Utah legislation · 2025 General Session
Utah SB261: Tourism Related Tax Reporting Amendments
Status: Signed into law, March 25, 2025
This bill deals with reporting requirements for a county that imposes a transient room tax or a tourism, recreation, cultural, convention, and airport facilities tax.
What the bill says
From the amended text:
0 Tourism Related Tax Reporting Amendments 2025 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Brady Brammer House Sponsor: Bridger Bolinder LONG TITLE General Description: This bill deals with reporting requirements for a county that imposes a transient room tax or a tourism, recreation, cultural, convention, and airport facilities tax. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - requires the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst (office) to analyze a county's written report on the county's use of transient room tax revenue and tourism, recreation, cultural, convention, and airport facilities tax revenue and make a determination; - requires the office to provide a summary of the office's analysis to the Revenue and Taxation and Political Subdivisions Interim committees and the state auditor; - requires the state auditor to review the office's determination that a county's written report does not sufficiently demonstrate the county is complying with statutory requirements for a transient room tax or a tourism, recreation, cultural, convention, and airport facilities tax and make an independent finding; - if the state auditor finds the county's written report does not sufficiently demonstrate the county is complying with statutory requirements for a transient room tax or a tourism, recreation, cultural, convention, and airport facilities tax, allows the state auditor to withhold funds generated by a transient room tax or a tourism, recreation, cultural, convention, and …
Sponsors
- Brady Brammer (R, 21) · primary sponsor
- Bolinder, Bridger (R, 29)
Latest actions
- : Governor Signed
- : Senate/ to Governor
- : Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- : Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- : Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- : Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- : Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- : Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
- : Senate/ received from House
- : House/ to Senate
Votes
- House/ passed 3rd reading (March 7, 2025): 72 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 28, 2025): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading (February 24, 2025): 23 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading (February 21, 2025): 23 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 14, 2025): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: County and Municipal Finance, REITZ, AARON F. (NM0TC), State Auditor, Constitutional Officers, Counties, Local Taxation and Fees, Political Subdivisions (Local Issues), Revenue and Taxation
Common questions
- What is SB261?
- SB261 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2025 General Session): Tourism Related Tax Reporting Amendments.
- What does SB261 do?
- This bill deals with reporting requirements for a county that imposes a transient room tax or a tourism, recreation, cultural, convention, and airport facilities tax.
- What is the status of SB261?
- Signed into law as of March 25, 2025. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 25, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB261?
- Brady Brammer (R, 21), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB261?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/SB0261.html
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