2024 Legislative Watchlist
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:
- “Monitor” means the bill is of interest to Chamber members, but the Chamber does not have a specific position on the bill.
- “Concern” means the Chamber is concerned with the current status of the bill and is working with the bill sponsor.
- “Oppose” means the Chamber is opposed to the bill as currently written.
- “Support” means the Chamber supports passage of the bill.
- “Priority” means the Salt Lake Chamber Board of Directors has designated this bill as priority for the business community. Legislators’ votes on Priority Bills are used to determine the Chamber’s Business Champion Awards.
| Bill Number | Bill Title | Sponsor | Summary | Position | Status | Legislative Priority Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 013 S1 | Infrastructure Financing Districts | Rep. James Dunnigan Sen. Kirk Cullimore | 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. | Priority | To the Governor | Housing |
| HB 055 S2 | Employment Confidentiality Amendments | Rep. Kera Birkeland Sen. Todd Weiler | Nullifies and makes unenforceable any confidentiality clauses pertaining to sexual assault. | Monitor | To the Governor | 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 (Sine Die) | 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 (Sine Die) | 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. | Support | Introduced (Sine Die) | 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. | Oppose | Failed to Pass Senate Committee (Sine Die) | Workforce |
| HB 124 S3 | Energy Infrastructure Amendments | Rep. Carl Albrecht Sen. Derrin Owens | Expands the definition of "High Cost Infrastructure Development Tax Credit Act" to include defined capital investments in certain counties for projects pertaining to energy, fuel, mineral processing, mining, emissions reduction, water purification, and water resource forecasting. Updates representatives on the Utah Energy Infrastructure Board. | Monitor | To the Governor | 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 (Sine Die) | 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 as long as the prescription has "similar substitution authorized" written on it. | Monitor | To the Governor | 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 | Failed to Pass Committee (Sine Die) | Housing |
| HB 153 S3 | Child Care Revisions | Rep. Susan Pulsipher Sen. Lincoln Fillmore | Increases the age of a qualified child from four to five years for whom a tax filer may claim a child tax credit. Allows a residential child care provider to obtain a license if they care for eight or fewer children. | Support | To the Governor | 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 | To the Governor | Finance |
| HB 170 | Unemployment Insurance Amendments | Rep. Trevor Lee Sen. Todd Weiler | 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 | To the Governor | Workforce |
| HB 174 S1 | 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, an entity/affiliate that provides services regulated by the FCC, or a rental or property management agreement. | Monitor | To the Governor | Regulations |
| HB 183 | Income Tax Reduction | Rep. Kay Christofferson Sen. Chris Wilson | Reduces the corporate and individual tax rate to 4.55% | Monitor | Introduced (Sine Die) | Finance |
| HB 191 S2 | 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, exacerbate an existing electricity shortage, or cause any net incremental rate increases for the utility or are part of a financial incentive offered by the federal government. | Monitor | To the Governor | 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 (Sine Die) | Workforce |
| HB 215 S2 | Home Solar Energy Amendments | Rep. Colin Jack Sen. Scott Sandall | Requires a solar retailer to wait four days from the time a contract is signed to the installation of the solar equipment. If a customer cancels their contract, the provider is then tasked with returning any payment remitted by the customer and notifying the customer of products 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 | To the Governor | Energy |
| 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 (Sine Die) | 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 | To the Governor | Natural Resources |
| HB 254 | State Olympic Coordination Amendments | Rep. Jon Hawkins Sen. Mike McKell | 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 | To the Governor | 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 S1 | Telemedicine Amendments | Rep. Jon Hawkins Sen. Evan Vickers | Requires a health benefit plan to reimburse a network provider that offers telemedicine at a rate of 90% of the amount that they would for an in-person visit. | Monitor | Failed to Pass Committee (Sine Die) | 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 (Sine Die) | Infrastructure |
