2026 Bill Tracker
Below you will find the watchlist for all the bills that the Utah Chamber is tracking during the 2026 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 Utah Chamber Governing Board/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 11 | Dyed Diesel Fuel Search Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Gricius; Floor Sponsor: Senator Harper | A government official or law enforcement officer is not allowed to inspect the fuel in a vehicle's fuel tank to check for dyed diesel unless there is probable cause that the owner has dyed diesel in their tank, the owner has given consent to inspect the vehicle, or the inspection occurs at a port of entry as part of a check for compliance with state and federal laws; specifies that the act of driving a motor fuel on a highway, without any additional indication of a violation, does not constitute as probable cause | Monitor | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Natural Resources & Growth |
| HB 14 | Behavior Analyst Licensing Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Maloy; Floor Sponsor: Senator Weiler | Extends the sunset date for the Behavior Analyst Licensing Act to July 1, 2036 | Monitor | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar table | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 15 S2 | Medicaid Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Eliason; Floor Sponsor: Senator Grover | Allows DHHS to administer Medicaid Expansion according to per capita cap, limits ability of qualified entity to determine Medicaid coverage for someone enrolled in Medicaid Expansion, enacts lockout program if someone in Medicaid Expansion violates program requirements, allows someone in Medicaid Expansion to remain in Medicaid for 12 month certification period, allows Medicaid Expansion funds to be used for housing support; outlines that if effective expansion FMAP rate goes below 85%, DHHS will lose authority to implement Medicaid Expansion at either the beginning of the next fiscal year, if between July 1-December 31, or the next fiscal year in the next calendar year, if between January 1-June 30. Outlines that if it is a discrete program causing the rate to decrease, that discrete program should be eliminated; amends provisions related to the targeted adult Medicaid program | Monitor | Senate Health and Human Services Committee | Health Care |
| HB 16 S2 | Solar Power Plant Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Jack; Floor Sponsor: Senator Hinkins | Prohibits solar power plant on certain land types (ie prime farmland, farmland with statewide, local, or unique importance (designated by Natural Resource Conservation Service), irrigated cropland, certain non-irrigated cropland, certain grazing land) from getting state incentive; outlines that solar power plants on certain grazing land and certain non-irrigated cropland get reduced incentives; solar plants with existing agreements or incentives are exempt; requires wildlife impact consultation with state or federal agencies for solar power plants; establishes requirements for decommissioning plans and financial assurance for solar power plants; creates permitting process for solar power plants, requires the construction of a solar power plants to have a conditional use permit, grading, permit, building permit, and any other permit required by local jurisdiction; requires submission and approval of developments plans for solar power plants; provides for severability; requires consultation with agriculture protection area advisory boards and the Department of Agriculture and Food when solar power plants may affect lands within or adjacent to agriculture protection areas | Monitor | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Energy & Critical Minerals |
| HB 21 S1 | Senior Care Facility Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Auxier | Requires an assisted living facility that is planning a closure, qualifying, or change of use to submit a proposed transition plan (including resident population and needs, available relocation options, a plan for safe and orderly discharge of residents, plan to share information and coordinate with managed care organizations, timeline for closure or sale, plan for law and regulation compliance) 120 days prior, requires the assisted living to give written notification and the copy of transition plan to the ombudsman, the Division of Licensing and Background Checks, the residents and their responsible persons 45 days prior to the closure, qualifying sale, or change of use; prohibits assisted living facility from accepting new residents after the transtion plan is submitted; requires facility to conduct a meeting with residents and rsponsible persons to discuss relocation process, assist each resident in finding a suitable placement, invite other facility operators in the area to visit with the residents, provide the resident with a prorated refund for any funds the resident has prepaid, and provide resident's new facility with complete and accurate records; requires residents to be notified if there is an acquisition sale within 5 days of the sale and prohibits the purchaser to raise the rates for 60 days after the sale; gives county attorney or the attorney general the authority to take legal action and potentially appoint a new receiver for the facility if there is non-compliance with this section | Monitor | Enrolled bill to Printing | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 29 | Unfair and Deceptive Pricing Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Clancy; Floor Sponsor: Senator Vickers | Prohibits hidden fees by requiring the clear and conspicuous disclosure of the total price in an offer or advertisement of a product; directs the Division of Consumer Protection to administer and enforce the chapter; grants the Division of Consumer Protection the power to impose a fine and seek court relief | Monitor | Senate Business and Labor Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 37 S1 | Used Oil Management Act Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Chew; Floor Sponsor: Senator Stratton | Increases the recycling fee on the sale of lubricating oil from 4 cents per quart to 8 cents per quart; outlines that starting in 2027, the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control can set the recycling fee without a statutory change; clarifies that the Division of Waste Management and Radiation control can use grant funding to hire permitted transporters as part of a curbside used oil collection program; requires the division to notify the State Tax Commission of a fee change 90 days before the fee change goes into effect | Monitor | Sent for enrolling | Natural Resources & Growth |
| HB 40 S1 | Utah Construction Trades Licensing Act | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Tom Peterson; Floor Sponsor: Senator Vickers | Moves the licensing requirements for an alarm company and an alarm company agent into a new chapter; restructures the licensing requirements for the remaining trades in the Utah Construction Trades Licensing Act | Monitor | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 41 S2 | Construction and Fire Codes Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Tom Peterson; Floor Sponsor: Senator Vickers | Amends the State Construction Code to adopt the 2024 edition of the International Wildland-Urban Interface Code (IWUIC), which would replace the current 2006 version used; adds "In IWUIC, Section 602 is deleted" to IWUIC Section 302.1 | Monitor | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 45 S1 | Fire Code Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Tom Peterson; Floor Sponsor: Senator Vickers | Amends the State Fire Code to adopt the 2026 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code, which would replace the current 2006 version used | Monitor | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 55 | Privacy Compliance for Education Technology Vendors | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Auxier | Requires an education entity or a government agency that contracts with a third-party to include a provision in the contract that describes the statutory duty to terminate the contract in the case of a privacy violation and prohibiting any fee or financial liability for the termination; requires that within 30 days of a third-party's unauthorized sale of student data in violation of state or federal privacy laws that the entity or agency inform the contractor of their violation of the law and the entity or agency's duty to terminate the contract if improvement is not made; mandates that the entity or agency terminate the contract within 30 days of the notice if the contractor does not remedy the privacy violation and does not establish processes to prevent future compliance failure; prohibits a third-party contractor from imposing a fee, seeking damages, or assert any financial liability against an entity or agency if a contract is terminated under this section | Monitor | Governor | Education & Workforce |
| HB 58 S2 | Insurance Code Modifications | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Dunnigan; Floor Sponsor: Senator Vickers | Proposes that the Insurance Department may withdraw a portion of an insurer's statutory trust deposit to pay for an examination if the insurer refuses to do so; increases the maximum amount in the Captive Insurance Restricted Account by $19,000; increases the minimum amount of liability insurance a title insurer must possess; creates a new requirement for title insurance producers that they report to the Insurance Department any instance where the producer has reasonable belief that wire fraud may have occurred; creates a limit to the maximum compensation for public adjusters | Monitor | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar (circled) | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 59 S2 | Identification Verification Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Eliason; Floor Sponsor: Senator Vickers | Permits a restaurant to provide alcohol to consumers without verifying the consumer's identification if the consumer appears to be older than 35 years old; requires an off-premise beer retailer that procures beer at a drive-through loading area, or a parking stall to verify the consumer's identification for all purchases; permits a licensee to temporarily confiscate a proof of age document if they determine it to be fake; if the licensee determines the proof of age document to be fake, requires them to notify law enforcement within 24 hours, request that law enforcement confirm or deny validity, and provide the confiscated document within 48 hours; provides that when a court designates an individual as an interdicted person, the court may require the individual to surrender the individual's Utah driver license or Utah identification card; outlines that an individual who voluntarily applies for a driver license or an identification card with an interdicted person qualifier is not required to pay an administrative fee imposed by the Driver License Division; requires an off-premise beer retailer, a state store, or a package agecny to request proof of age from each patron; requires an off-premise beer retailer, state store, or package agency verify that an individual is not an interdicted person if the individual provides a Utah driver license as a proof of age; provides that when a court designates an individual was an interdicted person, the court may require the individual to surrender the individual's Utah driver license or Utah identificaiton card; provides that an individual who voluntarily applies for a driver license or an identification card with an interdicted person qualified is not required to pay an administrative fee imposed by the Driver License Division | Monitor | Senate Rules Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 65 S4 | Construction Code Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Tom Peterson; Floor Sponsor: Senator Vickers | Updates State Construction Code to adopt the 2024 editions and definitions of International Building Code, International Residential Code, International Plumbing Code, International Mechanical Code, International Fuel Gas Code, International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, International Energy Conservation Code, and International Existing Building Code; removes the regulation of water heaters in certain areas; adds definitions for ballistic glass and security glazing and provisions for their use in K-12 educational occupancies; modifies the minimum amount of children in the definition of childcare facility from 4 to 5 and amends standards regulating various types of day care facilities; incorporates Utah-specific modifications from the Uniform Building Code Commission to tailor the International Codes for local use and removes obsolete references to prior code editions and aligns statutory language with the 2024 adopted codes; changes are recommendations from the UBCC report received by the Business and Labor interim committee in September 2025 | Monitor | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 68 S4 | Housing and Community Development Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Roberts; Floor Sponsor: Senator Fillmore | Creates the Division of Housing and Community Development within the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity by consolidating houseing-related programs and provisions from the Housing and Community Development Division within the Department of Workforce Services and the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget within the Division of Housing; creates the state housing coordinator position within the Division of Housing, who is appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the Senate; renames the Housing and Community Development Division to the Community Development Division within the Department of Workforce Services; allows the Department of Transportation to dispose of certain surplus property if the property is developed to include at least one parking space for each bedroom in a dwelling unit or the number of parking spaces required for a dwelling unit under local zoning and land use regulations, and that its boundary is within one-half mile of a station or loading zone of a public transit facility; outlines process for Department of Transportation surplus property sale; repeals obsolete sections of code; repeals the Commission on Housing Affordability; requires coordination between the deputy director of the Division of Housing and the Utah Housing Corporation to assist the division in the administration of housing programs; amends the required fields of expertise of public trustees appointed to the Utah Housing Corporation board of trustees; requires recipeients of certain state or state-administered funds to report certain data to the Division of Housing and Community Development | Monitor | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar table | Affordable Housing |
| HB 71 S3 | Health Provider Directory and Access Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Eliason; Floor Sponsor: Senator Cullimore | Requires covered insurers to assist enrollees in accessing behavioral health services in a timely manner, facilitate an insured obtaining behavioral health services from an out-of-network provider if an in-network provider is not available in a timely manner, publish health care provider directories, and take steps to ensure the accuracy of provider directories; allows Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program to adjust the program's business practices to mitigate financial impacts; authorizes Utah's insurance commissioner to make rules in regards to this bill; requires providers to respond to an insurer's request for verification of provider directory information within a certain period of time; requires the commissioner to issue an educational letter to a provider that demonstrates a pattern of violations of this bill; requires the Division of Professional licensing to convene a working group to study the feasibility and cost of creating and maintaining a statewide behavioral health provider directory and report to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee | Monitor | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar Table | Health Care |
| HB 76 S1 | Data Center Water Transparency Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Koford; Floor Sponsor: Senator Sandall | Gives the state engineer enforcement power over the reports required by Section by 73-5-8.3 (Reporting by large data centers); creates a definition of large data center; requires a land use authority of a county or municipality to notify the Division of Water Rights, the Division of Water Quality, and any relevant water supplier before they approve a land use application for a large data center of 10,000 square feet; requires the operator of the large data center facility, 90-360 days before construction begins, to communicate with the water provider that will provide the water for the center to demonstrate where the large data center facility anticipates obtaining the water used and submit a report to the Division of Water Rights detailing where the data center will be located, what its organization will be, the projected amount of water used, how the projected water will be used, the projected annual discharges, how discharges will be treated, how much discharge temperature will be adjusted, and how much the data center will engage in water reuse or activities to replace water used by the large data center; requires the large data center, after beginning operations, to continue updating information from previous reports, as well as report on efforts to reduce water consumption, a comparison of water use of projected versus actual water use, projected water use for the next year, efforts to prevent water pollution and its effects, and any other information required by the Water Rights Division through rulemaking; creates an anonymized, agregated report with information that might be considered proprietary; allows the Division of Water Rights to publish a non-aggregated report; allows the Division of Water Rights to impose a fine if the large data center does not comply with reporting | Monitor | Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee | Natural Resources & Growth |
| HB 77 | Tax Modifications | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Eliason; Floor Sponsor: Senator McCay | Modifies the definition of "unrelated business income" in the corporate income tax statute to include allocated income; repeals the corporate income tax credit for use of cleaning burning fuel, as this credit has been unavailable since 2003; incorporates specific legislative review requirements for the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit into the regular 5-year legislative review cycle that applies to income tax credits; makes provisions allowing for pass-through entities to pay taxes for an individual permanent; updates the taxpayer tax credit to align with the recent federal changes to the SALT cap; modifies the definition of "short-term rental" in the sales tax statute to include short-term property rentals; requires the Tax Commission to distribute revenue from the 1% local sales tax imposed by a county to any newly incorporated cities within the county during a 180-day holdover period; updates and aligns the motor vehicle exemptions to the Motor Vehicle Rental Tax and the Tourism, Recreation, Cultural, Convention, and Airport Facilities Tax; requires taxing entities to provide notice to the Tax Commission for the reauthorization of local option sales taxes and prohibits the Tax Commission from enforcing a reauthorized sales tax if timely notice is not provided; restates the requirements for county assessment of HOA common areas in the property tax statute; adjusts the Qualifies Increase report by increasing the trigger threshold for automatic county review of a property with a qualifying increase from 150% to 350%, increasing the county reporting trigger threshold from $50,000 to $250,000, and requiring counties to report the reasons for the property value increases to the Tax Commission; modifies the definition of "indigent individual" to the property tax relief statute by removing language that limits the finding of extreme hardship to counties; allows a taxpayer to appeal a county's denial of the taxpayer's property tax relief application based on late filing, which would extend appeal rights to all grounds for denial of property tax relief; repeals the obsolete inheritance tax provision; consolidates two separate Tax Commission reports on federal tax law changes into a single report; incorporates the changes related to reporting and penalties for mineral production tax withholding from HB 61; consolidates a list of all existing privilege tax exemptions in the privilege tax statute within Title 59, Chapter 4 | Monitor | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 78 | Nuclear Regulatory Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Albrecht; Floor Sponsor: Senator Owens | Establishes the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Office within the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control; grants rulemaking authority to the division of nuclear energy licensing and oversight; directs the division to pursue expanded Agreement State status with the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission; authorizes the director to enter cooperative agreements with federal agencies; authorizes new positions for the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Office | Monitor | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar table | Energy & Critical Minerals |
