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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah Revises Preliminary Municipal Incorporation Rules to Require County Coordination and Extended Feasibility Studies
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsors: Tiara Auxier and 4 others
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill modifies the process to incorporate as a preliminary municipality.
Changes the legal and procedural requirements for developers and property owners seeking to establish a , altering local government boundaries and county coordination timelines.
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.
Municipal incorporation applicants
Applicants must complete an 18-month coordination period, pay a $50,000 fee, post infrastructure bonds, and adhere to stricter data requirements for feasibility studies.
Counties
Counties participate in the 18-month coordination process, can audit feasibility studies at their own cost, and receive infrastructure and road jurisdiction if a preliminary municipality dissolves.
Lieutenant Governor's Office
The office is tasked with collecting fees, commissioning feasibility studies, certifying requests, conducting public information sessions, and issuing certificates of incorporation.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is required before an applicant can file a feasibility request for a preliminary municipality?
Can a preliminary municipality levy taxes or exercise eminent domain?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Failed in the Senate.
Procedural history
50 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ strike enacting clause
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ to House
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ failed
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ uncircled
- Mar 6, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0510S03
Show 44 earlier actions
- Mar 6, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0510S03
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ circled
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ substituted
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ uncircled
- Mar 6, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0510S03
- Mar 6, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0510S03
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ circled
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ 2nd reading
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- Mar 4, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0510S02
- Mar 4, 2026SenateSenate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- Mar 4, 2026SenateSenate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- Mar 4, 2026SenateSenate/ comm rpt/ substituted
- Mar 4, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Mar 4, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- Mar 4, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0510S02
- Mar 4, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0510S02
- Mar 4, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0510S02
- Mar 2, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0510S01
- Mar 2, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate/ to standing committee
- Mar 2, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0510S01
- Mar 2, 2026SenateIntroducedSenate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Mar 2, 2026SenateSenate/ received from House
- Feb 27, 2026HouseHouse/ to Senate
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFloorHouse/ passed 3rd reading
- Feb 27, 2026HouseHouse/ uncircled
- Feb 27, 2026HouseHouse/ circled
- Feb 27, 2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
- Feb 26, 2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
- Feb 26, 2026HouseHouse/ comm rpt/ substituted
- Feb 25, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Feb 25, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- Feb 25, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0510S01
- Feb 25, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0510S01
- Feb 12, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse/ to standing committee
- Feb 12, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Feb 11, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0510
- Feb 11, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0510
- Feb 9, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Feb 9, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Feb 6, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0510
- Feb 6, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0510
- Feb 6, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Feb 6, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Senate/ failed
Total
29
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 12
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 3
- Abstain
- 0
How they voted (29)
Show 5 earlier roll calls
Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Total
7
- Yes
- 4
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 3
- Abstain
- 0
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Total
7
- Yes
- 5
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 2
- Abstain
- 0
House/ passed 3rd reading
Total
75
- Yes
- 68
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 7
- Abstain
- 0
How they voted (72)
48 more members
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Total
11
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 3
- Abstain
- 0
How they voted (11)
House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Total
11
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 3
- Abstain
- 0
How they voted (11)
Lobbying Activity
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Full breakdown
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Discoveries
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Mandatory Pre-Application Coordination
The bill establishes a rigid 18-month good faith coordination requirement between applicants and counties before an incorporation feasibility request can be filed.
Pilot Project Expiration
The statutory framework governing the incorporation of a preliminary municipality is explicitly structured as a pilot project terminating on January 1, 2031.
Connected Entities
Sources
le.utah.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy45Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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