| HB 280 S5 | Water Related Changes | Rep. Casey Snider Sen. Scott Sandall | 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. This plan is to be published in the annual state water plan by the Division of Water Resources; the state water plan is to foster communities and businesses, facilitate local agriculture, and provide for a healthy environment among other requirements. | Monitor | To the Governor | Water |
| HB 282 | Utah Office of Regulatory Relief Amendments | Rep. Cory Maloy Sen. Wayne Harper | 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 | To the Governor | 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 five years. Prohibits a public employer from deducting union dues from an employee's paycheck unless required by federal law or a federal agreement, or if the employee affirmatively elects to have not more than 3% of their wages deducted. 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 (Sine Die) | 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 | To the Governor | Natural Resources Water |
| HB 298 S3 | 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. | Priority | To the Governor | Homelessness |
| HB 300 S3 | Court Amendments | Rep. Brady Brammer Sen. Kirk Cullimore | 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 | To the Governor | 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. | Oppose | Introduced (Sine Die) | 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. | Oppose | In Committee (Sine Die) | 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 (Sine Die) | 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 an energy-generating 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 | To the Governor | 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 (Sine Die) | Tech |
| HB 346 | Talent Ready Utah Program Amendments | Rep. Jefferson Moss Sen. Ann Millner | 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. | Support | To the Governor | Workforce Education |
| HB 352 S6 | Amendments to Expungement | Rep. Karianne Lisonbee Sen. Michael Kennedy | 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. Outlines parameters for which cases are ineligible for automatic expungement to include if the individual is incarcerated at the time of expungement, or if there are pending criminal proceedings involving the individual. | Monitor | To the Governor | 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 (Sine Die) | Finances Housing |
| HB 374 S1 | 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 | To the Governor | 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 (Sine Die) | 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 | Held in Committee (Sine Die) | Housing |
| HB 394 | Homeless Services Funding Amendments | Rep. Mark Strong Sen. Don Ipson | Directs the Utah Homeless Network Steering Committee to develop a funding formula for the Utah Homelessness Council to implement their services. | Monitor | To the Governor | Housing |
| HB 396 S1 | Workplace Discrimination Amendments | Rep. Brady Brammer Sen. Michael Kennedy | Prohibits an employer from compelling an employee to engage in any religious act or expression that is contrary to their beliefs or morals. | Monitor | To the Governor | Regulatory |
| HB 401 | Water Usage Amendments | Rep. Doug Owens | Prohibits certain counties from watering their lawns from October 1 through April 30. | Monitor | In Committee (Sine Die) | Natural Resources |
| HB 404 S2 | Public Entity Restrictions | Rep. Candice Pierucci Sen. Dan McCay | 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 | To the Governor | Tech |
| HB 406 S2 | Firearms Financial Transactions Amendments | Rep. Cory Maloy Sen. Chris Wilson | 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. | Monitor | To the Governor | Financial Services |
| HB 410 S5 | San Rafael State Energy Lab | Rep. Christine Watkins Sen. David Hinkins | Establishes the State Energy Lab. The lab is to support innovation in the energy sector as it pertains to research and development. It is also tasked with conducting innovative energy technology research and development projects that have commercialization potential as well as assessing the viability of emerging solutions and providing policy analysis and proposals to lawmakers. | Priority | To the Governor | 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 | Held in Committee (Sine Die) | Healthcare and Natural Resources |
| HB 425 S2 | Health Insurance Benefit Amendments | Rep. Norman Thurston Sen. Curt Bramble | 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 | Failed to Pass Senate Committee (Sine Die) | Healthcare |
| HB 427 S2 | Access to Protected Health Information | Rep. James Dunnigan Sen. Mike McKell | Outlines requirements upon request of a patient to healthcare providers for payment and balance records. Requires providers or their third party fulfilling service to, within 30 days, provide either the copies of payments made and balances due or a written response as to why they are unable to provide that information along with the contact information of the person who can help resolve the request. Assesses increasing 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. | Monitor | To the Governor | Healthcare |
