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UtahH.B. 1792026 General SessionHouseWALLET
Milk Amendments
Sponsored By: Kristen Chevrier (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Health and Human ServicesFood QualityAdministrative RulemakingAdministrative Rulemaking and ProceduresDepartment of Health and Human ServicesAgriculture & FoodAnimal Food ProductsFood
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Raw milk producers must test and label
Beginning May 6, 2026, producers outside the exemptions must test each batch before sale and obtain department-approved certification of results. Bacterial counts cannot exceed 20,000 colony-forming units per milliliter, and coliform counts cannot exceed 10. Extra pathogen testing is required above 40,000 bacteria or 20 coliform units per milliliter, or when a producer is implicated in an outbreak. Milk cannot contain shiga toxin-producing E. coli, Listeria, Salmonella, or Campylobacter; test results must go electronically to the department. Containers must identify raw milk or raw milk products and follow federal and state labeling rules. Labels need the producer's name and address, production date, handling instructions, and the department's required color. The sell-by date cannot exceed nine days after production, and labels must warn: “Raw milk or raw milk products, no matter how carefully produced, may be unsafe.”
Farm milk sellers get conditional permit relief
Beginning May 6, 2026, qualifying farm sellers are exempt from permits and the full operating, batch-testing, and suspension requirements. Sales must be for household use, not resale, at the production site; a designated agent can deliver directly to buyers. Labels must give the producer's name and address, production date, and a sell-by date within nine days of production. They also need handling instructions and a warning that the product is not licensed or inspected and raw milk may be unsafe. Milk must cool to 50°F or colder within one hour and 41°F within two hours. Monthly tests must show no more than 10 coliform units per milliliter, and records must be kept for six months. Animals must be free of tuberculosis, brucellosis, and other milk-borne diseases. Sellers must notify the department with their name and address; outbreak-response requirements still apply.
Outbreaks bring sales stops and producer rights
Beginning May 6, 2026, state and local agencies can investigate outbreaks involving similar illness in two or more households. The agriculture department must stop sales when an investigation links a producer's milk to an outbreak and finds evidence it caused the outbreak. It must collect an initial sample within two working days. Sales remain stopped until three consecutive tests meet count and pathogen standards, or genetic testing shows no outbreak link. The department must notify the producer within one working day after either release condition is met. Genetic testing results are due within 15 working days unless more time is justified in writing. Producers must receive notice before public identification based on a positive genetic match; health agencies must verify that notice. Producers can request a hearing and a second approved laboratory analysis at their own expense. When a state agency links the product to an outbreak and the department finds a violation, penalties can reach $300, $750, and $1,500 for first, second, and later violations, respectively, in addition to suspension or a sales stop.
Raw milk producers face permit suspensions
Beginning May 6, 2026, the department must suspend a producer's permit after two failed samples among four consecutive samples. Two failed samples within 30 days also require suspension. Other violations of the raw milk law or authorized rules also require suspension. The department can reissue a permit after compliant test results and compliance with the law and rules. On written request, it must explain how to request a hearing. The law also repeals the former raw milk product sales and permit suspension section.
Raw milk sellers face new operating rules
Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah establishes a separate raw milk program, with exemptions for qualifying farm and small producers. Producers outside those exemptions must get department approval and follow production, sanitation, storage, testing, and record rules. Milk must reach 50°F or colder within one hour, then 41°F within two hours, and stay that cold until delivery or use. Bottling happens on-site under sanitary conditions; animals must be identifiable and free of milk-borne diseases, and workers free of communicable disease. Sales generally happen where milk is produced, but authorized sellers can use refrigerated mobile units or department-inspected stores. Store deliveries require an authorized transporter and mechanical refrigeration at 41°F or colder. The department must set operating and inspection rules; exempt farm and small producers are exempt from these rules. If any provision of the new raw milk part is held invalid, the remaining provisions cannot take effect.
Small milk producers get broad compliance relief
Beginning May 6, 2026, producers making no more than 500 gallons of raw milk per month qualify for broad compliance relief. The limit includes milk kept raw and milk used to make raw milk products. Sales and deliveries must happen where the milk is produced. These producers are exempt from permits and the full raw milk requirements, but outbreak-response rules still apply. They must notify the department of their intent to use the exemption and provide their name and current operating address.
Farm families and cow-share users gain protections
Beginning May 6, 2026, farm-produced milk used by the farm owner or immediate family is exempt from the chapter's requirements. The exemption also covers cow-share participants, their immediate families, and the farm owner's nonpaying guests. The milk or milk product must come from that farm. The department cannot adopt rules restricting access to raw milk or ownership interests under a cow-share agreement. This protection applies when the person follows the agreement.
Free producer certificates, possible testing fees
Beginning May 6, 2026, the department cannot charge a fee to issue a milk or raw milk product production certificate. It can charge fees for raw milk tests and inspections under the new program. The law does not set those fee amounts; they must follow Utah's fee-setting process. Collected money can be used only to run and enforce the raw milk program. Standard dairy permit fees remain, and those permits expire December 31 and are renewable by that date each year.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Kristen Chevrier
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Kirk A. Cullimore
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/6/2026
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 3/6/2026
House/ concurs with Senate amendment
Yes: 65 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/6/2026
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
Yes: 25 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/6/2026
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/25/2026
Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Yes: 7 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/25/2026
Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation
Yes: 7 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/25/2026
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 7 • No: 0
House vote • 2/12/2026
House/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/12/2026
House/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/12/2026
House/ floor amendment
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/12/2026
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 46 • No: 20
House vote • 2/10/2026
House/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 1/30/2026
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 11 • No: 0
House vote • 1/30/2026
House Comm - Amendment Recommendation
Yes: 11 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/26/2026House/ to Governor
3/16/2026HouseHouse/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/16/2026HouseHouse/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/12/2026HouseEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/12/2026Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/10/2026Bill Received from House for Enrolling
3/10/2026House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
3/7/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/7/2026HouseSenate/ to House
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ signed by President/ returned to House
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ received from House
3/6/2026SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ concurs with Senate amendment
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/6/2026HouseSenate/ to House with amendments
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ uncircled
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ circled
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
3/5/2026SenateSenate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
3/4/2026SenateSenate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
2/26/2026SenateSenate/ comm rpt/ substituted/ amended
2/26/2026Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/12/2026
Amended 2/26/2026 10:02:748
2/26/2026
Substitute #3
2/23/2026
Substitute #4
2/23/2026
Amended 2/12/2026 15:02:682
2/12/2026
Substitute #2
2/12/2026
Amended 2/2/2026 11:02:993
2/2/2026
Substitute #1
1/22/2026
Introduced
1/7/2026