| HB 88 S6 | Public Assistance Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Lee | Removes authority for an agency or political subdivision of the state to skip verification of lawful presence for receipt of a public benefit the state administers; prohibits an agency or political subdivision from providing public benefits to an individual is not a qualified alien or does not have lawful presence in the United States, unless there is a need for emergency medical healthcare or temporary disaster shelter; directs state agencies who provide public benefits to provide an annual report to the Governor and legislative leadership regarding their compliance and the number and type of benefits denied, and also directs them to conduct a quarterly audit of each public benefit program and legal compliance; requires the Office of the Legislative Auditor General to conduct biennial audits of each agency for compliance with this bill; outlines that an employee of a state agency or department who willfully or recklessly disregards verification requirements is guilty of a class B misdemeanor; outlines that an agency or department director who knowingly violates this section or allows an employee to violate this section is subject to removal; allows an individual taxpayer to bring.a private right of action against an employee or employer if they suspect noncompliance with this bill | Monitor | House 3rd Reading Calendar | Education & Workforce |
| HB 99 | Eyewear Sales Tax Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Maloy | Amends definition to include corrective eyeglasses and contact lenses in the definition of "prosthetic device," which exempts these items from sales and use tax | Monitor | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar table | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 118 | Driver Training Schools for Commercial Driver License Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Pierucci | Requires a Commercial Driver License (CDL) applicant to sign a form attesting to their English language ability to converse with the general public, understand highway traffic signs and signals, respond to official inquiries, and make entries on reports and records; directs the Driver License Division to create procedures for a commercial driver license third party examiner to send a form to the division if the CDL applicant cannot speak and understand English, collect and report the name of a CDL driver training school that a CDL applicant used, and report data regarding CDL applicant passage rates to the division. | Monitor | Senate 2nd Reading Calendar | Education & Workforce |
| HB 119 S4 | Automotive Repair Business Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Jack | Requires that a motor vehicle liability coverage policy include the coverage of the difference in market value from before and after a motor vehicle accident, if the insured purchases this type of coverage; provides that coverage for a motor vehicle accident may not be stepped down if the permissive user driving a covered motor vehicle is at fault in causing an accident or the named insured driving a covered motor vehicle is at fault in causing an accident; grants the Insurance Department rulemaking authority to establish a formula to determine the coverage of the difference in market value from before and after a motor vehicle accident; requires that a repair facility or installer use crash parts that are substantially equivalent to original equipment manufacturer aftermarket repair parts; grants a motor vehicle owner a right of action against a repair facility or installer that does not use crash parts that are substantially equivalent to original equipment manufacturer aftermarket repair parts | Monitor | Senate Rules Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 130 | Employment Medical Examination Expense Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Gwynn | Prohibits an employer from charging an individual a fee for a medical examination or requiring an individual to obtain a medical examination unless the employer directly pays the health care provider for the cost of the exam; prohibits an employer from requiring an individual to obtain a medical examination with the promise of reimbursement; employers who do not comply may be required to reimburse the individual and/or health care provider, and may be subject to an additional penalty; grants rulemaking authority to the Labor Commission | Monitor | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Health Care |
| HB 131 | Employee Disclosure Requirements | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Shepherd | Specifies definition of "employer" to include an officer, a manager of manager managed limited liability company, a member of a member-managed limited liability company, a general partner of a limited partnership, or a partner of a partnership; changes the definition of "wages" to mean compensation an employer owes to an employee for a labor or a service, regardless of how the employer calculates the amount owed to the employee; restates in this section of code that an employer is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if the employer refuses to pay the wages due to an employee, falsifies the amount of wages earned or falsely denies that wages are due to an employee to reduce the amount of wages due to an employee or delay or defraud the employee, or hires an additional employee without disclosing to this employee an unsatisfied unpaid wage claim or judgement | Monitor | House Rules Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 141 | International Money Transmission Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Gricius | Imposes a 2% tax on international money transmission on or after January 1, 2027 that will be collected by the licensee or an authorized agent of the licensee; requires the tax to be stated separately on an invoice or receipt; provides for an exemption if the customer requesting the transmission presents valid identification to the licensee when requesting the transmission; a Utah driving privilege card would not be considered valid identification; requires licensed money transmitters to remit collected taxes quarterly and report annually to the State Tax Commission; requires the State Tax Commission to deposit revenues from the tax into the General Fund; grants the State Tax Commission rulemaking authority and enforcement authority; allows for a nonrefundable income tax credit for individuals who pay the tax; requires the commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions to annually provide a list of each licensed money transmitter to the State Tax Commission | Monitor | Senate Business and Labor Committee | Education & Workforce |
| HB 154 S1 | Water Loss Study Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Owens | Directs the Division of Water Resources, in conjunction with the Division of Drinking Water, to conduct a study regarding water loss by public water systems to be submitted to the Legislative Water Development Commission; this study will consist of compiling and analyzing water loss estimates, providing an overview of industry standard water loss principles and practices, and making recommendation on improving water loss estimates and reduce actual water losses | Monitor | Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee | Natural Resources & Growth |
| HB 156 S1 | Blood Transfusion Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Chevrier | Prohibits a healthcare facility or provider from prohibiting a patient providing their own blood product or the blood product of the patient's directed donor for any potential transfusion related to the patient's care; allows for exceptions if the donation or transfusion would be detrimental to the donor or patient, if there is insufficient time before surgery or procedure to coordinate and arrange the patient's provision of the blood product, the health care facility where the surgery or procedure is performed offers a process for the patient to provide the patient's own blood or the blood product to the patients directed donor, or if the surgery or medical procedure is for emergency medical services; provides immunity from liability to health care providers and facilities for a patient's injury, damages, or death occurring in connection with a transfusion of blood product provided by the patient | Monitor | Motion to recommend failed in Senate Health and Human Services Committee | Health Care |
| HB 161 | Property Tax Modifications | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Koford | Increases the percentage of the fair market value of primarily residential property that is exempt from property tax from 45% to 60%; this policy change is contingent on the passage of a proposed constitutional amendment, proposed in HJR 7 | Monitor | House Revenue and Taxation Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 164 S1 | Patient Disclosure Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Gricius; Floor Sponsor: Senator Pitcher | Requires health care providers that receive a disclosure of potential unprofessional or unlawful conduct to provide information about how to report the concern to the Division of Professional Licensing; makes the validity of a nondisclosure clause preventing a patient from reporting the conduct of the patient's health care provider to the Division of Professional Licensing contingent on the provider having provided the division's model notice to the patient before the execution of the non disclosure clause | Monitor | Enrolled bill to Printing | Health Care |
| HB 165 S3 | Critical Infrastructure Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Brooks | Directs the Utah Cyber Center to develop guidance on foreign adversary threats to critical infrastructure; authorizes voluntary security assessments for critical infrastructure involving foreign adversary technology; allows coordination between the Utah Cyber Center and state agencies on critical infrastructure security; prohibits use of federally banned equipment in critical infrastructure | Monitor | House Concurrence Calendar | Energy & Critical Minerals |
| HB 172 S1 | Food Safety Manager Certification Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Mauga | Extends the period for food safety manager certification renewal from three years to five years; exempts a nonprofit fundraising event from food service establishment requirements | Monitor | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 175 | Public Funds and Political Activities Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Lee | Prohibits an entity from receiving a government contract or state grant if they participate in a political campaign, devote more than an insubstantial part of the entity's activities to attempting to influence legislation, or if their primary objective can only be attained by legislative action or inaction; prohibits a current or prospective government contractor or grant recipient from making a contribution to a political entity or to another person for a political purpose | Monitor | House Rules Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 176 S1 | Trust Business Modifications | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Loubet | Clarifies that trust directors and incidental fiduciary services by attorneys or CPAs are not “trust business”, clarifying that they do not need to be a licensed trust company; enacts provisions relating to the compensation of a settlor's attorney and an attorney-related person | Monitor | House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee Agenda, 2/18 | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 182 S5 | Genetic Information Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Brooks | Restricts a medical facility or genomic research facility from using a genetic sequencer or operational and research software that has significant relations to a foreign adversary; requires a medical facility to remove or permanently disable the genetic sequencer and replace it if it is prohibited; prohibits a medical or genomic research facility from storing genetic sequencing data within the boundaries of a foreign adversary, and any remote access by a person within the boundaries of a foreign adversary must be approved in writing; requires that facilities or people who store genetic sequencing data use reasonable encryption methods and security; requires facilities to provide a sworn statement of compliance with this section every 10 years; creates a $10,000 fine for violation of this section, gives the attorney general authority to initiate a civil action; prevents from retaliatory action against an employee if they report their employer for not complying with this section; specifies that this section would not apply to a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company protected under the Genetic Information Privacy Act; goes into effect in 2028; exempts genetic sequencing gathered as part of a clinical trial and other certain studies | Monitor | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Health Care |
| HB 184 S1 | Small Lots and Starter Home Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Ward | Defines "preferred land use regulation" as a regulation that would advance the state's housing objectives by building homes that are smaller and less expensive, allow for permitting of projects with negative effects to surrounding areas, and maintains local control over project permitted to be built; allows a person to submit a request that a municipality accept a preferred land use regulation as part of an application to develop a specific residential property; requires a municipality or county to determine if a request conforms with a preferred land use regulation and provide notice of the determination to applicant; authorizes a planning commission or legislative body to deny a request that conforms with a preferred land use regulation if the negative effects to the community outweigh the positive effect and the denial receives a majority vote during a public meeting; outlines that if a request that conforms with a preferred land use regulation is not denied within 30 days, it becomes a permitted use; specifies that a planning commission or municipality/count's denial is an administrative act and a legislative body's denial is a legislative act | Monitor | Motion to recommend failed in House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee | Affordable Housing |
| HB 185 S2 | Carbon Credit Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Shelley | Creates the Carbon Credit Investment Fund; imposes an assessment on the sale of a carbon credit, based on the length of the agreement, to be administered by the Office of Energy Development (office) and the State Tax Commission; deposits the revenue from the carbon crdit assessment into the Carbon Credit Investment Fund; creates the Carbon Credit Litigation Fund and specifies the purpose of the fund; authorizes the attorney general to establish a volunteer task force to investigate issues related to these transactions; establishes reporting requirements for a person selling or exchanging an in-state carbon credit; creates a carbon credit broker licensing requirement for a transaction; establishes a criminal penalty for selling a carbon credit without a broker license; creates a first right of refusal for the Office of Energy Development to purchase an in-state carbon credit; requires the office to submit a proposal to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcomittee and the state treasurer; voids a sale or exchange of a in-state carbon credit that violates state requirements; requires a state entity that owns or controls a carbon credit to report a digital identification number and valuation of the carbon credit to the office; requires a state entity that sells a carbon credit to deposti the revenue from the sale into the General Fund, with certain exceptions; creates a restricted account for the office to purchase in-state carbon credits and administer licensing and assessment requirements | Monitor | Held in committee | Natural Resources & Growth |
| HB 190 S2 | Child Care Business Tax Credit | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Thompson | Increases the amount of the nonrefundable corporate and individual income tax credits to 30% of the qualified child care expenditures if they qualify as an eligible small business; repeals the requirement for an employer to have claimed the tax credit for construction expenditures in order to claim the tax credit for child care expenditures; allows the tax credit to apply to off-site childcare facilities; increases the tax credit amount depending on an employer's child care expenditures; requires the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity to develop and maintain a webpage for employers to obtain information and resources regarding the tax credit | Monitor | Favorably recommended by Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee | Education & Workforce |
| HB 191 S1 | Airport Land Use Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Shallenberger; Floor Sponsor: Senator Brammer | Amends definitions of "airport", and "airport influence area," and defines "flight park" to ensure that a flight park receives similar treatment as other airports with regard to airport influence areas, airport overlay zones, and avigation easements | Monitor | House 3rd Reading Calendar | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 202 | Acupuncturist Licensure Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Chevrier | Provides an alternate path for procuring an acupuncture license; outlines that instead of submitting certification under guidelines from the National Certification Board for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine, a person can submit evidence that they completed a curriculum that meets certain outlined criteria | Monitor | Motion to recommend failed in House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 203 | Non-Compete Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Clancy; Floor Sponsor: Senator Balderee | Prohibits an employer from enforcing a non-compete agreement if the employee is nonexempt, a full-time student engaging in an internship or other short-term employment, eighteen years or younger, their total earnings are less than $155,000 per year, or if the agreement would restrict an employee's ability to work more than 25 miles from a specific geographic location; prohibits non-compete agreements for independent contractors; requires that an employer intending to enforce a non-compete agreement to give advance notice and include the agreement with the offer of employment and imposes requirements with this presentation, also outlines that this offer should include a garden leave clause; imposes at $10,000 fee for violating this section; specifies that an employee has a right of action against a person if they are violating this chapter | Monitor | House Rules Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 206 | Nicotine Product Advertising Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Fiefia | Prohibits advertisements of electronic cigarette and nicotine products on a billboard, streetcar sign, streetcar, bus, placard, or on any other object or place of display | Monitor | House Rules Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 222 | Limitation of Actions Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Albrecht | Clarifies that a person is not civilly or criminally liable and not subject to judicial remedy for damage from any actual or potential effect on climate cause wholly or partly by greenhouse gas emissions, unless a court finds clear and convincing evidence that the person has violated a statue or permit; removes the requirement that a person reside or do business in the state to qualify for limited liability for damage or injury caused by greenhouse gas emissions | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Environment & Public Health |
| HB 224 | Electricity Rate Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Albrecht | Establishes an energy cost baseline to be set by the Public Service Commission in general rate cases; creates a symmetrical sharing band requiring electrical corporations to share with customers 80% of the variances between actual costs and the energy cost baseline for costs incurred on or after January 1, 2026; maintains 100% cost recovery for energy balancing account costs incurred before January 1, 2026 | Monitor | House Rules Committee | Energy & Critical Minerals |
