2019 GENERAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION SUMMARY
April 3, 2019
Prepared by LeGrand W. Bitter
The following is a listing of legislation that UASD is following. It is recommended that you acquaint yourself with those bills that directly impact your district. If you have questions or comments on any bill, please contact LeGrand Bitter at 801-725-1312 or by email at [email protected] We stand ready to serve you and your district.
House Bills Status Sponsor Position
HB 5 – Retirement and Independent Entities Base Governor Signed Craig Hall Support Budget https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0005.pdf This bill: 1) provides appropriations for the use and support of certain state agencies; 2) provides appropriations for other purposes as described; 3) approves employment levels for internal service funds; and 4) approves capital acquisition amounts for internal service funds.
HB 11, 2nd Substitute – Property Tax Amendments Governor Signed Timothy Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0011S02.pdf Hawkes This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) codifies how a party meets the party's burden of proof when appealing a valuation to the county board of equalization or the commission; 3) modifies the burdens of proof for
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appeals involving certain real property for which there was a reduction in value as a result of an appeal during the previous taxable year; 4) creates an automatic county review process for certain real property valuations or equalizations that exceed a threshold.
HB 12 – Instream Flow Water Right Amendments Governor Signed Timothy Support https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0012.pdf Hawkes This bill repeals the repeal date for the instream flow water right for trout habitat established in Subsection 73-3-30(3).
HB 13 – Distracted Driver Amendments House Filed – Not Carol Support - https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0013.pdf Passed Spackman UASD This bill: 1) defines terms related to the operation Moss Amended of handheld wireless communication devices; 2) prohibits certain uses of a handheld wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle on a roadway; 3) provides limited exceptions to the prohibition on the use of a handheld wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle on a roadway.
HB 24 – Property Tax Exemptions, Deferrals, and Governor Signed Steve Eliason Tracking Abatements Amendments https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0024.pdf This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) repeals outdated provisions related to property tax exemptions, deferrals, and abatements; 3) reorganizes, redrafts, and updates existing provisions related to property tax exemptions, deferrals, and abatements; 4) broadens the appeal right for a person who is dissatisfied with a tax relief decision; 5) allows an armed forces property tax exemption regardless of when the claimant had ownership of the property during the year the exemption is claimed; and 6) makes technical and conforming changes.
HB 26 – Political Subdivision Lien Amendments Governor Signed Cheryl Acton Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0026.pdf This bill amends a provision regarding the priority of certain political subdivision liens to be consistent with existing code.
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HB 30 - Utah Retirement Systems Amendments Governor Signed Adam Support - https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0030.pdf Robertson UASD This bill: 1) increases the number of members Amended serving on the Membership Council; 2) amends the powers and duties of the Utah Retirement Systems' executive director; 3) modifies provisions allowing the calculation and payment of benefits pending settlement of a dispute; 4) clarifies the availability of certain retirement allowance payment options; 5) amends how the service status of certain justice court judges is established; 6) specifies additional names for the Tier II retirement systems and plans.
HB 31 – Water Supply and Surplus Water Governor Signed Kim Coleman Support Amendments https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0031.pdf This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) describes the process by which a municipality may provide water to customers outside the municipality's political boundary; 3) states that a municipality may not sell the municipality's waterworks, in whole or in part, except as provided in statute; 4) creates reporting requirements; and 5) makes technical changes.
HB 32, 1st Substitute – Rulemaking Fiscal Governor Signed Keven Stratton Support Accountability Amendments https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0032S01.pdf This bill: 1) provides for review and Legislative approval of certain Water Quality Board rules or standards; 2) requires an agency to submit certain proposed rules to an appropriations subcommittee and interim committee for review before the agency enacts the rules; 3) requires certain notification to the Administrative Rules Review Committee regarding the review of a rule in certain circumstances; 4) amends the duties of the Administrative Rules Review Committee.
HB 34 – Campaign Finance Amendments House Filed – Not Lee Perry Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0034.pdf Passed This bill: 1) clarifies and modifies financial reporting requirements for a political action committee; 2) enacts penalties for failure to comply with political action committee financial reporting requirements; and 3) requires a corporation to make financial disclosures for certain donations made to
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the corporation with the knowledge or intent that the donated money will be used by the corporation for political purposes.
HB 37, 2nd Substitute – Reauthorization of Hospital Governor Signed Stewart Barlow Tracking Provider Assessment Act https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0037S02.pdf This bill: 1) repeals and reenacts the Hospital Provider Assessment Act with a retrospective effective date; 2) amends provisions relating to the calculation of hospital provider assessment rates; and 3) extends the sunset date for the Hospital Provider Assessment Act for five years.
HB 41 – Transportation Sales Tax Amendments House Filed – Not Kay Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0041.pdf Passed Christofferson This bill: 1) modifies sales and use tax dedications for transportation funding; and 2) makes technical changes.
HB 51, 1st Substitute - Free Market Protection and House Filed – Not Kay Tracking Privatization Board Revisions Passed Christofferson https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0051S01.pdf This bill changes the size and membership of the Free Market Protection and Privatization Board.
HB 54 – Fire Code Amendments Governor Signed James Support https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0054.pdf Dunnigan This bill: 1) adopts the 2018 edition of the International Fire Code, with amendments; 2) adopts the 2016 edition of the National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, with amendments; and 3) adopts the National Fire Protection Association's 2016 edition for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems.
HB 56 – Employers’ Reinsurance Fund Governor Signed James Tracking Amendments Dunnigan https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0056.pdf This bill provides that after the state pays all liabilities to be paid from the Employers' Reinsurance Fund, the Division of Finance shall transfer any remaining assets to the Uninsured Employers' Fund.
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HB 57, 5th Substitute – Electronic Information or Data Governor Signed Craig Hall Tracking Privacy https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0057S05.pdf This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) requires issuance of a search warrant to obtain certain electronic information or data; 3) addresses notification that electronic information or data was obtained; 4) provides for transmission of electronic information or data to a remote computing service, including restrictions on government entities; 5) provides that the individual who transmits electronic information or data is the presumed owner of the electronic information or data; 6) provides for the exclusion of electronic information or data obtained without a warrant.
HB 59 – Government Enterprise Amendments House Filed – Not Adam Oppose https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0059.pdf Passed Robertson This bill: 1) requires a city or a county, before authorizing a competitive activity involving recreation or entertainment, to: a) conduct a market study; b) notify private entities that the competitive activity impacts; and c) present the results of the study at a public hearing.
HB 61 – State Databases Amendments Governor Signed Paul Ray Support https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0061.pdf This bill: 1) encourages counties and municipalities to receive a recommendation from the public safety answering point before approving a plat; 2) requires counties and municipalities to submit, to the Automated Geographic Reference Center, information for inclusion in the unified statewide 911 emergency service database; 3) requires the State Geographic Information Database to contain certain information regarding each public highway in the state; 4) requires conformity to the Utah Coordinate System by a specified date.
HB 62 – Correctional and Peace Officer Governor Signed Paul Ray Support Amendments https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0062.pdf This bill: 1) increases the penalty for assault committed by a prisoner against an officer, or an employee or volunteer, including a health care provider, when the prisoner propels a substance or
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object at the officer, employee, or volunteer and causes substantial bodily injury.
HB 63 – Local Government Financial Amendments Governor Signed Stephen Support - https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0063.pdf Handy UASD Bill This bill: 1) encourages a local district with a certain budget to obtain liability insurance; 2) modifies the balance a local district may accumulate in the district's general fund.
HB 64, 3rd Substitute – Lobbyist Expenditures Governor Signed Michael McKell Tracking Amendments - UASD https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0064S03.pdf Amended This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) modifies provisions relating to an approved activity; 3) requires a lobbyist to file certain reports related to the lobbyist's expenditure on a local official or education official; 4) establishes limits for a lobbyist's expenditures on a local official or education official; 5) establishes provisions for the disposal of a publication that qualifies as an expenditure; 6) establishes criminal and civil penalties; 7) grants rulemaking authority to the director of elections within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor; and 8) makes most of the provisions of the Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act applicable to expenditures for a local official or an education official by incorporating those provisions into a Local Government and Board of Education Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act.
HB 67 – Greenbelt Amendments House Filed – Not Logan Wilde Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0067.pdf Passed This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) amends provisions related to proving implementation of a bona fide range improvement program.
HB 69 – Legal Notice Amendments House Filed – Not Kim Coleman Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0069.pdf Passed This bill: 1) defines average advertisement rate; 2) permits a person to satisfy a part of legal notice publication requirements, in certain circumstances, by serving legal notice directly on all parties to whom legal notice is required; 3) amends restrictions on newspapers in relation to legal Page 6 of 55 UASD Legislative Update
notices; and 4) makes technical and conforming changes.
HB 70 – Community Reinvestment Agency House Filed – Not Kim Coleman Tracking Modifications Passed https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0070.pdf This bill: 1) removes provisions that prevented the creation of an economic development project area after 2016; 2) allows an economic development project area to receive tax increment through an interlocal agreement between a taxing entity and the agency; 3) addresses measurement of the project area funds collection period; 4) requires a community that creates an agency having a housing allocation from tax increment to create an affordable housing plan; 5) allows an agency to use the agency's housing allocation to implement the affordable housing plan; 6) requires a description of how an agency used the agency's housing allocation in the agency's annual budget report; 7) imposes certain requirements on jobs that will be created for post-performance distribution; 8) for urban renewal project areas, removes the option to reduce the agency's housing allocation; 9) requires an agency to start distributing the agency's housing allocation held from project areas created in the past.
HB 72, 1st Substitute – Local District Board Governor Signed Stephen Support – Amendments Handy UASD Bill https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0072S01.pdf This bill: 1) amends provisions related to a county legislative body appointing one of the body's own members to the board of trustees of a local district in certain circumstances; 2) establishes the procedure for filling open board member positions when the number of board members increases; 3) addresses when the term begins for a board member who joins a board because the number of board members increases; 4) requires adjusting the lengths of terms of new board members who join a board because the number of board members increases to ensure that term expiration occurs biannually; 5) clarifies a provision related to a county or municipal legislative body that serves as the local district board of trustees; 6) addresses the entity that appoints members to a mosquito Page 7 of 55 UASD Legislative Update
abatement board of trustees; 7) requires certain notice in the event of a vacancy on a local district board of trustees.
HB 74, 2nd Substitute – Open Meetings Amendments House Filed – Not Stephen Handy Support - https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0074S02.pdf Passed UASD This bill modifies the purposes for which a closed Bill meeting may be held to include the purpose of discussing a protected audit report that requires the public body's signed response.
