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Last updated 3/10/2010

The 58th Utah legislature 2010 General Session will begin on Monday, January 25, 2010. The session will end at midnight on March 10, 2010.

UMA will be following a variety of bills this year. You can see what we are following and monitor the progress on any bill you have a personal interest in by accessing this section of the UMA Website.

We will be updating the status of bills regularly.

The UMA Legislative and Tax Committee will meet each Monday morning throughout the session to evaluate bills and help formulate policy positions. If you have an interest in a bill and would like to bring it to the attention of this committee, please let us know here at UMA and we can get it to the committee chairman.

If you have need for any additional information on a particular bill, please let us know and we will be happy to provide that for you. Please give us a call at 801-364-1874 or email mining@xmission.com

To view the contents of a bill, click on the bill number.

HOW A BILL
BECOMES A LAW

     Laws begin as ideas in the minds of legislators, government officials, or citizens who see the need to make improvements. If you have an idea you would like to see enacted into law, you should start by discussing it with your Representative or Senator.
     Proposed laws are introduced as bills in either chamber, House or Senate, where they are reviewed by fiscal analysts, legal counsel and a Rules Committee. The bill is sent to a standing committee for study, possible public hearing, amendment or other action. The committee may table the bill, which kills it, or may send it back to the originating chamber with a recommendation for action. If passed in the standing committee, the bill is debated in open session. After the bill has gone through both houses, it is signed by both presiding officers (the Senate President and the Speaker of the House). The bill in then prepared in final form. This is called the "enrolled" bill. The "enrolled" bill is then sent to the Governor for signature or veto.
      If signed by the Governor, the bill becomes law in 60 days, or on the date prescribed. If vetoed by the Governor, the Legislature may accept the veto or attempt to override it with a 2/3 majority.


