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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah Bill HB 169 Repeals Mandatory Boat Insurance and Removes Related Enforcement Requirements
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsor: Colin Jack
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill removes the requirement for boat insurance.
Removes legal mandates requiring boat owners to maintain liability insurance coverage, altering compliance obligations for recreational watercraft operators across the state.
- Utah previously maintained statutes requiring motorboat owners to carry liability insurance and participate in tracking databases similar to motor vehicles. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
boat owners
insurers
Insurers are relieved of the statutory duty to report motorboat insurance policies to the Department of Public Safety's designated agent.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
19 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ strike enacting clause
- Mar 5, 2026HouseHouse/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules
- Mar 4, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules
- Jan 25, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0169S01
- Jan 25, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0169S01
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- Jan 22, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Held
- Jan 21, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0169S01
- Jan 21, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0169S01
- Jan 21, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse/ to standing committee
- Jan 20, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Jan 20, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Jan 18, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0169
- Jan 18, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0169
- Jan 14, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Jan 7, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0169
- Jan 7, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0169
- Jan 7, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Jan 7, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
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Removal of Mandated Watercraft Insurance
The legislation systematically removes references to motorboats across multiple insurance tracking and database statutes, effectively ending state-mandated boat insurance compliance.
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le.utah.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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