| HB 430 S2 | Local Government Transportation Services Amendments | Rep. Candice Pierucci Sen. Kirk Cullimore | Allows large public transit districts to use a portion of revenue generated by local sales and use tax (up to $3MM) to fund public transit innovation grants. These grants will fund pilot programs to increase public transit ridership in high-growth ares. 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 | To the Governor | Transportation and Infrastructure |
| HB 433 S2 | Brine Amendments | Rep. Bridger Bolinder Sen. Derrin Owens | Gives the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining authority to designate certain areas of the state as multiple mineral development areas for brine mining operations. They also have the authority to adjudicate and enter orders for conflicts if other mineral deposits might be affected or if multiple operations are affecting the lands. Tasks the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining to study brine mining operations in the state to evaluate current and potential regulation. | Monitor | To the Governor | Natural Resources |
| HB 435 | Truth in Advertising Amendments | Rep. James Cobb Sen. Heidi Balderree | 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 | Passed Senate Committee (Sine Die) | 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 (Sine Die) | Finance |
| HB 452 | Carbon Capture Amendments | Rep. Scott Chew Sen. David Hinkins | 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 | To the Governor | Natural Resources |
| HB 453 S4 | Great Salt Lake Revisions | Rep. Casey Snider Sen. Scott Sandall | 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 | To the Governor | 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 (Sine Die) | 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 | In Committee (Sine Die) | Workforce |
| HB 461 S2 | Child Care Grant Amendments | Rep. Ashlee Matthews Sen. Luz Escamilla | Allows a full child care subsidy or grant for a child who has at least one parent working full-time for a childcare provider. | Support | To the Governor | Workforce |
| HB 464 S1 | Social Media Regulation Act Amendments | Rep. Jordan Teuscher Sen. Kirk Cullimore | 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 | To the Governor | Tech |
| HB 465 S3 | Housing Affordability Revisions | Rep. Stephen Whyte Sen. Lincoln Fillmore | 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. | Priority | To the Governor | Housing |
| HB 481 S1 | Railroad Upgrade Incentives Amendments | Rep. Paul Cutler | Allows a purchaser of a locomotive idle-reduction device to claim a non-refundable tax credit subject to approval of the director of the Division of Air Quality. | Monitor | Failed to Pass Committee (Sine Die) | Natural Resources Infrastructure |
| HB 486 | Economic Development Grant Amendments | Rep. Carl Albrecht | Requires a business who applies for a grant from the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity to demonstrate that any jobs they have created are paid at a rate at least equal to 100% of the average county rate. | Monitor | Introduced (Sine Die) | Workforce Finances |
| HB 491 S3 | Data Privacy Amendments | Rep. Jefferson Moss Sen. Kirk Cullimore | Enacts the Government Data Privacy Act which establishes the state data privacy policy, the Utah Privacy Governing Board, and the Office of Data Privacy. The act outlines the duties of Governmental Entities when obtaining and protecting personal data as well as processes for when there is a data breach. It also prohibits the sale or transfer/sharing of data unless expressly authorized by law. This bill also applies these same regulations as they pertain to the collection and processing of personal data to any business or person that enters into an agreement with a governmental entity and processes or has access to personal data as a part of the contractual duties | Monitor | To the Governor | Tech |
| HB 502 S2 | Critical Infrastructure and Mining | Rep. Casey Snider Sen. Kirk Cullimore | Bill requires the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining (DOGM) to create an inventory of existing and potential critical infrastructure materials mining operations and any factors that might affect them including zoning and demand. DOGM is also to create an assessment of projected future demand, financial costs of transporting and distributing critical infrastructure material from one area to another, the impacts on infrastructure, analysis of the regulatory requirements, and a study on which governmental entity (state or local) shall have the power to authorize or permit these activities. The assessments and study must be presented to the Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Interim Committee. | Monitor | To the Governor | Housing Infrastructure |