| SB 227 | Punitive Damages Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator WInterton; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Jack | Provides that an insurer may not rely on the existence, likelihood, possibility, or exposure to punitive damages when taking actions under Title 31A, Insurance Code; provides the circumstances in which a court may award punitive damages against an employer or principal for the conduct of the employer's or principal's employee or agent | Monitor | House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 231 S1 | Restaurant Tax Repeal Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Thurston | Repeals the authority for a county to impose the tax (restaurant tax) on food items and alcoholic beverage items sold at restaurants and customized prepared foods sold at convenience stores, gas stations, and grocery stores once a county has received an amount of revenue to secure existing debt obligations | Monitor | House Rules Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 235 | Income Tax Revisions | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Christofferson | Amends the corporate franchise and income tax rate from, 4.5% to 4.45%; amends the income tax rate from 4.5% to 4.45%; retrospective operation for a taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2026 | Monitor | House Rules Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 236 S1 | Truth in Taxation Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Karen Peterson | Requires taxing entities whose fiscal year is July 1-June 30 to make a preliminary statement in a public meeting if they are proposing a property tax increase; mandates that the statement includes that approximate dollar amount and purpose of the ad valorem tax revenue, the approximate percentage increase in ad valorem tax revenue, and inform the public that they may conduct another public meeting; prohibits the State Tax Commission from certifying a taxing entities proposed property tax increase if the the entity fails to meet the requirements for making the preliminary statement; requires entities proposing a property tax increase to: adopt and utilize a tentative operating budget that does not include revenue derived from the proposed tax increase before a tax increase is approved and present an alternative tentative budget that includes the additional revenue that would be derived from the proposed tax increase, if later approved | Support | Senate 2nd Reading Calendar (circled) | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 238 S3 | Utah Energy Generation and Transmission Planning | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Albrecht | Requires Public Service Commission to participate in regional transmission organizations and independent system operators where Utah utilities are members; authorizes the commission to contract for independent analysis of market data; requires annual reporting to the Legislature on impacts to Utah customers; requires notification to the Legislature if the Public Service Commission is denied access or participation; requires notice of community clean energy programs to include a simple opt-out method and submission instructions | Monitor | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Energy & Critical Minerals |
| HB 244 S1 | Employment Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Shepherd | Prohibits an employer from prohibiting a current or prospective employee from voluntarily cooperating with law enforcement or from taking retaliatory action against a current or prospective employee; allows an aggrieved employee under this section to bring a civil action against the employer | Monitor | Held by House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 245 S1 | Construction Wage Standard Act | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Clancy | Directs the Labor Commission to determine the wages for the occupations a construction project requires for each county; establishes a minimum wage that a contractor may pay a laborer or mechanic that a contractor employed directly on the site of a project, a record keeping requirement, and criminal and civil penalties for noncompliance | Monitor | Failed to pass House 3rd Reading Calendar | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 247 S2 | Great Salt Lake Related Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Ward; Floor Sponsor: Senator Sandall | Directs revenue generated by the brine shrimp tax to the Sovereign Lands Management Account instead of the Species Protection Act; directs the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands to expend $125,000 as directed by the Great Salt Lake Advisory Council for the benefit of the Great Salt Lake and expend the rest to benefit the Great Salt Lake by leasing a water right for water to be deposited into the Great Salt Lake or funding a project that directly benefits or maintains the health of the Great Salt Lake brine shrimp population; modifies a provision concerning calculation of severance tax related to certain Great Salt Lake extraction operators; addresses the timing of certification of information related to severance taxes and certain Great Salt Lake extraction operators | Monitor | Senate 2nd Reading Calendar | Great Salt Lake |
| HB 250 S1 | Utah Retirement Plan Exchange | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Ellison; Floor Sponsor: Senator Brammer | Directs the state treasurer's office to establish and maintain a publicly accessible online exchange through which an eligible private employer may review, compare, and select one or more retirement plans for the benefit of the employer's employees; establishes requirements for the exchange, including the types of available retirement plans, the manner in which the exchange presents the plan options, and the information available for each plan; provides a process by which a retirement plan provider can list a qualified retirement plan on the exchange; requires each retirement plan provider with a listing on the exchange to annually report to the office; allows the office to remove or suspend a listing under certain circumstances; gives the office rulemaking authority related to the office's duties; allows the office to contract with a third party to fulfill the office's duties related to the exchange | Support | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 252 | Tariff Payment Tax Credit | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Stoddard | Enacts a nonrefundable income tax credit for a business entity's payment of tariffs for costs that have not been passed to customers in an amount that corresponds to the total amount of qualifying tariff payments made by the business entity; requires a claimant to receive a certification from the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity (GOEO) that they are eligible for the tax credit; requires GOEO to annually report to the State Tax Commission on recipients of the certification; gives GOEO rulemaking authority for administering certification | Monitor | House Rules Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 258 S1 | Insurance Coverage Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Peck | Requires a health benefit plan to cover procedures, treatment, and therapy to reverse sex transition procedures if the health benefit plan covers a sex transition procedure; specifies that this bill would apply to a health benefit plan renewed or entered into on or after January 1, 2027 | Monitor | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar | Health Care |
| HB 270 S2 | Healthcare Worker Post-Employment Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Hall | Makes void a non-compete agreement or non-solicitation agreement entered into between an employer and a healthcare worker | Monitor | Senate Business and Labor Committee | Health Care |
| HB 273 S2 | Classroom Technology Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Defay | Requires the State Board of Education to create model policies on the balanced use of technology and artificial intelligence in a classroom; requires the State Board to include artificial intelligence in core computer science standards; creates specific frameworks in the model policy for specific grade levels; requires local education agencies to ensure that instructional technology is effective, appropriate, and safe before using it; requires a local education agency to take certain actions related to technology, such as minimizing non-essential screen-time and adopting monitoring and accountability policies; requires local education agencies to adopt the model policy or an amended version by 2027; creates a reporting requirement; requires local education agencies to provide additional resources to certain students; allows public high schools to create and offer a sandbox artificial intelligence course; exempts certain groups from frameworks, including a course where instructional technology is integral, online district and charter schools, the Statewide Online Education Program, courses regarding core technology standards, AI sandbox course, schools on tribal land where an LEA is an internet services provider, and students with specific IEP or 504 plans | Monitor | Senate Education Committee | Technology, Innovation & AI |
| HB 276 S1 | Artificial Intelligence Modifications | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Defay; Floor Sponsor: Senator Cullimore | Creates the Digital Voyeurism Prevention Act to address non-consensual generation and distribution of counterfeit intimate images; prohibits generation services and platforms from distributing counterfeit images without obtaining and verifying consent from the depicted individual; establishes civil liability with actual damages, punitive damages, attorney fees, and injunctive relief; requires platforms to implement notice and takedown procedures and disclosure requirements; requires large online platform to detect, disclose, and preserve provenance data in distributed content; establishes requirements for capture device manufacturers regarding latent disclosures in captured content; provides exemptions for products and services created before May 6, 2026; gives the Division of Consumer Protection enforcement power; establishes safe harbor protections for generation services and covered platforms that implement reasonable safeguards and respond appropriately to notices; establishes heightened pleading standard requiring plaintiffs to plead specific facts; provides a severability clause | Monitor | Senate 2nd Reading Calendar | Technology, Innovation & AI |
| HB 277 S1 | Traditional Healing Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Fitisemanu | Clarifies that a traditional healing provider that is only providing traditional healing services is not required to be licensed | Monitor | Favorably recommended by Senate Business and Labor Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 286 S1 | Artificial Intelligence Transparency Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Fiefia | Requires a large frontier developer to write, implement, comply with, and publish a public safety plan, and a child safety plan if they operate a covered chat bot with more than a million subscribers; establishes requirements for the public safety plans; requires the large frontier developer to publish any material modification to the plan; requires large frontiers to publish risk assessments for covered chatbots; prohibits a frontier developer from making a false or misleading statement or omission about covered risks; allows a frontier developer to redact proprietary information or information that is integral to public safety or national security, and must describe the justification of the redaction; enacts civil penalties of $1,000,000 to $3,000,000, dependent on previous violations; requires developers to report certain safety incidents to the Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy and gives a timeframe based on severity of incident; requires this office to provide annual assessments and legislative recommendations regarding regulation of certain artificial intelligence, such as covered chatbots; establishes remedies for employees who suffer adverse action for whistleblower activity; provides a severability clause; creates the AI Transparency Enforcement Restricted Account to fund enforcement activities | Monitor | House 3rd Reading Calendar (circled) | Technology, Innovation & AI |
| HB 287 | Immigrant Driving Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Lee | Repeals the driving privilege card program; prohibits the Driver License Division from issuing a driving privilege card on or after May 6, 2026; requires law enforcement to report to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency if an individual who is unlawfully present in the United States is involved in a motor vehicle accident | Monitor | House Rules Committee | Education & Workforce |
| HB 294 | Employer Verification Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Auxier | After 2027, a private employer will be one who employees 100 or more employees, instead of 150 employees; specifies that a person who uses fraudulent identification documentation, or the identification documentation of another person, for the purpose of obtaining employment, is subject to criminal prosecution | Monitor | Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 297 | Higher Education and Private Equity Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Kyle | Requires the Legislature to approve an agreement between an institution and a private capital firm in regard to intercollegiate athletics; requires an institution to provide all accounts associated with the operation of their intercollegiate athletics program; grants rulemaking authority to the Utah Board of Higher Education | Monitor | House Rules Committee | Education & Workforce |
| HB 304 | Cash Payments Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Chevrier | Mandates that a government entity or any supplier that regularly solicits, engages in, or enforces a sales transaction to accept cash as payment if they accept a digital or card payment at a physical point of sale; requires a supplier or government entity with multiple checkout areas to maintain at least one physical point of sale that accepts cash at each location; preserves the right of a supplier to a government entity to require exact change | Monitor | Held in House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 313 | Landscaper Certification Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Arthur | Requires the Division of Professional Licensing to define landscape work and specify the licensees that may engage in landscape work; provides continuing education requirements for a licensee that engages in landscape work | Monitor | House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee Agenda, 2/12 | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 320 | Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Cutler | Requires the Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy (office) to add to their annual report any regulatory mitigation or joint interpretation agreements executed; allows the office to develop and publish guidance and other resources, including best practices, to inform and educate Utah consumers about AI technology; specifies that when creating a learning agenda for the AI Learning Laboratory Program, the office can consult with individuals from governmental entities, relevant industries, and other public or private entities and consider their relevant knowledge, expertise, and relevant experience; specifies that a participant of the AI Learning Laboratory who wants to utilize an AI technology on the state can apply for either a regulatory mitigation agreement or a joint interpretation agreement and requires that these agreements, in addition to existing requirements, specify any required disclosures to consumers and reporting requirements to comply with audits; requires the office to perform regular audits of a participant's application of AI technology while an agreement remains in effect | Monitor | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar | Technology, Innovation & AI |
| HB 339 S1 | Street Medicine Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Clancy; Floor Sponsor: Senator Grover | Directs the University of Utah Health to study the feasibility of providing a street medicine program in Davis, Salt Lake, and Utah counties that would provide health care by a licensed provider to individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness outside of a health care facility, clinic, or shelter; requires reporting to the Health and Human Services Committee by August 2027; requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a guide for street medicine providers, including recommended procedures relating to Medicaid coverage and available community resources that serve individuals experiencing homelessness; grants the Department of Health and Human Services rulemaking authority; permits a street medicine provider to dispense and administer a long-acting injectable | Monitor | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar | Homelessness & Public Safety |
| HB 344 S1 | Construction Consultant Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Tracy Miller | Removes the licensing requirement for a person that only provides or offers to provide a list of subcontractors or suppliers; provides a coordination clause to substantively and technically coordinate changes between this bill and HB 40, Construction Trades Licensing Act Amendments | Monitor | House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 348 S1 | Dedicated Water Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Koford | Specifies that the state engineer shall base a fee for services upon the rate of flow or volume of water; specifies that for a dedicated water application, the state engineer does not need to state the time within which construction work must be completed and when the water must be applied to beneficial use; defines a dedicated water application as one that changes the existing use and place for use for a water right by adding a nature of use for an instream flow within a specified reach of a natural or altered stream or a project to deliver water to a reservoir within the Colorado River System; specifies that a dedicated water application may be filed for a fixed period of time or indefinite period of time; sepcifies that approval of a dedicated water application does not change an existing element of the underlying water rgiht, extend the filing proof or taking any other required actiton for the underlying water right, or require the applicant to make dedicated water available for use in a given year in a specific quantity or volume; directs the state engineer to prioritze the processing of a dedicated water application and outlines when it should be denied; outlines the information the state engineer can request from a dedicated water applicant; specifies than an approved water application leases automatically when the underlying water right lapses, withdrawn, or is declared forfeited or abandoned; prvoides that a dedicated water right can also lapse if the state engineer provides motice that the applicant no longer holds a legal interest in the underlying water right, delivery of dedicated water can no longer be carried out, applicant has not complied with conditions established by state engineer, or the applicant fails to provide certain info requested by the state engineer | Monitor | Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee | Great Salt Lake |
| HB 356 | Drug Distribution Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Monson | Aligns definitions of 340B covered entities and 340B eligible drugs with federal definitions; clarifies that prohibits and restrictions in relation to the 340B program apply to 340B covered entities and 340B eligible drugs | Monitor | Governor | Health Care |
| HB 359 | Health Care Preceptor Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Monson | Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to create a Preceptor Fund and make payments to health care providers that are providing a preceptorship in which they provide clinical education through direct supervision, instruction, and evaluation; requires that the health care provider receiving funding must be providing the preceptorship to a student enrolled in a Utah-based school, program, or practice and that it must be a minimum of 160 hours in duration; outlines that the fund can consist of gifts, grants, donations, funds from private sources, and legislative appropriation; grants the Department of Health and Human Services rulemaking authority to implement the fund; requires the Division of Professional Licensing to accept donations to the fund as part of the health care provider licensing process | Monitor | Held in House Health and Human Services Committee | Health Care |
| HB 365 | Taxation Notification Requirements | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Tom Peterson | Requires a fiscal year taxing entity to provide notice of the fiscal year taxing entity's intent to levy a property tax rate that exceeds the certified tax rate, and the approximate amount of the revenue increase and its purpose, before the entity begins the budgeting process; limits the fiscal year's taxing entity's rate to a rate that will not generate more than the revenue increase amount stated in the notice; prohibits the State Tax Commission from certifying a fiscal year taxing entity's proposed property tax increase if the fiscal year taxing entity fails to meet the notice requirement | Monitor | Passed House 3rd reading | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 367 S1 | Solar Power Utility Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Ward | Authorizes the Public Service Commission to establish an optional time-of-use export pricing for net metering customers; requires differential pricing for customer-generated electricity based on time of day or real-time market conditions; establishes a minimum floor for export credits; provides customer protections including voluntary participation and retention of existing options | Monitor | House Rules Committee | Energy & Critical Minerals |