HB 78, 3rd Substitute – Federal Designations Governor Signed Carl Albrecht Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0078S03.pdf This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) requires a governmental entity that is advocating for a federal designation within the state to bring the proposal to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee for review.
HB 79 – Interlocal Provision of Law Enforcement Governor Signed Mike Winder Tracking Service https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0079.pdf This bill requires that an interlocal agreement between a county and one or more municipalities to provide law enforcement service requires or appoints a certain individual to provide or direct law enforcement service, depending on the county classification.
HB 85 - Political Subdivision Boundary Shift Governor Signed Jeffrey Tracking Amendments Stenquist https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0085.pdf This bill requires a county that proposes a minor adjustment to the county's boundaries to provide certain notification to certain political subdivisions.
HB 86 – Service Area Board of Trustees Governor Signed Steve Waldrip Support Amendments https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0086.pdf This bill: 1) allows a municipal governing body to petition to appoint a member of a service area board of trustees in certain circumstances; 2) provides for the appointment and term of a municipal governing body appointee on a service area board of trustees; 3) allows a service area
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board of trustees to rescind the board's approval of a municipal petition to appoint a member of the board.
HB 91, 1st Substitute – Agricultural Land House Filed – Not Casey Snider Tracking Amendments Passed https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HB0091S01.pdf This bill directs the Department of Agriculture and Food to conduct a study identifying and classifying private agricultural land.
HB 94 – Weapons Restrictions Amendments Governor Signed Norman Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0094.pdf Thurston This bill: 1) eliminates the current exemption that allows a peace officer to carry a dangerous weapon while intoxicated; 2) clarifies that carrying a dangerous weapon that is securely encased or not readily available is not prohibited; 3) modifies the law to respect an individual's constitutional right to self defense; and 4) provides an exception for an individual who carries a dangerous weapon on private property with the consent of the owner.
HB 95 – Bad Check Fee Amendments Governor Signed Ken Ivory Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0095.pdf This bill increases the amount of collection costs for which the issuer of a dishonored check is liable.
HB 96, 4th Substitute – Nighttime Highway Governor Signed Kay Tracking Construction Noise Amendments Christofferson https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0096S04.pdf This bill: 1) modifies definitions related to nighttime highway construction; 2) allows a local jurisdiction to request mitigation for unreasonable noise disturbances caused by nighttime highway construction; and 3) makes technical changes.
HB 99, 2nd Substitute – Catastrophic Wildfire and Governor Signed Ken Ivory Support Other Public Nuisance Revisions after https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0099S02.pdf Amended This bill: 1) expands notification requirements; and 2) provides that, under certain circumstances, the state shall indemnify, defend, and hold a chief executive officer or county sheriff harmless from any claims or damages, including court costs and
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attorney fees that are assessed as a result of the chief executive officer's or county sheriff's action in abating a catastrophic public nuisance subject to a cap.
HB 100, 3rd Substitute – Sexual Violence Protective Governor Signed Lowry Snow Tracking Orders https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0100S03.pdf This bill: 1) defines terms and modifies definitions; 2) creates a sexual violence protective order and an ex parte sexual violence protective order; 3) establishes procedures for the application, modification, and enforcement of a sexual violence protective order and an ex parte sexual violence protective order; and 4) requires that a sexual violence protective order and a dating violence protective order be placed on the statewide warrant system.
HB 119, 4th Substitute – Initiatives, Referenda, and Governor Signed Brad Daw Tracking – Other Political Activities UASD https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0119S04.pdf Amended This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) provides for the publication of a proposition information pamphlet to inform voters of arguments for and against proposed and pending local initiatives and referenda; 3) amends provisions relating to a local voter information pamphlet; 4) enacts provisions for holding a public hearing to discuss and present arguments relating to a proposed or pending local initiative or referendum; 5) requires the lieutenant governor to create instructional materials regarding local initiatives and referenda; 6) modifies requirements relating to local initiatives and referenda, including: a) petition, petition circulation, and petition signature requirements; b) timelines; and c) appeals and other challenges; 7) enacts provisions relating to determining whether a proposed initiative or referendum is legally referable to voters; 8) amends provisions regarding the use of email, and the expenditure of public funds, for political purposes relating to proposed and pending initiatives and referenda; 9) requires certain municipalities to establish voter participation areas; 10) modifies signature requirements for a local initiative or referendum; 11) establishes procedures and requirements relating to a referendum for a local land Page 10 of 55 UASD Legislative Update
use law; 12) modifies a referendum petition and signature sheets for a local referendum; 13) amends provisions relating to unlawful verification of a local referendum packet; 14) modifies signature submission requirements, and signature removal procedures and requirements, relating to a local referendum; 15) amends provisions regarding the use of email, and the expenditure of public funds, for political purposes relating to proposed and pending local initiatives and referenda; 16) regulates the dissemination of information regarding a proposed or pending initiative or referendum by a county or municipality.
HB 120, 6th Substitute – Student and School Safety Governor Signed Raymond Tracking Assessment Ward https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0120S06.pdf This bill: 1) amends provisions of the International Fire Code related to routine emergency evacuation drills; 2) directs the Department of Public Safety to employ a public safety liaison; 3) directs the State Board of Education (Board) to establish policies and procedures for student resource officers; 4) creates the Student Safety and Support Program; 5) requires the Board to develop model policies and procedures for student safety and support; 6) directs the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to employ a school-based mental health specialist.
HB 122 – Property Rights Ombudsman Advisory Governor Signed Calvin Support Opinion Amendments Musselman https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0122.pdf This bill: 1) amends a provision regarding the award of fees and costs when an issue in an advisory opinion of the Property Rights Ombudsman is subsequently litigated; 2) amends a provision regarding a refund of an impact fee at issue in both litigation and an advisory opinion of the Property Rights Ombudsman.
HB 123 – Jordan River Recreation Area Governor Signed Mike Winder Tracking Amendments https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0123.pdf This bill: 1) modifies definitions; 2) amends powers of Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands; and 3) makes technical changes.
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HB 125 – Quantity Impairment Modifications Governor Signed Carl Albrecht Support https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0125.pdf This bill states that there is a rebuttable presumption of quantity impairment to the extent that, for a period of at least seven consecutive years, a portion of the right identified in a change application has not been: a) diverted from the approved point of diversion; or b) beneficially used at the approved place of use.
HB 126, 1st Substitute – Tire Recycling Governor Signed Lee Perry Tracking Modifications https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0126S01.pdf This bill: 1) modifies the definition of "crumb rubber"; 2) addresses waste tire transporters complying with this part.
HB 127 – Sales Tax Exemption Revisions House Filed – Not Joel Briscoe Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0127.pdf Passed This bill: 1) defines electric energy storage asset; 2) creates a sales and use tax exemption for an electric energy storage asset used for residential, commercial, or industrial purposes.
HB 134 – Area Assessment Charges Governor Signed Joel Ferry Support https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0134.pdf This bill: 1) adds a precondition to an existing requirement that a property tax notice include certain language regarding charges; and 2) limits the amended language requirement to area assessment charges.
HB 135, 1st Substitute – Wildfire Preparedness Governor Signed Derrin Owens Support Amendments https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0135S01.pdf This bill: 1) creates the Wildland Fire Preparedness Grants Fund, including sources of money; 2) directs the state forester to make one or more grants to fire departments or volunteer fire departments to assist in the suppression of wildland fire; 3) requires the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands to make rules establishing criteria for receiving a grant from the Wildland Fire Preparedness Grants Fund.
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HB 141 – Aggravated Sexual Exploitation of a House Filed – Not Paul Ray Tracking Minor Passed https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0141.pdf This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) increases the penalty for sexual exploitation of a minor when the offense is committed under certain circumstances, including by a family member or an individual in a position of special trust in relation to the minor, or against an infant or toddler.
HB 142 – Building Construction Amendments Governor Signed Casey Snider Tracking, https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0142.pdf Interim This bill: 1) defines "mass timber products", 2) Study requires the Uniform Building Code Commission to recommend building standards for the use of mass timber products; 3) provides a repeal date.
HB 143 – Water Conservation Plan Amendments House Filed – Not Suzanne Oppose https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0143.pdf Passed Harrison This bill: 1) modifies what is required to be included in a water conservation plan; and 2) makes technical changes.
HB 150, 2nd Substitute – Trampoline Park Safety Governor Signed Norman Tracking Standards Thurston https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0150S02.pdf This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) requires the operator of a trampoline park to obtain a business license to operate the trampoline park; 3) provides for a local regulating authority to suspend or revoke a trampoline park operator's business license for noncompliance; 4) identifies industry standards with which a trampoline park must comply; 5) describes specific notification, training, supervision, injury reporting, and emergency response standards with which a trampoline park must comply; 6) requires an annual inspection; 7) requires a trampoline park operator to annually provide a local regulating authority certain certificates of compliance; 8) requires a trampoline park to carry certain insurance; and 9) insulates a trampoline park from liability claims due to certain inherent risks related to the use of a trampoline park.
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HB 154 – Mental Health Protections for First Governor Signed Karen Kwan Support Responders https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0154.pdf This bill: 1) defines "first responder"; 2) establishes a temporary working group to study a first responder's workers' compensation claim due to mental stress; and 3) makes technical changes.
HB 155 – Fire Management Provisions Governor Signed Casey Snider Support https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0155.pdf This bill: 1) defines terms; and 2) imposes requirements for being permitted to conduct large prescribed fires, large prescribed pile fires, or nonfull suppression event.
HB 156, 2nd Substitute – Search Amendments Governor Signed Kim Coleman Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0156S02.pdf This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) requires county jails to adopt and adhere to a model policy regarding body cavity searches; and 3) dictates certain requirements to be included in the model policy.
HB 162 – Damage to Underground Facilities House Filed – Not Stephen Handy Track and Amendments Passed Amend - https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0162.pdf Held by This bill: 1) defines duties and liabilities between Sponsor an operator and excavator in the damage of an underground utility facility; 2) establishes required deadlines and procedures related to arbitration in the damage of an underground utility facility; 3) makes changes to the membership of the Underground Facilities Damage Dispute Board; and 4) makes technical changes.
HB 163, 2nd Substitute – Offenses Against the Governor Signed Craig Hall Support Administration of Government Amendments https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0163S02.pdf This bill: 1) defines terms in the Utah Criminal Code in relation to public entities; 2) modifies the crime of misusing public money; 3) makes it a crime to misuse public property; 4) describes the type of personal use of public property that is permitted; and 5) makes technical and conforming changes.
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HB 164 – Local Boards and Councils Structure House Filed – Not Jeffrey Oppose Amendments Passed Stenquist and https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0164.pdf Amend - This bill: 1) requires a certain minimum number of Held by Sponsor members of municipal, county, limited purpose local government entity, and local school district boards, councils, and commissions to be elected at- large; 2) amends references regarding local elections by district.
