2021 Legislative Watchlist
Below you will find the watchlist for all the bills that the Salt Lake Chamber is tracking during the 2021 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 | Priority Area |
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| HB 17 | Utility Permitting Amendments | Rep. Handy | States that a municipality may not enact an ordinance, a resolution, or a policy that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, the connection or reconnection of an energy utility service. | Support | Signed by the Governor | Housing |
| HB 19 | County Classification Amendments | Rep. Snider | Increases population thresholds for county classifications as follows: - County of the first class from 700,000 to 1,000,000 or more - County of the second class from 125,000 to 175,000 or more - County of the third class from 31,000 to 45,000 or more - County of the fourth class remains at 11,000 to 31,000 - County of the fifth class remains at 4,000 to 11,000 - County of the sixth class remains at less than 4,000 | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Community |
| H.B. 23 | Voter Referendum Amendments | Rep. Nelson | Adds rezoning a single property or multiple properties to the definition of “land use law.” Allows an election office to place a referendum on a ballot for the general election during the year the legislative action in question is taken if the referendum sponsor, the local clerk, and the county or municipal attorney that took the action agree. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Housing |
| HB 27 | Public Information Website Modifications | Rep. Pierucci | Requires the Division of Archives and Records to include finance information for public entities on the Utah Open Data Portal. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| H.B. 29 | Statewide Aquatic Invasive Species Emergency Response Plan | Rep. Stratton | Requires the Division of Wildlife Resources to develop a statewide aquatic invasive species emergency response plan aimed at remediating the spread of aquatic invasive species throughout the state. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Natural Resources |
| H.B. 30 | Tax Modifications | Rep. Barlow | Integrates income tax code and sales tax code provisions from the Third and Fourth Special Sessions of 2020 and makes technical and clarifying amendments. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| H.B. 32 | Energy Balancing Account Amendments | Rep. Albrecht | Creates a process for establishing an energy balancing account and outlines the process for requesting an interim rate as a part of the energy balancing account process. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Natural Resources |
| H.B. 36 | Telehealth Mental Health Program | Rep. Ward | Removes the sunset date for the telehealth mental health pilot program and provisions describing the program as a pilot program. | Priority | Failed to Pass | Health Care Mental Health |
| H.B. 38 | School Technology Amendments | Rep. Seegmiller | Requires that any digital resource provider that contracts with UTEN must prohibit and prevent a public school student using the resource from sending, receiving, viewing, or downloading obscene or pornographic material. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| H.B. 39 | Corporate Tax Unadjusted Income Amendments | Rep. Sagers | Provides that a corporate taxpayer's unadjusted income is determined before any deductions related to foreign-derived intangible income and global intangible low-taxed income, and deferred foreign income. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate Taxes |
| H.B. 40 | Tax Status Disclosure Amendments | Rep. Thurston | Requires the State Tax Commission to disclose tax status information to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission related to individuals who are obtaining or maintaining a license under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate Taxes Alcohol |
| H.B. 54 | Insurance Revisions | Rep. Dunnigan | Creates the Radon Task Force and requires the task force to study and make recommendations on ways to increase public awareness about the risks of radon; and ways to mitigate Utah residents' exposure to radon. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| H.B. 56 | Intergenerational Poverty Mitigation Act Amendments | Rep. Winder | Adds representatives of minority communities where children are disproportionately impacted by intergenerational poverty to the International Poverty Advisory Committee. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Community Equality and Inclusion in Opportunity |
| H.B. 63 | Impact Fees Amendments | Rep. Pierucci | Allows impact fees to include Expenses for Overhead. Including costs for developing an impact fee analysis, imposing an impact fee, and any related overhead expenses. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Housing |
| H.B. 68 | Rental Expenses Disclosure Requirements | Rep. Judkins | This bill requires that prior to a landlord accepting a rental application or application fee, the landlord disclose to the potential tenant an itemized list of the amounts the renter will or may be obligated to pay; if there is an available unit, and the criteria the owner will review as a condition of accepting the prospective renter as a renter, such as criminal history, credit, income, employment, or rental history. A rental agreement must include all amounts the renter is or may be obligated to pay, and prohibits the landlord from charging a renter more unless they are month to month and the owner provides a 15-day notice of the charge. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Housing |
| H.B. 72 | Device Filter Amendments | Rep. Pulsipher | Requires a tablet or a smartphone manufactured after January 1, 2022, to automatically enable a filter capable of blocking material that is harmful to minors. Allows only users with a passcode to deactivate the filter for the device or for specific content and notify the user when content is filtered. Creates an action that can be brought by the attorney general or a member of the public against a manufacturer if the device does not contain an enabled filter upon activation in the state and a minor accessed material that is harmful to minors on the device. States that the bill becomes effective only upon adoption by five surrounding states. Creates a penalty of up to $10 for each violation. | Concern | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| H.B. 77 | Aviation Liability Insurance Amendments | Rep. Acton | Requires a registered aircraft to be insured at the minimum levels of: $50,000 per person for bodily injury or death in any one accident; $50,000 for property damage in any one accident; and $100,000 in any one accident, whether for property damage, or bodily injury or death. And provide proof of insurance at time of registration. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| H.B. 80 | Data Security Amendments | Rep. Brooks | Creates an affirmative defense to causes of action arising out of a data breach involving personal information, restricted information, or both personal information and restricted information for entities that implement a well written cyber security policy based on best practices. | Priority | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| H.B. 81 | Mental Health Days for Students | Rep. Winder | Adds mental or behavioral health as a valid excuse for a school absence. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Mental Health |
| H.B. 82 | Single-family Housing Modifications | Rep. Ward | Requires municipalities and counties to allow for certain accessory dwelling units. | Priority | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Housing |
| H.B. 87 | Electronic Information and Data Privacy Amendments | Rep. Hall | Requires a law enforcement entity to seek a warrant for electronic information from a provider of electronic communication services. Requires the law enforcement agency to notify the owner of the data within 90 days of executing a warrant or within 3 days of completing an investigation. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| H.B. 89 | Hydrogen Tax Credit Amendments | Rep. Sagers | Allows a taxpayer who owns a hydrogen electrolysis system that supplies all or part of the energy used by the taxpayer, and who obtains a certificate, to claim a .12 cent credit for each kilogram of hydrogen used, stored, or sold during the taxable year. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Natural Resources |
| H.B. 91 | Tax Credit for Alternative Fuel Heavy Duty Vehicles | Rep. Stoddard | Renacts and extends to 2029 the availability of the tax credit for alternative heavy duty vehicles. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| H.B. 92 | Medical Practice Amendments | Rep. Shipp | Makes it unprofessional conduct to perform a “medically unnecessary” puberty inhibition procedure or a sex characteristic-altering procedure on a minor. | Oppose | Failed to Pass | Health Care |
| H.B. 93 | Youth Suicide Prevention Programs Amendments | Rep. King | Requires school districts and charter schools to ensure coordination between youth suicide prevention programs and certain other prevention programs. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Mental Health |
| H.B. 94 | Microenterprise Home Kitchen Amendments | Rep. Watkins | Gives authority to local health departments to create and issue and administer microenterprise home kitchen permits. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| H.B. 97 | Property Tax Penalties Amendments | Rep. Gwynn | Reduces the penalty for failure to sign property tax documents assessing the value of property from 10% of the estimated tax due or a minimum of $25 go 1% of the estimated tax due or a minimum of $10. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| H.B. 98 | Local Government Building Regulation Amendments | Rep. Ray | Allows an independent building inspector to issue a certificate of occupancy to a building permit applicant if the applicant opts out and notifies the town that they have hired a licensed building inspector. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Housing |
| H.B. 107 | Subdivision Plat Amendments | Rep. Ferry | Requires an owner of land seeking approval for the recording of a subdivision plat to describe water conveyance facilities of the proposed subdivision and notify the owners of the water conveyance facilities about the proposed subdivision. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Housing |