| HB 508 | Occupation Licensing Amendments | Rep. Ryan Wilcox | Outlines certain requirements the Office of Professional Licensing must do when reviewing regulations they deem to be necessary as well as appeals processes for individuals including a right of action to challenge the determination of the Office. | Monitor | Held in Committee (Sine Die) | Regulatory |
| HB 516 | State Land Purchase Amendments | Rep. Candice Pierucci Sen. Mike McKell | Prevents the governments of China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia or any entity in which they are a major interest from obtaining land in Utah. Also requires these entities to release any interest they have in the state within one year. | Monitor | To the Governor | Regulatory |
| HB 541 | Child Care Grants Amendments | Rep. Andrew Stoddard | Directs the Office of Child Care to issue grants to child care providers to stabilize their business or allow the provider to offer increased compensation or benefits to their employees. Grants shall be prioritized to providers who predominantly serve low-income children or children receiving childcare grants. | Monitor | Introduced (Sine Die) | Workforce |
| HB 543 | Income Tax Modifications | Rep. Brian King | Bill increases the minimum income tax rate to 4.65% for individuals income that is less than $250,000. The bill introduces a progressively increasing tax rate as an individual's income increases. | Monitor | Introduced (Sine Die) | Finance Taxes |
| HB 548 S4 | Alcohol Amendments | Rep. Jefferson Burton Sen. Jerry Stevenson | This bill requires the director of the Department to form work groups (to be repealed Jan. 1 2025) to make recommendations pertaining to training and education for licensees as well as cash transactions. The bill stipulates markups required of the Department on any alcoholic beverages that they sell, and markups required of a packaging agency who shall remit 12.295% of their monthly revenue back to the Department. It gradually increases the tax rate for beer every year until 2027 and requires a portion of this revenue be used to fund three additional alcohol-related law enforcement officers dedicated to compliance. Increases the number of licenses until 2031 as well as introduces an arena license. Prohibits the sale of any alcohol that is intended to be frozen and used in a consumptive manner other than a beverage as well as the sale of liquor that is more than 80% ABV, or powdered or vaporized alcohol. If an applicant for a license meets all the requirements and there are available licenses, the Commission must approve the application and issue a license. Addresses hotel guests carrying their own alcoholic beverage and allows them to carry their alcoholic beverage anywhere in a licensed hotel conveyance area (defined as a sublicensed bar and its amenity area, the premises of a sublicensed banquet, or a guest’s room; it excludes areas that are a pool area, rec area, or business center). Requires the hotel to follow certain conveyance area marking parameters in addition to signing an agreement allowing law enforcement access to these conveyance areas, including guest rooms. Establishes the Last Drink Program under the Department of Public Safety. This program is designed to establish whether a person’s place of last drink is a retail licensee and share that information with alcohol-related law enforcement in order to investigate possible violations pertaining to selling of alcoholic beverages to minors, obviously intoxicated or prohibited individuals, or known habitual drunkards. Modifies prima facie evidence pertaining to liability for death or injury within 30 minutes or 10 miles after a patron leaves a licenses establishment. | Monitor | To the Governor | Economic Development |
| HB 550 | Consumer Privacy Modifications | Rep. Ariel Defay | Directs social media companies to provide a process for a minor or their parent or legal guardian to delete posts created by the minor when they were a youth. Directs a controller to comply with a request to delete a post created or uploaded by a minor while they were a youth to a social media company platform or other website (even if the website is outside the definition of a social media platform). | Monitor | Held in Committee (Sine Die) | Tech |
| HB 551 | Olympic Public Funding Requirements | Rep. Brett Garner | Requires an Olympic host agreement to include provisions that prohibit a site selection or host committee from using public money to provide gifts worth more than $300 in value to anyone, make political campaign contribution, or for the personal expenses of an individual. The agreement shall also include a provision that site selection and host committees provide itemized accounting of money provided to them as well as a provision to allow teh state to bring a civil action to recoup any public money for a prohibited purpose. | Monitor | Introduced (Sine Die) | Economic Development |