HB 170, 2nd Substitute – 911 Responsibilities in an House Filed – Not Brian King Tracking Emergency Passed https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0170S02.pdf This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) makes it a class B misdemeanor to fail to contact emergency services in the event of a crime or another emergency subject to certain exceptions; 3) prohibits a prosecutor from basing charges for commission of an offense other than the offense created in this bill on an individual's failure to contact emergency services; 4) amends provisions of the Good Samaritan Act to provide immunity from liability to an individual who contacts emergency services in accordance with the requirements of this bill; 5) addresses civil liability issues related to this bill.
HB 173 – Emergency Services Volunteer Governor Signed Casey Snider Support – Employment Protection Act UASD https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0173.pdf Amended This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) prohibits an employer from terminating an employee for being an emergency services volunteer; 3) permits an employer to request written verification that an employee missed work to respond to an emergency as an emergency services volunteer; and 4) creates a civil cause of action for violation of the Emergency Services Volunteer Employment Protection Act.
HB 178, 2nd Substitute – Transparency Website Governor Signed Brad Daw Tracking Amendments https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0178S02.pdf This bill: 1) amends certain reporting requirements; 2) requires the state auditor to create and maintain a health care price transparency tool that is accessible by the public; 3) makes the state auditor
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responsible for administering the Utah Public Finance Website; 4) modifies provisions relating to the administration of the Utah Public Finance Website; 5) amends the composition of the Utah Transparency Advisory Board; 6) provides a sunset date; and 7) makes technical changes.
HB 179, 1st Substitute – Road Closure Amendments Governor Signed Phil Lyman Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HB0179S01.pdf This bill makes closing a road under certain conditions a class C misdemeanor.
HB 180 – Agriculture and Industrial Protection House Filed – Not Kim Coleman Tracking Areas Amendments Passed https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0180.pdf This bill establishes a process by which a person may challenge a legislative body's rejection of a proposal to create an agriculture protection area, industrial protection area, or mining protection area.
HB 204, 1st Substitute – Employment Selection House Filed – Not Mark Oppose Procedures Act Amendments Passed Wheatley https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0204S01.pdf This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) prohibits an employer from seeking information regarding an applicant's employment history; 3) gives the Labor Commission's Division of Antidiscrimination and Labor enforcement power; 4) permits an aggrieved individual to file a request for agency action; 5) permits either party to appeal an order made under the Employment Selection Procedures Act; 6) provides for the Labor Commission to obtain representation on any appeal or to enforce any judgment of an order made under the Employment Selection Procedures Act.
HB 218, 2nd Substitute – Construction Code Governor Signed Mike Schultz Support Modifications https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0218S02.pdf This bill: 1) amends provisions related to building inspections; 2) incorporates statewide amendments as part of the construction code; 3) adopts Appendix Q of the 2018 International Residential Code; 4) adopts, statewide with amendments: a) the 2018 International Building Code, including Page 16 of 55 UASD Legislative Update
Appendix J; b) the 2018 International Plumbing Code; c) the 2018 International Mechanical Code; d) the 2018 International Fuel Gas Code; e) the commercial provisions of the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code; and f) the 2018 International Existing Building Code; 5) amends statewide amendments to the International Residential Code; and 6) amends local amendments to the International Building Code for Sandy City.
HB 223, 5th Substitute – Unlawful Installation of a Governor Signed Marie Poulson Tracking Tracking Device https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0223S05.pdf This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) makes it a class A misdemeanor for a person to unlawfully install a tracking device; and 3) describes the circumstances under which a peace officer is not governed under the provisions of this bill.
HB 228, 3rd Substitute – Towing Revisions Governor Signed Cory Maloy Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0228S03.pdf with This bill: 1) amends definitions; 2) amends Concern provisions related to state impound yards, including fencing requirements for state impound yards; 3) amends provisions related to fees and background checks in relation to inclusion on a towing rotation; 4) requires a political subdivision or state agency to provide an appeals process regarding suspension or removal from a towing rotation.
HB 235, 2nd Substitute – Local Tax Amendments Governor Signed John Knotwell Tracking - https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0235S02.pdf UASD This bill: 1) consolidates several provisions that Amended give certain municipalities authority to levy certain property taxes; 2) establishes provisions for a municipality or a county that levies a property tax to account separately for the revenues derived from that property tax.
HB 239 – Railroad Worker Safety Amendments House Filed – Not Elizabeth Oppose; https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0239.pdf Passed Weight Track when This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) requires a railroad to: Amended a) provide a walkway adjacent to tracks in all areas where railroad or industrial employees are required to perform trackside duties; b) keep each walkway clean and free of vegetation, debris, and other Page 17 of 55 UASD Legislative Update
materials, equipment, and other hazards, that might tend to interfere with the footing of railroad or industrial employees performing trackside duties; and c) construct and maintain each walkway to insure proper drainage and prevent pooling of water, oil, or other liquids; 3) specifies standards for the construction and maintenance of railroad walkways; 4) specifies exceptions to the railroad walkway construction and maintenance standards; 5) grants the Department of Transportation rulemaking authority to establish additional construction and maintenance standards; 6) requires a railroad to furnish the Department of Transportation with any necessary information and allow inspections by the commission for the enforcement of the railroad walkway standards; and 7) specifies procedures and penalties for the enforcement of the railroad walkway construction and maintenance standards.
HB 240 – Money Management Act Amendments Governor Signed Melissa Support https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0240.pdf Ballard This bill authorizes public funds to be invested in negotiable brokered certificates of deposit, subject to rules made by the State Money Management Council.
HB 243 – Domestic Violence Modifications Governor Signed Christine Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0243.pdf Watkins This bill provides that certain criminal penalties for carrying a concealed firearm without a permit do not apply to a victim of domestic violence or dating violence, who is not otherwise prohibited from possessing a firearm, for a limited period after the day on which the victim is issued a protective order.
HB 245, 3rd Substitute – Community Reinvestment Governor Signed Mike Winder Tracking Agency Revisions with https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0245S03.pdf Concern This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) replaces the term "blight" with "development impediment"; 3) beginning on May 14, 2019, prohibits an agency from creating a taxing entity committee for a community reinvestment project area; 4) requires an agency that allocates the agency's community
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reinvestment project area funds for housing to: a) adopt a housing plan; or b) implement the housing plan that the community that created the agency adopted; 5) amends requirements for an agency's notice when the agency considers and executes an interlocal agreement for a community reinvestment project area.
HB 253 – Domestic Violence Response Amendments House Filed – Not Robert Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0253.pdf Passed Spendlove This bill: 1) clarifies the circumstances under which a court may require a defendant who is arrested for or charged with a domestic violence offense to participate in an electronic or another type of monitoring program; 2) requires a court to consider certain factors when determining whether a defendant who is arrested for, charged with, or convicted of a domestic violence offense should be required to participate in an electronic or another type of monitoring program; 3) provides that a court may require a defendant who is convicted of a domestic violence offense to pay the cost of the defendant's electronic or other type of monitoring if the defendant is able; 4) changes the term "domestic violence treatment program" to "domestic violence program"; 5) requires the Administrative Office of the Courts to report certain information to the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee relating to electronic or other type of monitoring of a domestic violence defendant.
HB 262 – Municipal Boundary Adjustment House Filed – Not Val Potter Tracking Amendments Passed https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0262.pdf This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) creates a process by which two municipalities may adjust the municipalities' common boundary in order to transfer a substantially isolated peninsula from one municipality to the other municipality.
HB 266, 1st Substitute – Resort Communities Governor Signed Bradley Last Tracking Transient Room Tax Amendments https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0266S01.pdf This bill: 1) allows a county legislative body to use a portion of the county's transient room tax revenue
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to pay for emergency medical services in a town that is a resort community; and 2) makes technical and conforming changes.
HB 269 – Public Safety and Firefighter Retirement House Filed – Not Lee Perry Tracking Amendments Passed and Amend https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0269.pdf This bill: 1) allows certain public safety and firefighter retirees to be reemployed with a participating employer after a certain period from the retiree's retirement date if the retiree: a) does not receive certain employer provided retirement benefits for the reemployment; and b) is reemployed by a different participating employer than the participating employer that employed the retiree at the time of retirement except in limited circumstances; 2) requires certain member certifications on the retirement application form; 3) specifies penalties for violating the reemployment provisions; and 4) makes technical changes.
HB 270, 1st Substitute – Criminal Code Amendments Governor Signed Michael Support https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0270S01.pdf McKell This bill: 1) changes the intent provisions for the crime of distribution of an intimate image from intent to cause emotional distress to knowing that the distribution would cause a reasonable person emotional distress; 2) provides that indecent liberties includes the touching of certain areas of the body or causing certain areas of the body to be touched; and 3) adds particular offenses to provisions in which any touching is sufficient as an element of the offense.
HB 272, 2nd Substitute – Election Law Amendments Governor Signed Merrill Nelson Support https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0272S02.pdf This bill: 1) prohibits a voter from using a sticker or label to cast a vote on a paper ballot for a write-in candidate; 2) changes the deadline for filing a declaration of candidacy as a write-in candidate; 3) amends provisions related to municipal candidate nomination processes; 4) establishes a filing fee for a write-in candidate; and 5) makes technical and conforming changes.
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HB 288, 2nd Substitute – Critical Infrastructure Governor Signed Logan Wilde Tracking Materials with Concern https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0288S02.pdf This bill: 1) enacts provisions related to vested critical infrastructure materials operations; 2) amends a definition provision; 3) addresses advisory boards; 4) provides for the creation of critical infrastructure materials protection areas; 5) addresses adding land to or removing land from a critical infrastructure materials protection area; 6) requires review of a critical infrastructure materials protection area; 7) limits local regulation of a critical infrastructure materials protection area; 8) addresses nuisances; 9) requires certain recordings with the county recorder; 10) addresses actions of state agencies related to critical infrastructure materials protection areas; 11) restricts eminent domain.
HB 289 – Tinted Vehicle Windows Amendments House Filed – Not Phil Lyman Oppose https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0289.pdf Passed This bill reduces the required light transmittance of tinted windows on motor vehicles to 25%.
HB 300 – Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act House Filed – Not Travis Tracking Amendments Passed Seegmiller https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0300.pdf This bill: 1) provides that the fact that a lobbyist, principal, or government officer is a friend of a public official does not excuse the lobbyist, principal, or government officer from complying with the requirements of the Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act; 2) provides that the state auditor will receive reports and impose administrative fines for violations of the Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act if the public official toor for whom an expenditure is made is the governor, the lieutenant governor, or an employee of the Lieutenant Governor's Office.
