# Utah S.B. 217: Local Food Amendments Utah S.B. 217, Local Food Amendments, is a 2026 General Session Senate bill sponsored by Kirk A. Cullimore (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-03-25 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-14). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB217-2026GS - As of: 2026-10-14 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah S.B. 217 - State: Utah - Session: 2026 General Session - Title: Local Food Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-28 - Last action: 2026-03-25, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Kirk A. Cullimore (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Agriculture, Department of Agriculture and Food, Business, Agriculture & Food, Animal Food Products, Food, Sales Tax Exemptions - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 12 (132 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Home cooks’ sales become tax exempt: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, sales of food, food ingredients, or prepared food by home cooks are exempt from Utah sales and use tax. The exemption removes that tax from covered sales. - Homemade food producers can use representatives: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, producers covered by Utah’s homemade-food law can name representatives to handle their products. Representatives can distribute, sell, deliver, hold, store, or offer the food for sale. Sales must go directly to an informed final customer at a direct-to-sale location. Producer… - Homemade food markets drop warning signs: mixed, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, direct-to-sale farmers markets selling homemade food no longer need signs saying products are uninspected. These markets generally remain limited to products not certified, licensed, regulated, or inspected by state or local authorities. That limit does not apply to markets m… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Kirk A. Cullimore (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Kristen Chevrier (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-04 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 69 | 0 | | | 2026-03-04 | House | House/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-03-04 | House | House/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-27 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 10 | 0 | | | 2026-02-26 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 23 | 0 | | | 2026-02-26 | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-25 | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-24 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | pass | 23 | 0 | | | 2026-02-24 | Senate | Senate/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-24 | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-20 | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-03 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 7 | 0 | | ## Actions (40) - 2026-03-25: Governor Signed - 2026-03-13: Senate/ to Governor (Senate) - 2026-03-13: Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2026-03-06: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2026-03-06: Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling - 2026-03-05: Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling (Senate) - 2026-03-05: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2026-03-04: House/ to Senate (House) - 2026-03-04: House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate (House) - 2026-03-04: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2026-03-04: House/ uncircled (House) - 2026-03-04: House/ circled (House) - 2026-03-04: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2026-03-04: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2026-03-04: House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar (House) - 2026-03-02: House/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact (House) - 2026-03-02: House/ committee report favorable (House) - 2026-02-27: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-02-26: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2026-02-26: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2026-02-26: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2026-02-26: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Senate/ uncircled (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Senate/ circled (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Senate/ passed 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Senate/ substituted (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Senate/ uncircled (Senate) - 2026-02-20: Senate/ circled (Senate) - 2026-02-20: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-04: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2026-02-04: Senate/ committee report favorable (Senate) - 2026-02-03: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-01-30: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2026-01-29: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2026-01-29: Senate/ received bill from Legislative Research (Senate) - 2026-01-28: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2026-03-11: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0217.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2026-02-22: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0217S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2026-01-28: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0217.pdf) ## Related bills - H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments (signed) - H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments (signed) - H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments (signed) - H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments (signed) - H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments (signed) - H.B. 220: Public Safety Data Amendments (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0217.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0217S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0217.pdf) ## Related - [H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB94-2026GS) - [H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB101-2026GS) - [H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB178-2026GS) - [H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB134-2026GS) - [H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB136-2026GS) - [H.B. 220: Public Safety Data Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB220-2026GS) - [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-SB217-2026GS (as of 2026-10-14).