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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah exempts corrective eyeglasses and contact lenses from sales and use tax
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsors: Cory Maloy and 1 other
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What This Bill Would Do
This bill exempts corrective eyeglasses and contact lenses from state by redefining them as s, effective July 1, 2026.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Consumers purchasing corrective eyeglasses and contact lenses
Eyewear retailers
Retailers must update their point-of-sale and tax collection systems to remove sales tax on corrective eyeglasses and contact lenses starting July 1, 2026.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Procedural history
34 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ to House
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ strike enacting clause
- Mar 4, 2026SenateSenate/ 3nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- Feb 19, 2026SenateSenate/ placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
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- Feb 19, 2026SenateSenate/ 3rd reading
- Feb 19, 2026SenateFloorSenate/ passed 2nd reading
- Feb 19, 2026SenateSenate/ 2nd reading
- Feb 18, 2026SenateSenate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- Feb 18, 2026SenateSenate/ committee report favorable
- Feb 17, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Feb 13, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate/ to standing committee
- Feb 10, 2026SenateIntroducedSenate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Feb 10, 2026SenateSenate/ received from House
- Feb 10, 2026HouseHouse/ to Senate
- Feb 10, 2026HouseFloorHouse/ passed 3rd reading
- Feb 10, 2026HouseHouse/ uncircled
- Feb 5, 2026HouseHouse/ circled
- Feb 5, 2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
- Jan 27, 2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
- Jan 27, 2026HouseHouse/ committee report favorable
- Jan 26, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Jan 23, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse/ to standing committee
- Jan 20, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Jan 20, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Jan 14, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Jan 14, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0099
- Jan 8, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0099
- Dec 29, 2025Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Dec 29, 2025Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
- Sep 15, 2025Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0099
- Sep 2, 2025Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0099
- Sep 2, 2025Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0099
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance60How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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