# Utah S.B. 201: Real Estate Amendments Utah S.B. 201, Real Estate Amendments, is a 2025 General Session Senate bill sponsored by Wayne A. Harper (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-26 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB201-2025GS - 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. 201 - State: Utah - Session: 2025 General Session - Title: Real Estate Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-30 - Last action: 2025-03-26, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Wayne A. Harper (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Business, Community/Condominium Associations (HOAs), Real Property - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 12 (124 yes, 17 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 9 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Homeowners Can Enforce Required Landscaping Rules: benefit, medium. Beginning May 7, 2025, lot owners can sue associations that fail to adopt required water-wise landscaping rules and leave the failure uncorrected. Owners must give written notice at least 90 days before filing. The notice must identify missing requirements, demand compliance, and set a correction d… - Rental Owners Can Name Association Contacts: benefit, low. Rental-home owners can name another person as their main association contact by giving written notice. This applies to homeowners and condominium associations. The association may communicate with that person as though they were the owner. It must confirm in writing that its records list the contac… - Rental Owners Get Exemptions and Protections: benefit, low. Homeowners and condominium associations must exempt listed owners and homes from rental limits and covered rental fees. Exemptions cover military deployment, occupancy by an owner's parent, child, or sibling, and employer relocation lasting two years or less. Entity-owned homes qualify when the res… - Short-Term Condo Rentals Face Guest Limits: cost, low. Condominium associations can limit how many guests use common areas and facilities when a unit is rented for under 30 days. Any limit must be reasonable. These limits affect guests of both owners and tenants. - Rental Fees Face Caps and Notice: mixed, medium. Associations can charge up to $200 yearly per rental home for rental administration when at least 35% of homes are rentals. Before imposing the fee, they must give affected owners 15 days' meeting notice, allow discussion and public comment, and obtain majority approval. Homeowners associations mus… - Associations Can Set Minimum Rental Terms: mixed, low. Homeowners and condominium associations can set minimum lease terms by rule. The minimum they set cannot exceed six months. Owners and renters must follow the association's minimum, but this rulemaking power has a six-month ceiling. - Common-Area Sales Can End Owners' Access: mixed, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, authorized association representatives can sign documents for owners to complete approved common-area sales or transfers. Condominium transactions require approval from at least 67% of unit owners for this signing authority. In homeowners associations, the authority requires… - Condo Owners Must Seek Repairs First: mixed, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, condo owners must notify developers in writing before suing them over defective design or construction. The notice must describe the defect and request necessary repairs. Developers must make all reasonable requested repairs; owners can sue if repairs remain incomplete nine m… - Homeowners Gain Water-Wise Landscaping Options: mixed, low. Beginning May 7, 2025, homeowners associations cannot ban water-wise landscaping on detached-home lots. They cannot require turf in areas under 8 feet wide unless reasonably needed for erosion control. Associations also cannot block conversion of grass park strips under 8 feet wide to water-efficie… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Wayne A. Harper (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: A. Cory Maloy (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-06 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 54 | 17 | | | 2025-02-26 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 7 | 0 | | | 2025-02-18 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 27 | 0 | | | 2025-02-14 | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-14 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | pass | 26 | 0 | | | 2025-02-14 | Senate | Senate/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-11 | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2025-02-04 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2025-02-04 | Senate | Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation | pass | 5 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | ## Actions (36) - 2025-03-26: Governor Signed - 2025-03-13: Senate/ to Governor (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2025-03-07: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2025-03-07: Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling - 2025-03-06: Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2025-03-06: House/ to Senate (House) - 2025-03-06: House/ signed by Speaker/ returned 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/ committee report favorable (House) - 2025-02-26: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House) - 2025-02-21: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2025-02-18: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2025-02-18: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2025-02-18: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Senate/ passed 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Senate/ substituted (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Senate/ uncircled (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Senate/ circled (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Senate/ comm rpt/ amended (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Senate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/SB0201.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2025-02-06: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0201S01.pdf) - Amended 2/5/2025 09:02:970, 2025-02-05: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_SB0201_2025-02-05_09-08-28.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-01-30: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0201.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/SB0201.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0201S01.pdf) - [Amended 2/5/2025 09:02:970 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_SB0201_2025-02-05_09-08-28.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/SB0201.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-SB201-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).