Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah SB176: Landscaping Procurement Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill addresses procurement of landscape maintenance equipment.
What the bill says
From the substitute text, February 23, 2026:
0 Landscaping Procurement Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Stephanie Pitcher House Sponsor: Thomas W. Peterson LONG TITLE General Description: This bill addresses procurement of landscape maintenance equipment. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms; and - subject to specified exceptions, requires that when a state entity procures landscape maintenance equipment, the landscape maintenance equipment be electric-powered. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: ENACTS: 63G-6a-111.1 , Utah Code Annotated 1953 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 63G-6a-111.1 is enacted to read: 63G-6a-111.1 . Requirements for landscape maintenance equipment. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Electric-powered" means operated using electricity as the primary power source. (b) (i) "Landscape maintenance" means routine care of outdoor vegetation and associated elements, including mulch, gravel, flower beds, and decorative barriers. (ii) "Landscape maintenance" includes mowing, edging, trimming, fertilizing, raking, and blowing. (c) "Landscape maintenance equipment" means any device that is primarily designed for the performance of landscape maintenance. (d) "State agency" means any unit of state government, including a department, division, office, or institution of higher education. (e) "State government facility" means a building, structure, or other improvement that is constructed on property owned by the state or a state agency. (f) "State government grounds" …
Sponsors
- Stephanie Pitcher (D, 14) · primary sponsor
- Peterson, Thomas W. (R, 1)
Latest actions
- : Senate/ strike enacting clause
- : Senate/ filed
- : Senate/ received from House
- : House/ to Senate
- : House/ failed
- : House/ 3rd reading
- : House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- : House/ 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- : House/ 2nd reading
- : House/ comm rpt/ amended
Votes
- House/ failed (March 6, 2026): 35 yea, 34 nay, failed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (March 2, 2026): 7 yea, 3 nay, passed
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation (March 2, 2026): 10 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading (February 25, 2026): 20 yea, 7 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading (February 24, 2026): 18 yea, 11 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (January 28, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Government Operations (State Issues), Department of Government Operations, Business, Facilities, Construction, and Management, Procurement, Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)
Common questions
- What is SB176?
- SB176 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Landscaping Procurement Amendments.
- What does SB176 do?
- This bill addresses procurement of landscape maintenance equipment.
- What is the status of SB176?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: Senate/ strike enacting clause (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB176?
- Stephanie Pitcher (D, 14), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB176?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0176.html
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