| H.B. 110 | Health Care Payment Amendments | Rep. Winder | Provides that state entity health care provider may not collect an overdue payment for a medical material or service from the debtor's income tax overpayment or refund if the debtor has made payment arrangements and is current on payments under the payment arrangements. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Health Care |
| HB 117 | Vaccine Reporting Amendments | Rep. Ward | Prohibits a business from requiring a vaccination verification from the Utah Statewide Immunization Information System (USIIS) before providing services. | Concern | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| HB 119 | Motor Vehicle Insurance Amendments | Rep. Judkins | Increases the minimum coverage limits for motor vehicle insurance for liability from $25,000 to $100,000 for injury or death of one person, from $65,000 to $200,000 for injury or death of two or more persons, and from $15,000 to $45,000 for injury or destruction of property, and from $80,000 to $150,000 for any one accident. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| H.B. 120 | Unemployment Insurance Amendments | Rep. Dailey-Provost | Requires nonprofit organizations to notify an employee if the employee will be unable to claim service performed for the nonprofit organization as employment for the purpose of qualifying for unemployment insurance benefits. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Labor and Employment |
| H.B. 122 | Property Redemption Amendments | Rep. Lyman | States that the county treasurer shall first apply delinquent tax payments towards the charges for the earliest year included in the delinquent account at the time of payment. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| H.B. 123 | Feasibility Study for Air Quality Laboratory | Rep. Handy | Requires the Division of Air Quality to study and make recommendations regarding the feasibility of creating a premier state-level air quality and changing climate solutions laboratory. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Natural Resources |
| H.B. 125 | Intergenerational Poverty Solution | Rep. Thurston | This bill creates the Education Savings Incentive Program, which provides a process for people experiencing intergenerational poverty to receive a state match of funds deposited into 529 savings accounts. Eligible individuals must be identified by the Departmentof Workforce services at experiencing intergenerational poverty, be eligible for and claim the federal earned income tax credit the year prior to applying for the program, and own one or more eligible 529 savings accounts. As funds allow a match of $1 to $1 will be deposited into the account, with a maximum of $300 per family. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Community |
| H.B. 126 | Licensing Amendments | Rep. Brammer | Amends the definition of “hair braiding” for licensure purposes to include the use of wefts if applied without the use of glue or tape. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Labor and Employment |
| H.B. 127 | Ranked-choice Voting Amendments | Rep. Winder | Requires the state or a county to use ranked choice voting for a primary election where the number of candidates exceeds the number of candidates to be nominated by more than two. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Community |
| H.B. 139 | Competency Based Hiring Amendments | Rep. Thurston | Prohibits state and local governments from requiring a minimum educational requirements for employment, except where educational qualifications are legally required to perform the duties of the position. | Concern | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Labor and Employment |
| H.B. 140 | Income Tax Revenue Amendments | Rep. Thurston | Creates the Income Tax Surplus Restricted Account and requires the Division of Finance to deposit Income Tax as directed into the account to be used for education purposes consistent with Utah Constitution, Article X, Section 1. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| H.B. 144 | Water Pricing Structure | Rep. Moss | Requires a retail water provider to take into consideration the lot size of a customer receiving water from the retail water provider in establishing a block unit if the retail water provider provides water that may be used by the customer for outdoor use. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Natural Resources |
| H.B. 145 | Clean and Renewable Energy Requirement Amendments | Rep. Ward | States that To the extent that it is cost effective, beginning July 1, 2030, at least 50% of the total kilowatt-hours of a large-scale electric utility's annual retail electric sales to customers in this state in a calendar year shall consist of qualifying clean electricity or renewable energy certificates. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Environment and Natural Resources |
| H.B. 151 | State Infrastructure Bank Amendments | Rep. Brammer | Prohibits the use of State Infrastructure Bank revenue for the construction or improvement of a parking facility. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Transportation |
| H.B. 153 | Energy Storage Asset Tax Credit | Rep. Handy | Enacts a refundable corporate and individual tax credit for the purpose of an energy storage asset for commercial or industrial use, equal to the lesser of 20% of the purchase price of the energy storage asset or $100,000. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Natural Resources |
| H.B. 157 | Price Controls During Emergencies Act Amendments | Rep. Shipp | Specifies the difference between those who have previously sold goods or are selling goods for the first time during an emergency. Increases the definition of excessive price from 10% above the total cost for the good or service to 110% of the total cost for the good or service. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| H.B. 161 | Military Retirement Amendments | Rep. Pierucci | Provides that a claimant who receives military retirement pay may claim a nonrefundable tax credit against taxes equal to the product of the income tax rate and the amount of military retirement pay that is included in adjusted gross income on the claimant's federal income tax return for the taxable year. | Priority | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| H.B. 169 | Disaster Response and Recovery Act Amendments | Rep. Brammer | Gives the Legislature the authority to limit the emergency powers of the Governor, the Division of Emergency Management, or the executive of a subdivision of the state during a pending emergency. | Failed to Pass | Community | |
| H.B. 171 | Agricultural Land Use Regulation | Rep. Chew | Prohibits a municipality or county from restricting the type of crop that may be grown in an area that is zoned as agricultural or from passing regulations that conflict with state laws specific to industrial hemp. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate Natural Resources |
| H.B. 178 | Pharmacy Practice Modifications | Rep. Thurston | Allows a pharmacist to issue prescription for a drug or device if the drug or device is within the scope of the pharmacist’s experience and is not a schedule I, II, III, or IV substance, is an immunization, is to treat a chronic condition for which the patient has previously been prescribed the drug, or is for a condition that will resolve on its own. (See bill for details) | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Health Care |
| H.B. 179 | Cause of Action for Referral Fees | Rep. Abbott | States that a legal client may bring a cause of action against an attorney or law firm to recover a client referral fee if the attorney paid such a fee and did not inform the client of the obligation to pay the fee. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| H.B. 181 | Personalized Competency-Based Learning | Rep. Johnson | Changes “Competency-Based Education” to “Personalized Competency-Based Learning.” Defines Personalized Competency-Based Learning as a system based on the students personalized progress and learning style and creates a grant program to implement the concept. | Concern | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Education |
| H.B. 183 | Occupational and Professional Licensing Amendments | Rep. Birkeland | This bill allows a person who has practiced an occupation or profession outside of Utah in a state that does not require a license, but where Utah does require a license, to receive a professional license if they have three years experience in the relevant area, has not pending criminal or civil actions and DOPL determines that their education and training are similar to those required to receive a license in Utah. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Labor and Employment |
| H.B. 187 | Pharmacy Benefits Amendments | Rep. Harrison | States that a pharmacy benefit manager may not deny an employer in this state, or prevent an employer in this state from accessing, pharmacy benefit management service on the basis that two or more employers, in order to create efficiencies or to achieve potential cost savings, jointly request or jointly plan to purchase the pharmacy benefit management service through a new or an existing agreement. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Health Care |
| H.B. 193 | Intimate Image Distribution Prohibition | Rep. Kwan | Prohibits the distribution of a counterfeit intimate image and requires a hosting company to remove an intimate image or a counterfeit intimate image upon notice from law enforcement or the subject of the image. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| H.B. 199 | Pawnshop and Secondhand Merchandise Transaction Information Act Amendments | Rep. Dunnigan | Requires an automated recycling kiosk that purchases a wireless communication to obtain a color photograph of the individual selling the wireless device and requires the secondhand merchandise dealer to maintain the device for 60 days after purchase before reselling. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| H.B. 202 | Health Care Consumer Protection Act | Rep. Thurston | States that it is a “deceptive practice” for a health care provider to misrepresent that they are a contracted provider under a health benefit plan. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Health Care |
