All Roll Calls
Yes: 134 • No: 0
UtahS.B. 1442026 General SessionSenateWALLET
Relocation Assistance Amendments
Sponsored By: Heidi Balderree (Republican)
Signed by Governor
BusinessLabor and EmploymentEminent DomainGovernment Operations (State Issues)TransportationDepartment of TransportationReal Property
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Up to $75,000 for displaced businesses
Beginning May 6, 2026, displaced businesses, farms, and nonprofits can get up to $75,000 for reasonable costs to reestablish at a new site, under agency rules. Or you can choose one fixed payment between $1,000 and $75,000 if you meet the agency’s criteria. If your only business at that site was renting property to others, you cannot take the fixed payment.
Relocation aid cap rises with inflation
Starting July 1, 2027, the state raises the relocation assistance cap each July 1 for inflation. The Department of Transportation adds the prior limit times last year’s Consumer Price Index change, but never below zero. By January 30 each year, the department calculates and publishes the new limit and sends it to the Office of the Property Rights Ombudsman.
Relocation help with federal caps
Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah agencies can pay relocation help when they buy property and no federal money is used. Your total payment is capped at what federal rules would have paid for the same move, unless state law sets a different limit. If federal law makes you ineligible for relocation help, the state cannot pay you. When state and federal caps differ, the state cap beats a lower federal cap, but a higher federal cap controls.
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Heidi Balderree
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Tiara Auxier
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 2/19/2026
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 68 • No: 0
House vote • 2/13/2026
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 10 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/9/2026
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 25 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/6/2026
Senate/ passed 2nd reading
Yes: 25 • No: 0
House vote • 1/23/2026
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 6 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/17/2026Senate/ to Governor
3/3/2026SenateSenate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/3/2026SenateSenate/ enrolled bill to Printing
2/26/2026SenateEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
2/26/2026Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
2/22/2026Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
2/22/2026Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
2/19/2026SenateSenate/ received from House
2/19/2026SenateHouse/ to Senate
2/19/2026HouseHouse/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate
2/19/2026HouseHouse/ passed 3rd reading
2/19/2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
2/19/2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
2/17/2026HouseHouse/ committee report favorable
2/17/2026HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
2/13/2026House/ to standing committee
2/11/2026HouseHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2/9/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
2/9/2026HouseSenate/ to House
2/9/2026SenateSenate/ passed 3rd reading
2/9/2026SenateSenate/ 3rd reading
2/9/2026SenateSenate/ passed 2nd reading
2/6/2026SenateSenate/ 2nd reading
2/6/2026SenateSenate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
1/26/2026Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled
2/26/2026
Introduced
1/15/2026
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