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 |
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| HB 11 | Dyed Diesel Fuel Search Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Gricius | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Natural Resources & Growth |
| HB 12 | Outdoor Recreation Accessibility Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Welton | Modifies the definition of "outdoor recreation project" to include construction of trails or facilities, improvements of trails or facilities, or acquisition of equipment for disabled and adaptive users. | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 15 | Medicaid Expansion 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. If the Medicaid Expansion will be sunsetted, DHHS should create a plan on how to maintain Medicaid Expansion until it sunsets, which should be reviewed by GOPB, OFLA, SSAC, and EAC, and this plan should consider specific cost containment measures. 60 days before the program sunsets, DHHS should notify the State Tax Commission about the sunset of the program so that the State Tax Commission can halt the transfer of funds for the program. 90 days after the program sunsets. DHHS and the Division of Finance should give recommendation on how to use any remaining Medicaid ACA funds. | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Health Care |
| HB 16 | 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 | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Energy & Critical Materials |
| HB 21 | 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 and prohibits the purchased 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 37 | 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 | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Natural Resources & Growth |
| HB 40 | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 41 | 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, which would replace the current 2006 version used | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 45 | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Education & Workforce |
| HB 58 | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 59 | 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; requires the licensees use scanning technology that can determine the validity of identification cards using information from the card's barcode by either comparing data in the barcode to other legitimate barcodes or identifying patterns within barcodes on legitimate identification cards; permits a licensee to 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 | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 65 | 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 Plumbing Code, International Mechanical Code, International Fuel Gas Code, International Energy Conservation Code, and International Existing Building Code; 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 68 | Housing Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Roberts; Floor Sponsor: Senator Fillmore | Creates the Division of Housing withing 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 deputy director 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 | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Affordable Housing |
| HB 76 | Data Center Water Policy Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Koford | 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; requires the operator of the large data center facility, 180-360 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; specifies that these reports will be considered proprietary information; allows the Division of Water Rights to publish an aggregated and anonymized report; allows the Division of Water Rights to impose a fine if the large data center does not comply with reporting | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Energy & Critical Materials |
| 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Education & Workforce |
| HB 119 | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Immigration |
| HB 154 | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Natural Resources & Growth |
| HB 156 | 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, 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 164 | Patient Disclosure Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Gricius | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | ||
| HB 165 | Critical Infrastructure Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Brooks | A company of government entity working with critical infrastructure (ie gas and oil production, water supply, telecommunications, electrical power delivery, etc) may not enter into an agreement relating to critical infrastructure with a foreign principal if that agreement would allow the principal to direct or remotely access or control the critical infrastructure, or if the contracting vendor has connections to a foreign adversary; allows an entity to enter into a critical infrastructure contract with a foreign principal if there is no other reasonable option for addressing the need, the contract is reapproved by the Division of Technology Servies (division), and not entering into the contract would pose a greater threat to the state than the threat associated with entering into the contract; requires that a company wanting to access critical infrastructure to file a certification form with the division and pay a fee; requires a company, in order to maintaing certification to access critical infrastructure, to identify employees positions with critical infrastructure access, conduct background checks on new hires with access to critical infrastructure, prohibit foreign national adversaries from access, disclose any foreign partnerships, store critical infrastucture data on domestic servers, not use foreign cloud service providers or data centers, and immeidately report any cyberattacks; grants the division authority to determine whether a company is compliant and revoke certification; creates oversight and enforcement mechanisms from the attorney general and the division; grants the attorney general the authority to file an injunction if the sale of critical material is deemed to be a security risk; grants rulemaking authority to the Division of Techology Services; provides administrative penatlies for violations; establishes transition provisions for existing contracts | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Energy & Critical Materials |
| HB 172 | Food Safety Manager Certification Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Mauga | Extends the period for food safety manager certification renewal from three years to five years | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 176 | 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; expressly prohibits trust directors from operating a trust business; reorganizes who may act as a trust company into a new standalone section | Monitor | Tax & Regulatory Environment | |
| HB 182 | 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 annually provide a sworn statement of compliance with this section; 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 | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Health Care |
| HB 184 | Local Land Use Revisions | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Affordable Housing |
| HB 185 | Carbon Credit Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Shelley | Prohibits a person from selling carbon credits without a license; outlines the process for applying for an application, requires a minimum of a $500 bond; authorizes the State Tax Commission to revoke the license of a carbon credit broker if they violate the law; imposes a tax of 25% on a carbon credit sale and remit it to the State Tax Commission; a person who pays a carbon credit tax may be eligible for a tax credit; outlines procedure and reporting requirements for sale of a carbon credit; creates a right of first refusal for the Office of Energy Development to purchase an in-state carbon credit and outlines application process; creates a restricted account for the office to purchase in-state carbon credits | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Natural Resources & Growth |
| HB 190 | 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 | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Education & Workforce |
| 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 203 | Non-Compete Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Clancy | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Energy & Critical Materials |
| HB 231 | 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; gives the county authority to impose a tax on taxable transactions, other than food and food ingredients, at a rate that will generate an equivalent amount of revenue to the restaurant tax | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 236 | Truth in Taxation Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Rep. 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 | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| HB 238 | Utah Energy Generation and Transmission Planning | Bill Sponsor: Rep. Albrecht | ||||
| 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Affordable Housing |
| 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Education & Workforce |
| SB 21 | 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; 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Energy & Critical Materials |
| 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 36 | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Transportation & Infrastructure |
| SB 38 | 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 | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 39 | Investment Zones Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Harper | 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; amends provisions of a home ownership promotion zone in a municipality or county to include a certain area within a boundary of a school, especially if the school is closing | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Housing Affordability |
| SB 40 | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 41 | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Health Care |
| 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 enrol 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 78 | Property Tax Relief Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator McCay | Expands household income eligibility and increases credit amounts for property tax relief in the form of a renter's credit, beginning in 2027; prohibits taxpayers from receiving property tax relief in the form of a homeowner's credit unless the taxpayer received the credit within the previous two years; removes requirements for annual inflation adjustments for a homeowner's credit; changes the qualifications, scope, duration, and rates of interest applicable to discretionary and nondiscretionary property tax deferral programs; prohibits taxpayers from receiving indigent property tax abatement unless the taxpayer received an abatement within the previous two years; requires county auditors to include information on the tax notice regarding the amount of outstanding taxes and interest for taxpayers who receive a property tax deferral; prohibits taxpayers from receiving more than one form of property tax relief, with certain exceptions | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 81 | Dyslexia Testing Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Plumb | Specifies that it is not unlawful or unprofessional conduct for a licensed mental health therapist to administer a dyslexia assessment if they are qualified to do so through training, education, and experience; 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 | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Education & Workforce |
| SB 97 | Property Tax Rate Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator McKay | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 98 | 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 | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Education & Workforce |
| SB 108 | Online Marketplace Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Fillmore; Floor Sponsor: Rep. Fiefia | Prohibits a municipality or county from regulating an online marketplace | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 111 | 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 | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Health Care |
| SB 116 | 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 rate projected to reduce income tax revenue by an amount equal to one-half of the difference between actual state revenue for the previous fiscal year and forecast revenue for the previous fiscal year; 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 117 | Occupational and Professional Licensing Amendments | Bill Sponsor: Senator Sandall | Removes pronouns and gendered language; updates language to remove archaic terminology; corrects typographical errors | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Tax & Regulatory Environment |
| SB 121 | 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 | Monitor | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | 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 | Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed | Energy & Critical Materials |