HB 302 – Traffic Code Modifications Governor Signed Eric Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0302.pdf Hutchings This bill: 1) amends provisions related to the safe operation of a vehicle to leave the roadway if a collision occurs; 2) amends provisions related to safe operation of a vehicle, speed, and surrounding
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circumstances; and 3) makes technical changes.
HB 305, 2nd Substitute – Post Disaster Recovery and Governor Signed Michael Support - Mitigation Restricted Account McKell UASD https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HB0305S02.pdf Amended This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) creates the Post Disaster Recovery and Mitigation Restricted Account; 3) designates the purposes, limitations, and sources of the restricted account; 4) sets standards and requirements for receiving a grant from funds originating from the restricted account; and 5) grants rulemaking authority to the Division of Emergency Management.
HB 307, 2nd Substitute – Utility Online Usage Data Governor Signed Eric Tracking Amendments Hutchings https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HB0307S02.pdf This bill: 1) if available and requested by the customer, requires an electrical corporation to provide the nonresidential customer access to the customer's usage data in: a) 15 minute intervals; or b) the shortest requested interval available through existing meters; and 2) allows the electrical corporation to charge the customer the costs associated with providing the usage data to the customer.
HB 311, 1st Substitute – Governmental Immunity Governor Signed Michael McKell Tracking Revisions https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0311S01.pdf This bill: 1) waives governmental immunity for injury resulting from certain claims of sexual battery; 2) provides an additional basis for disallowing a governmental entity to challenge the timeliness of a notice of claim; 3) modifies the time for filing an action against a governmental entity; 4) modifies provisions relating to a governmental entity's response to a notice of claim; 5) modifies a provision relating to a plaintiff's filing of an undertaking in an action under the Governmental Immunity Act of Utah; 6) increases the aggregate limit on injury claims against governmental entities; 7) provides for the board of examiners to require a special master proceeding for excess damages claims that the board of examiners considers; 8) authorizes the use of money in the
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General Fund Budget Reserve Account to pay for claims approved by the board of examiners.
HB 312 – Wildland Fire Workers’ Compensation House Filed – Not Jeffrey Tracking Amendments Passed Stenquist and https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0312.pdf Hold This bill enacts the Wildland Fire Response Workers' Compensation Liability Fund Act, including: a) defining terms; b) creating the fund, subject to a cap; c) requiring reporting; d) creating a grant program; and e) authorizing rulemaking.
HB 313, 1st Substitute – Hit and Run Amendments Governor Signed Steve Eliason Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0313S01.pdf This bill modifies the penalty for a hit and run accident involving property damage to a class B misdemeanor for an operator that: a) has knowledge that the operator was involved in an accident and fails to comply with the statutory requirements; or b) has reason to believe that the operator was involved in an accident and fails to comply with the statutory requirements.
HB 315, 4th Substitute – Land Use and Development Governor Signed Logan Wilde Tracking Amendments https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0315S04.pdf This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) addresses local authority to adopt local land use requirements and regulations; 3) amends the process to vacate a public street; 4) clarifies local authority regarding a planning commission; 5) amends the authority of a local legislative body regarding zoning; 6) provides that a local legislative body may, by ordinance, consider a planning commission's failure to make a certain timely recommendation as a negative recommendation; 7) requires a legislative body to classify each allowed use in a zoning district; 8) prohibits a municipality from withholding the issuance of a certificate of occupancy in certain circumstances; 9) imposes a time limit for final action on certain applications; 10) prohibits a county recorder from recording a subdivision plat unless the relevant municipality or county has approved and signed the plat; 11) requires a municipality and county to establish two acceptable forms of completion assurance and adds elements
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for which the municipality or county may not require completion assurance; 12) amends provisions regarding exemptions from the plat requirement; 13) amends a provision regarding municipal or county liability for the dedication of a street; 14) allows for a separate process to vacate a public street through a petition; 15) repeals provisions regarding a historic preservation appeal authority; 16) allows a legislative body to act as an appeal authority to review a land use decision in certain circumstances; 17) provides for a court to review a land use application denial and remand the matter in certain circumstances; 18) allows a court to award attorney fees if the court makes a certain determination of bad faith challenge to a land use application decision; 19) requires a boundary line agreement operating as a quitclaim deed to meet certain standards; 20) amends provisions regarding boundary line agreements, including elements, status, and exemptions.
HB 316 – Lobbyist Amendments House Filed – Not Douglas Sagers Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0316.pdf Passed and This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) makes the provisions Amend of the Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act applicable to a person who lobbies a local official or an education official; 3) amends rulemaking authority within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor; 4) defines "foreign agent" and requires a foreign agent to register as a foreign agent with the lieutenant governor; 5) makes changes to the lobbyist license application form; 6) establishes requirements for a foreign agent registration form; 7) requires the name tag of a lobbyist who is a foreign agent to indicate that the lobbyist is a foreign agent; 8) establishes penalties for failure to file as a foreign agent; and 9) makes technical changes.
HB 321 – Public Improvements to Provide Sewer Governor Signed Logan Wilde Support Services https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0321.pdf This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) amends a definition relating to the number of protests required to prevent the designation of a sewer assessment area; and 3) makes technical and conforming changes.
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HB 323 – Impact Fees Amendments House Filed – Not Logan Wilde Support - https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0323.pdf Passed UASD This bill allows a county of the sixth class or a Amended special service district to impose an impact fee to pay for certain fire suppression vehicles.
HB 325 – Domestic Violence – Weapons Governor Signed Brian King Support – Amendments UPD https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0325.pdf This bill requires a law enforcement agency to report certain information relating to domestic violence to the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee.
HB 328 – General Damages Amendments Governor Signed Steve Waldrip Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0328.pdf This bill repeals the limit on the amount of damages recoverable in a personal injury action when the injured individual dies from a cause unrelated to the action before judgment or settlement.
HB 332 – Prohibited Persons Amendments House Filed – Not Susan Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0332.pdf Passed Duckworth This bill: 1) requires a court to impose a protective order on a perpetrator of domestic violence as a condition of probation; 2) prohibits the perpetrator from possessing a firearm under state and federal law; 3) requires the Bureau of Criminal Identification to inform local law enforcement when a prohibited person attempts to purchase a weapon from a firearms dealer; 4) enhances the level of offense for domestic violence when the perpetrator is in possession of a dangerous weapon.
HB 333 – Workforce Development Incentives House Filed – Not Suzanne Tracking Amendments Passed Harrison https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0333.pdf This bill: 1) defines the term "working parent benefits"; and 2) provides that the Governor's Office of Economic Development may consider whether an employer will provide working parent benefits when awarding certain economic development tax credits.
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HB 347 – Governmental Immunity Act House Filed – Not Jon Hawkins Oppose Amendments Passed https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0347.pdf This bill repeals a provision that: a) states that an action brought under the Governmental Immunity Act of Utah is governed by the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure; and b) requires a plaintiff in an action under the Governmental Immunity Act of Utah to file an undertaking when the action is filed.
HB 348 – Utah Emergency Medical Services System Governor Signed Kay Tracking Act Amendments Christofferson https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0348.pdf This bill: 1) removes a restriction on 911 ambulance or paramedic services providers from applying for a license to provide a higher level of service; and 2) makes technical changes.
HB 355 – Water General Adjudication Amendments Governor Signed Joel Ferry Support https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0355.pdf This bill: 1) enacts and amends provisions related to an application to appropriate or permanently change a small amount of water; 2) enacts and amends provisions related to a right to appeal during a general adjudication of water rights; 3) enacts and amends provisions related to the state engineer's duty to search records for and serve summons on claimants during a general adjudication of water rights.
HB 360 – School Water Testing Requirements House Filed – Not Stephen Handy Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0360.pdf Passed This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) requires the Drinking Water Board to make administrative rules that: a) create a program related to lead concentration in the drinking water of schools and child care centers; b) establish a lead concentration level in drinking water at or above which schools and child care centers are required to undertake mitigation activities under certain conditions; and c) require schools and child care centers to undertake certain monitoring, reporting, and mitigation activities; 3) adds a required use for a portion of the Environmental Mitigation and Response Fund; and 4) creates an expendable special revenue fund. Page 26 of 55 UASD Legislative Update
HB 365 – Animal Shelter Amendments House Filed – Not Eric Hutchings Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0365.pdf Passed This bill: 1) addresses the methods by which an animal shelter may euthanize an animal; 2) requires an animal shelter to adopt a euthanasia policy and training program.
HB 390, 1st Substitute – Workplace Protection House Filed – Not Eric Hutchings Tracking Amendments Passed with Concern https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0390S01.pdf This bill: 1) amends the definition of "employer"; 2) permits certain claims involving employers with between 5 and 14 employees to proceed to an evidentiary hearing without a division investigation; 3) provides additional remedies for claims involving employers with between 5 and 14 employees; 4) requires the Division of Antidiscrimination and Labor to make certain resources available to employers and employees; 5) permits certain people to commence an action for civil enforcement of a final order under the Utah Antidiscrimination Act.
HB 391, 2nd Substitute – Modifications to Governor Signed Ken Ivory Tracking Governmental Immunity Provisions https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0391S02.pdf This bill: 1) waives governmental immunity for an injury claim resulting from a sexual battery or sexual abuse of a child against a student by a school employee unless the school was subject to a specified policy and had taken reasonable steps to implement and enforce the policy; 2) waives governmental immunity for an injury claim resulting from a sexual battery of a student by an employee of an institution of higher education, under certain circumstances; and 3) provides for an award of attorney fees, under certain circumstances.
HB 401 – Eminent Domain Amendments House Filed – Not Paul Ray Oppose https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0401.pdf Passed This bill: 1) prohibits the use of eminent domain for economic development and parks; and 2) makes technical and conforming changes.
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HB 406 – Investigation Protocols for Peace Officer Governor Signed Marc Roberts Tracking Use of Force https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0406.pdf This bill modifies and enacts definitions applicable to a provision relating to investigations of officer- involved critical incidents.
HB 414, 1st Substitute – Restitution Reporting Governor Signed Stephanie Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0414S01.pdf Pitcher This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) requires county jails to report specified data regarding certain fees collected from inmates to the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice; 3) creates a task force for the purpose of reviewing the collected data and making findings and recommendations based on that data; 4) requires the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice to compile the data collected and submit it to the Jail Incarceration and Transportation Costs Study Council; 5) directs the membership and purpose of the Jail Incarceration and Transportation Costs Study Council; and 6) provides a repeal date for provisions relating to the Jail Incarceration and Transportation Costs Study Council.