2010 SENATE BILLS

Go to House Bills      S=Support;  O=Oppose;  HP=High Profile;  LP=Low Profile   


Bill Number Sponsor Short Title
Assigned to
UMA Position Status
SB-13 Mayne State Construction Contracts and Drug and Alcohol Testing (mandatory drug testing - state contracts)
Tom B.
Monitor Enrolling
SB-20 Stowell Local District Amendments (allows the creation of a local district to develop and execute a groundwater management plan in cooperation with the state engineer)
Jensen
LP-S Enrolling
SB-23 Valentine Corporate Franchise and Income Tax Amendments (foreign operating companies)
Young
LP-S Enrolling
SB-27 Hillyard Sales and Use Tax Definition of Tangible Personal Property (Defines tangible personal property to include carpeting, regardless of whether the carpeting is attached to real property)
Buchi
LP-O S-Rules
SB-32s1 Jenkins Rainwater Harvesting (provides for the collection and use of precipitation without obtaining a water right under certain conditions)
Eurick
LP-S Enrolling
SB-33 Madsen State Capitol Preservation Board Fee Amendments (prohibits charging rental fees for certain rooms in the capitol complex during legislative sessions)
Tom B.
LP-S Gov. Signed
SB-40s1 Christensen Cigarette and Tobacco Tax Amendments (Increases tobacco taxes)
Young
LP-O S-Rules
SB-47s1 Van Tassell Electrical Utility Amendments - Efficiency and Conservation Tariff (addresses electric energy efficiency and conservation tariffs for electrical utilities)
Christensen
Monitor Defeated
SB-49s4 Jones Vending Machines in Public Schools (establishes standards for the beverage contents of vending machines in public schools)
Barker
Monitor S-Rules
SB-51s1 Hillyard Bioprospecting (addresses the removal from their natural environment of certain microorganisms, plants, and fungi)
Tom B.
Monitor Enrolling
SB-81s2 Hillyard Eminent Domain Amendments (costs to defendants - burden to proof on entity asking for eminent domain)
Searle
Monitor Enrolling
SB-84 Hinkins Special Service District Amendments (modifies a provision relating to the withdrawal of an area from a special service district)
Young
Monitor H-PS
SB-87 Davis School Property Tax Equalization Revisions (amends the Property Tax Act and provisions related to public education financing to repeal certain school property tax equalization provisions)
Lockhart
Monitor S-Rules
SB-92s1 Bramble Amendments to Revenue and Taxation Title (Modifies penalties for corp. franchise and income tax and defines amounts for estimated tax)
Young
Monitor S-Rules
SB-93 Bramble Gubernatorial Appointment Powers Amendments (defines time periods for rejection by Senate of gubernatorial appointments)
Bird
Monitor Enrolling
SB-98 Hinkins Dangerous Weapons Restrictions Amendments (redefines category II restricted person to include those charged with a felony relating to firearms)
Tuescher
Monitor S-Rules
SB-99s2 Valenine Water Companies and Water Right Change Requests (addresses shareholder and water company rights relating to change applications)
Jensen
Monitor Defeated
SB-100 Bramble Income Tax Credit or Refund Amendments (repeals limits on the amount of an income tax credit or refund)
Young
HP-S Enrolling
SB-104 Urquhart Renewable Energy Modifications (includes certain compressed air energy storage technology as a renewable energy source)
Peterson
Monitor Enrolling
SB-111 Hillyard Repeal of Severance Tax Holding Account (repeals the Severance Tax Holding Account)
Buchi
LP-S Enrolling
SB-112 Knudson Termination of a Billboard and Associated Rights Amendments (prohibits a municipality or a county from requiring that a lawfully erected billboard or associated property right be removed)
Tom B.
Monitor S-Rules
SB-115 Robles Unemployment Insurance Revisions (prohibits denial of benefits for part time workers)
Tom B.
HP-O S-Rules
SB-122 Adams Eminent Domain Revisions (authorizes eminent domain for a byroad leading from a highway to an existing or proposed residence, development, or farm)
Barker
  Enrolling
SB-125 Bramble Intangible Property Amendments (expands the definition of intangible property for property tax purposes to include renewable energy tax credits and incentives)
Buchi
HP-S Enrolling
SB-131 Hinkins Energy Cost Recovery and Renewable Energy Provisions (addresses cost recovery for various forms of energy and renewable energy goals under the ERPA)
Teuscher
HP-O S-Rules
SB-151 Bramble Collection, Remittance, and Retention of Certain Taxes, Fees, or Charges (addresses the frequency with which a seller is required to remit certain taxes, fees,or charges to the State Tax Commission) (Vendor Discount)
Buchi
LP-O S-Rules
SB-161s1 Madsen Real Property Transfer Fee Amendments (enacts a provision relating to fees associated with the transfer of real property)
  Enrolling
SB-164 Stowell Surety Requirements for Mining (requires the Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining to annually adopt a figure representing the average cost of reclamation per acre)
Todd B.
Monitor H-Rules
SB-165 Waddoups Allocation and Apportionment of Income and Deduction of a Net Loss (amends the Revenue and Taxation title to address the allocation and apportionment of income and the deduction of a net loss by an acquired corporation)     H-3rd Reading
SB-172s3 Bramble Local District Taxing Authority Amendments (amends provisions relating to a metropolitan water district and a water conservancy district)
Buchi
  H-3rd Reading
SB-176 Jenkins Utility Revisions (prohibits a city from operating, owning, or leasing an electrical power facility for the purpose of selling surplus electrical power to entities outside the city boundaries except under limited conditions)
  S-Rules
SB-198 Valentine Economic Development Incentive Amendments (provides that a local government entity or community development and renewal agency may claim a refundable economic development tax credit under certain circumstances)
  H-3rd Reading
SB-222 Goodfellow Fee Exemptions (authorizes a local district to provide a credit for a fee charged by the local district)
Pitchford
Monitor S-Sec
SB-223 Dayton Department of Environmental Quality Boards Amendments (modifies the Environmental Quality Code to modify provisions related to boards within the Department of Environmental Quality, provisions related to executive secretaries to those boards, and related provisions.)     S-Rules
SB-227s1 Bramble State Energy Amendments (allows certain energy services interlocal entities to provide service outside their municipal members' boundaries under certain circumstances)     H-Rules
SB-231 Buttars Medical Benefits Under Workers' Compensation (provides that legislative changes in the time limits in seeking medical benefits made in 2007 are to be applied retroactively)
  H-3rd Reading
SB-242 Van Tassell Economic Development Incentives for Alternative Energy Projects (provides definitions for alternative energy, alternative energy development zones,and alternative energy project and sets criteria)
Neilson
HP-S Enrolling
SB-244 Bramble Annexation Amendments (authorizes property owners in a resort area to file an annexation request with a municipality)
  Defeated
SB-251s1 Buttars Verification of Employment Eligibility (enacts the Private Employer Verification Act - mandates use of E-Verify by all private employers in Utah)     H-3rd Reading
SB-276 Jones Promoting Healthy Lifestyles in Public Schools (requires the State Board of Education to report data related to vending machine contents and students' physical activity)
Barker
  S-Rules
     