| HB 373 S1 | Higher Education Innovation | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Karen Peterson | Creates a pilot grant program for higher education research funding, which can provide 15-85% of funding, depending on the institution; funding would be taken from the unearned portion of the Performance Funding Restricted Account; allows the board to use up to 1% of legislative appropriations for the program; directs the Utah Board of HIgher Education (board) to develop a funding application and scoring rubric that prioritizes optimal impact and relevance to Utah and its industries; directs the board to administer and approve funding grants, potentially through the Nucleus Institute, the Talent, Education, and Industry Alignment board, or an ad hoc committee; creates a reporting requirements | Support | Favorably recommended by Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee | Education & Workforce |
| HB 374 S2 | Speech, Language, and Hearing Occupations Licensing Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Ballard; Floor Sponsor: Senator Vickers | Allows the division to create temporary working groups when no board is available to assist the division; allows an audiologist to supervise a hearing instrument specialist intern; repeals the creation of the Speech-language Pathologist and Audiologist Licensing Board; repeals the exemption permitting an individual to receive licensure as a speech-language pathologist or an audiologist from the State Board of Education; creates an alternative path for licensure as an audiologist and as a speech-language pathologist; aligns the unprofessional conduct standards of a hearing instrument specialist with the unprofessional conduct standards of audiologists | Monitor | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar table | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 377 S1 | Real Estate Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Walter | Directs the Division of Real Estate to make licensing rules for a dual broker; prohibits a dual broker from engaging in property management without obtaining a property management licenses; establishes scope of property management license; requires an individual who holds a property manager license who is employed by a person that is required to affiliate with a principal broker to also affiliate with the principal broker; specifies that an individual who holds a property manager license who is not employed by a person that is required to affiliate with a principal broker is not required to affiliate with a principal broker; amends provisions relation to investing a violation of this section; provides requirements for the records that a brokerage is required to maintain; amends the circumstances under which a property manager is not required to maintain property management client funds in a trust account; extends the implementation date for their property manager license to July 1, 2027 | Monitor | Senate Business and Labor Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 379 S2 | Child Care Provider Food Preparation Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Tracy Miller | Exempts child care food preparation kitchens from food service establishment regulations; authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to collaborate with child care provider associations to make rules for child care food preparation kitchens for food safety and sanitation; outlines a framework for what these rules may or may not be | Monitor | Passed House 3rd reading | Education & Workforce |
| HB 382 | Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Teuscher | Replaces the existing assignment for the benefit of creditors statues with the Uniform Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors Act; establishes a standardized process for transferring assets to an assignee, notifying creditors, resolving claims, and distributing assets; repeals current assignment for benefit of creditors code | Monitor | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 386 | Immigration Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Shepherd | Repeals the Guest Worker Program and related employee provisions and the Utah Pilot Sponsored Resident Immigrant Program Act; eliminates the repeal of the Private Employer Verification Act that is scheduled to occur on the Guest Worker Program start date; repeals the Identity Theft Victims Restricted Account that would have gone into effect by removing the requirement that the account go into operation on the Guest Worker Program start date | Monitor | House 3rd Reading Calendar | Education & Workforce |
| HB 387 | Kratom Modifications | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Dailey-Provost | Requires a kratom processor and kratom retailer to register with the Department of Agriculture and Food and creates penalties for selling kratom without registration; bans the sale of a kratom product that is mixed or packed with a nonkratom substance other than certain inert encapsulating agents that are food-grade or pharmaceutical-grade and contain no psychoactive substances; creates higher penalties for repeated violations by kratom retailers; changes the age a person can buy kratom to 21 years old; suspends the operation of the Kratom Consumer Protection Act if every alkaloid found in the Matragyna speciosa plant is a controlled substance under state law | Monitor | Passed House 3rd Reading | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 395 | Real Estate Transaction Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Sawyer | Creates the Utah Real Estate Cybercrime Prevention Act, which requires certain real estate professionals to use a state-authorized secure communication network for specific transaction-related communications; establishes a commission to select and oversee a single network operate, approve fees and rules, and coordinate enforcement through existing licensing agencies; makes failure to use the network or comply with its rules considered as unprofessional conduct | Monitor | House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee Agenda, 2/9 | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 408 S1 | Data Sharing Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Fiefia | Allows users to select portions of their social media data to transfer; requires social media platforms to share user data in real time when users move to other platforms; requires consent from users before their comments or interactions can be included when others transfer data; clarifies that a social media must allow users to provide consent when the user initiates a transfer of the user's own personal data and before the user's personal data is shared as part of another user's social graph; mandates that a social media must implement the user's consent decisions within five days; protects social media companies from penalties for temporary technical problems if they make good faith efforts to fix them | Monitor | House 3rd Reading Calendar | Technology, Innovation & AI |
| HB 410 S1 | Water Leasing Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Koford | Creates the Great Salt Lake Preservation Program that will lease agricultural water from agricultural water users for the benefit of the Great Salt Lake; directs the state engineer to priortize the process of water leasing application that is for a beneficial use, on a water right where the point of diversion is a surface source within an established distribution system, the approved use for the underlyig water right is for an irrigation, industrial, or municipal purpose, does not include a lease of water divereted from an underground source of water, and meets all other application requirements; specifies that leased water approved for use is not subject to diversion or impoundment by an intervening user where the water is released or would otherwise have been diverted for the underlying water right and the approved place of use and may not be regulated by a person other than the state engineer or their designee; allows the state engineer to allocate leased water if the water was naturally flowing; specifies that when leased water reaches an impoundment or barrier that intereferes with water flow, the owner of the barrier may not refuse to release the water and shall ensure that the water is passed through the barrier upon direction from the state engineer; specifies that the Great Salt Lake Commissioner may accept money from public and private sources for the purpose of funding the leasing of water or water rights for the Great Salt Lake; establishes a board to to implement the Great Salt Lake Preservation Board and outlines duties and membership; directs the board to establish the program, set leasing rates, create a scoring rubric, and approve or deny applications; establihses leasing requirements; clarifies board's role in regards to noncompliance and gives them enforcement authority; establishes required reporting | Monitor | Senate 2nd Reading Calendar | Great Salt Lake |
| HB 412 | Energy Development Planning Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Owens: Floor Sponsor: Senator Owens | Requires consultation with the Division of Wildlife Resources before approval approval of utility scale solar and wind power plant projects; specifies consultation requirements; provides rulemaking authority to the division | Monitor | Senate 2nd Reading Calendar | Energy & Critical Minerals |
| HB 413 | Surplus Interconnection Service Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Watkins | Requires an electrical utility with at least 200,000 retail customers in the state (affected electrical utility) to analyze surplus interconnection service opportunities in integrated resource plan filings; allows an affected electrical utility to solicit information from non-utility owned facilities regarding surplus interconnection service; requires an affected electrical utility to consider surplus interconnection service in the action plan; requires the commission to encourage inclusion of surplus interconnection service in integrated resource plans; allows an affected electrical utility to recover approved costs for surplus interconnection service projects | Monitor | Held in committee | Energy & Critical Minerals |
| HB 428 | Solar Energy Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Lee | Requires a solar retailer proposing to enter into an agreement into a customer to disclose, in addition to already required information, the name, certification number, and employer of sales representative who presented the agreement, a statement that deferral tax credits have specific eligibility requirements and are not guaranteed, the utility export credit structure and assumptions the solar retailer used to calculated the estimated bill savings, and relevant battery information, if applicable; prohibits certain deceptive sales practices; requires disclosure of sales representative compensation and finance fees; requires sales representatives to obtain certification and maintain a bond | Monitor | House Public Utilites and Energy Committee | Energy & Critical Materials |
| HB 436 | Moderate Income Housing Infrastructure Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Gricius; Floor Sponsor: Senator Musselman | Requires a municipality to include the number of new residential dwelling units built in the municipality during the previous 12-month period and the percent change of total residential dwelling units in the previous 12-month period; provides priority consideration by the Transportation Commission for certain transportation projects if the change of new residential dwelling units in a municipality is 2.5% or greater | Monitor | Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee | Affordable Housing |
| HB 437 | Environmental Permitting Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Shallenberger | Authorizes the Department of Environmental Quality and Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining to make rules to: identify a permit administered by the department or division as a permit eligible for expedited review, establish requirements for expedited review, certify a qualified reviewer, authorize a qualified reviewer to complete an expedited review of an eligible permit, and establish the maximum number of days for a qualified reviewer to complete an expedited review; requires the Department and the Division to conduct a technical review and make a final administrative decision for a permit application upon completion of an expedited review | Monitor | Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee Agenda, 2/27 | Environment & Public Health |
| HB 438 S1 | Artificial Intelligence Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Fiefia | Enacts the AI Companion Chatbot Safety Act to regulate operators of companion chatbots to comply with the Utah Consumer Privacy Act; establishes disclosure and data protection requirements for operators; establishes additional safety requirements for operators serving minor users; authorizes rulemaking for age assurance and safe harbor standards; requires annual reporting by operators to the Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy; grants enforcement authority to the Division of Consumer Protections and provides administrative fines and civil penalties; establishes safe harbor provisions for operators; provides a severability clause | Monitor | Senate Business and Labor Committee | Technology, Innovation & AI |
| HB 441 | Property Transaction Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Koford | Requires either a seller or closing agent, within 10 days of closing on a sold property, to make a declaration available to the county assessor that includes information about the property, including sales price; allows the county assessor to use the data to generate and support market values and to provide support in response to a property valuation appeal, or as examples in property valuation appeals; excludes sales price information shared with the State Tax Commission or the county assessors from the definition of a "private record" for purposes of the Government Records Access and Management Act | Monitor | House Rules Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 461 | Tax Increment Financing Revisions | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Ward | Requires the boards of the Utah Inland Port Authority, the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority, the Utah Fairpark Area Investment and Restoration District, the Military Installation Development Authority, and the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity, on behalf of the convention center reinvestment zones, to publish information related to tax increment revenue, such as change in project area value, amount of property tax differential received, a map of the project area, and how the receipt furthered goals, on a publicly accessible website | Monitor | House Rules Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 466 S1 | Utah Rural Jobs Act Modifications | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Abbott | Authorizes additional nonrefundable income and insurance tax credits related to investments in eligible small businesses in rural counties | Monitor | Favorably recommended by Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 468 S2 | Mobile Mammography Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Watkins | Prohibits a health benefit plan to cover mobile mammography screenings if it is performed by an approved unit and in a rural area; directs the insurer to reimburse the screening at the same rate that a health benefit plan reimburses for an in-network screening | Monitor | House 3rd Reading Calendar | Health Care |
| HB 470 | Building Inspection Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Ward | Provides requirements for a plan review that a combination inspector completes; requirements a municipality or county to approve an application for a plan review that a combination inspector affirms under specified circumstances; allows a building permit applicant for an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling to engage a third-party inspection firm | Monitor | Motion to recommend failed in House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee | Housing Affordability |
| HB 473 S2 | Colorado River Authority Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Chew; Floor Sponsor: Senator Hinkins | Adds multiple members to the Colorado River Authority, including a river commissioner, the Director of the Division of Water Resources, the executive director of the Division of Natural Resource; moves the authority of the Authority to the Department of Natural Resources; replaces one of the Colorado River authority areas with the Southeastern Area composed of Garfield, Grand, San Juan, and Wayne counties; outlines procedures for a vacancy on the authority; allows the governor to appoint the commissioner with the consent of the Senate, as well as remove an authority member at any time | Monitor | Senate 2nd Reading Calendar | Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee |
| HB 474 | Uniform Commercial Code Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Loubet | Modernizes terminology for electronic records; adopts 2022 Uniform Code Commission amendments; adds new framework for controllable electronic records; clarifies rules for hybrid transactions; updates secured transactions, perfection, and priority rules | Monitor | Senate Business and Labor Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 475 S3 | Development and Planning Coordination Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Roberts; Floor Sponsor: Senator Cullimore | Changes name of Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity (GOEO) to Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED); modifies executive director's rules to include receiving guidance from Economic Development Council (council), establishing and implementing strategies to recruit industries identified by the council, establishing strategies to actively support entrepreneurship, small business development, and existing small business, coordinating state and local economic development activities, identifying areas of targeted economic development, matching areas of the state for targeted economic development, ensuring efforts are practicable, data-driven, evidence-based, ad focused on human capital, physical capital, and innovation; establishes Economic Development Council and outlines membership, which represents the Governor, Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, Inland Port Authority, Point of the Mountain State Land Authority, Utah Fairpark Area Investment and Restoration District, Military Installation Development Authority, School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, Utah League of Cities and Towns, and Utah Association of Counties; outlines duties of council, which is to identify strategic economic development objectives, providing recommendations to executive director and legislature, coordinating projects, recommending target industries, gathering organization input, and receiving annual report from executive director; creates reporting requirement for executive director on creation of council and subsequent progress in implementing objectives | Monitor | Favorably recommended by Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 477 | Land Use Regulation Revisions | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Koford; Floor Sponsor: Senator Cullimore | Revises procedures whe sponsors modify incorporation boundaries by establishing timelines for filing modified feasibility requests, allowing reuse of original signatures unless boundaries change by more than 20%, requiring notice to newly added specified landowners and providing a 30-day exclusion opportunity, clarifying payment and processing of supplemental feasibility studies, and preventing commission a supplemental stufy until exclusion requests are resolved; requires ordinances establishing planning commissions to include appointment procedures, vacancy procedures, removal procedures, defined causes for removal, and clarification that discussion of pending application is not, by itself, cause for removal; requires cities and counties meeting certain population thresholds to provide 4 hours of annual land use training to the commission, and can also train in ex parte communications and conflicts of interest; clairifes that applicants must submit a formal legislative application to add a new/unlisted business use and gives a process for legislative bodies to approve or deny the use; requires that if a county or municipality or county accepts cash deposits for completion assurance, the funds must be placed in an interest-bearing account and the earned interest must be returned to the applicant; restricts local government from denying a building permit when completion assurace has been accepted and building/dire code requirements are met, requiring private landscaping plans as part of a building permit, or withholding permits due to unrelated improvement warranties; specifies that a county may only deny a permit or certificate of occupancy if the missing infrastructure is eessential, which includes fire hydrants, compacted road bases, permamnenet or approved access for occupancy, and public infrastrcture necessary for health ad safety; requires certain municipalities to allow detached accessory dwelling units (ADUs) on any lot with a permitted single-family dwelling; restricts municipalities from requiring a conditional use permit in primarily residential zones, imposing unreasonable setbacks, requiring more than 1-2 parking spaces based on ADU size, and imposing design standards that do not align with statute; clarifies when a proposed county use ordinance is considered ministerial | Monitor | House Political Subdivisions Committee | Housing Affordability |
