# Utah H.B. 79: Adaptive Driving Equipment Amendments Utah H.B. 79, Adaptive Driving Equipment Amendments, is a 2025 General Session House bill sponsored by Christine F. Watkins (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-HB79-2025GS - 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. 79 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Adaptive Driving Equipment Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-02 - Last action: 2025-03-25, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Christine F. Watkins (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Business, Sales and Use Tax, Revenue and Taxation, Motor Vehicles, Transportation, Motor Vehicle Equipment, Sales Tax Exemptions - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 5 (128 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Lower sales tax on adaptive driving equipment: benefit, medium. Beginning October 1, 2025, Utah exempts adaptive driving equipment from sales tax when sold before installation in a vehicle. Dealer-sold vehicles also receive a tax break for adaptive equipment installed by a previous owner. Dealers must subtract that equipment’s value from the taxable price, list… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Christine F. Watkins (Republican), House - Cosponsor: David P. Hinkins (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-05 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | pass | 24 | 0 | | | 2025-02-26 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | pass | 20 | 0 | | | 2025-02-20 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 3 | 0 | | | 2025-02-13 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 70 | 0 | | | 2025-02-04 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 11 | 0 | | ## Actions (35) - 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) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ passed 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Senate/ committee report favorable (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-02-13: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-02-13: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-13: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-05: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-02-05: House/ committee report favorable (House) - 2025-02-04: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-03: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-02-03: Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm - 2025-02-03: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2025-01-21: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-01-15: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2025-01-02: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0079.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-01-21: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0079S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-01-02: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0079.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/HB0079.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0079S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0079.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-HB79-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).