Bills affecting cities and counties
Bills the Utah Legislature filed under municipalities, counties and political subdivisions.
2026 General Session · Utah
This is the subject area that reaches local government most directly: what a city or county may do, must do, must report, and may no longer decide for itself. In a typical session it is also the area where the most consequential changes arrive with the least public attention, because a bill amending the powers of a political subdivision rarely makes the news.
Bills appear here because the Legislature tagged them this way, not because we classified them. Enacted bills are listed first — those are the ones that changed something.
130 bills were filed under Political Subdivisions (Local Issues), Municipalities, Counties, Municipal Officers, of which 59 became law. Status and text come from the Utah State Legislature; this page is generated from that data and was last updated 2026-09-22.
Every bill in this subject
- H.B. 17Public Infrastructure District Meeting AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 33Political Signs AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 38Local Government AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 76Data Center Water Transparency AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 126Micro-Education Entity Facility AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 153Law Enforcement Officer Employment AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 205Substance Use Intervention AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 211Real Property Recording AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 214Firearms Liability AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 215Landscaping Restrictions AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 217Stolen Vehicle AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 230Offender AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 246Local Government Drug Testing AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 319Electronic Records AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 324Utah Marriage Commission Fee AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 325Government Records Classification AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 366Judicial ModificationsSigned
- H.B. 370Sex Offender Oversight AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 420Municipal Office Vacancy ModificationsSigned
- H.B. 425Local Government Fees AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 429Special Districts AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 436Moderate Income Housing Infrastructure AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 444State Land Access Road AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 445County Government Land PurchasingSigned
- H.B. 457County Governance ModificationsSigned
- H.B. 475Development Planning and Coordination AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 481Transportation ModificationsSigned
- H.B. 491State Highway Designation AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 492Transportation, Infrastructure, and Housing AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 507State Coordination of Regional and Local Economic Development Projects AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 509Wetlands Study AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 514Utah Energy Council AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 531Scarification AmendmentsSigned
- H.B. 535Disposition of Public Property ModificationsSigned
- H.B. 565City Library Property Tax AmendmentsSigned
- S.B. 13Statutorily Required Reports and Presentations AmendmentsSigned
- S.B. 15County Forms of Government AmendmentsSigned
- S.B. 19Digital Evidence AmendmentsSigned
- S.B. 39Investment Zones AmendmentsSigned
- S.B. 91Motor Vehicle Registration Services AmendmentsSigned
- S.B. 108Online Marketplace AmendmentsSigned
- S.B. 130River Restoration AmendmentsSigned
- S.B. 131Charter School EligibilitySigned
- S.B. 146Industrial Byproduct AmendmentsSigned
- S.B. 156Constable AmendmentsSigned
- S.B. 184Justice System AmendmentsSigned
- S.B. 201Shelter Animal Euthanasia AmendmentsSigned
- S.B. 202Mowing Ordinance AmendmentsSigned
- S.B. 206Tax AmendmentsSigned
- S.B. 218Constable ModificationsSigned
- S.B. 225Public Corporation AmendmentsSigned
- S.B. 228Community Reinvestment Agency AmendmentsSigned