| HB 484 | Property Tax Changes | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Christofferson | Limits the total amount of additional property tax revenue a taxing entity may obtain through truth-in-taxation when it exceeds 5% of the last year's property tax budgeted revenue; requires a taxing entity to obtain voter approval to exceed the limit on total additional property tax revenue and provides requirements for submitting a question to voters and the effect of receiving voter approval; eliminates the hold harmless period for state guaranteed funding related to a reduction in a school district's certified tax rate | Monitor | Held by House Revenue and Taxation Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 485 | Property Tax Revenue Increase Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Auxier | Limits how much revenue a taxing entity receives from new growth | Monitor | House Rules Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 492 S3 | Transportation, Infrastructure, and Housing Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Roberts; Floor Sponsor: Senator Cullimore | Creates the State Housing Infrastructure Partnership Fund; outlines that the fund can be funded by private donations, grants, and legislative appropriation; appropriates $100 million; directs the state treasurer to invest the money in the fund and deposit all interest or other earnings derived from those investments in the fund; creates the State Housing Infrastructure Partnership Board and outlines the duties and membership of the board; authorizes this board to make loans from the fund to qualifying political subdivisions to finance system improvements that will facilitate the construction of housing; establishes certain terms and requirements for the infrastructure loans awarded by the board; authorizes the board to make rules to administer the fund; repeals the Affordable Housing Infrastructure Grant Board and transfers duties for awarding affordable housing infrastructure grants to the board; directs the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity to provide staff support to the board; creates an annual reporting requirement for the board; increases the maximum amount of bonds authorized for certain affordable housing-related transportation projects; allows for a state agency's sale of surplus real property to qualifying entities at a pre-appraised value with a deferred payment; requires the board to give preference to projects that include starter homes; authorizes the board to use a certain amount of money in the fund to offset administrative expenses | Monitor | Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee | Housing Affordability |
| HB 498 S1 | Utah App Store Accountability Act Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Dunnigan | Requires an app store provider to request age category from individuals making accounts and verify the age category using commercially available methods that are reasonably designed to ensure accuracy, which should include affirmative age attestation by a parent together with other age information; requires an app store provider, for a pre-installed application, to provide available age category information in response to a request from a developer and take reasonable measures to facilitate verifiable parental consent for use of the app in response to request from a developer; requires app store provider to comply with developer requests to prevent minor accounts from downloading apps; requires a developer to request age category data when someone launches a pre-installed application for the first time; specifies that a developer is not restricted from allowing a parent to customize age, safety, and content restrictions for a minor; specifies that developer may only use age category data received through app store data sharing methods to enforce developer-created restrcitions, ensure legal compliance, or implement developer-created safety features; allows a developer to request that an app store provider prevent minor accounts from downloading or purchasing the developer's app; specifies that this bill does not require an app store provider or developer to block access to an application that an account holder has downloaded before provisions of this bill have taken effect, except when a parent account revokes verifiable parental consent for an affiliated minor account or a significant change to the application has occurred; specifies that developers or app store providers are not required to create, adopt, or implement an app age rating system or content classification framework; specifies that a developer or app store is not required to displace any other available remedies or rights authorized under federal law | Monitor | Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee Agenda, 2/26 | Technology, Innovation & AI |
| HB 501 S2 | Water Modifications | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Bolinder; Floor Sponsor: Senator Sandall | Specifies that the reasonable bases for charging different water rates for different classifications do not apply to a rate or rate increase needed to pay a fee imposed on a municipality; establishes that requiring a secondary water supplier to modify a contract to allow for compliance with metering and usage-based billing requirements is in the public interest and is reasonably necessary to achieve the public goal of reduced water use; directs secondary water suppliers to comply with usage-based billing requirements by modifying old contracts that are not in compliance; requires suppliers to have a contract that authorizes metering and volumetric billing and applies a secondary water rate that utilizes a tiered conversion rate; allows a contract to have terms that bind a real property owner or mandate a subsequent real property owner to execute a successor contract upon transfer of real property of a sale; requires certain reports to secondary water suppliers regarding transfer of real property; provides that covenants run with land; clarifies that in order for a public water system to qualify for state money for water infrastructure or water development, they must be collecting at least the local contribution from its customers; oulines how local contribution amount will be calculated based on median outcomes and also outlines that the state will update local contribuiton amounts every five years | Monitor | Senate Rules Committee | Great Salt Lake |
| HB 507 S2 | State Coordination of Regional and Local Economic Development Projects Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Roberts | Consolidates various tax increment financing tools, including Housing and Transit Reinvestment Zones, First Home Investment Zones, Home Ownership Promotion Zones, and others into a single tool, which is Regionally Significant Development Zones (RSDZ); outlines that RSDZ should utilize local property tax, sales tax, and energy tax increment to pay for development costs; requires the zones to be submitted and approved by the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity; requires that an RSDZ be a regionally significant transit-oriented development, first home village, major sporting event venue, or economic development opportunity; prohibits created of other tax increment financing tools after January 1, 20298; creates the State Reinvestment Restricted Account; prohibits a political subdivision from providing an incentive to a large load customer, with exceptions | Monitor | Senate Rules Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 514 | Utah Energy Council Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Walter | Expands the Utah Energy Council membership from five to seven members; establishes a co-chair structure for council leadership; authorizes the council to issue bonds to finance electrical energy infrastructure projects within designated energy development zones; requires consultation with the State Bonding Commission and the state treasurer before issuing bonds; specifies that bonds are payable solely from project revenues and are not state obligations; authorizes the council to charge administrative fees for bond issuance | Monitor | Passed House 3rd Reading | Energy & Critical Minerals |
| HB 523 | Homeless Services Land Use Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Snider | Repeals eminent domain for unincorporated city owned land; prohibits the Office of Homeless Services from expanding existing or future state appropriations to establish a large-scale, low-barrier shelter that provides 300 or more beds for overnight shelter | Monitor | House Rules Committee | Homelessness & Public Safety |
| HB 525 | Child Care Pilot Program Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Matthews | Creates the Child Care Employee Subsidy Pilot Program; removes the provision that made parents working as full time employees of a child care provider eligible for a full subsidy; allows the office to award a subsidy to child care employees for each qualifying child if the ward does not exceed 50% of the average cost of monthly child care tuition and does not receive a subsidy under a different section; creates the Child Care Center Employee Subsidy Restricted Account and makes funds nonlapsing; appropriates $3,000,000 for the account | Monitor | House Rules Committee | Education & Workforce |
| HB 527 S1 | Pharmacy Pricing Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Hall | Requires a pharmacy that uses maximum allowable cost to reimburse a contracted pharmacy to provide each pharmacy subject a maximum allowable cost list with access to a maximum allowable cost list and the source used to determine the amounts, and notify contracted pharmacies within seven calendar days from the day an increase of 10% or more occurs in the pharmacy aquisition cost of a drug from 60% or more of the pharmaceutical wholesalers doing business in the state; requires that if a maximum allowable cost appeal is denied, the pharmacy benefit manager must provide the name of any national or regional wholesaler doing business in the state where the drug is currently in stock and available at the appropriate price; requires that if a dispensing pharmacy cannot purchase a drug from the contract wholesaler below the maximum allowable cost for the drug, the pharmacy benefit manager must immediately adjust the maximum allowable cost to a price higher than the price the pharmacy can purchase it from the wholesaler, permit the dispensing pharmacy to reverse and rebill the claim, make the maximum allowable cost retroactive and effective for all contracted pharmacies, and reimburse the dispensing pharmacy in accordance with the adjusted maximum allowable cost; provides the Insurance Department with rulemaking authority | Monitor | House 3rd Reading Calendar | Health Care |
| HB 530 | State Permitting Council | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Kyle; Floor Sponsor: Senator Hinkins | Creates a permitting coordinator within the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity; establishes duties for the permitting coordinator, including service as a central point of contact for projects or activities requiring one or more state permits, providing permitting information and guidance, and facilitating coordination among state, federal, and tribal entities; authorizes the permitting coordinator to work with governmental entities to identify administrative and legislative changes that may improve efficiency, transparency, and predictability of state permitting; clarifies that the permitting coordinator does not have the authority to issue, approve, deny, or modify a permit; authorizes the permitting coordinator to share information with entities on permitting matters; clarifies that the coordinator’s activities and sharing of information with other governmental entities does not obligate the state or permitting agency to approve a permit or enter into a binding agreement; requires the office to include, in their annual report, a summary of the coordinator’s assistance and coordination activities and any recommendations for administrative or legislative changes to improve state permitting | Monitor | Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 537 S1 | Olympic Ticket Sales Tax Exemption | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Hawkins | Exempts sale of Olympic tickets for the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games from sales and use tax | Monitor | Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee | 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games |
| HB 541 | First-Time Homebuyer Assistance Program Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Mauga | Clarifies that the maximum amount of program funds that a first-time homebuyer can receive for a qualifying residential unit that is new construction but not yet inhabited is $20,000, and that the maximum amount for an existing qualifying residential is $10,000; specifies that no more than $1 million of program funds may be used for existing qualifying residential unit | Monitor | House Economic Development and Workforce Services | Housing Affordability |
| HB 543 S1 | Uniform Commercial Code Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Kyle | Provides that a securities intermediary shall provide a disclosure when a financial asset held by the securities intermediary is subject to certain conditions | Monitor | House 3rd Reading Calendar | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 544 | County Land Use Authority Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Chevrier | Requires a county to accept and process a plan review application for a single-family dwelling on a qualifying parcel that is not part of a subdivision | Monitor | House Political Subdivisions Committee Agenda, 2/27 | Housing Affordability |
| HB 549 S1 | Energy Efficiency Rebate Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Shallenberger | Modifies provisions related to clean energy sources, contracts, and tariffs to include high-resolution demand-side resources; requires the Office of Energy Development to conduct a study of energy rebate programs operated by large-scale public utilities; requires the office to submit a report on energy rebate programs by November 30, 2026; requires large-scale public utilities to submit an annual report regarding the energy rebate programs operated by the large-scale public utility | Monitor | House 3rd Reading Calendar | Energy & Critical Minerals |
| HB 550 | Commuter Rail Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Stoddard | Requires the Department of Transportation to transition commuter rail vehicles to hybrid-electric operation; requires installation of electrification infrastructure for a commuter rail system | Monitor | House Transportation Committee | Transportation & Infrastructure |
| HB 566 S1 | Health Care Transparency Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Hall | Requires the Division of Integrated Healthcare to establish and maintain a database of Medicaid encounter data submitted by certain managed care organizations; requires each risk contractor or subcontractor participating in Medicaid programs to have independent audits, identify and report on improper payments, and develop corrective action plans to address improper payment; requires the Department of Health and Human services to publish this information submitted by risk contractors or subcontractors; prohibits conflicts of interests for actuarial firms providing services to Medicaid program participants | Monitor | House 3rd Reading Calendar | Health Care |
| HB 570 | New Home Impact Fee Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Ward | Requires a local political subdivision or private entity to use the number of plumbing fixtures in a single-family residential unit to calculate an impact fee for a single-family residential use development activity | Monitor | House Rules Committee | Housing Affordability |
| HB 571 | Immigration Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Lee | Prohibits Utah depository institutions from accepting identification exclusively issued to unauthorized aliens or an otherwise valid identification that has markings indicating that the holder did not present proof of lawful presence in the United States; prohibits a licensee from initiating an international money transmission wihout verifying citizenship status and requires that the licensee retains a record of the identification for five years, and outline that a licensee who violates this section is subject to a fine of 25% of the money transferred; specifies that the Department if Financial Institutions can request documentation at any time and requires the department to do random quarterly audits; prohibits a person from knowingly hiring an unauthorized alien and outlines penalties, including suspension of business license and fines, depending on prior offenses; imposes an additional fine or license suspension of the unauthorized employee injures or kills someone, and allows an aggreived party to pursue a private right of action against employees and employers; requires the Department of Commerce to permanently revoke a business license if a person is found guilty of employing multiple unauthorized employees and maintain a record; specifies that a person who uses fradulent idenitifcation for the purposes of employment is subject to criminal prosecution; excludes an adult unauthorized alien from the definition of "employee" for the purposes of the Workers' Compensation Act; specifies that an employer who knowingly hires an unauthorized alien is personally and fully liable for all medical and treatment costs resulting from the employee's injury on the job and prohibits the employer from shifting costs to a third party, including an insurance company, and also enacts fines, reimbursement requirements, and license revocation if this section is violated; requires the Division of Industrial Accidents to investigate and enforce violations involving an unauthorized alien injured during employment; requires an employer to verify employment eligibility before submitting a worker's compensation claim and specifies that if they do not, the employer is personally and financially liable for the employee's injuries; requires an employer to retain status verification documents and outlines that these records can be requested at any time; requires that all commercial driver licensing procedures be conducted in English and prohibits the use of translators; prohibits a risk manager from adjusting, settling, or paying a claim to unauthorized adult aliens or adult individuals who do not provide adequate citizenship documentation; requires proof of lawful presence for certification and licensing for commerce and trade, insurance code, occupations and professions, and securities, as well as for eligibility for the First-Time Homebuyers Program; specifies how a state or local governmental entity must comply with federal immigration enforcement; specifies the duties of an immigration detainer; removes exceptions for the requirement of proof of immigration status to receive public benefits; outlines that if someone knowingly employs 50 or more unauthorized aliens, they are subject to a third-degree felony and a revocation of their business license | Monitor | House Rules Committee | Education & Workforce |
| HB 575 S1 | Fuel Tax and Supply Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Roberts; Floor Sponsor: Senator Brammer | Outlines what departments and divisions should act as a permitting authority for a midstream facility; requires department and divisions to coordinate with the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity for permitting coordination across departments; outlines requirements for a permit application; outlines that the division directors should approve or deny a permit within, and allows the director to allow for a 30 day extension under extraordinary circumstances; defines "statewide average rack price of a gallon of motor fuel" as average rack price of a gallon of motor fuel determined by average of Salt Lake City and Cedar City terminal prices of the average daily average net closing price of a gallon of branded regular, 10% ethanol, 9.0 Reid Vapor Pressure unleaded motor fuel for each terminal; imposes a tax rate of $0.319 per gallon upon all motor fuel that is sold, used, or received for sale or used in the state and repeals the current tax provisions; requires consideration of the three-year average statewide average rack price where statewide average rack price is being reviewed; allows for a special fuel tax rate between July-December 31, 2026 where the adjustment does not apply and imposes the same rate as at the beginning of 2026; applies a temporary tax of $0.212 per gallon equivalent to compressed natural gas, liquified gas, and hydrogen used to operate or propel a motor vehicle upon the public highways of the state; directs the Department of Transportation to cooperate and assist the pipeline proponent in negotiating and siting of highway-pipeline intersection if the proposed route for a finished product crosses a state or federal highway; creates a reporting requirement for refiners on production, imports, and exports; adds a project that "increases storage capacity of refined hydrocarbon products" to the definition of energy delivery project; adds "development of a pipeline and related infrastructure for transmission of refined hydrocarbons for storage in solution-minded subsurface salt caverns" to the definition of energy delivery project; provides guidelines regarding information and data reported by refineries to the Office of Energy Development | Monitor | Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 581 | Autonomous Vehicle Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. MacPherson | Authorizes the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity to award autonomous vehicle industry incentive grants; directs the Department of Transportation to study items related to autonomous vehicles and electric vehicles; establishes an autonomous transportation pilot program to facilitate transit services in advance of the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games; outlines that the charging infrastructure program will stop all operation and that a large-scale electric utility that received funding as part of the program should transfer ownership of all utility-owned vehicle charging infrastructure deployed under the charging infrastructure program to the state and remit to the state treasurer all unexpended funds and all funds remitted to the large-scale electric utility as part of the charging infrastructure program | Monitor | House Rules Committee | Technology, Innovation & AI |