HB 415 – Local Law Enforcement Structure and Governor Signed Paul Ray Support Governance Amendments https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0415.pdf This bill: 1) prohibits a municipality from establishing a board or committee with certain powers over a police chief or county sheriff; 2) establishes limitations on a municipality's or county's power to establish a board or committee that relates to the provision of law enforcement services; and 3) makes technical changes.
HB 419, 2nd Substitute – Opioid Treatment Programs House Filed – Not Brad Daw Tracking and Controlled Substance Database Amendments Passed https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0419S02.pdf This bill: 1) defines a term; 2) modifies requirements relating to access to the controlled substance database for emergency departments in hospitals and opioid treatment programs; 3) requires pharmacists and others who dispense methadone to a patient for the treatment of a substance use disorder to check the controlled substances database; 4)
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addresses penalties for failure to check the database; 5) requires the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to work collaboratively with opioid treatment programs to: a) establish a registry of patients for the purpose of protecting the health and safety of patients; b) review and approve exceptions to federal and state dosage policies and procedures; and c) coordinate patients' access to medication during a crisis or emergency.
HB 421, 1st Substitute – DNA Specimen Analysis House Filed – Not Steve Eliason Tracking Amendments Passed https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0421S01.pdf This bill: 1) requires a sheriff to provide a person notice related to the destruction of a DNA specimen and removal of the person's DNA sample and records from a database; 2) requires certain DNA specimen to be processed and entered into a database; 3) permits a person to request the destruction of the person's DNA specimen and related records under certain conditions; and 4) makes technical and conforming changes.
HB 423 – Disaster Recovery Fund Amendments Governor Signed Joel Ferry Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0423.pdf This bill: 1) increases the amounts the Division of Emergency Management may expend or commit to expending from the Disaster Recovery Restricted Account during an emergency or declared disaster; 2) adds the Executive Offices and Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee and the Legislative Management Committee to the list of entities to receive notice of expenditures of commitments to expend funds; and 3) allows an expenditure of up to $3,200,000 during fiscal year 2019 for operational costs.
HB 425 – Local Government Officer Bonding Governor Signed Val Potter Tracking Amendments https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0425.pdf This bill: 1) reorganizes provisions related to municipal officer bonds; and 2) modifies the acceptable forms of bonds for municipal officers to include a general fidelity bond or a theft and crime insurance policy.
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HB 441, 1st Substitute – Tax Equalization and House Filed – Not Tim Quinn Tracking Reduction Act Passed with https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0441S01.pdf Concern This bill: 1) amends the corporate franchise and income tax rate and the individual income tax rate; 2) amends the calculation of certain tax credits to match the applicable income tax rate; 3) modifies the calculation of the Utah personal exemption for purposes of the taxpayer tax credit; 4) enacts a tax credit for social security benefits that are included in the claimant's federal adjusted gross income; 5) provides that a claimant may claim either the retirement tax credit or the nonrefundable tax credit for social security benefits; 6) enacts a refundable state earned income tax credit for certain individuals who are experiencing intergenerational poverty; 7) requires the Department of Workforce Services to notify individuals who are experiencing intergenerational poverty of the state earned income tax credit and to provide certain information about those individuals to the State Tax Commission; 8) specifies procedures for the administration of the earned income tax credit for certain individuals who are experiencing intergenerational poverty; 9) provides, amends, and repeals sales and use tax definitions; 10) imposes a tax on the total premiums received by admitted insurers writing health insurance in this state; 11) amends the local option sales and use tax distribution formula for the general county, city, town, or metro township sales and use tax and the county option sales and use tax; 12) decreases the general state sales and use tax rate; 13) imposes a state sales and use tax on amounts paid or charged for services; repeals certain sales and use tax exemptions; 14) provides that certain services are exempt from the sales and use tax; 15) creates the Sales and Use Tax Base Expansion Restricted Account; 16) requires certain state sales and use tax revenue and local option sales and use tax be deposited into the Sales and Use Tax Base Expansion Restricted Account; 17) requires the State Tax Commission to make certain reports to the Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee; revenue to Account; 18) amends the local option sales and use tax distribution formula for the general county, city, town, or metro township sales and use tax and the county option sales and use tax; Page 30 of 55 UASD Legislative Update
19) reduces certain local option sales and use tax rates; 20) enacts a real estate transfer tax; 21) specifies that the following written instruments are subject to the real estate transfer tax: a) written instruments for the sale or exchange of property or any interest in the property or any combination of sales or exchanges or any assignment or transfer of property or any interest in the property; and b) deeds or instruments of conveyance of property or any interest in property, for consideration; 22) specifies written instruments that are exempt from the real estate transfer tax; 23) specifies procedures for the collection and enforcement of the real estate transfer tax; and 24) makes technical and conforming changes.
HB 443, 1st Substitute – Health Care Cost House Filed – Not Mike Winder Tracking Transparency Passed https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0443S01.pdf This bill: 1) requires a hospital to provide a complete list of itemized charges to a patient within a specified time period; 2) requires a health care facility to publish information related to standard charges; 3) requires certain health care providers to publish prices and related information for the health care provider's most commonly performed procedures; and 4) makes technical changes.
HB 444 – At-Risk Government Employee Governor Signed Lee Perry Support Information Protection Amendments https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0444.pdf This bill: 1) modifies the definition of "public information" in the context of provisions relating to protecting personal information of law enforcement officers; 2) modifies requirements relating to a form that a law enforcement officer may submit to protect personal information from being posted on the Internet; 3) modifies provisions relating to the private classification of personal information of at- risk government employees; and 4) enacts language relating to the length of time that a form requesting private classification of personal information remains in effect and the rescission of the form.
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HB 445 – Health Care Debt Collection Notice Governor Signed Kelly Miles Tracking Amendments https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0445.pdf This bill permits a health care provider to provide certain notices regarding health care debt collections by first class mail.
HB 446 – Truth in Taxation Revisions Governor Signed Robert Support https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0446.pdf Spendlove This bill: 1) amends the date by which certain taxing entities are required to make a final budgeting decision related to additional ad valorem tax revenue after a truth in taxation hearing; 2) amends the date by which certain taxing entities are required to conduct certain budgeting activities; 3) amends provisions related to the submission of a resolution to the State Tax Commission; 4) provides a deadline for a certain public meeting that is part of the truth in taxation process; and 5) makes technical and conforming changes.
HB 451 – Victim Address Confidentiality Program House Filed – Not Stephanie Support https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0451.pdf Passed Pitcher This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) creates an address confidentiality program in the Utah Office for Victims of Crime; 3) describes eligibility and application requirements for program participants; 4) addresses the administrative responsibilities of the Utah Office for Victims of Crime in maintaining the address confidentiality program; 5) describes the permitted uses for assigned addresses; 6) permits disclosure to state and local government entities in certain circumstances; 7) addresses service of process, disclosure in judicial and administrative proceedings, and orders relating to custody and parent-time; and 8) addresses immunity and the retention and destruction of records.
HB 452 – Water Facilities Amendments House Filed – Not Logan Wilde Support https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0452.pdf Passed This bill: 1) modifies provisions regarding interfering with or obstructing water facilities; and 2) makes technical and conforming changes.
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HB 456 – Water Amendments for Institutions of House Filed – Not Stephen Handy Support Higher Education Passed https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0456.pdf This bill provides that an institution of higher education using the institution of higher education's water rights for certain uses is a public water supplier.
HB 459 – Political Activities of Public Entities Act House Filed – Not Kim Coleman Tracking Amendments Passed https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0459.pdf This bill: 1) defines terms and modifies and deletes definitions; 2) prohibits a public official or an employee of a public entity from using public funds, public resources, public email, or public distribution lists for certain politically- related purposes; 3) provides criminal or civil penalties for violating the provisions of this bill; 4) modifies exceptions to the requirements of this bill.
HB 466 – Firefighter Retirement Amendments Governor Signed Bradley Last Support https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0466.pdf This bill: 1) provides definitions; and 2) requires the Utah State Retirement Office to determine and report certain information about state funding of the Firefighters' Retirement System to the governor and Legislature.
HB 468 – Interest Rate Amendments House Filed – Not Craig Hall Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0468.pdf Passed This bill: 1) provides that the parties to a lawful contract may agree upon a rate of interest for the contract; and 2) addresses the legal rate of interest when the parties to a contract do not specify a rate of interest.
HB 478 – Criminal Information Amendments Governor Signed Paul Ray Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HB0478.pdf This bill: 1) requires the Bureau of Criminal Identification to submit the record for all nonextraditable warrants for violent felonies to the National Crime Information Center; 2) requires local law enforcement agencies to determine the extraditability status of warrants; and 3) requires
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the court to report any changes to the status of a warrant to the Bureau of Criminal Identification.
HB 495, 1st Substitute – Tax Restructuring and Governor Signed Mike Schultz Tracking Equalization Task Force https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0495S01.pdf This bill: 1) creates the Tax Restructuring and Equalization Task Force; and 2) repeals the Transportation and Tax Review Task Force.
HCR 5 – Concurrent Resolution Urging Policies Governor Signed Raymond Support That Reduce Damage from Wildfires Ward https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HCR005.pdf This resolution: 1) notes that recent wildfire seasons have been exceptionally destructive; 2) notes the impact that wildfire has on air quality in Utah; 3) urges the federal government to pursue forest fuel load reductions to mitigate wildfire risk; and 4) urges the federal government to pursue policies that minimize additional climate change.
HCR 10 – Concurrent Resolution to Address Governor Signed Timothy Hawkes Support Declining Water Levels of the Great Salt Lake https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HCR010.pdf This resolution: 1) urges expeditious and collaborative development of recommendations for policy and actionable solutions to avert economic, social, and environmental harm due to declining water levels at Great Salt Lake and its wetlands; and 2) encourages reports to the Legislature and Governor.
HCR 18 – Concurrent Resolution Concerning Bear Governor Signed Logan Wilde Support Lake https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HCR018.pdf This resolution: 1) recognizes the characteristics, benefits, and challenges of Bear Lake; 2) urges solutions to address challenges to Bear Lake; 3) urges continued cooperation with the state of Idaho to develop joint expectations for the continued health, beauty, and enjoyment of Bear Lake; and 4) encourages the development of opportunities for participation of a wide-range of stakeholders to develop recommendations.
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HJR 1 – Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution – Lieutenant Governor Keven Stratton Support Municipal Water Resources https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HJR001.pdf This resolution proposes to amend the Utah Constitution to: 1) revise a provision relating to municipal water rights and sources of water supply; 2) eliminate references to municipal waterworks; and 3) specify the circumstances under which a municipality may commit water resources or supply water outside its boundary or exchange water resources.
HJR 5 – Joint Resolution Approving Notes to Water Lieutenant Governor Derrin Owens Support Rights Addenda https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HJR005.pdf This resolution adopts: 1) the notes to water rights addendum to land deeds; and 2) the notes to water rights addendum to water deeds.