- S.B. 232Regulatory Impacts on FamiliesSigned
- S.B. 242Transportation AmendmentsSigned
- S.B. 278Development Authority ModificationsSigned
- S.B. 284Local Land and Water ModificationsSigned
- S.B. 321Municipal Election AmendmentsSigned
- S.C.R. 2Concurrent Resolution Concerning Remembrances of the 25th Anniversary of the 9/11 AttacksSigned
- S.R. 4Resolution Encouraging the Integration of Agriculture into Residential DevelopmentEnrolled
- H.B. 13Municipal Services Fees and Political Subdivision Lien AmendmentsFailed
- H.B. 31Local Education Agency Financial ReportingOn the floor
- H.B. 39Prison and Jail Standards AmendmentsOn the floor
- H.B. 64School and Institutional Trust Lands AmendmentsOn the floor
- H.B. 98Residential Notification AmendmentsFailed
- H.B. 100Electroconvulsive Therapy Prohibition AmendmentsIn committee
- H.B. 162Local Sales Tax ModificationsIntroduced
- H.B. 170School Board Referendum AmendmentsFailed
- H.B. 184Small Lots and Starter Homes AmendmentsFailed
- H.B. 191Airport Land Use AmendmentsOn the floor
- H.B. 196Highway Designation AmendmentsIntroduced
- H.B. 212County Formation AmendmentsFailed
- H.B. 225Boundary Line AmendmentsIn committee
- H.B. 226Alternative Incarceration Program AmendmentsIn committee
- H.B. 239Local Land Use AmendmentsIntroduced
- H.B. 285Local Planning and Regulation Impacts on Wildlife AmendmentsIntroduced
- H.B. 302Government Speech Neutrality AmendmentsIntroduced
- H.B. 304Cash Payments AmendmentsIn committee
- H.B. 327License Plate Reader AmendmentsIn committee
- H.B. 328Water Usage ModificationsOn the floor
- H.B. 332School District Project Financing AmendmentsIn committee
- H.B. 335County Employment AmendmentsFailed
- H.B. 347Artificial Turf Placement ModificationsFailed
- H.B. 363Water Easement AmendmentsFailed
- H.B. 365Taxation Notification RequirementsOn the floor
- H.B. 400Landscaping Water AmendmentsOn the floor
- H.B. 422Public Infrastructure Districts AmendmentsOn the floor
- H.B. 427Tax Increment Financing ModificationsIntroduced
- H.B. 439Water Planning AmendmentsOn the floor
- H.B. 441Property Transaction AmendmentsIntroduced
- H.B. 461Tax Increment Financing RevisionsIntroduced
- H.B. 470Building Inspection AmendmentsFailed
- H.B. 477Land Use Regulation RevisionsIn committee
- H.B. 483Flower Sales ModificationsOn the floor
- H.B. 510Municipal Incorporation ModificationsFailed
- H.B. 511Procurement AmendmentsIn committee
- H.B. 544County Land Use Authority AmendmentsIntroduced
- H.B. 548Primary Election AmendmentsOn the floor
- H.B. 556Special District Board Appointment AmendmentsIn committee
- H.B. 568Impact Fee Limit AmendmentsIn committee
- H.B. 570New Home Impact Fee AmendmentsIntroduced
- H.B. 571Immigrant AmendmentsIntroduced
- H.B. 578Guardianship and Conservatorship Resources AmendmentsIntroduced
- H.B. 583Initiative and Referenda Signature AmendmentsIn committee
- H.B. 586Transportation Funding AmendmentsIn committee
- H.B. 589Decommissioned Asset Disposition AmendmentsIntroduced
- H.B. 592Municipal Incorporation AmendmentsIn committee
- H.B. 593Bail AmendmentsIntroduced
- H.B. 595Public Trail AmendmentsIntroduced
- H.B. 602Local School Board Election AmendmentsIntroduced
- H.B. 604Local Government Official AmendmentsIntroduced
- S.B. 28County Classification ModificationsIn committee
- S.B. 64Government Records AmendmentsIntroduced
- S.B. 78Property Tax Relief AmendmentsFailed
- S.B. 115Child and Animal Abuse Cross-reporting AmendmentsOn the floor
- S.B. 136Enforcement Activities AmendmentsIn committee
- S.B. 163Municipal Prosecutor AmendmentsOn the floor
- S.B. 176Landscaping Procurement AmendmentsFailed
- S.B. 182Attorney Admission to Jail Facilities AmendmentsOn the floor
- S.B. 187Renter Credit Reporting AmendmentsFailed
- S.B. 198Water Project Management AmendmentsIn committee
- S.B. 221Housing and Transit Reinvestment Zone AmendmentsIn committee
- S.B. 245Impact Fee AmendmentsOn the floor
- S.B. 249Public Employee Negotiation AmendmentsFailed
- S.B. 266County Governance RevisionsIn committee
- S.B. 306Special Districts ModificationsOn the floor
- S.B. 318Data Center Non Disclosure AmendmentsIntroduced
- S.B. 328Municipal Service District AmendmentsIntroduced
- S.B. 330Land Use Regulation AmendmentsIntroduced
- S.J.R. 14Joint Resolution Recognizing the Utah Land Use Task ForceIntroduced
- S.J.R. 15Joint Resolution Recognizing the Utah Property Rights CoalitionIntroduced
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