Utah 2026 General Session Status: To Executive 1 R cosponsors

HB 161 — Property Tax Modifications

Last action — House/ filed

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced January 06, 2026. It awaits signature.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

Prognosis

Advancing 44% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Moderate

How often bills like it became law.

  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill increases the residential property tax exemption from 45% to 60% contingent on the passage of a constitutional amendment.

  • 59-2-103

    45% → 60%

    The percentage of fair market value exempt from property tax for residential properties is raised to 60%.

Action History

  1. House/ filed

  2. House/ strike enacting clause

  3. House/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules [House Rules Committee]

  4. House Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules [House Revenue and Taxation Committee]

  5. House/ to standing committee [House Revenue and Taxation Committee]

  6. House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

  7. House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst

  8. LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0161

  9. LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0161

  10. House/ received bill from Legislative Research

  11. LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0161

  12. LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0161

  13. Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

  14. Bill Numbered but not Distributed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 103 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (103)

103 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Subjects

taxation
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 161?
HB 161 is sponsored by Jill Koford (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 161?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced January 06, 2026. It awaits signature.
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