| HB 557 | Income Tax Deductions Modifications | Rep. Phil Lyman | Allows a taxpayer who will claim a federal bonus depreciation tax credit for qualified property to apply the same amount they would have received for the year 2022 to their state tax return. | Monitor | Introduced (Sine Die) | Taxes |
| HB 558 | Transient Room Tax Revisions | Rep. Kera Birkeland | Allows a county of the third class to use TRT revenue to mitigate impacts of recreation, tourism, and conventions and lays out what percentage of TRT revenue shall be used for mitigation implements, infrastructure, and emergency response resources. Increases the TRT rate that a city of the fifth or sixth class may impose from 1% to 2%. | Monitor | Introduced (Sine Die) | Taxes Finance |
| HB 562 S2 | Utah Fairpark Area Investment and Restoration District | Rep. Ryan Wilcox Sen. Lincoln Fillmore | Creates the Utah Fairpark Area Investment and Restoration District which can be found here and establishes a governing board for the District, along with a state-backed loan committee. The area includes the state fair park, parts of the Jordan River, and the Power District. The bill would increase the car rental tax by 1.5% statewide once a franchise agreement is signed. Rural EMS and search and rescue would receive .10% of this tax revenue. The district has the authority to levy and collect taxes as well as visitor player income tax. The visitor player income tax would be dedicated to Title I schools. | Support | To the Governor | Economic Development |
| HB 563 | Corporate Renewal Amendments | Rep. Ken Ivory | Standardizes the timeframe for which annual reports shall be filed to the Division of Corporations by domestic and foreign nonprofits, corporations, limited cooperative associations, limited liability partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and decentralized autonomous zones. | Monitor | Introduced (Sine Die) | Regulatory |
| HB 572 S1 | State Treasurer Investment Amendments | Rep. Robert Spendlove Sen. Don Ipson | Allows the State Treasurer--subject to approval of the Utah Homes Investment Program Oversight Council--to make a deposit via a financial institution to fund a developer's qualified housing project. Approval for deposits may be made until December 31, 2025, but may not exceed 100% of the total project cost. The financial institution shall enter into an agreement with the treasurer that sets parameters for loans or other financing options that the institution may offer to developers. | Monitor | To the Governor | Housing |
| HB 584 S1 | Economic Interruption Amendments | Rep. Matt MacPherson Sen. Luz Escamilla | Creates various criminal penalties if property damage caused by an individual or theft results in economic interruptions for a business. Creates a criminal enhancement for multiple offenses. | Support | To the Governor | Regulatory |
| HCR 007 | Concurrent Resolution Encouraging the Repeal of the Jones Act | Rep. Norman Thurston Sen. Lincoln Fillmore | 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 | To the Governor | Regulatory |
| HCR 011 | Concurrent Resolution Recognizing the Importance of Cross-Issue Growth Impacts | Rep. Bridger Bolinder Sen. Kirk Cullimore | 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 | To the Governor | 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 (Sine Die) | DEI |
| HJR 018 | Joint Resolution for Education that Encourages Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship | Rep. Steven Lund Sen. Don Ipson | 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 | To the Governor | Education and Workforce |
| HJR 019 | Joint Resolution Encouraging Support of the HOUSES Act | Rep. Ken Ivory Sen. Ronald Winterton | Outlines the benefits that the HOUSES Act would have on Utah's families and urges Congress to enact the act. | Support | To the Governor | 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 (Sine Die) | Economic Development |
| 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 | Passed the House | Regulatory Natural Resources |
| SB 014 S3 | Corporate Dissolution Amendments | Sen. Curt Bramble Rep. Cory Maloy | Allows an administratively dissolved nonprofit or corporation to apply for reinstatement under their same name if it is available. | Monitor | To the Governor | 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 | To the Governor | 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. | Oppose | Passed Committee (Sine Die) | Taxes |
| SB 047 S1 | 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 under 19 years old. | Monitor | To the Governor | 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 | To the Governor | Finance |