   


H = House;  S = Senate;  BUS = Business and Labor;  EDU = Education;  GOP = Government Operations and Political Subdivisions;  HHS = Health and Human Services;  JLE = Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice;  JUD = Judiciary; LE = Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice; NAE = Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment; PUT = Public Utilities and Technology; REV = Revenue and Taxation; RIE = Retirement & Indepentent Entities; TR = Transportation; TPT = Transportation and Public Utilities and Technology;  WED = Workforce Services & Community & Economic Development; Con = Consent Calendar 

2010 HOUSE BILLS

Go to Senate Bills      S=Support;  O=Oppose;  HP=High Profile;  LP=Low Profile  

Bill Number Sponsor Short Title
Assigned to
UMA Position
Status
HB-11 Wiley Licensing of Elevator Contractors and Elevator Mechanics (mandatory licensure - commercial)
Tom B.
LP-S
Enrolling
HB-18 Mascaro Unemployment Insurance Amendments (modifies base period for qualification)
Tom B.
LP-S
Enrolling
HB-23 Beck Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing (establishes standards for confirmation testing and clarifies employer protections)
Tom B.
LP-S
Enrolling
HB-24 Wallis Economic Development Incentives Act Amendments (redefines incentive requirements)
Fredde
HP-S
Enrolling
HB-33 Noel Groundwater Recharge and Recovery Act Amendments (requires 60 day notice for permit)
Holtkamp
LP-S
Enrolling
HB-34 Noel Water Storage Projects (requires proof and certification on water storage projects)
Jensen
LP-S
Enrolling
HB-43 Mascaro Unemployment Compensation Amendments (social security offset)
Tom B.
LP-S
Enrolling
HB-44 Hunsaker Referendum Ballot Proposition Amendments (clarifies for and against votes)
Bird
LP-S
Enrolling
HB-48s1 Frank Amendments to the Tourism, Recreation, Cultural, Convention, and Airport Facilities Tax Act (replaces restaurant tax with sales tax)
Pitchford
HP-O
H-Rules
HB-49 Kiser Amendments Related to a Tax, Fee, or Charge Admin-istered by the State Tax Commission (defines authority of Tax Commission regarding taxes and fees administered by TC)
Pitchford
LP-S
Enrolling
HB-52 Newbold Health Reform - Uniform Electronic Standards - Insurance Information (uniform electronic standards for health insurance processes)
Bradshaw
LP-S
Enrolling
HB-54 Painter Property Tax Exemption for Water Facilities (property tax exemption for water-related facilities for nonprofits)
Todd B.
LP-S
Enrolling
HB-60s1 Hunsaker Water Conveyance Facilities Safety Act (addresses the safety and management of water conveyance facilities)
Jensen
LP-S
S-Rules
HB-61 Froerer Real Property Sales Information Disclosure (modifies provisions relating to real property sales information)
Buchi
Monitor
H-Rules
HB-63 Hendrickson Tire Recycling Fee Modification (doubles fee for tires 22.5" and 24.5")
Eurick
Monitor
H-Rules
HB-66 Litvack Prosthetic Limb Health Insurance Parity (requires insurers to cover prosthetic devices)
Tom B.
HP-O
S-Rules
HB-67s1 Wimmer Health System Amendments (prohibits state entities from adopting fed. health reform without legislative approval - opt out provision)
Bradshaw
Monitor
Enrolling
HB-69 Gowans State Engineer's Plugging of Wells Repealer (repeals St. Eng.'s authority to plug artesian wells)
Tuttle
Monitor
Enrolling
HB-78s3 Sandstrom Weapons Revisions (provides open carry authority and drawing firearms in danger situations)
Reitze
Monitor
Enrolling
HB-80 Fowlke Public Access to Private Stream Beds (allows recreational activity within the ordinary high water mark of public water over a private bed. Addresses portage, fences and penalties)
Todd B.
Monitor
Defeated
HB-84 Draxler Water Banking (allows local districts to participate in water banking and provides for the use, lease, purchase, sale, or non-use of water rights by a local district participating in water banking)
Todd B.
LP-O
H-Rules
HB-85 Seegmiller Responsible Development of Nuclear Power Generation (restricts PSC authority to issue permit unless disposal site is available)
Searle
HP-O
H-Rules
HB-90 King Income Tax Amendments (creates brackets and increases tax on higher incomes)
Young
HP-O
H-Rules
HB-102s2 Draxler Agriculture Sustainability Act (creates the Agriculture Sustainability Act)
Tom B.
HP-O H-Rules
HB-118 Harper Economic Development Incentives Modifications (modifies economic development provisions include the retention of companies whose relocation outside the state would have a significant detrimental economic impact)
Tuescher
