# Utah H.B. 377: Real Estate Amendments Utah H.B. 377, Real Estate Amendments, is a 2026 General Session House bill sponsored by R. Neil Walter (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-03-18 (Governor Signed) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB377-2026GS - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah H.B. 377 - State: Utah - Session: 2026 General Session - Title: Real Estate Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-26 - Last action: 2026-03-18, Governor Signed - Sponsor: R. Neil Walter (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Business, Real Estate, Real Property - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 8 (176 yes, 14 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 7 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Licensed agents can skip manager training: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, active Utah real estate license holders have a simpler path to a property manager license. People with an active broker, associate broker, or sales agent license can skip the property manager training and exam. - New licensing rules for property managers: cost, medium. Beginning January 1, 2027, paid managers of Utah real estate generally need a license; property manager licenses cover residential rentals only. Applicants generally need at least 24 training hours and an exam, with questions divided to match each topic's training time. Training hours last 50 minut… - Real estate complaints need approved forms: cost, low. Reports of suspected, known, or anticipated real estate licensing violations must go only to Utah's Division of Real Estate. Reports must use a form the division approves. This also applies to violations of related rules or orders. - Property managers face ongoing background checks: cost, low. Property manager applicants applying on or after January 1, 2027, must submit fingerprints and pay a background-check fee. They must consent to state and federal checks and acknowledge fingerprint retention and ongoing criminal-history monitoring through Rap Back. Any license issued before the chec… - Real estate firms must safeguard records: cost, low. Covered brokerages and property managers must protect business records, including trust-account and transaction records. Records must stay on file for at least three calendar years after the year of the applicable event. Those events include offer rejection, transaction closing or failure, lease st… - Rental funds can bypass trust accounts: mixed, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, property managers generally must keep client funds, including rent and deposits, in an in-state trust account. Funds can stay outside a trust account if the owner agrees in the management agreement and the lease says so. Managers affiliated with a principal broker must still… - Broker oversight with property manager exceptions: mixed, low. Covered property managers must affiliate with a principal broker before managing, offering, or advertising services for someone else. The broker must be connected to the associated licensee, employer, or contracting party, as applicable. Housing authority employees are exempt. Employees of a proper… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: R. Neil Walter (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Calvin R. Musselman (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-06 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | pass | 25 | 0 | | | 2026-03-06 | House | House/ concurs with Senate amendment | pass | 53 | 13 | | | 2026-03-06 | Senate | Senate/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-27 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 6 | 0 | | | 2026-02-27 | Senate | Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation | pass | 6 | 0 | | | 2026-02-23 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 67 | 1 | | | 2026-02-17 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 10 | 0 | | | 2026-02-17 | House | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (42) - 2026-03-18: Governor Signed - 2026-03-16: House/ to Governor (House) - 2026-03-16: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2026-03-12: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2026-03-12: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2026-03-11: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2026-03-11: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2026-03-11: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2026-03-11: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2026-03-10: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2026-03-06: House/ to Senate (House) - 2026-03-06: House/ concurs with Senate amendment (House) - 2026-03-06: House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar (House) - 2026-03-06: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2026-03-06: Senate/ to House with amendments (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Senate/ substituted (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Senate/ comm rpt/ amended (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-02-27: Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation - 2026-02-25: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2026-02-23: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2026-02-23: House/ to Senate (House) - 2026-02-23: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2026-02-23: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2026-02-17: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2026-02-17: House/ comm rpt/ substituted (House) - 2026-02-17: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-02-17: House Comm - Substitute Recommendation - 2026-02-12: House Comm - Not Considered - 2026-02-09: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2026-02-05: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2026-01-27: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2026-01-26: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2026-01-26: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2026-03-12: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0377.pdf) - Substitute #3, 2026-03-04: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0377S03.pdf) - Amended 2/27/2026 15:02:779, 2026-02-27: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0377S01_2026-02-27_15-42-44.pdf) - Substitute #2, 2026-02-23: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0377S02.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2026-02-16: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0377S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2026-01-26: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0377.pdf) ## Related bills - H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments (signed) - H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments (signed) - H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments (signed) - H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments (signed) - H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments (signed) - H.B. 220: Public Safety Data Amendments (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0377.pdf) - [Substitute #3 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0377S03.pdf) - [Amended 2/27/2026 15:02:779 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0377S01_2026-02-27_15-42-44.pdf) - [Substitute #2 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0377S02.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0377S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0377.pdf) ## Related - [H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB136-2026GS) - [H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB101-2026GS) - [H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB134-2026GS) - [H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB178-2026GS) - [H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB94-2026GS) - [H.B. 220: Public Safety Data Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB220-2026GS) - [Utah bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah/bills) - 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