| HB 585 | Data Center Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Dominguez | Requires large data centers to report energy use to electrical corporations; requires electrical corporations to report to the Public Service Commission; requires the commission to report to the Legislature; provides enforcement mechanisms | Monitor | House Public Utilities and Energy Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 586 | Transportation Funding Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Roberts | Requires the State Tax Commission, beginning in fiscal year 2028, to annually deposit 10% of new growth derived from state sales and use taxes into the Transit Transportation Investment Fund | Monitor | House Revenue and Taxation Committee | Transportation & Infrastructure |
| HB 587 | Income Tax Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Eliason | Reduces Utah's corporate and individual income tax rate from 4.5% to 4.45%; creates a Utah add-back for domestic research and experimental expenses if they are fully deducted federally; allows these expenses to be amortized over 60 months | Concern | House Rules Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 597 | Alcohol Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Burton; Floor Sponsor: Senator Stevenson | Defines Point of the Mountain State Land Authority as a local authority; changes the definition of "hotel" from 40 rooms to 30 rooms; makes both negligent sale and knowing sale of alcohol to a minor a class A misdemeanor; requires restaurant or bar to check ID only if the person appears to be 35 years old or younger; removes requirement that scanning tehcnology must detect every state's hidden ID security; removes requirement that a seller must verify interdicted status; allows for greater flexibility to round cash transactions; shifts control of audits from the Alcoholic Beverage Services Commission (commission) to the Departments of Alcoholic Beverage Servces; removs locked liquor storage requirements; allows the commission to deny a license based on violation history or other public interest factors; allows certain beverages to be served from original containers without sealed language; allows the commission to approve a license for a restaurant that violates proximity rules to a community spaces, except for a school or a church, if the local authority approves and hosts a public meeting with public comment, and requires the Point of the Mountain Land Authority to have both a local authority meeting and a meeting in the affected municipality; allows a patro to transport an alcoholic beverage from a bar to a restaurant if the locations are adjacent, no more than 30 feet apart, are under the same ownesrhip, an employee escorts the patron, and the patron does not use a public walkway; allows establishments that are required to maintain 70% of gross revenue from food to calculate the percentage by dividing the annual. markup cost by the sum of annual gross revenue from food and ensure that the annual markup cost does not exceed 30%; imposes signage requirements for an off-premise beer retailer | Monitor | House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee Agenda, 2/27 | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 11 | Property Rights Ombudsman Act Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Pitcher; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Maloy | Extends the sunset of the Land Use and Eminent Domain Advisory Board to July 1, 2036 | Monitor | House 3rd Reading Calendar | Housing Affordability |
| SB 16 | Tax Credit Review Process Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator McCay; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Eliason | Exempts the income tax credit for taxes paid to another state from periodic review by the Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee; repeals an expired review requirement; aligns the timing of the committee's review of the income tax credit allowed for purchases of motor fuel used in agriculture with the timing for reviewing other income tax credits | Monitor | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 17 | Credit Card Processing Fees Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Winterton | Permits a state institution of higher education or a local education agency to charge a credit card or processing fee to a customer making an electronic payment | Monitor | Failed House 3rd Reading Calendar | Education & Workforce |
| SB 21 S3 | Geothermal Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator McKell | Specifies that this section of code is to promote aspects of geothermal resources for the purpose of electricity production; specifies that a person who owns the surface of the land retains title to the geothermal resource even if the the mineral estate is severed unless the right has been expressly reserved by or conveyed to another person, with exception of school and institutional trust land; specifies that the Division of Water Rights may require a person to file a notice of intent to renovate, test or maintain any well, keep a well log or record; well log or record is a public record unless protected for a certain amount of time, protected record can still be viewed by someone authorized in writing or certain state officers; specifies surety bond requirements | Monitor | Favorably recommended by House Public Utilities and Energy Committee | Energy & Critical Minerals |
| SB 24 | Health Care Providers Immunity Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Pitcher; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Maloy | Extends the repeal date for the Health Care Providers Immunity from Liability Act to July 1, 2036 | Monitor | House 3rd Reading Calendar | Health Care |
| SB 29 | Child Care Advisory Committee Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Kwan; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Gricius | Extends the repeal date for the Child Care Advisory Committee to from July 1, 2026 to July 1, 2029 | Monitor | House Rules Committee | Education & Workforce |
| SB 33 | Office of Professional Licensure Review Sunrise Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Vickers; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Ballard | Repeals the requirement that before a legislator introduces legislation to make an occupation a regulated occupation, an individual making a request that an occupation become a regulated occupation submit an application for sunrise review to the Office of Professional Licensure Review | Monitor | Enrolled bill to Printing | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 36 S1 | Transportation Commission Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Harper; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Christofferson | Requires the Department of Transportation to study the composition of the transportation commission (distribution of members, number of members, geographic regions represented, number of regions represented, efficiency of regions represented, and use of resources in each region), as well as their efficiency and ability to meet the future needs of the state; outlines that after May 6, 2026, a transportation commissioner serves a term of four years; requires the Department of Transportation to study the necessary qualifications of the executive director; outlines that these studies will be repealed in 2027 | Monitor | Enrolled bill to Printing | Transportation & Infrastructure |
| SB 38 S2 | Consumer Protection Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Weiler; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Matthews | Reorganizes and renumbers select chapters in Title 13 administered by the division of consumer protection, standardizes language and enforcement provisions across multiple chapters, adds regulation of generative artificial intelligence to the division's responsibilities; centralizes and strengthens the division's enforcement and investigative powers by giving them to authority to investigate conduct governed by the laws the division administers and enforces; standardizes filing, registration, and security requirement language across chapters; makes technical and conforming changes; removes references to the attorney general's enforcement powers in relation to the division | Monitor | Senate Concurrence Calendar | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 39 | Investment Zones Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Harper; Floor Sponsor; Rep. Whyte | Consolidates various chapters about investment zones (housing and transit reinvestment zone; station area plan; house ownership promotion zone, etc) under Governor's Office of Economic Development code | Monitor | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Housing Affordability |
| SB 40 S3 | Business Entity Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Vickers; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Shallenberger | Reorganizes, restructures, and renumbers Title 16 (Corporations) into a hub and spoke format where provisions applicable to all business types are located together in a hub (Chapter 1a, Provisions Applicable to All Business Entities) and provisions specific to each type of business structure are spokes; Title 48 is renumbered and folded into this structure unter Title 16; standards for all business entities the following: filing requirements, permitted names, registered agent requirements, foreign entity requirements to do business in the state, administrative dissolution of an entity, merger requirements, interest exchange requirements, conversion requirements, and domestication requirements; also outlines that the division shall offer to sell or license to the public on a nonexclusive basis a copy of each document filed with the division in each medium that is available to the filing office either in bulk or through a subscription | Monitor | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 41 S2 | Business Entity Technical Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Vickers; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Shallenberger | Continuation of SB 40 Business Entity Amendments, consolidates Chapter of Title 48 under Title 16 (Corporations) | Monitor | Enrolled bill to Printing | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 45 S3 | Kratom Adjustments | Bill Sponsor: Senator McKell | Requires a kratom processor and kratom retailer to register with the Department of Agriculture and Food; only allows a retail tobacco speciality business to sell kratom; bans the sale of certain kratom products; amends provisions related to penalties and fees; amends the age for who can purchase a kratom product; schedules 7-hydroxymitragynine, including synthetics, if the 7-hydroxymitragynine concentration exceeds a certain percentage as a schedule I controlled controlled substance; schedules Mitragynine pseudoindoxyl, including synthetics | Monitor | Returned to Rules due to fiscal impact | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 50 | Anesthesia Dosage Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Plumb | Requires health benefit plans to pay for medically necessary anesthesia services; prohibits a health benefit plan from denying payment for anesthesia services based solely on preset time limitations; applies to a health benefit plan contract entered into or renewed on or after January 1, 2027 | Monitor | Enrolled bill to Printing | House Health and Human Services |
| SB 60 | Income Tax Rate Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator McCay | Amends the corporate franchise and income tax rate from, 4.5% to 4.45%; amends the income tax rate from 4.5% to 4.45%; retrospective operation for a taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2026 | Monitor | House Revenue and Taxation Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 66 | Medical Cannabis Pharmacy License Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Vickers | Gives the Department of Agriculture and Food the authority to divide the state into at least four geographic regions for locating medical cannabis pharmacies; requires the department, when creating regions, to ensure that they allow for a geographic dispersal among licensees that is sufficient to reasonably maximize access to the largest number of medical cannabis cardholders; directs the licensing board, when awarding a license, to use these regions to ensure a geographic dispersal among licensees that is sufficient to reasonably maximize access to the largest number of medical cannabis cardholders | Monitor | Enrolled bill to Printing | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 76 | Residential Rental Payment Reporting Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Plumb | Requires an owner to provide a renter an offer of rent reporting at the time a rental agreement is made; requires an owner to provide an offer of rent reporting at least once annually; prohibits an owner from charging a fee for rent reporting that exceeds the actual cost of the rent reporting; allows a renter to enroll and enroll in rent reporting at any time during the duration of the rental agreement; prohibits a renter from re-enrolling in rent reporting for at least six months if the renter fails to pay the fee for rent reporting or the renter enrolls; this bill would only apply to an entity that owns one or more residential rental units or an individual that owns 16 or more residential rental units | Monitor | Held in Senate Business and Labor Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 78 S2 | Property Tax Relief Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator McCay | Authorizes counties to provide specified forms of property tax relief to individuals within the county through county relief programs at a county's discretion; establishes requirements for a county's provision of property tax relief through a county relief program, including requirements for: conducting a public hearing and providing notice before approving the county relief program, approving the county relief program by ordinance, and imposing a county relief levy and distributing revenue collected from the levy to impacted taxing entities; clarifies appeal rights for individuals to whom a county denies property tax relief; repeals existing property tax relief provisions | Monitor | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar (circled) | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 81 S3 | Dyslexia Testing Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Plumb | Requires that a school district or charter school take action, including individualized action, if a qualifying dyslexia assessment shows that student lacks reading competency, shows signs of dyslexia, or is lagging in acquiring a reading skill; allows parents provide results of a qualifying dyslexia assessment to a school district or charter school; amends provisions related to the scope of practice for mental health therapists and psychologists to align with an approved diagnostic and statistical manual for mental disorders and clarify that the scope of practice includes the evaluation and treatment of disorders as defined in the approved diagnostic and statistical manual for mental disorders, including dyslexia; provides certain protections to education professionals | Monitor | Senate Concurrence Calendar | Health Care |
| SB 84 | Department of Commerce Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Vickers | Creates the Department of Commerce Technology, Education, and Training Fund; allows the Department of Commerce to maintain any portion of the fund in an interest bearing account, and that any interest must be deposited back into the fund; directs the fund to consist of fees collected by the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code and fees collected by the Division of Professional Licensing for making list of licensees public; directs the Department of Commerce to use the fund to pay for providing a subscription service and data to a requester, providing public education that covers various Department of Commerce areas (professional licesning, business entities, commercial code filings, trademarks), publish materials (brochures, laws, policy statements, etc) that are relevant to the Department of Commerce's work, training and purchasing equipment for employees of the Division of Corporation and Commercial Code, employing temporary staff, and funding technology purchases and maintenance used in business registrations, licensing, and commercial filings; requires the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code to offer to sell or license to the public on an nonexclusive basis copies of each filed record in every medium available to the filing office; allows the Divison of Corporations and Commercial Code to charge a fee for subscription data services and bulk data sales | Monitor | Enrolled bill to Printing | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 89 | Health Care Services Platforms | Bill Sponsor: Senator Fillmore; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Owens | Excludes physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, certified nurse midwives, and physician assistants from provisions related to health care services platforms | Support | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Health Care |
| SB 90 | Occupational Licenses for Veterans and Service Members | Bill Sponsor: Senator Balderee | Requires the Division of Professional Licensing, in consultation with the Department of Veterans and Military Affairs to prepare publicly available resources that details where a veteran or service member's past skills, experience, credentials, training or education obtained in the military are substantially equivalent to current required training or education requirements for a license and can substitute for unfulfilled licensure requirements; requires the Division of Professional Licensing to accept a veteran or service member's past substantially equivalent skills, experience, credentials, trainings, or education obtained while in the military when granting a license; repeals a report by the Division of Professional Licensing in 2029 | Monitor | Returned to Rules due to fiscal impact | Education & Workforce |
| SB 97 S1 | Tax Revenue Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator McCay | Limits the total amount of additional property tax revenue a taxing entity may obtain through truth-in-taxation when it exceeds 5% of the last year's property tax budgeted revenue; excludes valuation increases from physical improvements that is less than 100% higher than the taxable value of the property for the previous year from the calculation of locally assessed new growth, excludes increases to the value of tangible personal property from the calculation of project area new growth | Monitor | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar (circled) | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 98 S2 | Substance Use Rehabilitation Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Plumb | Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a recovery ready workplace certification program; a certified recovery ready workplace may be on that establishes a program to prevent employee's exposure to factors that could cause or perpetuate a substance use disorder, lower barriers to an employee seeking care of substance use disorder and maintaining recovery, educate its employees on issues related to substance use disorder, and reduce stigma around substance use disorder, but is subject to the process created by the Department of Workforce Services; allows these funds may be appropriated by the Legislature from the Electronic Cigarette Substance and Nicotine Product Proceeds Restricted Account | Monitor | Sent for enrolling | Education & Workforce |
