Utah legislation · 2025 General Session
Utah HB89: Water Transfer Amendments
Status: Signed into law, March 24, 2025
This bill modifies provisions related to probate transfer of personal property by affidavit.
What the bill says
From the amended text:
Water Transfer Amendments 2025 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Gay Lynn Bennion Senate Sponsor: Scott D. Sandall LONG TITLE General Description: This bill modifies provisions related to probate transfer of personal property by affidavit. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - prohibits the transfer of water shares via small estate probate procedures involving an affidavit; and - makes technical and grammatical changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 75-3-1201 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 316 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1, Section 75-3-1201 is amended to read: 75-3-1201. Collection of personal property by affidavit -- Vehicles -- Water shares excluded. (1) Thirty days after the death of a decedent, any person indebted to the decedent or having possession of tangible personal property or , including an instrument evidencing a debt, obligation, stock, or chose in action , belonging to the decedent shall pay the indebtedness or deliver the tangible personal property , or an instrument evidencing a debt, obligation, stock, or chose in action to a person claiming to be the successor of the decedent , upon being presented with an affidavit made by or on behalf of the successor stating that: (a) the value of the entire estate …
Sponsors
- Bennion, Gay (D) · primary sponsor
- Sandall, Scott D. (R, 1)
- Miller, Grant Amjad (D, 24)
Latest actions
- : Governor Signed
- : House/ to Governor
- : House/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- : House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- : Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- : Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- : Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- : House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
- : Senate/ to House
- : Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House
Votes
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading (February 28, 2025): 23 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading (February 28, 2025): 19 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (February 28, 2025): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 27, 2025): 3 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House/ passed 3rd reading (February 27, 2025): 72 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 19, 2025): 10 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Wills, Judicial Operations, Water, Probate
Common questions
- What is HB89?
- HB89 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2025 General Session): Water Transfer Amendments.
- What does HB89 do?
- This bill modifies provisions related to probate transfer of personal property by affidavit.
- What is the status of HB89?
- Signed into law as of March 24, 2025. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 17, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB89?
- Bennion, Gay (D), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB89?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0089.html
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