# Utah H.B. 208: Urban Farming Assessment Modifications Utah H.B. 208, Urban Farming Assessment Modifications, is a 2025 General Session House bill sponsored by Jason B. Kyle (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-19 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB208-2025GS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah H.B. 208 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Urban Farming Assessment Modifications - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-14 - Last action: 2025-03-19, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Jason B. Kyle (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Counties, Property Tax, Property Tax Collection, Revenue and Taxation, County Officers, Farmland Assessment, Local Taxation and Fees - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 13 (140 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Urban farm owners skip annual tax renewals: benefit, low. Qualifying urban-farm owners no longer need an annual renewal application to keep their farm property tax assessment. The land must have received the assessment in the prior tax year. Eligibility information must remain unchanged, except for information covered by Utah Code Section 59-2-1703(2)(b).… - Urban farm owners face tax paperwork requirements: cost, low. After approving an urban-farm assessment application, county assessors may request a new application or signed proof that the land qualifies. The request must be in writing, and owners must respond by the date it lists. Assessors must also require new owners of land already in the program to apply… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Jason B. Kyle (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Daniel McCay (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-04 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 26 | 0 | | | 2025-03-04 | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-04 | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-03 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | pass | 27 | 0 | | | 2025-03-03 | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-19 | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-12 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 4 | 0 | | | 2025-02-05 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 72 | 0 | | | 2025-01-27 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 11 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | ## Actions (37) - 2025-03-19: Governor Signed - 2025-03-12: House/ to Governor (House) - 2025-03-12: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2025-03-12: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2025-03-12: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-03-05: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-05: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2025-03-04: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2025-03-04: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-04: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Senate/ uncircled (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Senate/ circled (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Senate/ passed 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Senate/ uncircled (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Senate/ circled (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Senate/ committee report favorable (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-02-07: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-02-06: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-02-05: House/ held (House) - 2025-02-05: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-05: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-01-28: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-01-28: House/ committee report favorable (House) - 2025-01-27: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-01-24: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-01-21: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-01-21: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2025-01-15: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2025-01-14: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-12: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0208.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-01-14: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0208.pdf) ## Related bills - S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments (signed) - H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments (signed) - H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments (signed) - H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements (signed) - S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments (vetoed) - S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0208.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0208.pdf) ## Related - [S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB199-2025GS) - [H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB562-2025GS) - [H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB493-2025GS) - [H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB482-2025GS) - [S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB197-2025GS) - [S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB3-2025GS) - [Utah bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah/bills) - [Utah state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB208-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).