| SB 075 S3 | 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 | Passed House Committee (Sine Die) | 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 | To the Governor | 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 S3 | Online Data Security and Privacy Amendments | Sen. Wayne Harper Rep. Jefferson Burton | Outlines the responsibilities and notification requirements of an individual or governmental entity who owns or licenses computerized personal data after a data breach. These rules would be in addition to regulations already in place. | Monitor | To the Governor | Tech |
| SB 101 | Limited Liability Company Amendments | Sen. Todd Weiler Rep. Cory Maloy | Provides an additional provision that a limited liability company may be automatically dissolved on the dissolution date on the certificate of organization. | Monitor | To the Governor | Business Climate |
| SB 104 S4 | 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 | To the Governor | Tech |
| SB 118 S4 | Water Efficiency Amendments | Sen. Michael McKell Rep. Calvin Musselman | This bill provides a grant to a local water district to fund incentives for developers using water-efficient landscaping. | Monitor | Passed House Committee (Sine Die) | 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 | To the Governor | Workforce Education |
| SB 123 | Commercial Email Act | Sen. Kirk Cullimore Rep. Brady Brammer | 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 | To the Governor | Tech |
| SB 125 S1 | Secondary Water Amendments | Sen. David Hinkins Rep. Carl Albrecht | Allows a secondary water supplier to meter at strategic points instead of at every connection if they have less than 1,000 users in a defined critical area or 2,500 users in any other area. | Monitor | To the Governor | Natural Resources |
| SB 135 S3 | 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 | To the Governor | 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 (Sine Die) | Housing |
| SB 149 | Artificial Intelligence Amendments | Sen. Kirk Cullimore Rep. Jefferson Moss | 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. | Priority | To the Governor | Tech Regulatory |
| SB 152 S1 | Cost Sharing Amendments | Sen. Curt Bramble Rep. Kera Birkeland | 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. | Oppose | Passed Committee (Sine Die) | 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. | Oppose | Held in Committee (Sine Die) | Natural Resources |
| SB 155 S1 | Road Usage Charge Program Amendments | Sen. Wayne Harper Rep. Kay Christofferson | Increases current vehicle registration fees and provides the formula for the State Tax Commission to annually increase vehicle registration fees. The bill gradually raises the road usage charge and repeals the cap in 2032. | Monitor | Failed to Pass the House (Sine Die) | Infrastructure |
| SB 161 S6 | Energy Security Amendments | Sen. Derrin Owens Rep. Carl Albrecht | 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 | To the Governor | Energy Natural Resources |
| SB 163 S3 | Expungement Fee Waiver Amendments | Sen. Jerry Stevenson Rep. Tyler Clancy | This bill modifies the income thresholds that exempt an individual from paying a fee during the expungement process. | Support | To the Governor | Workforce |
| SB 168 S4 | Affordable Building Amendments | Sen. Lincoln Fillmore Rep. Stephen Whyte | Provides statewide standards for modular buildings to be used as residences. Still allows local municipalities to regulate and inspect these buildings. | Priority | To the Governor | Housing |
| SB 172 | Protection Areas Revisions | Sen. Curt Bramble | 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 (Sine Die) | Natural Resources |
| SB 176 S1 | Child Care Services Amendments | Sen. Luz Escamilla Rep. Robert Spendlove | 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 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. | Priority | Failed to Pass the House (Sine Die) | Workforce |
| SB 182 S5 | Property Tax Assessment Amendments | Sen. Wayne Harper Rep. Steve Eliason | 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 | To the Governor | 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 | Passed Committee (Sine Die) | Natural Resources |
| SB 191 S1 | Grid Enhancing Technologies | Sen. Nate Blouin Rep. Carl Albrecht | Requires a large-scale electric utility company to analyze cost effectiveness for deployment of grid enhancing technologies to meet electric system needs in their integrated resource plan filing when proposing an expansion to the transmission system. The commission shall approve recovery costs if the deployed grid enhancing technologies prove to be cost effective. | Monitor | In the House (Sine Die) | Natural Resources Energy |
| SB 192 S4 | Higher Education Amendments | Sen. Ann Millner Rep. Karen Peterson | 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. | Priority | To the Governor | Workforce and Education |
| SB 194 S2 | Social Media Regulation Amendments | Sen. Michael McKell Rep. Jordan Teuscher | 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 only. 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 | To the Governor | Tech |
