# Utah S.B. 129: Higher Education Development Areas Utah S.B. 129, Higher Education Development Areas, is a 2025 General Session Senate bill sponsored by Chris H. Wilson (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-SB129-2025GS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah S.B. 129 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Higher Education Development Areas - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-16 - Last action: 2025-03-25, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Chris H. Wilson (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Construction, Economic Development, Real Estate, Education, Higher Education, Land Use, Political Subdivisions (Local Issues), Planning and Zoning, Real Property - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 16 (185 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - University development gets conflict safeguards: benefit, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, university trustees must sit out development actions involving specified business conflicts affecting themselves or family members. Covered ties include ownership, direct affiliation, employment, or officer roles in a private firm. The rule applies when the trustee reasonably… - Utah universities gain land development tools: benefit, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, eligible Utah public universities can each designate one development area before January 1, 2035. Each area must be contiguous, cover no more than 75 acres, and include only land owned on January 1, 2025. It cannot overlap community reinvestment project areas or housing and t… - Businesses leasing university land face tax: cost, low. Private lessees using qualifying university property in a designated development area for a for-profit business must pay Utah privilege tax. The tax starts January 1 of the year after the development agreement is signed. The county treasurer collects it from the lessee and sends 80% of the revenue… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Chris H. Wilson (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Steve Eliason (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-06 | Senate | Senate/ concurs with House amendment | pass | 27 | 0 | | | 2025-03-06 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 70 | 1 | | | 2025-02-26 | House | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 8 | 0 | | | 2025-02-26 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 8 | 0 | | | 2025-02-26 | House | House Comm - Amendment Recommendation | pass | 8 | 0 | | | 2025-02-26 | House | House Comm - Amendment Recommendation | pass | 8 | 0 | | | 2025-02-25 | Senate | Senate/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-25 | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-25 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 25 | 0 | | | 2025-02-24 | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-21 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | pass | 21 | 0 | | | 2025-02-13 | Senate | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 4 | 0 | | | 2025-02-13 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 6 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | ## Actions (47) - 2025-03-25: Governor Signed - 2025-03-17: Senate/ to Governor (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-03-07: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-07: Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling - 2025-03-07: Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-07: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-03-06: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate/ concurs with House amendment (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-06: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-06: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2025-03-06: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2025-02-27: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2025-02-27: House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar (House) - 2025-02-27: House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact (House) - 2025-02-27: House/ comm rpt/ substituted/ amended (House) - 2025-02-26: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-26: House Comm - Amendment Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-26: House Comm - Amendment Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-26: House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-26: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-02-26: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-02-25: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-02-25: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate/ substituted (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Senate/ uncircled (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Senate/ circled (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Senate/ passed 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-01-20: Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (Senate) - 2025-01-20: Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research (Senate) - 2025-01-16: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-13: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0129.pdf) - Amended 2/27/2025 09:02:225, 2025-02-27: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_SB0129S03_2025-02-27_09-56-31.pdf) - Substitute #3, 2025-02-26: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0129S03.pdf) - Substitute #2, 2025-02-25: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0129S02.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-02-07: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0129S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-01-16: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0129.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/SB0129.pdf) - [Amended 2/27/2025 09:02:225 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_SB0129S03_2025-02-27_09-56-31.pdf) - [Substitute #3 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0129S03.pdf) - [Substitute #2 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0129S02.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0129S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0129.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-SB129-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).