| H.B. 208 | Water Quality Act Amendments | Rep. Ray | Provides that an individual acting wholly within the individuals employment is not personally subject to legal actions for violations of the Water Quality Act. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Labor and Employment |
| HB 209 | Vehicle Registration Fee Revisions | Rep. Christofferson | Increases vehicle registration fees on electric, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and other vehicles. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Transportation |
| H.B. 214 | Disclosure of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings Act | Rep. Stoddard | Requires the disclosure of unreinforced masonry in a real estate transaction. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Housing |
| H.B. 217 | Regulatory Sandbox Program Amendments | Rep. Maloy | Creates a regulatory relief office within GOED and creates the General Regulatory Sandbox Program to identify state laws or regulations that could be waived or suspended under the program. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| H.B. 221 | Property Tax Records | Rep. Ferry | Specifies that only records provided by the taxpayer relating to a taxpayer's eligibility for a property tax exemption, deferral, abatement, or relief are classified as “private” under the Government Records and Management Act. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate Taxes |
| H.B. 223 | Alternative Fuel Incentives Amendments | Rep. Ballard | Provides that a taxpayer may claim a nonrefundable tax credit for a fuel cell that has a rated capacity for generating electricity of five megawatts or smaller, and the fuel cell is completed and placed in service, on or after January 1, 2022 in an air quality control region that is in nonattainment status. A qualifying tax credit would be equal to 10% of the reasonable costs of the fuel cell. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Natural Resources Taxes |
| HB 232 | Attorney General Amendments | Rep. King | States that the attorney general may not join an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the state that is inconsistent with state policy and without consulting with the Governor. Requires the attorney general to consult with and obtain the consent of the governor before taking action or joining an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the state. | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Community |
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| HB 234 | Division of Real Estate Amendments | Rep. Mussleman | Permits the Division of Real Estate to suspend or revoke the registration of an appraisal management company registered in the state if the company fails to pay registration fees. Permits disciplinary action against an entity for licensing statute violations made while the person should have been registered, an appraisal management company. Permits the Division of Real Estate to enter into a reciprocal licensing agreement with another jurisdiction for a principal broker, associate broker, or sales agent license. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Labor and Employment Housing |
| HB 235 | Annexation Amendments | Rep. Sagers | Modifies the signature requirement for an annexation petition involving rural real property to require 100% a rural real property owners’ signatures when the rural real property is larger than 1,500 acres and consists of two or more tax parcels. | Oppose | Failed to Pass | Housing |
| HB 243 | Privacy Protection Amendments | Rep. Gibson | Authorizes the state auditor to appoint and create and oversee a data privacy officer and the members of the Personal Privacy Oversight Committee. Authorizes the state auditor to require government entities to halt the use of certain technologies or privacy policies, subject to legislative override. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| HB 244 | First Class County Highway Road Funds Amendments | Rep. Dunnigan | Allocates the distribution of funds from the County of the First Class Highway Projects Fund in order to mitigate congestion and improve transportation safety, annually for the next 15 years: $1,300,000 to Taylorsville $1,200,000 to Sandy $1,000,000 to Salt Lake City $425,000 to Herriman for improvements to 12600 South between Mountain View Corridor and 7000 West $350,000 to South Jordan, and $275,000 to Riverton for improvements to 12600 South between Bangerter Highway and Mountain View Corridor | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Transportation |
| HB 247 | Transient Room Tax Amendments | Rep. Albrecht | Adds Economic Diversification activity to the reasons a county legislative body in a county of the fourth, fifth, or sixth class with a national park or national recreation areas within the county's boundaries may expend the revenue generated by a transient room tax. | Concern | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Community |
| HB 250 | Driver License Revisions | Rep. Eliason | Requires the Driver License Division of the Department of Public Safety to include an identifying symbol or sticker on an individual's driver license or identification card to indicate that the individual is an individual with a disability, upon request from an individual. | Support | Failed to Pass | Equality and Inclusion in Opportunity |
| HB 251 | Electronic Keyword and Location Amendments | Rep. Wilcox | Prohibits a court from granting of a reverse-keyword or reverse-location court order by a government entity and prohibits the request of reverse-keyword and reverse-location data. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| HB 254 | Outdoor Recreational Grant Program Amendments | Rep. Winder | Allows the Outdoor Recreation Grant Advisory Committee to use the transient room tax for Utah Children's Outdoor Recreation and Education programs. | Support | Failed to Pass | Community |
| HB 256 | County Land Use and Development Amendments | Rep. Teuscher | Prohibits a county of the first class from entering into a development agreement that requires the incorporation or annexation of an unincorporated area of the county. | Concern | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Housing |
| HB 257 | Utahraptor State Park | Rep. Eliason | Authorizes the division of Parks and Recreation to create the Utahraptor State Park within the Dalton Wells area. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Community |
| HB 262 | Children’s Health Insurance Amendments | Rep. Welton | Creates the Children's Health Care Coverage Program. Creates the "Children's Health Insurance Coverage Program Restricted Account" that consists of money appropriated to the restricted account by the Legislature and private donations. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Health Care Community |
| HB 263 | Utah Clean Energy Fund | Rep. Briscoe | Creates an independent nonprofit corporation, known as the Utah Clean Energy Fund to promote investment in, and support and finance qualified projects. Provides for a board of directors and executive director. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | |
| HB 265 | Pharmacy Software Amendments | Rep. Lesser | Requires a pharmacy software system that receives electronic prescriptions for a controlled substance to allow an unfilled prescription to be transferred to a different pharmacy. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate Health Care |
| HB 266 | Cosmetology Amendments | Rep. Pierucci | Creates an exemption from licensure under the cosmetology act for an individual who only dries, styles, arranges, dresses, curls, hot irons, shampoos, or conditions hair, receives a hair safety permit; and displays a sign in the individual's place of business informing the public that the individual is not licensed under the cosmetology act. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| HB 270 | Property Tax Valuation Amendments | Rep. Hawkes | Provides that property value stipulated between a taxpayer and the county assessor qualifies as a “final assessed value.” Allows a property owner to appeal a valuation if a “qualifying change” has occurred. Defines “qualifying change as: a physical improvement that equals or exceeds the greater of 10% of fair market value or $20,000, a zoning change, or a change in the legal description of the property. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate Housing |
| HB 271 | Home Child Care Amendments | Rep. Pulsipher | Increases the number of children that a child care provider can care for without obtaining a residential child care certificate from five to seven. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Community |
| HB 273 | Single Family Housing Amendments | Rep. Peterson | States that a county or municipality may not establish any restrictions or requirements for the construction or use of an internal accessory dwelling unit, including a restriction or requirement governing: the size of an internal accessory dwelling unit in relation to the primary dwelling within which the internal accessory dwelling unit is created; total lot size parking; or street frontage. Further states, that an internal accessory dwelling unit shall comply with all applicable building codes, fire codes do not apply to accessory dwelling units that are not internal accessory dwelling units. | Support | Failed to Pass | Housing |
| HB 277 | Child Care Eligibility Amendments | Rep. Matthews | Provides that the Office of child Care may grant for a full child care subsidy or grant for an income-eligible child whose family income is equal to or below 100% of the federal poverty level and a progressively lower child care subsidy or grant for each tenth of a percentage point by which the income-eligible child's family income exceeds 100% of the federal poverty level. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate Community |
| HB 281 | County Development Activity Amendments | Rep. Lyman | Provides that a developing county may not commence development activity on a boundary of another county that will conflict with another county’s general play without a written agreement regarding the development activity. | Concern | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Housing |
| HB 284 | Minimum Wage Amendments | Rep. Collard | Increases the minimum wage to $12.00 per hour on July 1, 2021, with a yearly increase to $15.00 per hour in 2025. Increases the case wage obligation for a tipped employee to $5.00 per hour. | Oppose | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Labor and Employment |
