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Yes: 206 • No: 33
UtahS.B. 2252026 General SessionSenateWALLET
Public Corporation Amendments
Sponsored By: Jerry W Stevenson (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Utah State Fair CorporationPolitical Subdivisions (Local Issues)Independent EntitiesUtah Inland Port Authority
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
9 provisions identified: 6 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.
Housing help and local benefits from port funds
The Authority can use up to 10% of a project’s general tax differential for affordable housing near that project. It may fund a nonprofit to help low‑income families buy or keep homes within 15 miles of the project. The Authority can spend differential and other funds on operations, infrastructure, bonds, buffers, and projects that cut pollution or traffic, but cannot use one project’s differential to build in another project. It may share general differential revenue with the taxing entities in the same project area. It can also run a community enhancement program, and money set aside for that program is protected from collection to pay Authority debts tied to the program.
Foreign-trade zone option for port businesses
The Authority can set up a foreign‑trade zone on some or all Authority land or in other project areas, with required federal approvals. Businesses that import goods can use the zone to lower trade costs and paperwork.
Inland Port gets long-term tax revenue
The law directs property tax growth to the Utah Inland Port Authority for many years. For pre‑designation parcels on Authority land, the Authority gets 75% of the nonmunicipal tax differential from November 2019 until the parcel’s transition date or November 30, 2044, whichever comes first. The Board may extend those pre‑designation payments up to 15 more years if the parcel is still not post‑designation. For post‑designation parcels, payments run 25 years from the parcel’s trigger date, with up to a 15‑year Board‑approved extension. Post‑designation parcels on Authority land pay 75% of the nonmunicipal differential; parcels outside the Authority land may pay up to 75% of the general differential, as the Board sets in a plan.
All port land is one project area
The law treats all Authority jurisdictional land as a single project area. The Authority no longer needs a separate project‑area plan for that land, which centralizes planning and approvals.
Official maps, parcel IDs, small fixes
The Authority keeps the official boundary map and can adjust a split property’s boundary with the mayor’s consent after consulting local officials and the owner; the change is recorded. The Authority can make minor administrative boundary fixes to project areas, such as to meet county recording standards, but not to Authority jurisdictional land. Within 10 days after adopting or changing a project area boundary, the Authority must send an accurate, professionally prepared map to state and county offices. The Authority may also designate the improved part of a parcel as a separate parcel and the county will assign it a new tax ID.
Stronger environmental rules and air tracking
The Authority must set minimum environmental and mitigation standards before landowners can use property tax differential for development. Those rules ban using that money to recruit businesses that, on an annualized basis, would use more potable water than the local provider’s adopted maximum daily potable water use for that area. The Authority’s business plan must also include emissions monitoring, reporting, and best‑practice mitigation, developed with the Department of Environmental Quality.
New State Fair Park Authority and rules
The law creates the State Fair Park Authority to run the state fair and other expositions, operate buildings, plan for development, and put on events. It can seek private and public funding and finance energy‑efficiency or clean‑energy projects. The Authority must follow state finance, meetings, records, and procurement laws, with exceptions for entertainment, judges, sponsorships, concessions, and some development by a qualified owner. Leases of 10 years or more for state‑owned fair park buildings need division approval and then legislative committee review. State and local agencies must cooperate, the Authority can share revenue with the host city for municipal services, and it must sign impact‑fee and tax‑sharing agreements before buying more than three acres of new land.
Project area plans: consent and deadlines
To include land outside the Authority area, the Board must get written consent from the city or county. Landowners on that outside land can ask in writing to be excluded within 45 days after the public meeting. When a plan is adopted, the Board must publish a Class A legal notice for at least 30 days and make the plan available. A challenge to a plan must be filed within 30 days of the plan’s effective date; for Authority land, the 30‑day clock starts when the Board adopts its business plan. Every plan must include a legal boundary, the Authority’s goals, and Board findings that the plan serves a public purpose and is feasible.
Most changes start May 6, 2026
Most parts of this law take effect May 6, 2026. If two‑thirds of each house approved the bill, it takes effect on the governor’s approval, the day after the constitutional time limit without signature, or on the date of a veto override.
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Jerry W Stevenson
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Clancy, Tyler
Affiliation unavailable
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/6/2026
Senate/ concurs with House amendment
Yes: 19 • No: 8
House vote • 3/6/2026
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 67 • No: 2
House vote • 3/6/2026
House/ motion to reconsider
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 3/6/2026
House/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 3/6/2026
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 57 • No: 10
House vote • 2/26/2026
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 8 • No: 1
House vote • 2/26/2026
House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Yes: 9 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/23/2026
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 20 • No: 5
Senate vote • 2/20/2026
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/20/2026
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/20/2026
Senate/ passed 2nd reading
Yes: 18 • No: 7
House vote • 2/5/2026
Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Yes: 3 • No: 0
House vote • 2/5/2026
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 5 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/18/2026Senate/ to Governor
3/13/2026SenateSenate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/13/2026SenateSenate/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/12/2026SenateEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/12/2026Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/11/2026Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
3/11/2026Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
3/11/2026SenateSenate/ received from House
3/11/2026SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/7/2026HouseHouse/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate
3/7/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/7/2026HouseSenate/ to House
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ concurs with House amendment
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ received from House
3/6/2026SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ passed 3rd reading
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ substituted
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ motion to reconsider
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ passed 3rd reading
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
3/3/2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
3/3/2026House
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/12/2026
Substitute #3
3/3/2026
Substitute #2
2/25/2026
Substitute #1
2/5/2026
Introduced
1/30/2026
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