HP-S
S-3rd Reading
HB-120 McIff/Harper Underground Storage Tank Amendments (increases the coverage limits for participants in the Petroleum Storage Tank Trust Fund)
Tuescher
Enrolling
HB-141s2 McIff Recreational Use of Public Water on Private Property (outlines circumstances under which the public may acquire recreational access to public water on private property)
Todd B.
Monitor H-Speaker
HB-143 Herrod Eminent Domain Authority (authorizes the state to exercise eminent domain authority on property possessed by the federal government unless the property is owned by the federal government in accordance with the United States Constitution)
Todd B.
Monitor H-Speaker
HB-145s2 Last Renewable Energy Financing Provisions (excludes from the definition of a "public utility" an independent energy producer that provides service to a customer on the real property where an independent power production facility is located)
  Enrolling
HB-148 Harper Sales and Use Tax Changes (enacts the Rural Health Care Compensation Fund to address the funding of rural health care)
Pitchford
  H-Rules
HB-153s2 Edwards Recycling of Electronic Items (establishes the Consumer Electronic Recycling Program within the Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste funded by assessments on consumer electronic manufacturers)
  S-Rules
HB-169 Edwards Refinery Amendments (authorizes a legislative body considering a zoning change or a land use authority considering a land use application to consult with a refinery before adopting the zoning change or approving the land use application)     S-2nd Reading
HB-171 Gibson Modifications to Government Law (allows the state engineer to limit the approval of a change application for a water right to an amount less than the original water right if the use of water under that right has been in a quantity smaller than the original right allowed)
  S-Rules
HB-180 Frank Outdoor Advertising Amendments (modifies the Utah Municipal Code, the Counties Code, and the Protection of Highways Act by amending provisions relating to outdoor advertising)
Tom B.
Monitor
H-Rules
HB-188 Harper Workers' Compensation Benefits - Social Security Offset (repeals Social Security Offset for Workers Comp. Benefits)
Tom B.
LP-S Enrolling
HB-192 Watkins Renewable Energy - Methane Gas (defines electrical energy derived from methane gas as from a renewable energy source)
Tuescher
LP-S Enrolling
HB-196s1 Ray Tobacco Tax Revisions (increases tobacco taxes)
Young
LP-O Enrolling
HB-203 Watkins Repeal of Sales and Use Tax Exemption Relating to Mining (repeals mining exemption for parts, machinery, etc.)
Todd B.
HP-O H-Rules
HB-207s1 Wimmer Protection of Property Amendment (redefines defense for use of force to protect property)
Reitze
Monitor Enrolling
HB-210 Frank Eminent Domain Modifications (provides litigation award if greater than 5% of offer)
Searle
Monitor
H-Rules
HB-217 Wimmer Income Tax Revisions (reduces corp. and individual income tax rate from 5% - 4.75%)
Pitchford
Monitor
H-Rules
HB-226 Painter Well Driller's License - Pump Installation (defines "well drilling" to include installation or repair of a pump in a well and subjects a person installing or repairing a pump in a well for compensation to well driller licensing requirements)
Jensen
LP-S Enrolling
HB-228 Barrus Renewable Energy Source Amendments (includes energy derived from municipal solid waste as a renewable energy source)
Butcher
LP-S Enrolling
HB-229 Painter Water Right General Adjudication Amendments (redefines provisions regarding objections to State Engineer's proposed determination of water rights)
Jensen
LP-S Enrolling
HB-231 Gibson Water Rights Priorities in Times of Shortage (defines exceptions to first in time first in right priorities in water rights)
Jensen
Monitor S-2nd Reading
HB-234s1 Sandstrom Opting Out of the Real Id Act (Prohibits the State from participating in the REAL ID Act of 2005)
Bradshaw
LP-O Enrolling
HB-259s2 Harper Property Tax Amendments (addresses county assessor requirements)
Pitchford
LP-S Enrolling
HB-267s1 Garn Lobbyist Disclosure and Regulation Act Amendments (redefines lobbying and disclosure to include legislature and executive branch)
Bird
LP-S Enrolling
HB-270s1 Hughes Financial Disclosure and Conflict of Interest Amendments (enacts provisions of the Utah Code that relate to financial disclosures and the declaration of conflicts of interest)
Bird
LP-S Enrolling
HB-280s1 Lockhart Real Property - Notice of Transfer Fees () Tuescher   S-2nd Reading
HB-290 Webb

