# Utah H.B. 272: Vehicle Assessment Amendments Utah H.B. 272, Vehicle Assessment Amendments, is a 2025 General Session House bill sponsored by Clinton Okerlund (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-25 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB272-2025GS - 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. 272 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Vehicle Assessment Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-20 - Last action: 2025-03-25, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Clinton Okerlund (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Property Tax, Revenue and Taxation, Motor Vehicles, Transportation, Vehicle Registration, Uniform Fees, Division of Motor Vehicles - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 13 (124 yes, 4 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 10 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Midweight vehicles shed fees and labels: benefit, low. Vehicles or combinations over 12,000 through 14,000 pounds no longer owe the $6 motor carrier registration or renewal fee. That fee remains an added charge for each vehicle or combination above 14,000 pounds of loaded weight. Vehicles registered by loaded weight must display that weight on both sid… - More vehicles qualify for shorter registration: benefit, low. The listed $44 registration fee category and $33.50 six-month category now extend to 14,000 pounds, up from 12,000. Six-month registration covers motorcycles and motor vehicles with a loaded weight of 14,000 pounds or less. That option starts after Utah's motor vehicle agency implements GenTax, its… - Heavier vehicles gain consumer protections: benefit, low. Utah raises the loaded-weight limit for its motor vehicle consumer protections from 12,000 to 14,000 pounds. Vehicles in the added range gain coverage but must still meet the chapter's other definition requirements and exclusions. The law also extends the applicable buyback vehicle requirements thr… - Rental furnishings qualify for tax exemption: benefit, low. The law includes owner-provided furniture, household furnishings, and equipment in qualifying tax-exempt rental personal property. The dwelling owner must own the items, and they must be used only inside a tenant's primary-residence home. The items must qualify for the residential exemption and the… - More farm pickups avoid emissions tests: benefit, low. The farm-use pickup exemption from county emissions tests expands from a rated-weight limit of 12,000 pounds to 14,000. The required diesel smoke-test exemption also expands to pickups with gross vehicle weight of 14,000 pounds or less. A farm owner or operator must use the pickup on qualifying agr… - Lower-weight tax bracket expands for carriers: benefit, low. The law changes highway-use tax brackets for interstate carriers using registration fees split among states. These rules apply when carriers do not present the required property-tax or in-lieu-fee certificate. The lower-weight bracket now covers vehicles or combinations through 14,000 pounds of loa… - Fewer vehicles get partial-year fee discounts: cost, low. The heavy-vehicle partial-year fee schedule now applies only above 14,000 pounds of loaded weight, rather than 12,000 pounds. Vehicles over 12,000 through 14,000 pounds lose access to this schedule. Qualifying vehicles pay 30% of the regular fee for up to three months, or 60% for over three through… - More diesel vehicles face emissions tests: cost, low. Counties with emissions programs can grant the diesel weight-based exemption only above 16,000 pounds of rated weight, up from 14,000. In counties federally required to run emissions programs, diesel inspection coverage extends through 16,000 pounds, rather than 14,000. Computerized tests apply to… - Some farm trucks lose inspection exemptions: cost, low. Qualifying farm trucks rated from 12,001 through 14,000 pounds lose their general county emissions and diesel smoke-test exemptions. Those farm-truck exemptions now start at a rated weight of 14,001 pounds. For registration, the weight-based route without an emissions certificate or waiver also sta… - Vehicle tax rules shift by weight: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, Utah moves vehicle assessment cutoffs from 12,000/12,001 pounds to 14,000/14,001 pounds, using rated weight. Registered vehicles rated at 14,000 pounds or less pay age-based fees: $150 under three years, $110 at 3–5, $80 at 6–8, $50 at 9–11, and $10 at 12 or older. Heavier r… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Clinton Okerlund (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Wayne A. Harper (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-04 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | pass | 22 | 4 | | | 2025-03-04 | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-04 | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-25 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2025-02-14 | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-14 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 73 | 0 | | | 2025-02-11 | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-03 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 12 | 0 | | | 2025-02-03 | House | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 12 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | ## Actions (36) - 2025-03-25: Governor Signed - 2025-03-12: House/ to Governor (House) - 2025-03-12: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2025-03-07: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-03-05: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-05: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2025-03-05: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2025-03-05: 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 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Senate/ uncircled (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Senate/ circled (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ committee report favorable (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-02-19: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-02-14: House/ held (House) - 2025-02-14: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-14: House/ uncircled (House) - 2025-02-11: House/ circled (House) - 2025-02-11: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-04: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-02-04: House/ comm rpt/ substituted (House) - 2025-02-03: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-03: House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (House) - 2025-01-29: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-01-23: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2025-01-21: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-01-21: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2025-01-20: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0272.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-02-03: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0272S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-01-20: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0272.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/HB0272.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0272S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0272.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-HB272-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).