| SB 108 S1 | Online Marketplace Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Fillmore; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Fiefia | Prohibits a municipality or county from regulating an online marketplace or requiring an online marketplace to provide the personal data of the online marketplace users without an administrative subpoena or court order; specifies that this provisions does not prohibit a county or municipality from regulating a person who participates in a transaction facilitated by an online marketplace, adopting or enforcing a short-term rental ordinance, or seeking cooperating from or submitting voluntary requests to an online marketplace | Monitor | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 111 S1 | Veterinary Post-Employment Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Plumb | Makes a veterinarian non-compete, non-disclosure clause, or non-solicitation void after May 6, 2026; allows a veterinarian to enter into a non-compete if they have a 5% ownership interest in the business; makes void a provision requiring a dispute regarding a veterinarian non-compete be resolved outside of the state; provides a coordination clause between this bill and HB 270 Healthcare Worker Post-employment Amendments | Monitor | House 3rd Reading Calendar | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 113 | Medical Prescription Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Cullimore | Allows a provider to write a prescription for Schedule V substances that remains valid for up to two years | Monitor | Senate Health and Human Services Committee | Health Care |
| SB 116 S1 | Income Tax Rate Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Fillmore | Establishes a reduction of the income tax rate, starting in 2027, when the actual state revenue exceeds the forecast revenue; provides a formula and process for calculating the reduction that is a .01 percentage points for each cost per .01 percentage points; requires the State Tax Commission to publish the income tax rate annually; changes the mineral production tax withholding rate to the amount equal to the income tax rate multiplied by the amount payable to the person entitled to that payment | Monitor | Senate 2nd Reading Calendar (circled) | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 117 S2 | Occupational and Professional Licensing Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Sandall | Removes pronouns and gendered language; updates language to remove archaic terminology; corrects typographical errors | Monitor | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 121 S1 | Medical Cannabis Program Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Vickers | Extends the Cannabis Production Establishment and Pharmacy Licensing Advisory Board's ownership-change review deadline from 30 to 60 days, expands approved cannabis remediation methods; updates product labeling/warnings and branding requirements, removes electronic payment requirements for home delivery, tightens secure delivery and return standards; makes agent card revocation mandatory; allows guardian cards for incapacitated adults; add tribal ID as acceptable identification; amends how medical cannabis card holders may transport medical cannabis; amends provisions related to when recommending provider employee may access information; amends provisions related to the process of obtaining certain medical cannabis cards | Monitor | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 125 S1 | Theft of Service Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Musselman | Specifies that a previous conviction for a theft, robbery, burglary, or fraud may enhance the penalty for the offense of theft of service to a third degree felony when it involves a service other than public transportation; makes a technical correction in the offense of retail theft clarifying, in certain circumstances, when the offense applies | Monitor | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 127 | Pediatric Care Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Plumb; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Hall | Requires hospital emergency departments to create policies addressing pediatric care, have a pediatric emergency care coordinator, conduct pediatric emergency care readiness assessments, and report assessment results to the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services; requires the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services to collect data and make rules regarding emergency department safety | Monitor | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Health Care |
| SB 130 S1 | River Restoration Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Fillmore; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Acton | Allows the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands (division) to expend money for an activity along the entire length of the Jordan River; requires the division to consult with the Jordan River Commission before expending money for an improvement project; creates a matching grant program for counties, municipalities, and the Jordan River Commission to fund improvement projects that increase access to a recreational activity on the Jordan River; directs funding from the Outdoor Adventure Infrastructure Restricted Account to the matching grant program | Monitor | House Rules Committee | Natural Resources & Growth |
| SB 135 S2 | Nuclear Reprocessing Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Owens; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Albrecht | Authorizes the Office of Energy Development to serve as a liaison between private entities and local communities regarding nuclear fuel recycling facility development; authorizes the Utah Energy Council to provide strategic guidance and conduct preliminary assessments for nuclear fuel recycling facility development; requires the Office of Energy Development to report on nuclear fuel recycling coordination activities as part of the office's existing annual reports; requires the Utah Energy Council to report on nuclear fuel recycling recommendations as part of the council's existing annual report; authorizes the office to pursue development of a Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus; requires the office to analyze state laws and rules for barriers to hosting a campus and reporting findings | Monitor | Returned to Rules due to fiscal impact | Energy & Critical Minerals |
| SB 150 S1 | Healthcare Providers Scope of Practice Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Vickers | Requires the Office of Professional Licensure Review to conduct a scope of practice review to determine whether to recommend that a regulated healthcare occupation should incorporate an innovation into the regulated healthcare occupation's practice in a way that would expand the scope of the regulated health care occupation license; outlines a process for requesting a review and receiving a recommendation from the Office of Professional Licensure Review; requires that the Office of Professional Licensure Review create a final report after incorporating any changes from the Business and Labor Interim Committee | Monitor | House 3rd Reading Calendar | Health Care |
| SB 162 S1 | Online Sales Tax Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Wilson | Imposes a sales and use tax for amounts paid or charged for access to digital or audio works, including subscription-based streaming services or equal to the sales tax enacted by local municipalities; also imposes a sales tax to prewritten computer software or seller-hosted prewritten computer software; provides formula for specific tax in each municipality; clarifies the exemption from sales and tax for transactions subject to a multi-channel video or audio service tax | Monitor | House 3rd Reading Calendar | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 171 | State Commercial Driver License Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Pitcher | Allows an individual authorized to work in the United States, but not domiciled in Utah, to obtain a restricted driver license to operate a commercial vehicle in the state; creates requirements for issuance of a "K" commercial driver license restriction to an individual not domiciled in the state but otherwise qualified for a commercial driver license | Monitor | Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee | Education & Workforce |
| SB 173 | Cryptocurrency Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Brammer | Requires virtual currency kiosk operators to obtain money transmitter licenses; limits virtual currency transactions from a single customer that exceed a cumulative total of $1,000 in a calendar day or transactions that exceed a cumulative total of $2,000 from a customer who has completed fewer than five virtual transactions with the kiosk; prohibits a virtual currency kiosk from charging more than a 3% fee; requires a virtual currency kiosk operator to provide fraud warnings prior to a transaction; grants enforcement authority to the attorney general | Monitor | Senate Rules Committee | Education & Workforce |
| SB 175 S2 | Health Insurance Revisions | Bill Sponsor: Senator Kwan; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Thurston | Requires health benefit plans by July 1, 2027, and each year after, to report: the average wait time for an enrollee to receive an autism assessment, if the the plan had prior authorization requirements related to autism assessment or treatment, the number of enrollees under 18 that were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, the number of diagnoses disaggregated based on provider license type, the number of diagnoses that received behavior analysis treatment and additional related information; requires the Department of Insurance to compile the information and provide a report to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee; requires the department, beginning in 2027, to provide a form on their website that contains information about which health benefit plans reimburse a qualified health care provider that is not a physician or a psychologist for autism spectrum disorder treatment | Monitor | House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee | Health Care |
| SB 177 S1 | Product Pricing Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Pitcher | Outlines that a supplier commits a deceptive act or practice if they fail to provide a disclaimer that the supplier sets or displays the price of a good or service using algorithmic pricing; provides the required disclaimer language; specifies that disclaimer language does not apply to a loyalty, rewards, or promotional program; specifies that the Division of Consumer Protection shall enforce provisions of this bill | Monitor | Motion to recommend failed in Senate Business and Labor Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 178 | Right to Work Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Blouin | Repeals the Utah Right to Work Law | Monitor | Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 179 | Wage Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Blouin | Requires that an employer include information relating to wages and other compensation in a job listing; increases the minimum wage in the state to $20 per hour; prohibits that the Labor Commission from establishing a minimum wage that is lower than $20 per hour; requires that the commission adjust the minimum wage for inflation at least once per year | Monitor | Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 188 | Construction Trades Education Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Escamilla | Adds Utah Masonry Council to the list of organizations that can offer continuing education for a contractor licensee | Monitor | Held in Senate Business and Labor Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 195 S2 | Workforce Development | Bill Sponsor: Senator Millner; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Peterson | Establishes a statewide youth apprenticeship governance council to coordinate youth apprenticeship programs across state agencies and education providers; authorizes participation in the federal Workplace Pell Grant program and directs the Utah Board of HIgher Education to distribute funds to higher education workforce programs based on eligibility | Monitor | Sent for enrolling | Education & Workforce |
| SB 197 S1 | Transportation Funding and Governance Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Harper; Floor Sponsor: Kay Christofferson | Amends the governance structure of the Utah Transit Authority by replacing the existing three-member full-time Board of trustees and nine-member Local Advisory Council (LAC) with a seven-member part-time transit Commission appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, and some appointed by the governor based on geography; allows for the appointment of a full-time director by the Governor with Senate confirmation; outlines roles of Executive Director; outlines that the current executive director will continue to serve in this role and that the Executive Director of UDOT should serve as a nonvoting, ex-officio member of the transit commission for the first year; requires the State Tax Commission, beginning in fiscal year 2028, to annually deposit 10% of new growth derived from state sales and use taxes into the Transit Transportation Investment Fund | Monitor | Returned to Rules due to fiscal impact | Transportation & Infrastructure |
| SB 204 | Physical Therapy Payment Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator McKell | Requires a health insurer to use the same cost sharing methods that the insurer uses for primary care providers for physical therapy services | Monitor | House Economic Development and Workforce Services Agenda, 2/27 | Health Care |
| SB 206 S3 | Tax Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Harper; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Walter | Creates the Statewide Tax Administration and Technology Solutions program, which is in charge of maintenance and enhancement of the statewide property tax system and statewide web portals, provision of property valuation services, valuation of personal property of telecommunications service providers, participation in a study on the rate of a recovery fee for rentals of heavy equipment, and collation of information from county auditors on project areas and from entities that seek to receive and receive tax increment financing; establishes a program managers; transfers responsibilities from the Multicounty Appraisal Trust (MCAT) to the program manager; transfers existing MCAT personal property and unexpended revenue to the program manager; imposes accounting and reporting obligations on the program manager; grants rulemaking authority to the State Tax Commission to establish the requirements for the statewide property tax system and for a county to comply with a factoring order; provides the conditions for a county to opt out of use of the statewide property tax system; enacts additional public meeting and noticing requirements for entities intending to enact tax increment; requires most types of entities that receive more revenue from tax increment than anticipated to use the revenue to pay off debt; requires an entity that receives tax increment to report annually to the program manager; modifies definitions relating to public service districts to reflex the transition of land within the public service districts from unincorporated county to incorporated cities or towns since the public service districts formed | Monitor | House Rules Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 211 S1 | Tort Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Cullimore | Limits the admissibility of evidence about collateral sources, such as insurance payments, medical bill write-offs, or provider liens, in most civil tort cases; generally prohibits juries from hearing whether medical expenses were paid or reduced by third parties; allows exceptions for medical malpractice actions; restricts settlement valuation form being based on discounted amounts | Oppose | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar (circled) | Health Care |
| SB 213 | Utah Payment of Wages Act Statute of Limitations | Bill Sponsor: Senator Stratton | Enacts a one-year statute of limitations period for a lawsuit under the Utah Payment of Wages Act | Monitor | House 3rd Reading Calendar (circled) | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 214 | Home-based Childcare Solutions | Bill Sponsor: Senator Escamilla | Creates the Home-based Child Care Capacity Expansion Grant Program that awards grants to people seeking to start a registered home-based child care business or people who operate as a registered home-based child care provider; requires registration for a home-based child care provider when providing child care for 4-10 children and a certification and criminal background fee | Monitor | Returned to Rules due to fiscal impact | Education & Workforce |
| SB 216 | Higher Education Performance and Enrollment Funding | Bill Sponsor: Senator Millner; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Peterson | Repeals a study requirement for the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee that this legislation fulfills; establishes a process and formula for determining certain enrollment-based funding for institutions of higher education, including degree-granting universities and technical colleges; establishes new performance metrics and goals for performance-based funding | Monitor | House 3rd Reading Calendar | Education & Workforce |
| SB 231 | Energy User Property Tax Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Sandall | Allows for the distribution of property tax revenue collected from a property that has a cumulative electricity demand of 100 megawatts or greater within five years (large load customer) to taxing entities across the state; prohibits a taxing entity from awarding property tax increment to a project area that has a large load customer within the project area; provides the circumstances under which a large load customer shall notify the county auditor and county treasurer of the large load customer's address | Monitor | Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee | Energy & Critical Minerals |
| SB 241 S1 | Early Literacy | Bill Sponsor: Senator Millner; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Peterson | Creates a statewide goal of 80% 3rd grade reading proficiency by 2028; requires local education agencies (LEA) to engage in targeted literacy interventions; implements Utah Board of Higher Eduction (UBHE) involvement in educator preparation programs; requires the Center for School of the Future at Utah State University to collaborate with UBHE to create a plan to improve science of reading instruction for elementary education and administrator students; directs the Utah State Board of Education (USBE), subject to legislative appropriation, to allocate base funding of $75,000 for literacy coaches to each regional education service agency (RESA) and LEAs not part of RESAs and additional money based on daily membership of students; directs the Executive Appropriations Committee to appropriate $15 million to paraprofessionals who support literacy; requires an LEA performing below the statewide goals to ensure than their teacher and student success plan allocates at least 50% of their total distribution for evidence-based strategies and practices in alignment with the science of reading and reading interventions in accordance with code; outlines what approved reading interventions are, including retention, and excludes three-cueing from the list of approved interventions; creates a process for when a student is not meeting the benchmark in grades K-3, which includes notifying the parents, coordinating with the student's literacy team, directing the literacy team to meet and jointly establish an individualized plan for the students; requires individualized plan to identify reading deficiencies and reading interventions that will be used, provide opporutnity for parent involvement, provide a process for monitoring and communicating with parents, and provide a statement that the student may be subject to retention; requires the literacy team to routinely review and make modifications, if applicable, to the student's individualized plan; requires teachers to review the plan with parents at parent-teacher conferences; requires LEAs to assign students with individualized plans to teachers who are trained in the science of reading; requires the literacy team to present the best strategies, recommend a scaled approach, and to consider recommending dyslexia screening and extended learning; specifies when an LEA should consider retention for a student; outlines that in 2030, LEAs should retain students at the end of 3rd grade who do not meet benchmarks and outlines good cause exceptions; requires a student that qualifies for a good cause exception to be provided with intensive intervention through 4th grade; requires LEAs to create an avenue to appeal a retention decision and directs USBE to create a model appeal process; directs RESAs or LEAs not in a RESA to ensure opportunity for formal professional learning in the science of reading for K-3 teachers and elementary administration and directs teachers to provide training to paraprofessionals; requires LEAs and USBE to provide performance monitoring; adds the implementation of science reading is added to the educator evaluation program | Support | House Education Committee | Education & Workforce |