| HB 287 | Nurse Practice Act Amendments | Rep. Welton | Allows a nurse practitioner to prescribe controlled substances without consulting a doctor or experienced nurse. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Health Care |
| HB 288 | Education and Mental Health Coordinating Council | Rep. Peterson | Creates the Education and Mental Health Coordinating Council and requires the council to make findings and recommendations regarding behavioral health support to youth and families within the state. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Education Community |
| HB 294 | Pandemic Emergency Powers Amendments | Rep. Ray | Terminates the emergency powers and public health emergency powers related to COVID-19 when 1,700,000 in the state people in the state that have either received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine contracted COVID-19 and recovered. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate Community |
| HB 297 | Colorado River Amendments | Rep. Wilson | Addresses Utah's management of Utah's Colorado River system interests, by creating the Colorado River Authority of Utah. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Natural Resources |
| HB 298 | Utility Proceeding Amendments | Rep. Handy | Creates the Children's Coverage Outreach Pilot Program. Creates a grant program to provide targeted outreach program and a media outreach campaign to increase awareness of available resources and assist with application. Expands coverage for eligibility to children who are otherwise ineligible for federal financial participation, but meet the income requirements. | Failed to Pass | Health Care Community |
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| HB 299 | Mental Health Wellbeing in Schools Pilot Program | Rep. Watkins | Creates a one-year pilot program to provide training and education on mental health to selected local education agencies. | Failed to Pass | Education Health Care Community |
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| HB 302 | Preserving Sports for Female Students | Rep. Birkeland | Requires schools to designate sports programs as specific to “male,” “female,” or “coed” or “mixed.” Prohibits a governmental entity from entertaining a complaint, opening an investigation or taking other adverse action against an institution for enforcing the labeled distinctions. Creates a cause of action for a student who alleges they have been deprived of an athletic opportunity directly or indirectly as a violation of this section. | Oppose | Failed to Pass | Community Equality and Inclusion in Opportunity |
| HB 304 | Digital Opportunity Access Amendments | Rep. Dailey-Provost | Creates the Digital Equity Program within the State Library Division. Charges the program with promoting digital access, digital literacy, and digital safety. | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Education Community |
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| HB 306 | Liability for Providing Services to Disabled Adults | Rep. Judkins | Limits the liability of a person who provides habilitative support services to an adult with a disability. | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Health Care |
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| HB 308 | COVID-19 Vaccine Amendments | Rep. Spendlove | Prohibits a governmental entity from requiring that an individual receive a vaccine for COVID-19. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Health Care Community |
| HB 309 | Intergenerational Poverty Work and Self-Sufficiency Tax Credit | Rep. Spendlove | Enacts a refundable state earned income tax credit for individuals who are experiencing intergenerational poverty. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Community |
| HB 313 | Heritage and Arts Amendments | Rep. Winder | Changes the name of the Department of Heritage and Arts to the Department of Cultural and Community Engagement. Modifies the powers and duties of the department. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Community Equity and Inclusion in Opportunity |
| HB 320 | Enterprise Zone Tax Credit Amendments | Rep. Sagers | Authorizes the use of an enterprise zone tax credit from 2022 through 2026 for investments in a plant, equipment, or other depreciable property used to produce or process from a renewable source, hydrogen for use as fuel, or distribute or dispense hydrogen fuel produced from a renewable energy source. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Natural Resources |
| HB 321 | Division of Consumer Protection Amendments | Rep. Dunnigan | Defines and sets standards for health spa services and contracts for health spa services. Provides specifics related to a consumer's right to rescind a health spa service and requires the registration of a health spa facility. Creates the “Earned Wage Access Services Act. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate Labor and Employment |
| HB 328 | Adult Learners Grant Program | Rep. Snow | Creates the Adult Learners Grant Program to provide financial assistance to students who are at least 26 years old, show a financial need, and are pursuing an online degree or certificate in a field with an industry need. | Priority | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Labor and Employment Education |
| HB 331 | Income Tax Reductions | Rep. Seegmiller | Reduces the individual and corporate income tax rate from 4.95% to 4.9%. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| HB 335 | Investment Fees Amendments | Rep. Robertson | Waives the notice filing fee for the timely filing of United States Securities Exchange Commission Form D when the total offering amount does not exceed $500,000. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| HB 336 | Suicide Prevention Amendments | Rep. Eliason | Changes the firearm safety and suicide prevention program run by the state Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health from a coupon to a rebate for buying a gun safe. Also creates a program where the Division provides suicide prevention training grants to health care organizations. Also removes the grant application requirement to receive funds for clean-up and bereavement services in the event of a suicide. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Health Care Mental Health |
| HB 340 | Mathematics and Science Opportunities for Students and Teachers Program | Rep. Eliason | Creates the Mathematics and Science Opportunities for Students and Teachers Grant Program to increase opportunities for supporting math and science teachers in their instructional delivery as it pertains to student learning outcomes. | Support | Failed to Pass | Education |
| HB 342 | Government Enterprise Amendments | Rep. Strong | Requires cities and counties to evaluate and conduct an inventory of activities and services they provide that are also provided by a private entity in their jurisdiction. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| HB 347 | Homeless Services Amendments | Rep. Eliason | Creates the Office of Homeless Services within the Department of Workforce Services and the Utah Homelessness Council in addition to other oversight, management, and governance issues related to homeless services across the state. | Priority | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Community Housing |
| HB 348 | Economic Development Amendments | Rep. Hawkes | Rewrites Utah’s laws surrounding Economic Development and restructures the Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED). The bill changes the name of GOED to the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity (Go Utah Office). The bill makes many changes, including the creation of the Unified Economic Opportunity Commission, and restructures other existing GOED boards and commissions. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| HB 351 | Parental Leave Amendments | Rep. Collard | Requires executive branch agencies and departments to provide an eligible employee parental leave upon the birth or adoption of the employee's child. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Labor and Employment |
| HB 353 | Barber Licensing Amendments | Rep. Lyman | Requires a barber to pass an examination that consists of a written theory portion and a practical portion or pass a practical examination and provide the written attestation of a licensed barber or cosmetologist stating that the applicant has the necessary training and skill to be a licensed barber. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate Labor and Employment |
| HB 354 | Rural Municipal Economic Development Loan Program | Rep. Stenquist | Creates the Municipal Infrastructure Fund within the Governor's Office of Economic Development made up of the appropriations made to the fund by the Legislature, federal money and grants that are deposited into the fund, contributions and grants from any private or public sources for deposit into the fund. The fund may be used by the office to make infrastructure loans to rural municipalities. | Support | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| HB 356 | Rural Economic Development Tax Increment | Rep. Albrecht | Expands the definitions of "new commercial project," "high paying job," and "significant capital investment," related to new commercial projects located in rural areas of the state for which the Rural Economic Development Tax Increment can be used. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| HB 357 | Written Agreement Amendments | Rep. Nelson | States that written agreement entered into on or after May 5, 2021 signed, written agreement that prohibits modification or rescission except by assigned writing may not be modified or rescinded by a means other than a signed writing. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Labor and Employment |
| HB 361 | Minimum Wage Modifications | Rep. Matthews | Divides counties into urban and nonurban counties and increases the minimum wage in each category of counties at a different rate each year through 2028 and then adjusted for inflation each year thereafter. | Concern | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Labor and Employment |
| HB 363 | Medicaid Waivers for New Mothers | Rep. Ward | Directs the Department of Health to apply for a waiver from the federal government to implement extended Medicaid coverage for certain new mothers. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Health Care Community |