| SB 196 S1 | Great Salt Lake Amendments | Sen. Nate Blouin | Directs the Great Salt Lake Commissioner to develop a plan for wet water years to help coordinate efforts to maximize the amount of water that makes it to the Great Salt Lake. | Monitor | Passed Committee (Sine Die) | Natural Resources Water |
| SB 208 S2 | Housing and Transit Reinvestment Zone Amendments | Sen. Wayne Harper Rep. Stephen Whyte | Requires a housing and transit zone to include 12% affordable units, and at least 51% of the developable area shall be designated to residential use with a prescribed density depending on where the HTRZ is located. Allows an expanded distance radius for the HTRZ in a municipality of the third class if it is situated between two light rail stations, but not to exceed 100 contiguous acres. Requires HTRZs to be at least 10 acres. | Monitor | To the Governor | Housing Infrastructure |
| SB 211 S1 | Generational Water Infrastructure Amendments | President Stuart Adams Speaker Mike Schultz | Creates the Water District Water Development Council that is comprised of the four largest water conservancy districts in the state. The council may advise about the development of generational water infrastructure development and needs based on population growth and economic development as well as joint operations of the districts. Also creates the Utah Water Agent to be appointed by the Governor who shall have the authority to explore and negotiate with governmental entities outside the state of Utah (with the exception of any interest pertaining to the Colorado River Compact or Amended Bear River Compact) about possible water importation projects. | Priority | To the Governor | Natural Resources Water |
| SB 224 S2 | Energy Independence Amendments | Sen. Scott Sandall Rep. Carl Albrecht | Requires an electrical utility to provide notice of surplus dispatchable generation capacity, and prohibits sale of such energy outside the state until such notifices have been made and the Division of Public Utilities has the chance to negotiate the purchase of this energy. | Monitor | To the Governor | Natural Resources Energy |
| SB 232 | Minor Data Protection Amendments | Sen. Ronald Winterton | Requires businesses that collect or maintain personal information of a minor to implement and maintain reasonable procedures to protect the minor's information and prevent unlawful use or disclosure including destroying any record that is not going to be retained by the business. | Monitor | Pased Committee (Sine Die) | Regulatory |
| SB 235 S4 | Railroad Amendments | Sen. Wayne Harper Rep. Kay Christofferson | Requires a railroad operator to post a conspicuous notice at the first station in either direction within three days of any livestock injury or death resulting from engine or train car operation. Also requires the operator to file a copy of the notice with the county clerk. Also requires rail operators to construct fences on either side of their rail that passes through privately owned lands and shall be liable for all animal injury or death that results from an improperly maintained fence. The bill also creates the role of rail ombudsman within the Department of Transportation that shall coordinate, consult, and provide information to private citizens, civil groups, government entities, rail operators, and other involved parties about rail related issues. The ombudsman is responsible for arranging and facilitating meetings with rail companies to resolve rail disputes between local government entities, a large public transit district, or a private livestock or property owner. | Monitor | To the Governor | Infrastructure |
| SB 237 S4 | Towing Modifications | Sen. Michael McKell Rep. Matt Gwynn | Requires the Motor Vehicle Division to notify a designated agent (a third party contractor who maintains the "Uninsured Motorist Identification Database") when a vehicle or vessel has been towed. The designated agent shall then provide information regarding a towed vehicle to the owner's insurance company and any reports/records created pertaining to the tow including where it was towed from and where it is being stored. | Monitor | To the Governor | Regulatory |
| SB 238 S1 | Independent Contractor Benefits Tax Credit Amendments | Sen. John Johnson | Creates a nonrefundable tax credit that may be claimed by a hiring party or independent contractor for contributions toward an independent contractor's portable benefit plan. The credit shall be equal to the individual tax rate multiplied by the contribution made for contributions up to $2000. The tax credit may not be carried forward or back. | Monitor | Passed Committee (Sine Die) | Taxes |
| SB 248 S1 | Permitted Occupations for Minors Amendments | Sen. Karen Kwan Rep. James Dunnigan | Defines the number of hours a minor under the age of 16 years old may work on school days, calendar days, school weeks, calendar weeks, and during which times of the day. Extends the time of day a minor under the age of 16 may work until between June 1 and Labor Day. | Monitor | To the Governor | Regulatory |
