | Sen. Todd Weiler Rep. Susan Pulsipher | Requires any tablet or smartphone manufactured after Jan. 1, 2025 and activated in the state to include a filter for minors that prevents them from accessing obscene material, and can be deactivated by an adult or parent by using a password. If an adult other than a parent or legal guardian disables the filter, they can be charged with a Class A misdemeanor. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Tech |
| SB 118 S1 | Water Efficiency Amendments | Sen. Michael McKell | This bill provides a grant to a local water district to fund incentives for developers using water-efficient landscaping. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Water |
| SB 122 | Youth Apprenticeship Governance Structure Amendments | Sen. Ann Millner Rep. Tyler Clancy | This bill creates the youth apprenticeship governance study. The study is to be staffed by Talent Ready Utah and is required to examine the framework and system design recommendations to create more youth apprenticeship opportunities and generate more employers and student participation in these opportunities. | Support | Passed House Committee | Workforce Education |
| SB 123 | Commercial Email Act | Sen. Kirk Cullimore | Updates the definition of "Utah email address" to include any that receives an email to a server in Utah. This would widen the number of emails subject to the Commercial Email Act. | Monitor | Passed the Senate | Tech |
| SB 125 S1 | Secondary Water Amendments | Sen. David Hinkins | Allows a secondary water supplier to meter at strategic points instead of at every connection if they have less than 2,500 users. | Monitor | Passed the Senate | Natural Resources |
| SB 135 S1 | Advanced Air Mobility and Aeronautics Amendments | Sen. Wayne Harper Rep. Kay Christofferson | Includes the definition of Roadable Aircraft and outlines the registration parameters. Dictates that registration fees from roadable aircraft and unmanned aircraft are to be deposited into the aeronautics restricted account. These funds are to be used only for state infrastructure and administration related to advanced air mobility and unmanned aircraft systems. Prohibits the purchase by a public entity of an unmanned aircraft system manufactured or sold in certain foreign countries. | Monitor | Passed the Senate | Infrastructure |
| SB 146 | Property Tax Offset Amendments | Sen. Keith Grover | Allows a taxing entity to establish a program to allow an individual over the age of 65 or with a disability to perform work on behalf of the taxing entity to pay a portion of their property tax liability. | Monitor | In Committee | Housing |
| SB 149 | Artificial Intelligence Amendments | Sen. Kirk Cullimore | Enacts the Artificial Intelligence Policy Act. Creates the Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy within the Department of Commerce which is to create and administer the artificial intelligence learning laboratory program, and consult with various businesses and stakeholders about regulations surrounding AI. The bill also establishes liability when consumer harm or violations occur with the use of AI, and requires clear and conspicuous disclosure whenever someone is interacting with a generative AI service. | Monitor | In Committee | Tech Regulatory |
| SB 152 | Cost Sharing Amendments | Sen. Curt Bramble | Directs an insurer to apply any costs paid toward a cost sharing agreement to apply toward a deductible regardless if the patient paid them, or they were paid on behalf of the patient. | Monitor | In Committee | Healthcare |
| SB 153 S1 | Idling Amendments | Sen. Nate Blouin | Allows a local highway agency to enact an ordinance that would prohibit idling for longer than three minutes by certain commercial vehicles (trucks, busses, etc.) in certain counties. Violations would be subject to fines, and on air quality days that are forecasted to be unhealthy for certain groups, fines would be increased. Excludes vehicles that are equipped with refrigeration components or need to be running to perform its function. Also creates a reward provision for an individual who reports any idling that is against the ordinance. | Monitor | Held in Committee | Natural Resources |
| SB 155 S1 | Road Usage Charge Program Amendments | Sen. Wayne Harper | Provides the formula for the State Tax Commission to annually increase vehicle registration fees. Requires all alternative fuel vehicles (with the exception of hybrid vehicles) to enroll in the road usage charge program. The road usage charge is 1.5 cents per mile driven, and the bill eliminates the road usage charge cap. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Infrastructure |
| SB 161 S2 | Energy Security Amendments | Sen. Derrin Owens | This bill sets forth parameters for assessing the fair market value of decommissioning power plants as well as provide the state with the ability to purchase these plants at fair market value if there are no other offers. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Energy Natural Resources |
| SB 163 | Expungement Fee Waiver Amendments | Sen. Jerry Stevenson | This bill allows the Bureau of Criminal Identification to issue a certificate of eligibility for expungement without requiring a fee. The bill also waives fees for individuals seeking expungement via a nonprofit organization or other public benefit corporation that provides expungement services to low-income individuals. | Monitor | In Committee | Workforce |
| SB 168 | Housing Affordability Amendments | Sen. Lincoln Fillmore | Provides statewide standards for modular buildings to be used as residences. Still allows local municipalities to regulate and inspect these buildings. | Monitor | In Committee | Housing |
| SB 172 | Protection Area Amendments | Sen. David Hinkins | Modifies provisions surrounding proposals or termination for protection areas for mining, agriculture, or critical infrastructure materials production. Alters provisions related to public nuisance to exclude sounds related to mining operations on protected areas. State agencies shall encourage operations within these protected areas by not imposing unreasonable restrictions on operations within protected areas unless they pose imminent danger. Codifies vested critical infrastructure materials operations and what they are permitted to do. | Monitor | In Committee | Natural Resources |