| HB 364 | Utah Lake Authority | Rep. Brammer | Creates the Utah Lake Authority and establishes a board to govern the Utah Lake Authority. Provides for the hiring of an executive director, defines the executive director's role, and provides a process for the adoption and amendment of a project area plan and a project area budget. Allows the Utah Lake Authority to be paid certain sales tax revenue and other sources of revenue, and provides for the allowable uses of revenue. Authorizes the Utah Lake Authority to issue bonds and includes provisions related to bonds. Repeals the authority of the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands for the restoration of Utah Lake and gives that authority to the Utah Lake Authority. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Natural Resources |
| HB 365 | State Agency Realignment | Rep. Ray | Creates the Department of Health and Human Services to combine the functions of the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services. Amends the responsibilities of the Department of Workforce Services to include the administration of Medicaid eligibility. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| HB 370 | Earned Wage Access Service Amendments | Rep. Dunnigan | Creates the Earned Wage Access Services Act and requires the Department of Commerce to oversee registration and regulation under the Act. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| HB 371 | Alcoholic Beverage Control Amendments | Rep. Hawkes | Makes a significant number of substantial changes to Utah alcohol laws and licencing provisions. See bill for details. | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate | |
| HB 374 | Restrictive Covenants Amendments | Rep. Winder | States that any provision in a previously recorded written instrument relating to real property that directly or indirectly expresses any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, source of income, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity is void. And affirmatively states that it is a discriminatory housing practice to honor or attempt to honor a provision described. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Housing Equity and Inclusion in Opportunity |
| HB 376 | Fitness Facility Membership Amendments | Rep. Ray | Requires a health spa to permit a customer to cancel a health spa service or receive a refund in person at a health spa facility where the customer receives a health spa service and prohibits a health spa from requiring a customer to contact a third party or go online to cancel a health spa service or receive a refund. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| HB 384 | Health Data Privacy Amendments | Rep. Strong | States that no place of public accommodation may, as a condition for receiving accommodations, advantages, facilities, privileges, goods, or services, require an individual to disclose the individual's vaccination status; or refuse to provide accommodations, advantages, facilities, privileges, goods, or services to an individual on the basis of the individual's vaccination status. | Concern | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| HB 385 | Antidiscrimination Act Amendments | Rep. Peterson | Prohibits employment discrimination based on an individual's political activity or political affiliation. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Labor and Employment |
| HB 391 | Apprenticeship Nomenclature Act | Rep. Winder | Provides definitions for Apprenticeship Program, Pre-apprenticeship program, and Youth Apprenticeship Program. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate Labor and Employment |
| HB 394 | Collection Agency Amendments | Rep. Ray | Requires that as soon as practicable, but no later than one business day after the day on which a creditor or third party debt collection agency receives a payment from or on behalf of a debtor, the creditor or third party debt collection agency shall provide the debtor a receipt that states the payment date, the payment amount, the account to which the payment was applied. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| HB 401 | Fee Amendments | Rep. Waldrip | Specifies that a municipality may only charge the “actual estimated” fees for various permits and inspections. | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Housing |
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| HB 403 | Business Expansion and Retention Amendments | Rep. Watkins | Reenacts and modifies the Business Expansion and Retention Initiative program administered by the Governor's Office of Economic Development and Requires the Governor's Rural Partnership Board to review applications for the Business Expansion and Retention Initiative program. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| HB 404 | Utah Immigration Assistance Center | Rep. Ferry | Creates the Utah Immigration Assistance Center within the Governor's Office of Economic Development to coordinate and provide technical support for businesses in the state that intend to utilize federal foreign labor programs, provide outreach and information to businesses that could benefit from foreign labor programs, coordinate with state and federal government partners to facilitate the successful use of foreign labor programs on behalf of businesses in the state and coordinate with other entities engaged in international efforts. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Inclusion and Equity in Opportunity |
| HB 409 | Municipal and County Land Use Development Revisions | Rep. Waldrip | Establishes annual training requirements for a municipal or county planning commission. Requires a local land use authority to establish objective standards for conditional uses. Prohibits a municipality or county from imposing land use regulations on building permit applications for single-family dwellings located within recorded plates. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Housing |
| HB 414 | Uniform Easement Relocation Act | Rep. Snow | Adopts the Uniform Easement Relocation Act. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Housing |
| HB 416 | Local Tax Sales Amendments | Rep. Hall | States that a tax sale may occur at the front door of the county courthouse in the county where the real property is located; or through an electronic process if the tax sale occurs in the same format as a tax sale would occur at the front door of the county courthouse except that participation is through an electronic means. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate Housing |
| HB 423 | Alternating Proprietorship Options | Rep. Briscoe | Defines “alternating proprietorship" means an arrangement in which two or more manufacturing licensees take turns using the licensed premises of a winery, distillery, or brewery and permits the Labor Commission to a person operating a proprietorship. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| HB 424 | Alcohol Beverage Act Affordable Housing Fund | Rep. Owens | Creates the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act Affordable Housing Fund and dedicates a percentage of revenue from liquor sales he fund and outlines the uses of the money in the fund by the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund. | Failed to Pass | Housing | |
| HB 432 | Online Beer Order and Delivery Amendments | Rep. Briscoe | Creates a beer delivery license. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| HB 433 | Amendments Related to Infrastructure Funding | Rep. Schultz | Authorizes $1,400,000,000 in bonds to fund the following transportation projects: $200,000,000 to double track strategic sections of the FrontRunner commuter rail system; $11,000,000 for bus rapid transit in the Salt Lake mid valley area; $5,000,000 for an environmental study at the point of the mountain area; and $4,000,000 for a Utah Transit Authority and Sharp-Tintic railroad consolidation project. | Priority | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Transportation |
| HB 434 | Rural Coworking and Innovation Center Grant Program Amendments | Rep. Albrecht | Amends the requirements for the Rural Coworking and Innovation Center Grant Program. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| HB 436 | Wind Energy Facility Siting Amendments | Rep. Ray | Requires an owner or operator of a wind energy facility to undergo the Military Aviation and Installation Assurance Siting Clearinghouse process before commencement of construction on a wind turbine or a wind energy facility and file documentation with the Department of Natural Resources that the clearinghouse has determined that the proposed construction does not encroach upon or otherwise have a significant adverse impact on the military. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| HB 437 | Official State Language Repeal | Rep. Kwan | Repeals the provision that English is the official language of Utah. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Community Inclusion and Equity in Opportunity |
| HB 439 | Peer-to-peer Car Sharing Act | Rep. Spendlove | Prohibits a public entity from regulating a peer-to-peer car sharing company or a peer-to-peer vehicle owner in the same manner as a motor vehicle rental company. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| HB 444 | Sales and Use Tax Refund Modifications | Rep. Watkins | Enacts a refund of state sales and use tax paid for the purchase or lease of machinery, equipment, normal operating repair or replacement parts, or materials, except for office equipment or office supplies, by an oil and gas extraction establishment or a pipeline transportation establishment. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| HB 445 | Paycheck Protection Recipient Relief Grant Program | Rep. Harrison | Creates a grant program for certain small businesses that received forgiven loans from a paycheck protection program. | Support | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| H.C.R. 1 | Concurrent Resolution Encouraging a Balanced Approach to the Release of Water from Flaming Gorge | Rep. Chew | Expresses support and recognition of the Green River Stakeholders and the need to reduce the adverse effects of current Flaming Gorge Dam operations to the local communities, recreational businesses, ranchers, farmers, landowners, and individuals who work and live within the river corridor. | Monitor | Signed by the Governor | Natural Resources |