| SB 249 | Public Utility Expenditures Amendments | Sen. Nate Blouin | Prohibits a public utility company from adjusting rates to recoup costs related to advertising, lobbying or political activities, expenses related to membership fees for any type of organization or association that engages in lobbying or similar activities, or contributions to a political candidate or similar political expense. Requires the utility to file an itemized report detailing expenses related to advertising, lobbying, and political activities, how many employees (including their job titles and responsibilities) are engaged in these activities. | Monitor | In Committee (Sine Die) | Regulatory |
| SB 263 | Diesel Emissions Reduction Amendments | Sen. Luz Escamilla | Requires a person to register with the DMV a non-road land vehicle that utilizes an internal combustion engine that will be placed or operated on any public land, construction site, commercial property, railroad, or highway. | Monitor | Held in Committee (Sine Die) | Natural Resources Air Quality |
| SB 266 S1 | Medical Amendments | Sen. Kirk Cullimore Rep. James Dunnigan | Creates a pilot program that allows for a healthcare system to create a behavioral health treatment program centered around a drug. Only drugs that are determined to be supported by a broad collection of research and which are under the direct supervision of the healthcare system or its providers may be utilized. Requires the healthcare system to provide a written report to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee about the drugs used, health outcomes of patients, the side effects of drugs used, and any other information the Legislature may need to evaluate the medicinal value of drugs. This pilot program is repealed July 1, 2027. | Monitor | To the Governor | Healthcare & Life Sciences |
| SB 268 S3 | First Home Investment Zone Act | Sen. Wayne Harper Rep. Calvin Musselman | Creates the First Home Investment Zone Act which allows a county or municipality to create a first home investment zone. This zone shall require at least 30 units per acre on at least 51% of the developable land, a mixed use development, deed restrictions to ensure owner occupation of at least 25% of the housing for 25 years, and requirements that 12% of homes within the zone remain affordable housing for at least 25 years. The total area of the zone must be between 10-100 acres. The zone may also propose the capture of a tax increment. | Priority | To the Governor | Housing |
| SB 272 S2 | Capital City Reinvestment Zone Amendments | Sen. Dan McCay Rep. Jon Hawkins | Allows a local government (either a first class city or a city in a county of the first class) to create a sports and entertainment project area. The local government may levy a sales and use tax not to exceed .5% in the area that is to be used to directly benefit the area. Lays out provisions that a person may apply to be a project area participant, one main provision being that the applicant must be party to a franchise agreement. Requires the proposed project area participant and local government to enter into an agreement that designates a guarantor or other security interests in the case of an agreement breach. | Support | To the Governor | Economic Development |
| SB 275 | Medical Preauthorization Amendments | Sen. Jen Plumb | Sets forth the timeframes that a managed care organization must approve or deny medical services or appeals to denied services. Prohibits an organization from denying a post-service request solely due to a request that was initiated after medical service was performed. Requires a managed care organization to report on the number and type of requests approved, denied, and if any additional information was requested by the organization. Automatically considers a request approved if the organization has not approved or denied it within the given time frame. | Monitor | In the House (Sine Die) | Healthcare & Life Sciences |
| SB 277 | Family Leave Requirements Amendments | Sen. Nate Blouin | Defines "family leave insurance" as an income replacement, medical expense coverage, or compensation for an employee who cannot work due to the addition of a newborn or adopted/foster child, or to take care of a family member with a serious health condition. This definition is included under "income replacement insurance" and "disability income insurance". | Monitor | Introduced (Sine Die) | Regulatory |
| 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 | To the Governor | 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 (Sine Die) | Housing |
| SJR 012 | Joint Resolution Supporting a National Hockey League Franchise in Utah | Sen. Dan McCay Rep. Jon Hawkins | 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 | To the Governor | Economic Development |