# Utah H.B. 240: Urban Farming Assessment Amendments Utah H.B. 240, Urban Farming Assessment Amendments, is a 2025 General Session House bill sponsored by Rex P. Shipp (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-24 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB240-2025GS - 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. 240 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Urban Farming Assessment Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-16 - Last action: 2025-03-24, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Rex P. Shipp (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Counties, Property Tax, Property Tax Collection, Agriculture & Food, Assessment and Equalization, County Officers, Farmland Assessment, Local Taxation and Fees - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 8 (139 yes, 7 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More urban farms qualify for tax savings: benefit, low. Utah urban farms can qualify for agricultural-use property tax assessment through annual sales of $1,000 per quarter-acre farmed. This sales test is an alternative to the production test, and tax savings depend on land values and local rates. Land generally must be at least one contiguous acre but… - Urban farms keep tax breaks more easily: benefit, low. Approved Utah urban farms no longer need annual renewal applications. Assessors can still request a new application or signed proof in writing, with a set deadline. New owners must apply, and owners must give notice when land leaves the program. Land assessed through sales is protected from removal… - Urban farm applicants must document eligibility: cost, low. Owners applying for Utah urban-farming tax assessment must document that their land meets the production or sales test. They must use the county assessor's form and file by January 30 of the application tax year. The law provides an exception to that deadline in Utah Code Section 59-2-1707(2)(c)(i)… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Rex P. Shipp (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Keven J. Stratton (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-07 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | pass | 27 | 0 | | | 2025-02-26 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2025-02-20 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 67 | 0 | | | 2025-02-12 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 7 | 0 | | | 2025-02-12 | House | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 7 | 0 | | | 2025-02-06 | House | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 11 | 0 | | | 2025-02-06 | House | House Comm - Held | pass | 11 | 0 | | | 2025-02-06 | House | House Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed | fail | 4 | 7 | | ## Actions (36) - 2025-03-24: Governor Signed - 2025-03-17: House/ to Governor (House) - 2025-03-17: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2025-03-13: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2025-03-13: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-03-11: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-11: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2025-03-07: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ committee report favorable (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-02-20: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-02-20: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-20: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-13: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-02-13: House/ comm rpt/ substituted (House) - 2025-02-12: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-12: House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-06: House Comm - Held (House) - 2025-02-06: House Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed (House) - 2025-02-06: House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-04: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-01-21: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-01-21: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2025-01-21: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2025-01-16: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-13: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0240.pdf) - Substitute #2, 2025-02-11: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0240S02.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-01-22: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0240S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-01-16: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0240.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/HB0240.pdf) - [Substitute #2 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0240S02.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0240S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0240.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-HB240-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).