Utah legislation · 2025 General Session
Utah HB456: Transient Room Tax Amendments
Status: Signed into law, March 25, 2025
This bill modifies the transient room tax and creates the Outdoor Recreation Mitigation Grant Program.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text:
0 Transient Room Tax Amendments 2025 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Bridger Bolinder Senate Sponsor: Evan J. Vickers LONG TITLE General Description: This bill modifies the transient room tax and creates the Outdoor Recreation Mitigation Grant Program. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms and modifies definitions; - modifies the acceptable uses of transient room tax revenue; - authorizes a county to enter into an interlocal agreement with a municipality within the county to share county transient room tax revenue; - modifies reporting requirements on counties that impose transient room tax; - provides that certain municipalities may appoint board members to a tourism tax advisory board; - requires the state auditor to review a county's report on transient room tax and determine if the report is sufficient and compliant; - modifies the maximum county tax rate on short-term rentals of tourist home, hotel, motel, or trailer court accommodations and services for counties of the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth class; - extends an earmark on certain transient room tax revenue for a county of the first class; - modifies the state tax rate on short-term rentals of tourist home, hotel, motel, or trailer court accommodations and services; - imposes an additional state tax on short-term rentals of tourist home, hotel, motel, or trailer court accommodations and services …
Sponsors
- Bolinder, Bridger (R, 29) · primary sponsor
- Evan Vickers (R, 28)
Latest actions
- : House/ filed
- : House/ strike enacting clause
- : Senate/ to House
- : Senate/ failed
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0438S05
- : Senate/ substituted
- : Senate/ uncircled
- : LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0438S05
- : Governor Signed
- : House/ to Governor
Votes
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension (March 6, 2025): 27 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House/ concurs with Senate amendment (March 6, 2025): 61 yea, 10 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 28, 2025): 4 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House/ passed 3rd reading (February 24, 2025): 61 yea, 5 nay, passed
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (February 14, 2025): 13 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 14, 2025): 13 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Business, County and Municipal Finance, REITZ, AARON F. (NM0TC), State Auditor, Rental and Leasing Services, Outdoor Recreation, Hotels and Hotel Keepers, Public Safety
Common questions
- What is HB456?
- HB456 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2025 General Session): Transient Room Tax Amendments.
- What does HB456 do?
- This bill modifies the transient room tax and creates the Outdoor Recreation Mitigation Grant Program.
- What is the status of HB456?
- Signed into law as of March 25, 2025. Latest action: House/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB456?
- Bolinder, Bridger (R, 29), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB456?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0456.html
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