# Utah H.B. 48: Wildland Urban Interface Modifications Utah H.B. 48, Wildland Urban Interface Modifications, is a 2025 General Session House bill sponsored by Casey Snider (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-HB48-2025GS - 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. 48 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Wildland Urban Interface Modifications - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2024-12-19 - Last action: 2025-03-19, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Casey Snider (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Counties, Insurance, Forestry and Fire, Natural Resources, Fire Protection, Forestry, Fire, and State Lands, New Rulemaking Authority - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 16 (223 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 10 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Wildfire checks and help for homeowners: benefit, medium. Beginning January 1, 2026, state or county coordinators must assess high-risk wildland-urban interface property using three risk levels. Owners must receive their classification, applicable fee, and information about available help. The state may offer resources to help owners reach the first or se… - Homeowners get wildfire insurance explanations: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2026, insurers must state precise supporting facts in notices of wildfire-related cancellations or nonrenewals. Policyholders can also request those facts when wildfire risk raises a premium by more than 20% over the previous term. Property owners can complain to Utah's Insuran… - State wildfire maps guide home insurance: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2026, Utah must publicly map high-risk and non-high-risk interface property using scientific assessments of risks to homes. Insurers must use the state map boundaries to decide whether property is high risk. They may add fire-hazard data for pricing or coverage decisions only w… - Fire infrastructure relief for some homeowners: benefit, low. Authorities may reduce required firefighting water flow for isolated one- or two-family homes when full flow is impractical. The law sets no required reduction. Requirements for pre-existing subdivision lots cannot exceed those in fire-code Section 501.5. The hydrant exception in Section 507.5.1 in… - Limits on sprinkler requirements for homeowners: benefit, low. Local authorities can require sprinklers in covered residential-code homes only by ordinance and only when a listed legal trigger applies. Triggers include wildfire-interface designation, missing hydrants, and access grades above 10% for more than 500 continuous feet. Home-size triggers include tot… - Home kitchen businesses get hood exemption: benefit, low. Cooking appliances in permitted microenterprise home kitchens are exempt from the Type 1 exhaust hood requirement. The operator must obtain the permit required by Utah Code Section 26B-7-416. This removes an equipment requirement for qualifying home food businesses. - Annual wildfire fees for high-risk property: cost, low. Beginning January 1, 2026, counties must charge owners of high-risk wildland-urban interface property an annual fee. The state forestry and fire division sets the fee based on structure square footage and may vary it by risk classification. The law does not set a dollar amount. Counties may keep mo… - Fewer lawsuits over wildfire program actions: cost, low. The law protects listed public agencies and personnel from suits over injuries tied to covered wildfire program actions or failures to act. Protection applies to conduct within their work duties. Covered parties include the state forestry and fire division, counties, wildfire-interface coordinators… - Building owners face emergency access rules: mixed, low. Fire officials may require approved key boxes where locked openings block access or immediate life-saving or firefighting entry is needed. Fire jurisdictions with any required key box must track and secure the keys. Buildings with covered elevators must keep service keys in a box beside the elevato… - Local wildfire aid carries building requirements: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2026, counties no longer need a separate wildland fire ordinance to enter a state cooperative agreement. Existing ordinances do not have to be repealed. Separate requirements still require counties and municipalities to adopt and enforce the state's adopted wildfire-interface b… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Casey Snider (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Michael K. McKell (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-05 | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-05 | House | House/ concurs with Senate amendment | pass | 73 | 0 | | | 2025-03-05 | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-03-05 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | pass | 24 | 0 | | | 2025-02-20 | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-20 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | pass | 23 | 0 | | | 2025-02-19 | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-18 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 4 | 0 | | | 2025-02-18 | Senate | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 4 | 0 | | | 2025-02-10 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 75 | 0 | | | 2025-01-31 | House | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 10 | 0 | | | 2025-01-31 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 10 | 0 | | | | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | ## Actions (47) - 2025-03-19: 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 - 2025-03-06: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-06: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2025-03-06: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2025-03-06: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-05: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ concurs with Senate amendment (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ uncircled (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ circled (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar (House) - 2025-03-05: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ to House with amendments (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Senate/ placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Senate/ passed 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Senate/ uncircled (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Senate/ circled (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-02-10: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-02-10: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-10: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-03: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-02-03: House/ comm rpt/ substituted (House) - 2025-01-31: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-01-31: House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (House) - 2025-01-28: House Comm - Not Considered (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) - 2024-12-19: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0048.pdf) - Substitute #3, 2025-02-17: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0048S03.pdf) - Substitute #2, 2025-01-31: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0048S02.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-01-27: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0048S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2024-12-19: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0048.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/HB0048.pdf) - [Substitute #3 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0048S03.pdf) - [Substitute #2 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0048S02.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0048S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0048.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-HB48-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).