HJR 6 – Joint Rules Resolution – Sponsor’s House Filed – Not Norman Tracking Statement Passed Thurston https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HJR006.pdf This resolution provides that the chief sponsor of a piece of legislation may issue a sponsor's statement describing the content or impact of the legislation, the sponsor's intent, or other information related to the legislation.
HJR 14 – Joint Resolution to Harden the Utah and Lieutenant Governor Lee Perry Support United States Electrical Grids https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HJR014.pdf This resolution: 1) acknowledges safeguarding Utah's electrical infrastructure as a shared function of the federal and state government; 2) acknowledges the threats to Utah's and the United States' electrical grids from natural, accidental, and intentional occurrences, such as disruption from electromagnetic pulses, that could potentially interrupt reliable electricity services; 3) references government-commissioned studies that illustrate the capabilities and consequences of such occurrences on civil society; and 4) supports Utah's continued investment in public policy, technologies, and federal regulatory drills and standards that promote a resilient and reliable
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electrical grid and will ultimately contribute to the economic development of the state and well-being of all Utahns.
HJR 20 – Joint Resolution on Drone Safety Lieutenant Governor Adam Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HJR020.pdf Robertson This resolution: 1) describes the growth of the use of unmanned aircraft systems; 2) explains safety concerns related to unmanned aircraft systems; and 3) recognizes the Know Before You Fly program as an official source of safety education for operators of unmanned aircraft systems in Utah.
HJR 23 – Joint Resolution Withdrawing Approval House Filed – Not Casey Snider Tracking for Class V Landfill Passed https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HJR023.pdf This resolution: 1) refers to 2016 General Session H.J.R. 20 which provided provisional legislative approval for the construction and operation of a Class V commercial nonhazardous solid waste landfill; and 2) withdraws the Legislature's provisional approval, granted in 2016 General Session H.J.R. 20, to Promontory Point Resources, LLC, to construct and operate a Class V commercial nonhazardous solid waste landfill.
HR 1 – House Rules Resolution – Bill Prioritization House Filed – Not Norman Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HR0001.pdf Passed Thurston This resolution creates a procedure to request that certain pieces of House legislation be placed on the Senate third reading calendar during the last two days of an annual general session.
Senate Bills
SB 10, 1st Substitute – Identification Request Governor Signed Karen Mayne Tracking Amendments https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0010S01.pdf This bill: 1) modifies the type of information a peace officer may request from a suspect the officer stops to question about a crime; and 2) makes technical changes.
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SB 17 – Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Amendments Governor Signed Ralph Support https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0017.pdf Okerlund This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) modifies provisions regarding the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality to enact protections for the municipality's water works and water sources; 3) provides a process by which a municipality may adopt an ordinance or regulation under the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.
SB 20 – Sunset Reauthorization – Solid and Governor Signed Keith Grover Tracking Hazardous Waste Act https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0020.pdf This bill extends the repeal date of the Solid and Hazardous Waste Act.
SB 22 – Sunset Reauthorization – Safe Drinking Governor Signed Keith Grover Support Water Act https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0022.pdf This bill extends the repeal date of the Safe Drinking Water Act.
SB 23 – Sunset Reauthorization – Water Quality Act Governor Signed Keith Grover Support https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0023.pdf This bill extends the repeal date of the Water Quality Act.
SB 25, 1st Substitute – Records Committees Governor Signed Wayne Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0025S01.pdf Harper This bill: 1) modifies the membership and responsibilities of the State Records Committee; 2) creates the Records Management Committee; 3) establishes provisions for the administration of the Records Management Committee; 4) transfers certain duties of the State Records Committee to the Records Management Committee.
SB 26, 3rd Substitute – Governmental Nonprofit Governor Signed Deidre Tracking Corporation Act Amendments Henderson https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0026S03.pdf This bill: 1) requires the state auditor to: a) develop a training or other informational resource regarding best practices for financial controls and board governance; and b) distribute the training or other informational resource to certain state and local
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entities and governmental nonprofit corporations; and c) issue notices of noncompliance to certain boards of directors of governmental nonprofit corporations and board members; 2) requires each member of a board of directors of a governmental nonprofit corporation to complete the training that the state auditor provides regarding best practices for financial controls and board governance; 3) provides for the disqualification of a board member who fails to complete the required training within certain time periods; 4) amends an informational requirement for the local government and limited purpose entity registry.
SB 27 – Governmental Nonprofit Corporation Governor Signed Deidre Tracking Meetings Amendments Henderson https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0027.pdf This bill: 1) allows a governmental nonprofit corporation to close a meeting to discuss a trade secret in certain circumstances.
SB 33 – Political Procedures Amendments Governor Signed Wayne Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0033.pdf Harper This bill: 1) modifies and standardizes notice requirements relating to incorporation or dissolution of a municipality, annexation and other municipal boundary changes, and elections; 2) modifies and clarifies deadlines in the Election Code; 3) modifies procedures, and clarifies length limitations, for arguments for or against a ballot proposition; 4) requires at least two poll workers to perform certain tasks relating to the handling and delivery of ballots; 5) clarifies residency requirements for a local school board candidate; 6) removes the intent language from the Election Code.
SB 34, 4th Substitute – Affordable Housing Governor Signed Jacob Tracking Modifications Anderegg https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0034S04.pdf This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) modifies the requirements of certain municipalities and counties related to the moderate income housing plan element of their general plan; 3) modifies the reporting requirements of certain municipalities and counties related to the moderate income housing plan element of their general plan; 4) modifies Page 38 of 55 UASD Legislative Update
provisions related to the use of Transportation Investment Fund money; 5) modifies provisions related to the Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund Board; and 6) makes technical changes.
SB 35, 1st Substitute – Municipal Incorporation Governor Signed Wayne Tracking Amendments Harper https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0035S01.pdf This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) repeals Title 10, Chapter 2a, Part 3, Incorporation of a Town; 3) adds the incorporation of a town to the existing process for incorporating a city; 4) establishes qualifications for an area to incorporate as a municipality; 5) establishes a population density threshold for an area to incorporate as a municipality; 6) amends provisions related to the content of a feasibility study; 7) requires a feasibility consultant to consult with certain governmental entities when drafting a feasibility study; 8) changes the deadline by which a feasibility consultant is required to complete a feasibility study; 9) establishes the Municipal Incorporation Expendable Special Revenue Fund for the lieutenant governor's provision of municipal incorporation services; 10) establishes provisions related to a new municipality's responsibility to repay the lieutenant governor for certain services rendered by the lieutenant governor during the incorporation process.
SB 42, 1st Substitute – Tangible Personal Property Senate Filed – Not Daniel McCay Tracking Amendments Passed https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0042S01.pdf This bill: 1) provides for the exemption of tangible personal property from property tax, except for certain tangible personal property; 2) repeals existing provisions relating to the exemption of certain tangible personal property from property tax.
SB 43, 2nd Substitute – Criminal Provisions Governor Signed Karen Mayne Support Modifications https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0043S02.pdf This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) modifies criminal offenses and penalties relating to: a) clandestine drug labs; b) electronic communications harassment; and c) return of a marriage license to a county clerk; 3) repeals the offense of fornication.
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SB 44 – Street-Legal ATV Amendments Governor Signed Lincoln Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0044.pdf Fillmore This bill addresses circumstances under which certain all-terrain vehicles may operate as a street- legal all-terrain vehicle on a highway.
SB 46 – Tire Recycling Amendments Governor Signed Scott Sandall Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0046.pdf This bill states the director of the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control may authorize 100% reimbursement of a waste tire transporter's or recycler's cost if the county applying for reimbursement is a county of the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class, or the municipality applying for reimbursement is in a county of the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class.
SB 51 – Hospital Lien Law Amendments Governor Signed Lyle Hillyard Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0051.pdf This bill requires a hospital to provide notice of a release of lien to the injured person.
SB 52, 5th Substitute – Secondary Water Governor Signed Jacob Tracking - Requirements Anderegg UASD https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0052S05.pdf Amended This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) requires a secondary water provider that begins design work for new secondary water services to certain users on or after April 1, 2020, to meter the use of water; 3) requires a secondary water supplier to develop a plan related to metering for submission to the Division of Water Resources; 4) requires reporting; 5) requires a study of issues related to metering secondary water by a task force within the Department of Natural Resources and reporting its findings; and 6) permits loans to fund metering of secondary water.
SB 60, 1st Substitute – Automatic Local District Governor Signed Lincoln Tracking - Withdrawal Amendments Fillmore UASD https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0060S01.pdf Amended This bill: 1) provides for the automatic withdrawal of an area from a local district in the case of certain annexations; and 2) makes technical and conforming changes.
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SB 61 – Poll Hours for Early Voting Governor Signed Jani Iwamoto Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0061.pdf This bill removes the poll hour closing requirement on the last day of early voting.
SB 63 – Vessel Amendments Governor Signed Curtis Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0063.pdf Bramble This bill: 1) enacts criminal provisions related to registration decals or cards; 2) provides for enforcement of maintenance inspection programs for vessels carrying passengers for hire.
SB 66 – Dam Safety Amendments Governor Signed Scott Sandall Support https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0066.pdf This bill states that the state engineer has the authority to regulate the safety of dams for the purpose of protecting public safety.
SB 72, 3rd Substitute – Transportation Governance Governor Signed Wayne Tracking and Funding Revisions Harper https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0072S03.pdf This bill: 1) amends provisions related to transportation including transportation reinvestment zones; 2) amends provisions related to transportation reinvestment zones; 3) renames the local advisory board of a large public transit district as a "local advisory council"; 4) repeals a provision related to the name of a large public transit district; 5) amends the procedure for appointment to the board of trustees of a large public transit district; 6) requires two or more entities providing public transit services in adjacent or overlapping areas to integrate and coordinate services and fees with oversight by the Department of Transportation; 7) allows a public transit district to exclude applicants for certain positions of employment based on results of a background check; 8) amends definitions related to motor vehicles; 9) amends provisions related to motor vehicle registration; 10) amends allowable uses of certain local option sales and use tax revenue; 11) makes technical changes regarding local option sales and use taxes; 12) amends provisions related to the governance structure and duties of certain positions within the Department of Transportation; 13) amends certain provisions related to transportation funding procedures; 14)
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exempts the Transportation Commission from certain restrictions on setting rates for certain programs administered by the Department of Transportation; 15) creates a road usage charge program, requires the Department of Transportation to administer the program, and grants rulemaking authority; 16) amends provisions related to the State Infrastructure Bank; 17) amends certain provisions pertaining to anonymized location data of certain connected vehicles.