| H.C.R. 2 | Concurrent Resolution on Effect of Federal Land Valuation Model | Rep. Stratton | States that a federal land valuation model developed under the direction of the Federalism Commission is indeed only to assist the state in establishing the fair market value of federal lang within the state for purposes of demonstrating the inadequacy of PILT money. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Natural Resources |
| H.C.R. 3 | Concurrent Resolution Regarding Native American Mascots and Equality in Public Schools | Rep. Weight | Recognizes the harm done by using Native American mascots, encourages schools to retire those mascots, and encourages the State Board of Education and local education agencies to provide instruction in Native American culture and history. | Support | Failed to Pass | Equality and Inclusion in Opportunity |
| H.C.R. 5 | Concurrent Resolution Encouraging Statewide Emissions Reduction Goals | Rep. Handy | Recognizes the recommendations by the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute presented in the Utah Roadmap to adopt emissions reduction targets. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Natural Resources |
| HJR 13 | Joint Resolution Declaring Racism a Moral and Public Health Crisis | Rep. Hollins | Declares racism to be a moral and public health crisis and states the Legislature's commitment to address the crisis. | Failed to Pass | Community | |
| S.B. 10 | Place Name Amendments | Sen. Iwamoto | Authorizes the Division of Indian Affairs to facilitate the application process for changing location names referring to American Indian terms. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Equality and Inclusion in Opportunity |
| S.B. 15 | Workforce Solutions for Air Quality Amendments | Sen. McCay | Requires State Agencies to evaluate and report their ability to increase the number of agency employees that are able to telework on Red Air days and at other times. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Labor and Employment Natural Resources |
| S.B. 18 | Property Tax Exemption Amendments | Sen. Harper | Allows for the value of qualifying exempt revenue to be included in the calculation of the certified tax rate. Increases the tangible personal property exemption from $15,000 to $25,000. | Priority | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| S.B. 25 | Corporate Tax Amendments | Sen. Bramble | Allows a taxpayer to carry back, for up to three years, a Utah net loss realized during or a taxable year that begins on or after July 1, 2019, but ends on or before June 29, 2022. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| S.B. 26 | Property Tax Relief Amendments | Sen. Davis | Modifies the qualifications for circuit breaker tax relief by specifying that Household income does not include income received by a member of a claimant’s household who is under the age of 18 or a parent or grandparent of the claimant or the claimant’s spouse. Changes the consumer price index used to adjust annual income qualifications. Prorates the amount of property taxes accrued and the amount of a homeowner's credit if the claimant buys or sells a residence after January 1 but on or before September 1. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Housing |
| S.B. 27 | Physician Assistant Act Amendments | Sen. Bramble | Removes the requirement that a physician assistant maintain a specific relationship with a physician or any other health care provider. Authorizes a physician assistant to be eligible for direct payment by all public and private payers. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Labor and Employment Health Care |
| S.B. 32 | Employee Status Amendments | Sen. Bramble | States that a remote-service contractor is not an employee of a marketplace company, if under the agreement between the contractor and the marketplace company all of the work the remote-service contractor performs under the agreement is on a per-job or per-transaction basis; and the contractor receives payment on an hourly, per-job, or per-transaction basis, and the company does not prescribe the specific hours or location of the contractor’s works. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Labor and Employment |
| S.B. 33 | Uniform Building Code Commission Amendments | Sen. Bramble | Adopts the 2020 edition of the National Electrical and Building Code. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Housing |
| S.B. 37 | Public Infrastructure District Revisions | Sen. McCay | Makes technical amendments to the Public Infrastructure District Statue. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate Housing |
| S.B. 39 | Hemp Regulation Amendments | Sen. Hinkins | Allows industrial hemp producers to procure background checks through a federal system. Requires industrial hemp laboratories to demonstrate the ability to test for delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol. Makes it unlawful to distribute, sell, or market a product that contains greater than 0.3% of either total THC or delta-8 THC. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| S.B. 41 | Mental Health Access Amendments | Sen. Escamilla | Allows a diagnosis or treatment of a mental health condition to be done via telehealth services. | Priority | Signed by the Governor | Health Care Mental Health |
| S.B. 45 | Higher Education Classes for Veterans | Sen. Weiler | Allows veterans to register for classes at State institutions of higher learning without tuition. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Education Community |
| S.B. 46 | Post-employment Restrictions Amendments | Sen. Cullimore | Prohibits a post employment restriction contract that is broader than necessary to protect the legitimate business interests of the employer; or applies to a geographic area that is larger than the geographic area in which the employer has significant presence or influence. | Oppose | Failed to Pass | Labor and Employment |
| S.B. 47 | Mental Health Crisis Intervention Council | Sen. Thatcher | Creates the Mental Health Crisis Intervention Council to establish protocols and standard for the training and function of local mental health Crisis Intervention Teams. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Mental Health |
| S.B. 53 | Behavioral Emergency Services Amendments | Sen. Thatcher | Creates a new license for behavioral emergency services technicians and advanced behavioral emergency services technicians. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Labor and Employment Health Care Mental Health |
| S.B. 58 | Metro Township Amendments | Sen. Mayne | Allows a metro township to impose the municipal energy sales and use tax. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate Natural Resources |
| S.B. 59 | Consumer Alcoholic Beverage Purchasing | Sen. Davis | Requires the DABC to establish and administer a consumer purchasing system. | Support | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Community |
| S.B. 61 | Outdoor Advertising Amendments | Sen. Sandall | Prohibits a municipality or county from enacting or enforcing an ordinance that prevents an owner of a billboard from upgrading a billboard to an electronic message sign. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Community |
| S.B. 65 | Community Reinvestment Agency Amendments | Sen. Harper | Allows an agency or taxing entity to enter into an interlocal agreement in order to transfer project area incremental revenue. Allows an agency to levy a property tax on property within the agency’s boundary. Allows an agency to use property tax revenue for agency-wide project development with the consent of the parties to the interlocal agreement. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate Housing |
| S.B. 67 | Workplace Violence Protective Orders | Sen. Weiler | Provides that an employer who reasonably believes workplace violence has occurred against the employer, an employee of the employer, or a person while the person was present at the workplace of the employer, may seek, or authorize an agent to seek, a protective order. | Support | Failed to Pass | Labor and Employment |
| S.B. 70 | Mobile Crisis Outreach Team Expansion | Sen. Reibe | Requires local mental health authorities to match state funds for Mobile crisis outreach teams and requires the state to work with local authorities to ensure that there are at least 14 operating mobile crisis outreach teams by July 1, 2022. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Mental Health |
| S.B. 74 | Price Control Repeals | Sen. Anderegg | Repeals the laws regarding price controls during an emergency. | Oppose | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| S.B. 80 | Utah Antidiscrimination Amendments | Sen. Kitchen | Defines Protective Hairstyle and defines race as including an immutable trait historically associated with race. | Support | Failed to Pass | Equality and Inclusion in Opportunity |
| S.B. 86 | Amendments to Price Controls During Emergencies Act | Sen. Fillmore | Amends the penalty for a violation of the price control statutes to require that a person may not be fined more than twice the expressive price of an item. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| S.B. 87 | Professional Licensing Amendmendments | Sen. Bramble | Creates an exemption from licensure under the cosmetology act for an individual who only dries, styles, arranges, dresses, curls, hot irons, shampoos, or conditions hair and displays a sign in the individual's place of business informing the public that the individual is not licensed under the cosmetology act. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Labor and Employment |
| S.B. 89 | Preconstruction and Construction Lien Amendments | Sen. McKell | Permits an owner’s agent to file a notice of intent to finance and outlines the requirements for the notice of intent. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Housing |
| S.B. 95 | Sales Tax Revisions | Sen. Fillmore | Exempts amounts paid or charged for tangible personal property that is used or consumed primarily in the production or development of computer software that is otherwise taxable. | Support | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| S.B. 96 | Legislative Water Development Commission Amendments | Sen. Iwamoto | Extends the sunset date and clarifies quorum requirements for the Legislative Water Development Commission. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Natural Resources |
| S.B. 100 | Taxpayer Tax Credit Modifications | Sen. Harper | Increases the value of the Utah personal tax exemption from $565 to $3,113 for an individual and reduces the payment for various income levels by $0.15 from $0.13 per dollar. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Taxes |
