Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah SB28: County Classification Modifications
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill modifies how a county is reclassified.
What the bill says
From the introduced text, December 5, 2025:
0 County Classification Modifications 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Ronald M. Winterton House Sponsor: LONG TITLE Committee Note: The Political Subdivisions Interim Committee recommended this bill. Legislative Vote: 6 voting for 5 voting against 6 absent General Description: This bill modifies how a county is reclassified. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms; - requires that every five years the Utah Population Commission and the State Tax Commission report to the lieutenant governor the average population and revenue for each county classification; - requires a county move to the next highest or lowest county classification based on a comparison of the county's population and revenue to the average population and revenue for the county's current county classification; and - makes technical changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 17-60-104 , as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2025, First Special Session, Chapter 13 17-60-105 , as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2025, First Special Session, Chapter 13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 17-60-104 is amended to read: 17-60-104 . Classification of counties. (1) A county that exists on May 6, 2026, shall retain the county's classification as it exists on May 6, 2026, until the county's …
Sponsors
- Ronald Winterton (R, 20) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Senate/ filed
- : Senate/ strike enacting clause
- : Senate/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules
- : Senate Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules
- : Senate Comm - Not Considered
- : Senate Comm - Held
- : Senate/ to standing committee
- : Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0028
- : LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0028
Votes
- Senate Comm - Held (January 23, 2026): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Local Government Classification, Counties, Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)
Common questions
- What is SB28?
- SB28 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): County Classification Modifications.
- What does SB28 do?
- This bill modifies how a county is reclassified.
- What is the status of SB28?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: Senate/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB28?
- Ronald Winterton (R, 20).
- Where is the official record for SB28?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0028.html
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