Recreational Use of Privately Owned Stream Beds (recognizes public recreational use of privately owned beds below public waters) (Wet Feet)

Todd B.
Monitor H-Rules
HB-291 Grover Applicability of Land Use Provisions to Federal Government (modifies county and municipal land use provisions relating to their applicability to the federal government)
Todd B.
LP-O H-Rules
HB-294 Clark, D Health System Reform Amendments (amends provisions related to health system reform for the insurance market, health care providers, the Health Code, and the Office of Consumer Health Services)
Bradshaw
LP-S Enrolling
HB-295s02 Painter Expanded Uses of School District Property Tax Revenue (allows a local school board to use revenue collected from certain property tax levies for educators' salaries for fiscal year 2010-11 only)
Fredde
LP-O S-Rules
HB-309 Mathis Surface Owner Protection Act (enacts the Surface Owner Protection Act, which establishes procedures for an operator to follow when conducting an oil or gas operation)
Peacock
HP-O H-Rules
HB-310 Bigelow Spending Limits Amendments (modifies the list of monies considered "appropriations" that are used in the formula that determines the state appropriations limit for each fiscal year)
Barker
  Enrolling
HB-311s1 Lockhart Autism Treatment Fund (creates a restricted special revenue fund known as the Autism Treatment Fund)
Stan
  Enrolling
HB-314s1 Ferry Water Rights Addendums to Deeds (allows a person submitting for recording a deed conveying title to land or title to water rights to submit also a water rights addendum)
Todd B.
Monitor Enrolling
HB-322 Hansen Property Tax Valuation Amendments (modifies the definition of fair market value with regards to residential property to require a county assessor to value a residence)(California proposition 13)
Pitchford
  H-Rules
HB-331s2 Menlove Waste Fee and Related Amendments (addresses provisions related to the Environmental Quality Restricted Account; provides for a supplementary fee to be charged by the Department of Environment Quality for certain services)
  Enrolling
HB-335s1 Hughes Utility Related Exemptions (provides that certain entities providing electricity to certain owners and creditors are not considered an electrical corporation or public utility)
Barker
HP-S S-2nd reading
HB-343 Ferry Great Salt Lake Commission (enacts the Great Salt Lake Advisory Council Act to create the Great Salt Lake Advisory Council)     S-2nd Reading
HB-349 Harper Sales and Use Tax Amendments (provides that the administrative fee the State Tax Commission charges with respect to the municipal energy sales and use tax shall be expended to administer the municipal energy sales and use tax)
  Enrolling
HB-383 Harper County Tax Amendments (authorizes a county of the first class to levy an energy sales and use tax, and to levy a telecommunications license tax)
Barker
HP-O H-Rules
HB-394 Clark, S Motor and Special Fuel Tax Act Amendments (amends the definition of clean fuel to include liquified natural gas; provides that no tax is imposed or collected on liquified natural gas)

