Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB510: Municipal Incorporation Modifications
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill modifies the process to incorporate as a preliminary municipality.
What the bill says
From the substitute text, March 6, 2026:
6 Municipal Incorporation Modifications 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Tiara Auxier Senate Sponsor: Kirk A. Cullimore LONG TITLE General Description: This bill modifies the process to incorporate as a preliminary municipality. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms and modifies definitions; - authorizes the lieutenant governor's office to charge and collect a fee; - modifies uses of the Municipal Incorporation Expendable Special Revenue Fund; - requires an applicant to engage in good faith coordination with a county for 18 months before the applicant may file a feasibility request as part of an application to incorporate an area as a preliminary municipality, with an exception; - modifies the process for a person to apply to incorporate an area as a preliminary municipality; - authorizes a sponsor and a county to submit data, information, and analysis to the feasibility consultant evaluating a proposed preliminary municipality; - requires the feasibility consultant to rely on data, information, and analysis that is objective, reliable, and grounded in area-specific information from the preceding 10 years, including information from nearby areas; - extends the period of time in which a feasibility study shall be completed; - requires the lieutenant governor to hold public information sessions following a feasibility study; - modifies the requirements to file a petition for incorporation of a preliminary municipality, including: …
Sponsors
- Tiara Auxier (R, 4) · primary sponsor
- Cullimore, Kirk A. (R, 19)
- Kohler, Mike L. (R, 59)
- Monson, Logan (R, 69)
Latest actions
- : House/ filed
- : House/ strike enacting clause
- : Senate/ to House
- : Senate/ failed
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0510S03
- : LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0510S03
- : Senate/ substituted
- : Senate/ uncircled
- : LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0510S03
- : LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0510S03
Votes
- Senate/ failed (March 6, 2026): 14 yea, 12 nay, failed
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (March 4, 2026): 4 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (March 4, 2026): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House/ passed 3rd reading (February 27, 2026): 68 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (February 25, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 25, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Government Operations (State Issues), Lieutenant Governor, Land Use, Housing, Constitutional Officers, Counties, Unincorporated Areas, Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)
Common questions
- What is HB510?
- HB510 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Municipal Incorporation Modifications.
- What does HB510 do?
- This bill modifies the process to incorporate as a preliminary municipality.
- What is the status of HB510?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: House/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB510?
- Tiara Auxier (R, 4), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB510?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0510.html
Source: official Utah record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.