| S.B. 107 | In-Person Instruction Prioritized | Sen. Weiler | Requires the State Board of Education to reallocate an amount equivalent to a portion of a weighted pupil unit from a local education agency (LEA) that does not provide a broad-based in-person learning option for all students in kindergarten through grade 12 by a certain date to a different LEA if the LEA does not provide for broad-based in-person learning by February 8, 2021. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Education |
| S.B. 110 | Tax Commission Appeal Amendments | Sen. Fillmore | Requires the State Tax Commission to stay a case before the commission, if a Commission decision involving the same taxpayer, the same tax type, and the same legal issue or valuation principle is before a court on judicial review. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate Taxes |
| S.B. 112 | Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact | Sen. Davis | Enacts the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Labor and Employment |
| S.B. 114 | Animal Chiropractic Amendments | Sen. Sandall | Removes the requirement that a veterinarian refer an animal to a licensed chiropractor before the chiropractor can treat the animal and removes the requirement that a licensed chiropractor take a course for treating animals before treating an animal instead requiring a licensed chiropractor to obtain a certification. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Labor and Employment |
| S.B. 119 | To-Go Beverage Service Amendments | Sen. Kitchen | Permits a a retail licensee to sell, offer for sale, or furnish a primary spirituous liquor that is not dispensed through a calibrated metered dispensing system if: the primary spirituous liquor is in a beverage that: -Is in an original, sealed container; -Is not more than 12 fluid ounces; and -Contains no more than 10% alcohol by volume or 8% by weight. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Community Alcohol |
| S.B. 120 | Outdoor Advertising Revisions | Sen. Kitchen | Prohibits the placement of a sign on private property unless a property owner and a sign owner have entered into an outdoor advertising agreement and the sign owner records notice with the County Recorder. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Community |
| SB 129 | Real Property Recording Amendments | Sen. Winterton | Requires a document conveying real property include a legal description of the real property including: - the location and boundaries of the real property by metes and bounds; - a government survey; or - a lot, block, or track number within a previously recorded plat or map and any easement, right-of-way, or reservation on the real property. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Housing |
| SB 132 | Child Care Center Sales Tax Exemption | Sen. Fillmore | Exempts from sales and use tax amounts paid or charged for construction materials used to open or expand a licensed child care program. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Labor and Employment |
| SB 140 | Pharmacy Benefit Amendments | Sen. Vickers | States that an insurer may not vary the amount that the insurer reimburses to a federally qualified health center for a drug on the basis of whether the drug is a 340B drug, or the pharmacy is a 340B entity. Further states that an insurer may not, on the basis that a federally qualified health center participates through a contractual arrangement in the 340B drug discount program, assess a fee, charge-bak or other adjustment, restrict access to the insurer’s network, require contracts with a specific pharmacy, create a restriction or charge for a patient who chooses to receive drugs from a federally qualified health center or create any additional requirements. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Health Care |
| SB 141 | Task Force on Food Security | Sen. Escamilla | Creates the Task Force on Food Security to develop a plan for establishing food security in the state. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Community |
| SB 144 | Billboard Restrictions Amendments | Sen. Hinkins | Provides that a municipality may not, prevent a person from building or maintaining a billboard by incentivizing, rewarding, compensating, encouraging, or requiring a landowner or developer of land to discontinue, terminate, limit, or not renew a billboard owner's right to erect or maintain a billboard on the property or refuse to enter into a future relationship with a billboard owner. States that in a conveyance of real property from a municipality to another person, a municipality may not restrict the purchaser's ability to place a billboard on the real property. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Community |
| SB 146 | Emissions Testing Amendments | Sen. Bramble | Removes the end date of a pilot program requiring emissions inspections of diesel-powered motor vehicles, making the requirement permanent. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Natural Resources |
| SB 149 | Massage Therapy Practice Amendments | Sen. Harper | Exempts a brain integration practitioner from being licensed as a massage therapist. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| SB 150 | Government Records and Management Act Judicial Review Amendments | Sen. Weiler | Clarifies that in a court's review and decision of a petition seeking judicial review of a State Records Committee final order adjudicating the merits of a determination concerning access to a record, the court may not remand the petition to the State Records Committee for any additional proceedings. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| SB 155 | 988 Mental Health Crisis Assistance | Sen. Thatcher | Creates the 988 Suicide Prevention and Crisis Services Account for the purpose of supporting the impementation and operation of a 988 suicide prevention hotline. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Community |
| SB 158 | Children’s Health Coverage Amendments | Sen. Escamilla | Creates the Children's Coverage Outreach Pilot Program. Creates a grant program to provide targeted outreach program and a media outreach campaign to increase awareness of available resources and assist with application. Expands coverage for eligibility to children who are otherwise ineligible for federal financial participation, but meet the income requirements. | Support | Failed to Pass | Health Care Community |
| SB 161 | Mental Health Systems Amendments | Sen. Weiler | Requires the base budget to include appropriations to the Department of Health for insurance plans that contract with the state's Medicaid program for behavioral health services. Requires a health benefit plan to reimburse for behavioral telehealth services at 80% percentage of the in-person rate for the services. Prohibits the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing from refusing to issue or taking disciplinary action against the occupational license of certain healthcare providers based solely on the provider seeking or participating in mental health or substance abuse treatment. | Concern | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Health Care |
| SB 164 | Utah Housing Affordability Amendments | Sen. Anderegg | Provides that a municipality shall not impose a fee in an amount greater than the actual estimated cost of the administration of the purpose of the fee. Creates a process by which a municipality may grant real property that will be used for affordable housing. Creates the Affordable Housing Pilot Program. Expands the use of the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund for pre development grants. | Priority | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Housing Community |
| SB 167 | Utah Film Economic Incentives | Sen. Winterton | Increases the maximum tax credit available from the Governor’s Office of Economic Development for motion picture production from $6,793,700 to $15,000,000. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| SB 177 | Pharmacy Practice Revisions | Sen. Vickers | Requires health plans to prorate the insulin copay cap based on days dispensed for prescriptions under 30-days, and prohibit additional copayment for prescriptions between 31-50 days which would allow for possible gaming of prescription benefits.. Changes the definition of a “pharmacy benefit management service” to include all plans regardless of if they are regulated under state law. Limits the ability for a PBM to conduct a pharmacy audit, which plays an important role in identifying fraud, waste, abuse and overpayments by individuals and businesses for their prescription drug benefits. | Concern | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate Health Care |
| SB 181 | Department of Government Operations | Sen. Millner | Combines the Department of Administrative Services, the Department of Technology Services, and the Department of Human Resource Management into one, new department, the Department of Government Operations. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| SB 183 | Raffle Amendments | Sen. McCay | Amends the definition of Lottery to exclude a scheme where an entity gives away a prize by the act of drawing a name if no purchase or consideration is required to qualify for the prize. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Community |
| SB 185 | Capitol Meeting Room Definitions | Sen. Adams | Names the committee room 210 in the Senate Building, the "Allyson W. Gamble Committee Room." | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Community |
| SB 186 | Anti-Boycott Israel Amendments | Sen. Stevenson | Prohibits a government entity from contracting with a company that boycotts the State of Israel. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| SB 188 | Procurement Code Revisions | Sen. Owens | Provides that a procurement intended for the establishment of a state liquor store may be made without engaging in a standard procurement process and defines "contract price" in the context of a provision allowing a contractor to increase or lower the price under the terms of the contract. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| SB 190 | Interstate Compact for Economic Development | Sen. McCay | Creates the Interstate Compact for Mutually Beneficial Economic Development. Member states agree not to offer a targeted subsidy or any company currently located in or considering location in the members state. The Compact takes effect only when all 50 states have joined. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| SB 192 | Medical Cannabis Act Amendments | Sen. Vickers | Creates the Cannabis Production Establishment Licensing Advisory Board and amends rules surrounding licensing. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| SB 193 | Higher Education Performance Funding | Sen. Millner | Requires the Utah Board of Higher Education to set five-year goals for the state system of higher education and for each degree-granting institution and technical college that align with each system five-year goal ties performance funding to compliance with those goals. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Education |