SB 74, 2nd Substitute – Air Ambulance Revisions Governor Signed Wayne Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0074S02.pdf Harper This bill: 1) amends membership and reporting requirements for the Air Ambulance Committee; 2) requires an emergency medical service provider and health care facility to provide information about air ambulance charges to certain patients; and 3) reauthorizes the Air Ambulance Committee for five years.
SB 77, 1st Substitute – Tax Increment Amendments Governor Signed Curtis Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0077S01.pdf Bramble This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) clarifies the application of the Community Reinvestment Agency Act; 3) clarifies the manner in which an agency may receive a taxing entity's tax revenue that results from a tax increase.
SB 79 – Sales and Use Tax Changes Governor Signed Wayne Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0079.pdf Harper This bill modifies the definitions of "certified service provider" and "model 1 seller" to reference a contract between a certified service provider and the governing board of the streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.
SB 85, 1st Substitute – Secure Transport Designation Governor Signed Evan Vickers Support Amendments https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0085S01.pdf This bill: 1) adds a designation category for nonemergency secure behavioral health transport providers and vehicles; 2) prohibits the state Medicaid program from reimbursing a nonemergency secured behavioral health transport provider; and 3) makes technical changes. Page 42 of 55 UASD Legislative Update
SB 87 – Procurement of Design Professionals Governor Signed Luz Escamilla Tracking Amendments https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0087.pdf This bill includes commercial interior designers as design professionals, for purposes of the Utah Procurement Code.
SB 90, 1st Substitute – Political Signs Amendments Senate Filed – Not Todd Weiler Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillamd/SB0090S01.pdf Passed This bill: 1) defines terms; and 2) prohibits local governments from prohibiting or removing temporary political signs from certain residential parking strips.
SB 99 – Sales Tax Amendments Senate Filed – Not Wayne Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0099.pdf Passed Harper This bill lowers the rate of the state sales and use tax on items other than: a) food; b) food ingredients; and c) residential fuel.
SB 108, 1st Substitute – Modifications to Government Governor Signed Wayne Tracking Records Provisions Harper with https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0108S01.pdf Concern This bill: 1) modifies the right to inspect and copy records; 2) modifies a provision that states that a governmental entity is not required to fill a records request if the records are already publicly available; 3)` modifies a restriction on sharing records of a publicly funded library; 4) prohibits a records request from being submitted to multiple governmental entities; ` modifies a provision relating to an award of attorney fees on an appeal relating to an access issue; and 5) makes technical changes.
SB 118 – Law Enforcement Service Agreement Senate Filed – Not Daniel McCay Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0118.pdf Passed This bill: 1) requires that an interlocal agreement between a county and one or more municipalities to provide law enforcement service requires or appoints a certain individual to provide or direct law enforcement service, depending on the county classification; and 2) makes technical and conforming changes.
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SB 120, 1st Substitute – Accounts Receivable Governor Signed Lyle Hillyard Tracking Collection Revisions https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0120S01.pdf This bill: 1) provides and amends definitions; 2) amends notification procedures for the state or a governmental entity to execute a lien for certain receivables; 3) authorizes the Office of State Debt Collection to send notification of the execution of a lien for a governmental entity in certain circumstances; 4) amends procedures for the state or another governmental entity to levy a tax overpayment or refund for the collection of a delinquent receivable; 5) amends hearing procedures and requirements regarding the collection of a delinquent receivable; 6) amends the types of receivables that constitute a lien against a state tax overpayment or refund; 7) amends procedures for seeking agency and judicial review of a hearing decision regarding the collection of a delinquent receivable; 8) repeals certain bond requirements for seeking judicial review; 9) grants the Division of Finance, rather than the Board of Examiners, rulemaking authority to adopt rules regarding the collection of certain account receivables.
SB 123, 6th Substitute – Election Process Governor Vetoed Daniel McCay Tracking Amendments https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0123S06.pdf This bill: 1) allows a registered political party to replace a candidate for congressional office if the candidate resigns to accept an appointment to a federal office; 2) modifies the deadline for a political party's central committee to certify a replacement name for a ballot when a candidate vacancy occurs; 3) modifies a provision relating to a temporary appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of United States senator, pending a special election to fill the office; 4) describes requirements and procedures relating to a special election to fill a vacancy in the office of United States representative; 5) describes when a vacancy occurs in a congressional office; 6) grants authority to the governor to establish, consistent with the requirements of this bill, the deadlines, time frames, and procedures relating to a special election described in this bill.
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SB 124 – Local Government Administration Became Law w/o Karen Mayne Support Amendments Governor Signature https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0124.pdf This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) amends a provision regarding the entry of the election of a metro township mayor in council meeting minutes; 3) amends a requirement that certain county officials fill certain metro township offices or positions to be discretionary and subject to an agreement between the county and the metro township; 4) repeals a provision regarding the initial membership of a municipal services district board of trustees; 5) removes the county executive as the executive of a municipal services district.
SB 129, 3rd Substitute – Public Safety and Firefighter Governor Signed Wayne Support Tier II Retirement Enhancements Harper https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0129S03.pdf This bill: 1) increases the percentage of compensation that a participating employer shall pay to the office on behalf of a member for the defined benefit portion of the New Public Safety and Firefighter Tier II Contributory Retirement System; 2) increases the amount of the non-elective contribution made by a participating employer on behalf of each public safety service employee or fighter service employee who is a member of the New Public Safety and Firefighter Tier II Contributory Retirement System; 3) increases the multiplier percentage for the calculation of the retirement allowance of a participant in the New Public Safety and Firefighter Tier II hybrid retirement system for certain years; 4) instructs the Retirement and Independent Entities Interim Committee to carry out an uncodified study.
SB 141 – Election Precincts Amendments Senate Filed – Not Daniel McCay Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0141.pdf Passed This bill limits the variation of active voters per precinct.
SB 142 – Animal Welfare Amendments Senate Filed – Not Gene Davis Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0142.pdf Passed This bill defines terms; 2) makes it a crime to leave a dog unattended in a certain manner that prevents the dog from reaching shelter in extreme weather
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conditions.
SB 145 – Legal Notice Revisions Governor Signed Daniel McCay Support - https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0145.pdf UASD This bill: 1) defines average advertisement rate; 2) Amended permits a person to satisfy a part of legal notice publication requirements, in certain circumstances, by serving legal notice directly on all parties to whom legal notice is required; 3) amends restrictions on newspapers in relation to legal notices.
SB 146 – Sales Tax Exemption Modifications Senate Filed – Not Derek Kitchen Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0146.pdf Passed This bill: 1) defines electric energy storage asset; 2) creates a sales and use tax exemption for an electric energy storage asset used for residential, commercial, or industrial purposes.
SB 147, 2nd Substitute – Lobbyist Licensing Governor Signed Don Ipson Tracking Modifications https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0147S02.pdf This bill: 1) clarifies provisions relating to financial reports; 2) requires the lieutenant governor to provide, and a lobbyist to take, an annual training course relating to workplace discrimination and harassment; 3) amends existing rulemaking authority within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor; 4) amends lobbyist licensing provisions; 5) prohibits a lobbyist from: a) violating federal laws governing workplace harassment and discrimination; and b) violating policies governing workplace harassment and discrimination adopted by the Utah Senate, the Utah House, and the Utah executive branch; 6) provides penalties for a lobbyist who violates the provisions of this bill; 7) permits a lobbyist to file a complaint of workplace discrimination or harassment against an executive worker or a legislative worker.
SB 152, 2nd Substitute – Mineral Lease Funds Senate Filed – Not Ronald Tracking Amendments Passed Winterton https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0152S02.pdf This bill directs a portion of the deposits in the Mineral Lease Account to be appropriated to the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition. Page 46 of 55 UASD Legislative Update
SB 153 – Passenger Rail Car Sales and Use Tax Senate Filed – Not Jacob Tracking Exemptions Passed Anderegg https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0153.pdf This bill: 1) provides definitions; 2) enacts a sales and use tax exemption for the sale of a passenger rail car manufactured or assembled in this state; 3) enacts a sales and use tax exemption for amounts paid or charged for a new or expanding passenger rail car manufacturing facility in the state.
SB 154, 4th Substitute – Utah Communications Became Law w/o Wayne Support Authority Amendments Governor Signature Harper https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0154S04.pdf This bill: 1) clarifies purposes of the Utah Communications Authority and the authority's Radio Network Division; 2) clarifies the definition of a public safety answering point in the state of Utah; 3) amends provisions related to the authority's ability to sell network capacity; 4) amends provisions related to the Utah Communications Authority board; 5) amends provisions related to the duties of the Utah Communications Authority Board and the Radio Network Division; 6) repeals the operations advisory committee and creates the public safety advisory committee; 7) repeals regional advisory committees and creates the PSAP advisory committee; 8) provides duties of the advisory committees in relation to the Utah Communications Authority board, including nonvoting board membership of the chair of each committee; 9) modifies provisions in the determination of asset distribution in the event of the Utah Communications Authority's dissolution; 10) prohibits any public entity from causing or allowing a 911 or emergency call box communication to be redirected to anywhere other than the 911 emergency service network; 11) updates provisions related to the Computer Aided Dispatch Restricted Account; 12) authorizes the Utah Communications Authority to not expend funds from the Unified Statewide 911 Emergency Service Account and the Utah Statewide Radio System Restricted Account in certain circumstances; 13) exempts the Utah Communications Authority from certain provisions of Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act, in certain circumstances; 14) clarifies audit reporting requirements for counties not serviced by a single,
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physically consolidated public safety answering point to the Utah Communications Authority; 15) extends to July 1, 2028, the sunset of the emergency services telecommunication charge to fund unified statewide 911 emergency service; 16) raises the Unified Statewide 911 emergency service charge for each access line in the state; 17) changes percentage rates distributed from the prepaid wireless 911 service charge revenue to a public safety answering point, the Unified Statewide 911 Emergency Service Account, and the Utah Statewide Radio System Restricted Account; and 18) makes technical changes.
SB 155 – Animal Shelter Transparency Senate Filed – Not Karen Mayne Tracking Amendments Passed https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0155.pdf This bill: 1) amends definitions; and 2) requires an animal shelter to: a) publish certain information regarding the animals in the shelter's custody, including the disposition of the animals; and b) maintain the published information for a period of years.
SB 160 – Body Camera Disclosure Amendments Senate Filed – Not Daniel McCay Track - https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0160.pdf Passed UASD This bill removes the provision allowing an officer Amended to deactivate a body-worn camera when consulting with a supervisor or another officer.
SB 162 – Corrections Officer Certification Governor Signed Jani Iwamoto Support Amendments https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0162.pdf This bill allows 19 year olds to be certified as correctional officers and work in a jail facility.