| SB 176 | Child Care Services Amendments | Sen. Luz Escamilla | Creates the Child Care Capacity Expansion Act which is an employer-based, state-assisted child care capacity expansion program. Directs the Division of Facilities Construction and Management to identify state owned buildings that could serve as a childcare facility. The Department of Health and Human Services shall assist in determining capacity and how many licensed childcare programs the facility can host. The Division will accept bids from employer sponsors to lease the identified spaces at 50%-80% of the market rate exclusively for childcare programs. Employer sponsors are required to contract with licensed child care providers and both are required to maintain general liability and workers compensation. The employer sponsor is required to reserve 60% of capacity for children of their employees and at least 40% of capacity for children of community members. | Support | Introduced | Workforce |
| SB 182 | Property Tax Assessment Amendments | Sen. Wayne Harper | Defines a qualifying increase to be equal to or more than 150% of the previous year's property tax that hasn't undergone any significant changes that would warrant such an increase. Directs county assessors to report to the State the number of properties that required a valuation review due to a qualifying increase. Directs counties to grant a deferral for five years for any real property that has a qualifying increase. The property owner shall pay 20% of the increase while the rest will be accumulated as a lien on the property. | Monitor | In Committee | Housing Finances |
| SB 189 | Net Metering Energy Amendments | Sen. Wayne Harper | Alters the calculation of credits awarded to individuals who are customers of an electricity utility company and who generate their own energy to be at least 84% of the actual customer cost. | Monitor | Introduced | Natural Resources |
| SB 191 | Grid Enhancing Technologies | Sen. Nate Blouin | Establishes a grid enhancing technologies program as an innovative utility program. A large-scale electric utility company that implements grid enhancing technology approved by the Public Service Commission, and the commission has determined that the technology is in the public's best interest, the commission may approve funds to help offset the cost of implementation of the technology. If a large-scale utility submits a land use application to deploy the grid enhancing technology, the bill directs municipalities to expedite review of the application. Electric utility companies taking part in this program are eligible for a shared savings incentive. | Monitor | Introduced | Natural Resources Energy |
| SB 192 | Higher Education Amendments | Sen. Ann Millner | Sets forth provisions for the state board to create, oversee, and fund talent initiatives at institutes of higher education. A talent initiative's name should reflect the area it is targeting, contain an outline of the disciplines, industries, degrees, certifications, credentials, and types of skills the initiative will target. The board shall facilitate collaborations between institutes of higher education and participating employers that create expanded, multidisciplinary programs or stackable credential programs and that prepare students to be workforce participants in jobs relating to the initiative. | Monitor | Introduced | Workforce and Education |
| SB 194 | Social Media Regulation Amendments | Sen. Michael McKell | Establishes the Utah Minor Protection in Social Media Act. It requires a social media company to implement an age verification system set forth by rule of the Division of Consumer Protection to determine whether a new account belongs to a minor. For accounts belonging to a minor, the company is required to set default privacy settings that maximize privacy and limit the minor's account interaction and activity to connected accounts. Companies are to restrict the collection and sale of data pertaining to a minor's account. They are also required to allow users to download all information associated with the account, and are to provide a notice describing any information collected and how that information may be used or disclosed. Companies are required to delete and remove any information that the minor user made publicly available on the social media account upon request of the account holder. Prohibits autoplay functions that continuously play content without user interaction, continuous scrolling, and push notifications prompting user interaction with non-connected accounts. The companies are required to offer supervisory tools to a minor account holder. These tools may be utilized by an individual of the minor account holder's choosing to set time limits, schedule mandatory breaks, and view data pertaining to usage, connected accounts, privacy settings, content sensitivity settings, direct messaging settings and will notify the individual whenever a minor has made a change to one of these settings. Violations of this act are subject to fines, and the Division of Consumer Protection may bring action against a social media company. | Monitor | Introduced | Tech |
| SB 196 | Great Salt Lake Amendments | Sen. Nate Blouin | Directs the Great Salt Lake Commissioner to create and conduct a pilot project for wet water years to help coordinate efforts to maximize the amount of water that makes it to the Great Salt Lake. At the end of the pilot project, the best practices from the pilot plan shall be implemented and reported on to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee. | Monitor | Introduced | Natural Resources Water |
| SCR 003 | Concurrent Resolution Supporting Major League Baseball in Utah | Sen. Lincoln Fillmore Rep. Sandra Hollins | Concurrent Resolution recognizing the Power District as an ideal location for a Major League Baseball expansion team, and the contributions that such an expansion would have to Utah's economy. | Support | To the Governor | Economic Development |
| SCR 004 | Concurrent Resolution Urging Changes to the ADA Website Accessibility | Sen. Wayne Harper Rep. Jon Hawkins | Concurrent Resolution urging Congress to enact changes allowing small businesses to remedy alleged ADA violations before being subject to enforcement action. The resolution also urges Congress and the DoJ to review federal laws and procedures and develop solutions to support businesses. | Monitor | In the House | Regulatory |
| SJR 002 | Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution--Prohibition on Real Estate Transfer Tax | Sen. Daniel McCay Rep. Steve Eliason | Resolution proposes an amendment to the Utah Constitution that prohibits a new tax or fee on the transfer of real property. | Monitor | Passed Committee | Housing |
| SJR 012 | Joint Resolution Supporting a National Hockey League Franchise in Utah | Sen. Dan McCay | Recognizes Utah as a great location to host a National Hockey League franchise and proclaims support for Smith Entertainment Group in bringing a National Hockey League Team to Utah. | Support | Passed House Committee | Economic Development |