| SB 194 | Utah Main Street Program | Sen. Owens | Creates the Utah Main Street Program within GOED and creates the Utah Main Street Program Advisory Committee to work as part of the National Main Street Center. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| SB 195 | Emergency Response Amendments | Sen. Vickers | Puts 30 day limits on emergencies and makes other changes to emergencies declared by the Governor, the Utah Health Department, and local health departments. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate Community |
| SB 199 | Water Amendments | Sen. McKell | Directs the Legislative Water Development Commission to support the creation of a unified, statewide water strategy. Provides a secondary water supplier, including a small secondary water retail supplier, may not raise the rates charged for secondary water by more than 10% in a calendar year unless, before raising the rates on the end user, the entity charging the end user includes a statement in the notice that payment is due that explains the basis for why the needs of the secondary water supplier required an increase in rates. | Support | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Natural Resources |
| SB 200 | Consumer Privacy Act | Sen. Cullimore | Provides consumers the right to access, correct, and delete certain personal data gives consumers the right to opt out of the collection and use of personal data for certain purposes. Requires businesses that receive more than 50% of their income from selling personal data and have more than 25,000 customers or have more than 100,000 customers and control and process personal data of consumers to safeguard personal data, provide clear information to consumers regarding how the consumer's personal data are used, accept consumer requests to exercise the consumer's rights, comply with a consumer's request to exercise the consumer's rights under this bill, and maintain data protection assessments. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| SB 201 | Public Notice Amendments | Sen. Mayne | Shifts requirements for public notice publication from newspapers to the Open Public Meetings Website. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| SB 202 | Grant Program for Small Businesses | Sen. Cullimore | Creates a targeted small business grant program for business entities with continued revenue declines due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Priority | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| SB 204 | Permitting Amendments | Sen. Cullimore | Requires a state agency or local government that requires a permit to include in the permit application the agency or government entity uses to determine whether to grant the permit to an applicant and the time frame in which the decision will be made. | Support | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| SB 205 | Election Process Amendments | Sen. McCay | Amends the SB 54 compromise by removing the requirement for a signature path the the ballot for and creates four types of political parties. | Oppose | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Community |
| SB 206 | Tax Rate Amendments | Sen. Fillmore | Decreases the corporate and individual income tax rate from 4.95% to 4.75%. | Support | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| SB 207 | Consumer Protection Amendments | Sen. Reibe | Provides that a person who provides emergency, disaster, or death scene clean up services to a vulnerable consumer may not charge an unconscionable price. | Support | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Community |
| SB 208 | Employee Medical Procedures Protection Act | Sen. Kennedy | Prohibits an employer from requiring an employee, a prospective employee, or a blood relative of an employee or prospective employee to accept or decline a medical procedure including a treatment, procedure, therapy, medicine, drug, immunization, or other action intended to affect or alter the physical or mental health of the individual. | Oppose | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| SB 209 | Gig Workers Amendments | Sen. McCay | Defines an "On-demand labor service" as work performed as a discrete task; and performed sporadically; or that is of limited or finite duration and the agreement between the parties meets the conditions of the bill. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Labor and Employment |
| SB 210 | Paid Leave Modifications | Sen. Weiler | Requires the state to provide paid parental leave of up to 120 hours for a qualified employee. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Labor and Employment |
| SB 214 | Official Language Amendments | Sen. Cullimore | Removes prohibitions regarding translating government information. | Priority | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate Equality and Inclusion in Opportunity Community |
| SB 217 | Housing and Transit Reinvestment Zone Act | Sen. Harper | Creates a new development tool called Housing and Transit Reinvestment Zones (HTRZ), which is designed to facilitate mixed-use, multi-family and affordable housing development within a 1/3-mile radius of FrontRunner stations. The development proposal would be required to (i) be mixed-use, (ii) be at least 50 units to the acre, and (iii) have at least 10% affordable housing. The city proposal would also identify costs and revenues needed and would be subject to an independent financial assessment. | Priority | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Housing |
| SB 227 | Genetic Information Privacy Act | Sen. Bramble | Requires a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company to provide a consumer clear information regarding the company's collection, use, and disclosure of genetic data. Requires a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company to obtain a consumer's consent for certain collection, use, or disclosure of the consumer's genetic data. | Monitor | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate |
| SB 228 | Electronic Free Speech Amendments | Sen. McKell | Requires a social media corporation to clearly communicate to account holders the social media corporation's moderation practices and requires the company to provide all account holders with a list of potential moderation practices. | Sent to the Governor for Signature | Business Climate | |
| SB 232 | Statewide Credentials and Certification Amendments | Sen. Owens | Creates the Statewide Credentials and Certification Program at Snow College which consists of an online platform and a grant program designed to link students, job seekers, employers, and education agencies to education and employment opportunities. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Education |
| SB 235 | County Tax Amendments | Sen. Kennedy | Allows all counties to expend transient room tax revenue for purposes related to tourism mitigation, including criminal justice activities and equipment allows counties to expend tourism, recreation, cultural, convention, and airport facilities tax revenue for purposes related to tourism mitigation. | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Community |
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| SB 236 | Occupational Freedom Act | Sen. Weiler | Requires the Office of the Legislative Auditor General to coordinate and assist the occupational and Professional Licensure Review Committee in reviewing state licensed lawful professions. Requires several departments to charge a 50 cent surcharge fee license for a renewal of a license, or reinstatement of a license. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| SB 239 | Small Business Job Creation Tax Credit Act | Sen. Bramble | Provides a state nonrefundable tax credit for investments by small business funds in eligible businesses. Authorizes the state to approve tax credits on up to $30,000,000 invested in eligible businesses in the state. | Failed to Pass | Business Climate | |
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| SB 241 | Sales Tax Distribution Amendments | Sen. McCay | Provides that beginning with the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2026, and ending with the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2056 the distribution of local sales and use tax revenue shall be equal to 1/30 of 50%, and the percentage will be decreased each fiscal year by the percentage equal to 1/30 of 50%. | Concern | Failed to Pass | Business Climate |
| SB 245 | Net Metering Amendments | Sen. Cullimore | Directs the Public Service Commission to consider public health, air quality, voluntary and mandatory state and local renewable energy targets, local economic development, local health, job availability; and grid resilience when determining the benefits of the net metering program. Creates a qualifying net metering program available to existing and new solar customers. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Natural Resources |
| SB 247 | Property Tax Appeals Process Amendments | Sen. Millner | Requires the county assessor and a taxpayer to disclose evidence before the public hearing in an appeal to a county board of equalization. Allows a county assessor to provide a written response to any previously undisclosed evidence the taxpayer presents at a public hearing. | Monitor | Failed to Pass | Business Climate Housing |
| S.C.R. 1 | Concurrent Resolution on Holocaust Education | Sen. Vickers | Encourages the State Board of Eduation and local education agencies to provide Holocaust and genocide education, explains the importance of Holocaust and genocide education and describes components of Holocaust and genocide education. | Support | Signed by the Governor | Equality and Inclusion in Opportunity |