Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah SB17: Credit Card Processing Fees Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill addresses the recovery of a fee charged by a credit card company or a processing agent to process an electronic payment.
What the bill says
From the introduced text, December 4, 2025:
0 Credit Card Processing Fees Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Ronald M. Winterton House Sponsor: Joseph Elison LONG TITLE Committee Note: The Government Operations Interim Committee recommended this bill. Legislative Vote: 9 voting for 0 voting against 8 absent General Description: This bill addresses the recovery of a fee charged by a credit card company or a processing agent to process an electronic payment. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - permits a state institution of higher education or a local education agency to pass on to a person making an electronic payment the fee charged by a credit card company or a processing agent for processing the electronic payment. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: ENACTS: 53B-7-901 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 53B-7-902 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 53G-7-228 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 53B-7-901 is enacted to read: 9. Transactions 53B-7-901 . Definitions. As used in this part, "electronic payment fee" means a fee to recover the cost of paying a charge, discount fee, or processing fee charged by a credit card company or processing agent to process an electronic payment. Section 2. Section 53B-7-902 is enacted to read: 53B-7-902 . Recovery of electronic …
Sponsors
- Ronald Winterton (R, 20) · primary sponsor
- Elison, Joseph (R, 72)
Latest actions
- : Senate/ filed
- : Senate/ strike enacting clause
- : Senate/ filed
- : House/ to Senate
- : House/ failed
- : House/ 3rd reading
- : House/ 2nd reading
- : House/ committee report favorable
- : House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- : House/ to standing committee
Votes
- House/ failed (February 5, 2026): 28 yea, 43 nay, failed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 3, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading (January 28, 2026): 29 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading (January 27, 2026): 23 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (January 21, 2026): 3 yea, 2 nay, passed
Subjects: Government Operations (State Issues), Department of Government Operations, Education, Charter Schools, K-12 Education, School Districts, Procurement, Higher Education
Common questions
- What is SB17?
- SB17 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Credit Card Processing Fees Amendments.
- What does SB17 do?
- This bill addresses the recovery of a fee charged by a credit card company or a processing agent to process an electronic payment.
- What is the status of SB17?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: Senate/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB17?
- Ronald Winterton (R, 20), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB17?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0017.html
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