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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah establishes $175 registration fee for heavy-duty vehicles with 2009 or older model years starting in 2027
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsors: Tyler Clancy and 18 others
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill addresses provisions related to heavy duty vehicles.
Owners of older, heavy commercial and large vehicles face an additional $175 annual registration cost, while the state Transportation Fund receives new revenue streams starting in 2027.
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.
owners of high emissions heavy duty vehicles
Owners of vehicles with a gross weight over 14,000 pounds and a 2009 or older model year must pay an additional $175 fee upon vehicle registration or renewal.
Transportation Fund
The fund receives all revenue generated from the new heavy duty emissions compliance fee.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House · on the Senate floor.
Procedural history
40 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/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- Feb 26, 2026SenateSenate/ circled
Show 34 earlier actions
- Feb 26, 2026SenateSenate/ 2nd reading
- Feb 26, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0263S01
- Feb 23, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0263S01
- Feb 23, 2026SenateSenate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- Feb 23, 2026SenateSenate/ committee report favorable
- Feb 23, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Feb 20, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0263S01
- Feb 20, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0263S01
- Feb 20, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate/ to standing committee
- Feb 19, 2026SenateIntroducedSenate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Feb 18, 2026SenateSenate/ received from House
- Feb 18, 2026HouseHouse/ to Senate
- Feb 18, 2026HouseFloorHouse/ passed 3rd reading
- Feb 18, 2026HouseHouse/ motion to reconsider
- Feb 17, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Feb 17, 2026HouseHouse/ failed
- Feb 17, 2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
- Feb 11, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0263
- Feb 8, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0263
- Feb 6, 2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
- Feb 6, 2026HouseHouse/ comm rpt/ amended
- Feb 5, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Feb 5, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Amendment Recommendation
- Feb 5, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Amendment Recommendation
- Jan 27, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse/ to standing committee
- Jan 20, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Jan 20, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Jan 20, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Jan 18, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0263
- Jan 17, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0263
- Jan 14, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0263
- Jan 14, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0263
- Jan 14, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Jan 14, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy30Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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