Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB568: Impact Fee Limit Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill limits the impact fee amount a political subdivision may impose on a development activity for a single public facility type.
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 16, 2026:
0 Impact Fee Limit Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Thomas W. Peterson Senate Sponsor: LONG TITLE General Description: This bill limits the impact fee amount a political subdivision may impose on a development activity for a single public facility type. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - prohibits a political subdivision from imposing an impact fee on a development activity if the impact fee is more than $50,000 for a single public facility type. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 11-36a-202 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, First Special Session, Chapter 15 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 11-36a-202 is amended to read: 11-36a-202 . Prohibitions on impact fees. (1) A local political subdivision or private entity may not: (a) impose an impact fee to: (i) cure deficiencies in a public facility serving existing development; (ii) raise the established level of service of a public facility serving existing development; or (iii) recoup more than the local political subdivision's or private entity's costs actually incurred for excess capacity in an existing system improvement; (b) delay the construction of a school or charter school because of a dispute with the school or charter school over impact fees; or (c) impose …
Sponsors
- Peterson, Thomas W. (R, 1) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : House/ filed
- : House/ strike enacting clause
- : House/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules
- : House Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules
- : House/ to standing committee
- : House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0568
- : LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0568
- : House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- : House/ received bill from Legislative Research
Subjects: Land Use, Impact Fees, Political Subdivisions (Local Issues), Municipalities
Common questions
- What is HB568?
- HB568 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Impact Fee Limit Amendments.
- What does HB568 do?
- This bill limits the impact fee amount a political subdivision may impose on a development activity for a single public facility type.
- What is the status of HB568?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: House/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB568?
- Peterson, Thomas W. (R, 1).
- Where is the official record for HB568?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0568.html
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