Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB570: New Home Impact Fee Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill modifies requirements for calculating an impact fee for a single-family residential unit.
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 16, 2026:
0 New Home Impact Fee Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Raymond P. Ward Senate Sponsor: LONG TITLE General Description: This bill modifies requirements for calculating an impact fee for a single-family residential unit. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms; - requires a local political subdivision or private entity to use the number of plumbing fixtures in a single-family residential unit to calculate an impact fee for a single-family residential use development activity; and - makes technical and conforming changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 11-36a-305 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapter 35 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 11-36a-305 is amended to read: 11-36a-305 . Calculating impact fees. (1) In calculating an impact fee, a local political subdivision or private entity : (a) may include: (a) (i) the construction contract price; (b) (ii) the cost of acquiring land, improvements, materials, and fixtures; (c) (iii) for services provided for and directly related to the construction of the system improvements, the cost for planning and surveying, and engineering fees; (d) (iv) for a political subdivision, debt service charges, if the political subdivision might use impact fees as a revenue stream to pay the principal and …
Sponsors
- Ward, Raymond P. (R, 19) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : House/ filed
- : House/ strike enacting clause
- : House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0570
- : LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0570
- : House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- : House/ received bill from Legislative Research
- : LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0570
- : LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0570
- : Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
Subjects: Land Use, Impact Fees, Political Subdivisions (Local Issues), Municipalities
Common questions
- What is HB570?
- HB570 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): New Home Impact Fee Amendments.
- What does HB570 do?
- This bill modifies requirements for calculating an impact fee for a single-family residential unit.
- What is the status of HB570?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: House/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB570?
- Ward, Raymond P. (R, 19).
- Where is the official record for HB570?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0570.html
Source: official Utah record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.