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Yes: 128 • No: 0
UtahS.B. 2762026 General SessionSenateWALLET
Veteran Organization Amendments
Sponsored By: Ann Millner (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Veterans AffairsCharitiesSales and Use TaxRevenue and TaxationCampaign FinanceSales Tax Exemptions
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10 provisions identified: 10 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Veterans’ groups can match household savings
Tax-exempt veterans’ organizations under section 501(c)(19) can now provide or arrange matching money for individual development accounts. They join qualifying section 501(c)(3) charities. Account holders make regular contributions, and accounts must serve a purpose allowed by the program. The law does not set a match amount.
More groups can aid police families
Beginning May 6, 2026, qualifying section 501(c)(19) veterans’ groups join section 501(c)(3) charities as recipients of state firearm-sale proceeds. The contracted federally licensed dealer donates the proceeds after keeping the amount allowed by its contract. Recipients must meet applicable Utah licensing or registration requirements. Their main purpose must be helping, including financially, families of Utah law enforcement officers killed on duty. They must also help children of active law enforcement officers, including through scholarships.
Veterans’ groups can receive campaign funds
Tax-exempt veterans’ groups under section 501(c)(19) join section 501(c)(3) charities as allowed recipients of certain campaign funds. Municipal candidates must give away unknown-source cash or negotiable instruments above $50, or a lower city limit, within 30 days. State and legislative candidates, officeholders, school board candidates, judges, and political action committees have a 31-calendar-day deadline for qualifying unknown-source amounts over $50. For officeholders, this also covers qualifying public service assistance. Political issues committees can give qualifying anonymous amounts over $50 to veterans’ groups within 31 calendar days. Municipal candidates, state and legislative candidates, officeholders, and political action committees also have government general-fund options. Political action and political issues committees can donate leftover funds to veterans’ groups before filing dissolution notices.
Veterans’ groups can seek food funds
Section 501(c)(19) tax-exempt veterans’ groups can apply for money from Utah’s Qualified Emergency Food Agencies Fund. Their programs must mainly store and distribute food to groups serving low-income people, or provide food directly to them. The office must approve the group as a qualified emergency food agency, and the group must apply before receiving money. The law does not change household eligibility or set a funding amount.
Veterans’ groups can protect land
Qualifying section 501(c)(19) veterans’ organizations can acquire conservation easements, agreements that protect land. They join government entities and section 501(c)(3) charities. They can acquire these agreements through purchases, gifts, grants, leases, or inheritances. The change does not provide a direct household payment.
Veterans’ groups gain housing fund access
Qualifying section 501(c)(19) veterans’ organizations can receive money from the Utah Housing Opportunity Restricted Account. Supporting groups that create affordable housing for people in severe need must be a main part of their mission. Recipients can use the money only to support those housing groups. The law sets no distribution amount and does not guarantee housing help to a household.
Veterans’ groups can join scholarship programs
Section 501(c)(19) tax-exempt veterans’ groups can qualify as scholarship-granting organizations recognized by the state board. They must submit the required information in response to the board’s request for proposals. They must also enter into at least one agreement with the board. The law does not set scholarship amounts or change which students qualify.
Veterans’ groups gain nonprofit grant eligibility
Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah’s definitions of charitable, nonprofit, and not-for-profit include tax-exempt veterans’ organizations under section 501(c)(19). These groups join charities exempt under section 501(c)(3). Under the state grant chapter, qualifying groups must operate in Utah and cannot be government entities. This expands eligibility but does not award a grant or set a payment amount.
Veterans’ groups gain public property options
Qualifying section 501(c)(19) nonprofit medical and educational institutions can receive federal surplus property distributed by Utah. Eligible types include hospitals, clinics, health centers, schools, colleges, and universities. Utah-based veterans’ nonprofits serving a public purpose can also propose transfers or leases of vacant state division-owned property. Those groups cannot be state agencies or local governments, and proposals must follow division rules and explain their public purpose. The director must find a material benefit to the state; neither property program guarantees a distribution or approval.
Sales tax relief for veterans’ groups
Section 501(c)(19) tax-exempt veterans’ organizations qualify for Utah’s existing charitable sales and use tax exemption. It covers eligible sales made by or to these groups during their regular charitable or religious work. Existing point-of-sale and refund rules still apply.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Ann Millner
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Val L. Peterson
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/4/2026
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 71 • No: 0
House vote • 3/2/2026
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 9 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/25/2026
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 20 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/24/2026
Senate/ passed 2nd reading
Yes: 23 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/13/2026
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 5 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/23/2026Senate/ to Governor
3/13/2026SenateSenate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/13/2026SenateSenate/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/11/2026SenateEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/11/2026Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/6/2026Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
3/6/2026Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
3/4/2026SenateSenate/ received from House
3/4/2026SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/4/2026HouseHouse/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate
3/4/2026HouseHouse/ passed 3rd reading
3/4/2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
3/4/2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
3/3/2026HouseHouse/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
3/3/2026HouseHouse/ return to Rules due to fiscal impact
3/3/2026HouseHouse/ committee report favorable
3/3/2026HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
3/2/2026House/ to standing committee
2/26/2026HouseHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2/25/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
2/25/2026HouseSenate/ to House
2/25/2026SenateSenate/ passed 3rd reading
2/25/2026SenateSenate/ 3rd reading
2/25/2026SenateSenate/ passed 2nd reading
2/24/2026Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/11/2026
Introduced
2/9/2026