SB 163 – Candidate Filing Disclosure Amendments Governor Signed Jacob Support https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0163.pdf Anderegg This bill classifies as a protected record the portion of certain records that contains a candidate's residential or mailing address, if the candidate provides another address or phone number where the candidate may be contacted.
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SB 165 – Quorum Requirements Became Law w/o Jacob Support https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0165.pdf Governor Signature Anderegg This bill amends the definition of a quorum for purposes of the Open and Public Meetings Act.
SB 167 – Public Safety and Firefighter Planned Senate Filed – Not Karen Mayne Tracking Retirement Program Passed https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0167.pdf This bill: 1) provides definitions; 2) enacts a planned retirement program for certain public safety and firefighter employees; 3) allows a participating employer to participate in a planned retirement program for certain public safety and firefighter retirees who have not completed the one- year employment separation requirement; 4) requires a participating employer that offers a planned retirement program to establish written policies and enter into a written agreement with the retiree; 5) provides for retiree eligibility for a planned retirement program and establishes restrictions; 6) provides for participating employer and retiree reporting; 7) provides penalties; 8) allows the Legislature to make changes to the program; 9) allows the Utah State Retirement Board to make related rules; 10) requires the program to be in compliance with requirements for federally qualified plans and provides for severability of provisions; 11) provides for a sunset of the planned retirement program provisions.
SB 168, 3rd Substitute – Sales and Use Tax Revisions Governor Signed Curtis Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0168S03.pdf Bramble This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) modifies sales and use tax exemptions; 3) provides the circumstances under which a marketplace facilitator or a marketplace seller is subject to the payment or collection and remittance requirements of the sales and use tax act.
SB 179, 3rd Substitute – Truth in Taxation Governor Signed Lincoln Support - Amendments Fillmore UASD https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillamd/SB0179S03.pdf Amended This bill: 1) places limitations on the other items a taxing entity can place on an agenda for a meeting during which the taxing entity will hold a public hearing to discuss a proposed tax rate increase; 2) requires a public meeting addressing the general
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business of the taxing entity that occurs on the same date as a public hearing to discuss a proposed tax rate increase to conclude before the public hearing on the proposed tax rate increase begins; 3) prohibits unreasonable restriction on the number of individuals who offer public comment; and 4) prohibits a taxing entity from holding a public hearing to discuss a proposed tax rate increase on the same date as another public hearing, other than a taxing entity's budget hearing, a local district's or special service district's fee hearing, or a town's enterprise fund hearing.
SB 180 – Limitations on Landowner Liability Governor Signed Daniel Tracking Amendments Hemmert https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0180.pdf This bill: 1) amends definitions; 2) amends the liability of landowners in certain circumstances involving an activity with a recreational purpose; 3) limits the available noneconomic damages in a claim against a landowner; and 4) makes technical and conforming changes.
SB 184, 1st Substitute – Code Enforcement Governor Signed Daniel Tracking Amendments Thatcher https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0184S01.pdf This bill prohibits local governments from: a) imposing non-judicial penalties for certain code violations unless the local government provides certain written notice; and b) collecting on an outstanding or pending penalty for certain code violations unless the local government imposed the penalty in relation to certain written notice.
SB 187 – County Planning and Services Became Law w/o Curtis Support - Amendments Governor Signature Bramble Amended https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0187.pdf This bill: 1) amends a provision regarding the membership on a county mountainous planning commission; 2) allows a county to fund fire, paramedic, and police services within a municipality that is located within an area that the county has designated as a recreation area; 3) extends sunset dates for the mountainous planning commission; and 4) makes technical and conforming changes.
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SB 189 – Temporary Land Use Regulation Senate Filed – Not Ralph Tracking Amendments Passed Okerlund https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillamd/SB0189.pdf This bill: 1) adds a certain water study in a county of the fifth or sixth class to the circumstances that allow a county legislative body to enact a temporary land use regulation that prohibits certain development; 2) allows the county legislative body in a county of the fifth or sixth class to extend the temporary land use regulation on the body's own motion; and 3) makes technical changes.
SB 214, 1st Substitute – Property Tax Reporting Governor Signed Lincoln Tracking Modifications Fillmore https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0214S01.pdf This bill requires that a water conservancy district and a metropolitan water district submit a certain written report to the Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee.
SB 228, 2nd Substitute – Public Infrastructure District Governor Signed Daniel McCay Track Act and https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillamd/SB0228S02.pdf Amend This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) imposes a limit on a property tax levy for the operation of a public infrastructure district; 3) imposes a limit on certain bonds that a public infrastructure district may issue; 4) allows for local entities to create public infrastructure districts; 5) provides for the appointment and potential election, in certain circumstances, of members of the board of trustees of a public infrastructure district; 6) provides for the issuance of bonds for certain purposes; 7) allows a public infrastructure district to charge certain fees; 8) imposes certain transparency requirements on public infrastructure districts; 9) allows a public infrastructure district to impose a property tax penalty in the event of nonpayment; 10) limits the time period during which a person may bring certain legal challenges against a public infrastructure district; 11) requires the inclusion of a certain property tax penalty on the property tax notice; and 12) makes technical changes.
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SB 240 – Property Tax Exemption for Wildfire Senate Filed – Not Daniel Tracking Prevention Passed Hemmert https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0240.pdf This bill: 1) provides for a property tax exemption for wildfire prevention efforts on certain property; and 2) gives rulemaking authority to the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Land to certify the amount of a property tax exemption for wildfire prevention.
SB 256 – Truth in Taxation Requirements Revisions Senate Filed – Not Jacob Anderegg Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0256.pdf Passed This bill: 1) defines a term; 2) allows a taxing entity to increase taxes to allow for inflation without holding a truth in taxation hearing.
SB 257, 1st Substitute – Interest Rates Amendments Governor Signed Curtis Bramble Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0257S01.pdf This bill amends provisions regarding interest rates, including contracted and legal interest rates.
SB 259, 2nd Substitute – Railroad Right-Of-Way Governor Signed Daniel Tracking - Amendments Hemmert Amended https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillamd/SB0259S02.pdf This bill: 1) requires a fiber optic carrier that intends to place a facility across or upon a railroad right-of- way to submit a request for permission from the railroad prior to placing a facility; 2) establishes procedures for a fiber optic carrier to request permission from a railroad; 3) allows railroads to impose certain requirements prior to granting permission for a fiber optic carrier crossing of a railroad right-of-way; 4) establishes a standard fee that may be charged for each facility placed by a fiber optic carrier across a railroad right-of-way; 5) allows a fiber optic carrier or railroad to petition the Public Service Commission if the parties are unable to resolve an objection; and 6) defines terms.
SB 266 – Waste Regulation Modifications Senate Filed – Not Daniel Hemmert Tracking https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0266.pdf Passed This bill: 1) provides conditions under which a constructed facility with an approved operation plan may change class of designation; 2) modifies information that the director reviews before Page 52 of 55 UASD Legislative Update
approving an operation plan; 3) repeals provisions related to approval of certain plans.
SB 269, 1st Substitute – Military Development Governor Signed Jerry Stevenson Tracking Authority https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SB0269S01.pdf This bill: 1) defines terms; 2) modifies the Military Installation Development Authority's ability to petition for annexation of certain areas; 3) includes the Military Installation Development Authority as a local authority for purposes of a premises that is located within a project area and licensed by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control; 4) addresses the exchange of real property between the Military Installation Development Authority and the Department of Transportation for purposes of constructing an interchange; 5) provides limitations on challenges to a project area plan or a project area; 6) extends an authorization for the Military Installation Development Authority to receive a portion of the property tax allocation; 7) provides that certain property owned by the Military Installation Development Authority is not subject to property tax or privilege tax; 8) extends to the Military Installation Development Authority the applicability of provisions relating to tax credit incentives for economic development.
SCR 3 – Concurrent Resolution Regarding the Governor Signed Daniel Tracking Public Employees’ Health Plans Hemmert https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SCR003.pdf This resolution: 1) describes the state's philosophy on compensation and benefit design for state employees; 2) emphasizes the need for greater flexibility with respect to overall compensation design, including health benefit plans, offered to state employees; and 3) directs the Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program to: a) allow employees, under certain circumstances, to elect that up to half of the amount that would otherwise go to the employee's HSA be forwarded to the employee as cash; b) maintain plans, premiums, and premium share percentages for the 2019-2020 plan year; and c) cover certain preventative chronic disease medications before the deductible in certain plans.
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SCR 4 – Concurrent Resolution Directing Creation Governor Signed Ann Millner Tracking of a Request for Payment Pilot Program https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SCR004.pdf This resolution directs the Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program to issue a request for proposals for health care services using a value- based payment methodology.
SCR 9 – Concurrent Resolution Regarding Navajo Governor Signed David Hinkins Support Water Rights Settlement Agreement https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SCR009.pdf This resolution declares support for the negotiated settlement agreement of federal reserved water rights claims, particularly the state of Utah/Navajo Nation Reserved Water Rights Settlement Agreement proposed by a negotiating committee composed of representatives of the Navajo Nation, the state of Utah, and the United States.
SCR 10, 1st Substitute – Concurrent Resolution Urging Senate Filed – Not Kirk Support Solutions for the Central Wasatch Mountains Passed Cullimore https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillamd/SCR010S01.pdf This resolution: 1) recognizes the tremendous value of the Central Wasatch Mountains; 2) acknowledges the work of the Central Wasatch Commission to develop solutions that address significant transportation and land management issues; 3) urges the President of the United States, Congress, and Utah's congressional delegation to propose and secure passage of legislation that achieves the goals of this resolution; and 4) reflects the desires of local and state governments to work with all parties to further solutions to longstanding issues and desires of the parties of the Mountain Accord.
SJR 1 – Joint Resolution Supporting the Study of Lieutenant Governor Jani Iwamoto Support Water Banking in Utah https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SJR001.pdf This resolution encourages the study of possible options to create and develop water banks to further the 2017 State Recommended Water Strategy and the preparation of recommendations for the Legislature to consider for the 2020 General Session.
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SJR 3, 3rd Substitute – Proposal to Amend Utah Senate Filed – Not Daniel McCay Tracking Constitution – Income Tax Amendments Passed https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SJR003S03.pdf This resolution proposes to amend the Utah Constitution to: expand the uses of revenue from taxes on intangible property and income to include providing services for the poor, disabled, and elderly.
SJR 11 – Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution – Senate Filed – Not Daniel Tracking Exemption for Fire Prevention Passed Hemmert https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/sbillint/SJR011.pdf This resolution proposes to amend the Utah Constitution to authorize the Legislature to provide a property tax exemption for land whose owner engages in efforts to prevent wildfire.
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