Tuescher/

Barker

  H-Rules
HB-456 Edwards Amendments to Department of Environmental Quality (adds two members to the Air Quality Board, Transportation and Punlic Health)
Holtkamp
HP-O S-Rules
HB-459s1 Dee General Government Modifications (amends provisions related to transparency and health benefits in the Insurance Code and the Medicaid program)     H-Speaker
     
   
HCR-8 Clark, D Concurrent Resolution on Federal Health Care Reform (encourages Congress to refuse to pass any healthcare reform containing certain provisions)
Bradshaw
LP-S Enrolling
     
   
HJR-5 Moss Joint Resolution on Clean Air (encourages the citizens of Utah to eliminate all unnecessary idling of motor vehicles)
Eurick
HP-S Enrolling
HJR-7 Froerer Joint Resolution Prohibiting Property Transfer Tax (proposes to amend the Utah Constitution to amend a provision relating to taxation)
Tuescher
Monitor H-Rules
HJR-10 Morley Joint Resolution Opposing the Establishment of a Federal Commission on State Workers' Compensation Laws (supports state-based WC system and opposes Federal intervention)
Bird
LP-S Enrolling
HJR-11 Morley Joint Resolution Regarding Federal Health Insurance Reform (encourages Congress to refrain from passing certain healthcare reform measures)
Bradshaw
Monitor Enrolling
HJR-12 Gibson, K Climate Change Joint Resolution (urges EPA to cease their CO2 reduction policies and programs)
Holtkamp
HP-S Enrolling
HJR-14 Hughes Joint Rules Resolution on Financial Disclosures (Modifies rules relating to the declaration and disclosure of conflicts of interest and filing financial disclosures)
Bird
LP-S Enrolling
HJR-15 Clark, D Joint Resolution on Legislative Ethics Commission (proposes to amend the Utah Constitution to establish a legislative ethics commission)
Bird
LP-S Enrolling
HJR-21 Noel Joint Resolution on Energy Policy (urges Utah to withdraw from the Western Climate Initiative)
Bird
LP-S S-Rules
HJR-26s1 Ferry Joint Resolution Approving Water Rights Addendum Form (adopts the water rights addendum to land deeds; and the water rights addendum to water deeds)
Jensen
Monitor Enrolling
HJR-33 Brown Marking of Underground Utilities Joint Resolution (urges the Public Service Commission to review, in conjunction with utility companies, methods of marking underground utilities)
Butcher
Monitor S-2nd Reading
     
 

H = House;  S = Senate;  BUS = Business and Labor;  EDU = Education;  GOP = Government Operations and Political Subdivisions;  HHS = Health and Human Services;  JLE = Judiciary, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice;  JUD = Judiciary; LE = Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice; NAE = Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment; PUT = Public Utilities and Technology; REV = Revenue and Taxation; RIE = Retirement & Indepentent Entities; TR = Transportation; TPT = Transportation and Public Utilities and Technology;  WED = Workforce Services & Community & Economic Development; Con = Consent Calendar