| SB 242 S2 | Transportation Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Harper; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Christofferson | Allows school buses and public transit vehicles to temporarily impede a parking or bike line if operating along its planned route and schedule; mends the distribution of "fifth-fifth" local option sales tax distribution of the 0.10% transit funds; allows for the .01% of the transit dollars being used to construct the 5600 West express bus to also be used to operate the bus; directs the 0.10% of transit funds to be distributed entirely into the Transit Transportation Investment Fund (TTIF) from Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, and Weber County, instead of the funds being directed into multiple accounts; amends provisions regarding "highway reduction strategies" applicable to Salt Lake City by repealing and replacing the current law, expanding the current study, expanding the definition of highway reduction to include permanently impacting or reducing the availability of on-street parking, defining "traffic calming measures", requiring Salt Lake City to enter into an agreement with UDOT to create and codify a "Critical Capacity Routes Map" and further identify a tiered road structure that limits highway reduction strategies on different tiers, requiring 12-foot wide travel lanes, requiring the city to consult with stakeholders before reducing parking by a certian amount, allowing UDOT to reject certain highway reduction strategies, requiring the city to develop plans to mitigate previous traffic calming measures and highway reduction strategies, and creating a reporting requirement for the city; allows $3 million in of the TTIF to be used for rural bus replacement; authorizes use of TTIF and Active Transportation Fund (ATF) for corridor preservations; makes various change to the Utah Departmetn of Transportation's administration of various programs; exempts UDOT from certain provisions regarding land transfers; provides a sales tax exemption for construction materials used for UDOT transit projects; allows the Executive Director of UDOT to spend up to $10 million for transportation projects in the case of a natural disaster if the transportation commission is unable to take action; increases the road usage charge cap for commercial electrical vehicles weighing 6001 pounds; or more allows municipalities to use B&C road funds for park and ride facilities; creates a reporting requirement for communities that receive funding from the County of the First Class HIghway Project Fund on how they spent the funds; amend eligible use of funds in the railroad subaccount; modifies eligible applicants to the State Infrastructure Bank and County of the First Class Infrastructure Bank to include independent entities; allows UDOT to purse NEPA assignment; make changes to towing dispatch service fees | Monitor | House Rules Committee | Transportation & Infrastructure |
| SB 247 | Road Funding Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Buss | Amends the minimum average rack price of motor fuel for purposes of calculating fuel tax rates to from $1.78 to $2.67 in 2028 | Monitor | Senate 2nd Reading Calendar (circled) | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 248 | Child Care Expansion Act | Bill Sponsor: Senator Escamilla | Enacts the Employer-Based State-Assisted Child Care Capacity Expansion Program to expand available high quality child care in the state; directs the Division of Facilities Construction and Management to partner with the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity (GOEO) to identify obsolete state buildings that can be retrofitted for a child care facility; requires GOEO to conduct impact studies on the surrounding areas of the proposed child care facility; outlines a process for potential employer sponsors to lease the facility; requires an employer sponsor to contract with a licensed child care provider and sets requirements for establishing a contract; directs GOEO to promote this program to the business community; directs Department of Workforce Services to promote the program; exempts the state from liability for any civil damages for acts or omissions resulting from the operations of an expanded child care opportunity facility; creates an annual reporting requirement; appropriates $3,740,000 for this program and creates a separate restricted account that can accept private donations and grants | Monitor | Passed Senate 3rd Reading | Education & Workforce |
| SB 254 S1 | Critical Minerals Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Millner | Facilitates faster permitting by the Department of Environmental Quality and the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining; directs the Division of Finance to transfer above-trend revenue up to $20,000,000 from the General Fund into the Critical Minerals Development Account beginning July 1, 2026; establishes the Critical Minerals Council, including establishing the council's operations, powers, and duties; addresses areas of coordination by certain council members, establishes a process to designate critical mineral zones, including providing for property tax differential revenue; provides for the creating of a clearinghouse of data to be known as the "Critical Minerals Atlas"; addresses the creation of the Minerals for Industrial, National, and Economic Security Center; creates the Critical Minerals Development Account | Support | House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee | Energy & Critical Minerals |
| SB 256 | Identity Protection Modifications | Bill Sponsor: Senator Cullimore | Clarifies that defamation law applies to content created through artificial intelligence or other technological means; requires notice to a publisher before filing a defamation action based on digitally created content; limits recovery to actual damages if the publisher removes the content within 10 days after receiving notice; establishes an exclusive property right in an individual's personal identity; expands the definition of abuse of personal identity to include unauthorized distribution and trafficking in identity-replication tools; provides exemptions for certain uses of personal identity | Monitor | House Economic Development and Workforce Services | Technology, Innovation & AI |
| SB 274 | Supplemental Funding for Literacy Coaching | Bill Sponsor: Senator Riebe | Provides supplemental funding for literacy coaching to local education agencies and certain small schools, based on average student performance on a benchmark reading; requires that if a local education agency's (LEA) average student reading performance falls below the statewide average reading benchmark, the state board provide additional literacy coaching support; outlines that this amount should be equivalent to half of a full-time employee or an amount equivalent to one full-time employee for small schools below typical growth on the assessment; requires the state board to provide additional funding equivalent to a full-time employee if the LEA's average reading performance is well below typical growth | Monitor | Senate Rules Committee | Education & Workforce |
| SB 277 | Utah Homes Investment Program Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Stratton | Directs the state treasurer to complete a study of the Utah Homes Investment Program once it concludes; allows the state treasurer to contract with a third party to complete the study; removes the limitation on the rate at which a qualified depository may offer loan financing to a developer or city of the first or second class | Monitor | House Economic Development and Workforce Services Agenda, 2/27 | Housing Affordability |
| SB 278 S1 | Point of the Mountain State Land Authority Modifications | Bill Sponsor: Senator Stevenson; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Teuscher | Authorizes a municipality to coordinate with a state agency, independent entity, or regional economic development authority with exclusive control over the management, development, and disposition of of a parcel of state-owned land in order to ensure future alignment with municipal general plans and land use regulations; allows the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority (authority) to coordinate with Draper when the authority intends to dispose of a parcel of point of the mountain state land to a private party; clarifies that the current distribution percentages of privilege tax revenue to the authority is for phase one land; allows distribution of privilege tax revenue to point of the mountain state land that is not phase one land according to the same phase one percentages unless the authority provides notice to the county treasurer that a lower percentage of privilege tax should be distributed to the authority; modifies the percentage of property tax augmentation that should be paid to the authority from 75% to 25% | Monitor | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar | Housing Affordability |
| SB 280 | Damages Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Winterton | Specifies that the amount of damages a plaintiff may recover for the reasonable value of a necessary medical service or treatment may not exceed the amount: actually paid by or on behalf of the plaintiff, necessary to pay for each medical service that is due and owed at the time of trial but not yet paid, and necessary to pay for each medical service the plaintiff will need in the future; specifies that evidence offered to prove the amount paid is admissible; specifies what a plaintiff needs to provide in regards to payment of a medical service or treatment | Support | Senate Business and Labor Committee | Health Care |
| SB 282 | Electrical Grid Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Blouin | Requires large load contracts to demonstrate net positive or neutral impacts on electric system reliability and retail customer costs; requires large load contracts to include reciprocal benefit provisions under which large load customers provide measurable benefits to the electric grid or retail customers; requires large load customers to provide financial security before construction commences; requires large load customers to submit annual resource use reports; modifies commission review requirements for large load contracts | Monitor | Motion to recommend failed in Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee | Energy & Critical Minerals |
| SB 287 | Targeted Advertising Tax | Bill Sponsor: Senator McKell | Imposes an annual tax on entities that deliver targeted advertising in Utah and generate gross receipt of $1,000,000 or more from targeted advertising in the state and $100,000,000 from all targeted advertising in the state, or for a businesses for whom targeted advertising makes up 50% of their total gross receipts; outlines the formula for the tax; requires entities subject to the tax to annually remit a return to the State Tax Commission that includes information related to the tax; authorizes the State Tax Commission to administer and collect the tax, and make rules regarding the tax; establishes the Targeted Advertising Restricted Account for the deposit of the revenue; specifies that the money in the account may be used for child literacy programs, youth sports or recreational programs, youth volunteerism programs, mental health programs for children, and the management and improvement of parks and other public spaces | Concern | Senate 3rd Reading Calendar | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 292 | Autonomous Systems Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Cullimore | Establishes a statutory limit of $450,000 on awards of noneconomic loss in product liability cases related to automated driving systems; specifies when an automated driving system may be considered liable and when a plaintiff may bring an action; creates an affirmative defense against product liability if certain state-of-the-art technology standards are met; limits liability of certain automated driving system manufacturers and developers to certain types of claims | Monitor | Favorably recommended by Senate Business and Labor Committee | Technology, Innovation & AI |
| SB 293 | Consumer Pricing Data Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Balderee; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Clancy | Creates the Consumer Pricing Act; restricts a supplier from using a customer's personal data, biometric data, or purchase history to set prices; allows suppliers to use this data if it is used to operate a loyalty program or offer a discount; requires a supplier using personal data to store the set prices and the data used, and requires suppliers to retain the data used for three years; gives the Division of Consumer Protection enforcement authority and allows the division to either impose a $2,500 fine or take action in court | Concern | Senate Business and Labor Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 318 | Data Center Non Disclosure Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Blouin | Prohibits state agencies, cities, towns, and counties from entering into non-disclosure agreements with prospective data centers; provides that prohibited non-disclosure agreements are void and unenforceable; requires severability of void provisions from other contract terms; requires public disclosure of prohibited non-disclosure agreements | Monitor | Senate Rules Committee | Technology, Innovation & AI |
| SB 319 | Health Insurance Preauthorization Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Johnson | Requires an insurer to post all reauthorization requirements in detail and easily understandable language, authorizations and adverse preauthorization determinations, adverse preauthorization determinations that are the result of provider's failure to submit a request for authorization or a request for authorization's failure to meet the insurer's preauthroization requirements, and notice that the insurer uses artificial intelligence (AI) in their processes for reviewing a request; requires an insurer to disclose to the Department of Insurance, each network healthcare provider, and each enrollee if the the insurer uses artificial intelligence in the insurer's processes for reviewing an authorization request; requires an insurer that receives a request for authorization to notify the network provide no later than five business days after the insurer receives all necessary information, and no less than 72 hours for urgent services, and also provides a process for a scenario where insurer does not receive all necessary information; specifies that an insurer shall ensure than an adverse preauthorization determination regarding clinical or medical necessity is made by an individual who exercises independent medical judgment and does not rely solely on recommendations from other sources; requires an insurer to specify the duration of an authorized covered service; enacts minimum authorization validity periods and creates exceptions for modifying the validity period; requires an insurer to annually report to the Insurance Department average and median time between when the insurer received a request for authorization and decision, average and median time to process an appeal that a healthcare provider submitted for an adverse preauthorizaiton determination; provides scenarios in which an insurer does not have to pay a contracted health provider under the terms of the plan for a service; requires an adverse preauthorization determination to include a notice about what health billing codes were approved and denied, the estimated cost of the billing codes, and the estimated enrollee cost-sharing detail for each billing code | Monitor | Senate Business and Labor Committee Agenda, 2/27 | Health Care |
| SB 322 | AI in Education Grant Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Johnson | Establishes that the Legislature finds that education technology regulation requires balancing innovation with student protection and allows the the establishment of appropriate safeguards that preserve parental authority and student liberty; outlines appropriate mechanisms for introducing artificial intelligence in schools, including controlled pilot programs, evidence-based evaluation, and measured oversight; creates an Artificial Intelligence Regulatory Sandbox to establish minimum standards for artificial intelligence (AI) use, enable time-limited pilot programs to evaluate AI technology, and generate evidence to inform future education AI policy; outlines that the sandbox will enable innovaiton while maintaining safety testing requirements, parental authority, educator judgment, student privacy protections, academic integrity standards, integration with SafeUT crisis response, and evidence-based evaluation requirements; specifies that the sandbox is voluntary; coordinates with the Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy; assings pilot administration to the Office Regulatory Relief; establishes an Education Technology Advisory Council; limits the State Board of Education's role in pilot application approval; provides for state board safety and privacy enforement; requires vendor safety testing through red teaming; requires state board review and legislative authorization before statewide adoption; establishes evidence-based criteria for state board recommendations; allows for coordination with inocative education programs; creates safe harbor for de-identified data; establishes vendor accountability and transparency requirements; provides liability protection for good-faith compliance; prohibits AI systems from simulating romantic or personal relationships with students; requires annual safety reviews for multi-year pilots; establishes educational principles to guide AI deployment; requires historical source integrity for AI-supported instruction in history, civics, and social studies; requires independent evaluation and legislative reporting upon request; provides technical assistance for Utah-based education technology companies; grants rulemaking authority to the state board; creates a five-year sunset | Monitor | Senate Education Committee | Technology, Innovation & AI |
| SB 327 | Occupational Licensing Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Johnson | Repeals liecnsing requirement for a commercial interior designer, court recorder, depection detection practitce, and music therapy | Monitor | Senate Rules Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HJR 7 | Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution - Property Tax Modifications | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Koford | Proposes to amend the Utah Constitution to authorize the Legislature to increase the exemption on fair market value of residential property subject to property tax from 45% to 60%; if passed, the lieutenant governor is directed to submit this proposed amendment to the voters of the state in the next general election | Monitor | House Revenue and Taxation Committee | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HCR 1 | House Concurrent Resolution Regarding Advanced Nuclear Manufacturing | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Albrecht; Floor Sponsor: Senator Hinkins | Expresses Utah's support for the advanced nuclear industry; expresses Utah's desire to have nuclear manufacturing done in the state; expresses commitment to helping technology companies overcome challenges regarding safety in manufacturing, transportation, and waste management; signals that Utah is committed to fostering the development of technical solutions to remaining challenges | Monitor | Governor Signed | Energy & Critical Minerals |
| HCR 6 S1 | Concurrent Resolution Regarding the Utah Housing Strategic Plan | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Whyte; Floor Sponsor: Senator Fillmore | Finds that implementation of the Utah Housing Strategic Plan meets the state's goals by combining the housing-related policy efforts of the state; supports implementing the Utah Housing Strategic Plan; commits to track implementation and results of the Utah Housing Strategic Plan | Monitor | Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared | Housing Affordability |
| SCR 1 | Concurrent Resolution Regarding Nuclear Energy | Bill Sponsor: Senator Owens; Floor Sponsor: Rep Jack | Expresses support and intent for Utah to pursue Agreement State status with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for additional elements of the nuclear fuel cycle | Monitor | House Public Utiliites and Energy Committee | Energy & Critical Minerals |
| SCR 9 S1 | Concurrent Resolution Regarding Critical Minerals Development and Funding | Bill Sponsor: Sen. Millner | Highlights the urgency to develop domestic supplies of critical minerals; describes Utah's position as a top mining jurisdiction; outlines the role of the proposed Minerals for Industrial, National, and Economic Security Center (MINES Center) in establishing Utah as a critical minerals hub; expresses support for the creation of the MINES Center; encourages the federal government to distribute federal money for critical minerals development through block grants; calls on the state's congressional delegation to support the state's efforts to create a MINES Center and to achieve a designation and funding for a critical minerals national lab in the state | Monitor | House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee | Energy & Critical Minerals |