All Roll Calls
Yes: 126 • No: 2
UtahS.B. 2392025 General SessionSenate
Inland Port Authority Amendments
Sponsored By: Jerry W Stevenson (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Economic DevelopmentEnvironmentPolitical Subdivisions (Local Issues)Environmental Response and Remediation
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
7 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 4 mixed.
Port authority tax payments can last longer
Beginning May 7, 2025, post-designation parcels provide the Utah Inland Port Authority 75% of the applicable property tax differential for 25 years. Payments start on each parcel’s trigger date, rather than its transition date. The board can add up to 15 years by resolution if it finds a significant benefit. For pre-designation parcels, the Authority receives 75% of nonmunicipal differential from November 2019 until transition or November 30, 2044, whichever comes first. If a parcel has not transitioned by the end of November 2044, the board can approve up to 15 additional years.
Port plans must address environmental harm
The Utah Inland Port Authority’s business plan must include an environmental section developed with Utah’s Department of Environmental Quality. It must use best available practices to reduce harm from development and land use. Beginning May 7, 2025, the Authority can buy land or land-use rights within or next to its jurisdiction. These purchases must protect land from development forever and create buffers between planned development and land outside its boundary.
Private contaminated land can host warehouses
The law allows distribution centers on contaminated land when a private landowner owns it. Beginning May 7, 2025, the private-ownership exception also applies within remediation project areas. The restriction on distribution centers otherwise remains. These exceptions do not specify a cleanup standard or funding amount.
Port funding reaches more nearby development
The Utah Inland Port Authority can fund development, infrastructure, and environmental projects within, adjacent to, or related to project areas. Beginning May 7, 2025, property tax differential and other available funds can finance or refinance development and support ongoing operations on project-area or adjacent land. Spending must serve a purpose allowed by the Inland Port Authority law. Designated municipal tax shares can support environmental and economic projects on adjacent land, but only within the municipality generating the money. The Authority can also fund other government entities through grants or agreements to help carry out its duties.
Business proposals gain temporary privacy protections
Under board-approved policies, the Utah Inland Port Authority can protect private business proposals from disclosure during evaluation. Protection lasts only as long as needed to evaluate a proposal and decide whether to proceed. During that period, the public-records appeals section does not apply to the Authority or proposal. If the Authority declines, it must return the proposal and has no public-records duties regarding it. If it proceeds, it must classify the proposal under public-records law.
Port board gains new appointment rules
Beginning May 7, 2025, the governor appoints three voting port board members who cannot be elected government officials. These seats cover economic development, trade and investment, and business expertise. The Senate president and House speaker each appoint one voting member with business expertise. A Salt Lake City Council member representing a district containing Authority land joins as a nonvoting member. Required initial appointments were due July 1, 2025; regular voting terms are four years, with two initial governor appointees serving two years.
Water-heavy businesses face port incentive limits
Beginning May 7, 2025, the Utah Inland Port Authority must set minimum environmental and harm-reduction standards for developments seeking property tax differential funding. It must consult the municipality or county where development is expected. The standards bar business-recruitment incentives for new or expanded commercial or industrial development within the Authority’s jurisdiction that uses more than 200,000 gallons of drinking water per day. This limits tax support for water-heavy projects, not the development itself.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Jerry W Stevenson
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Moss, Jefferson
Affiliation unavailable
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 2/27/2025
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 63 • No: 2
House vote • 2/25/2025
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 7 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/19/2025
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/19/2025
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/19/2025
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 24 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/18/2025
Senate/ passed 2nd reading
Yes: 23 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/12/2025
Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Yes: 4 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/12/2025
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 5 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/3/2025Senate/ to Governor
2/28/2025SenateSenate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
2/28/2025SenateSenate/ enrolled bill to Printing
2/28/2025SenateEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
2/28/2025Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
2/28/2025Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
2/28/2025Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
2/27/2025SenateSenate/ received from House
2/27/2025SenateHouse/ to Senate
2/27/2025HouseHouse/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate
2/27/2025HouseHouse/ passed 3rd reading
2/27/2025HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
2/27/2025HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
2/26/2025HouseHouse/ committee report favorable
2/26/2025HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
2/25/2025HouseHouse/ to standing committee
2/20/2025HouseHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2/19/2025HouseHouse/ received from Senate
2/19/2025HouseSenate/ to House
2/19/2025SenateSenate/ passed 3rd reading
2/19/2025SenateSenate/ uncircled
2/19/2025SenateSenate/ circled
2/19/2025SenateSenate/ 3rd reading
2/19/2025SenateSenate/ passed 2nd reading
2/18/2025Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled
2/28/2025
Substitute #1
2/12/2025
Introduced
2/6/2025