All Roll Calls
Yes: 180 • No: 1
UtahS.B. 1962026 General SessionSenateWALLET
Wrongful Lien Act Amendments
Sponsored By: Don L. Ipson (Republican)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Transfer-fee protections without required county screening
Beginning May 6, 2026, a transfer-fee notice that substantially meets filing requirements is valid unless it is a wrongful lien. It is wrongful if, when recorded, foreclosure of a higher-priority mortgage or trust deed had made the fee unenforceable. A missing required earlier notice or a recorded document ending the fee also makes the notice wrongful. County recorders do not have to screen these notices for wrongful liens under the specified notice rules. A court's wrongful-lien finding invalidates the notice, even if the recorder accepted it.
Reinvestment fees skip recurring notice filings
Beginning May 6, 2026, reinvestment fee covenants are exempt from the private transfer-fee notice filing rules, including three-year renewals. This removes filing duties for parties handling these fees and the required notice updates for affected property owners. Reinvestment fees remain subject to their own separate rules.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Don L. Ipson
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
R. Neil Walter
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/6/2026
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 68 • No: 1
Senate vote • 3/6/2026
Senate/ concurs with House amendment
Yes: 27 • No: 0
House vote • 3/2/2026
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 10 • No: 0
House vote • 3/2/2026
House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Yes: 10 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/25/2026
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 27 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/24/2026
Senate/ passed 2nd reading
Yes: 23 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/12/2026
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 5 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/12/2026
Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation
Yes: 5 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/12/2026
Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Yes: 5 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/23/2026Senate/ to Governor
3/11/2026SenateSenate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/11/2026SenateSenate/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/10/2026SenateEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/10/2026Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/10/2026Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
3/10/2026Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ received from House
3/6/2026SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/6/2026HouseSenate/ to House
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ concurs with House amendment
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ received from House
3/6/2026SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ passed 3rd reading
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
3/5/2026HouseHouse/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
3/3/2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
3/3/2026HouseHouse/ comm rpt/ substituted
3/3/2026HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
3/2/2026House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
3/2/2026
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/10/2026
Substitute #2
2/27/2026
Amended 2/13/2026 10:02:633
2/13/2026
Substitute #1
2/3/2026
Introduced
1/26/2026