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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah SB 243 modifies property tax increment caps and requirements for housing and transit reinvestment zones
Last action · March 6, 2026: Senate/ filedSponsor: Kathleen Riebe
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill alters the property capture limits, collection periods, and geographic criteria for s proposed by municipalities or counties. It establishes updated affordability requirements, density minimums, and notice rules for tax increment collection periods.
Changes how municipalities and counties capture and use property s around transit stations, directly affecting local tax revenue allocation, housing density minimums, and affordability quotas for upcoming transit-oriented developments.
- Housing and transit reinvestment zones in Utah are tools designed to encourage high-density housing and commercial development near public transit stations while capturing property tax increments to fund necessary infrastructure. 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.
Municipalities and Counties
Must comply with modified geographic limits, density minimums, and affordability percentages when proposing housing and transit reinvestment zones.
Taxing Entities
Subject to property tax increment capture limits and receive formal notices regarding tax increment collection commencement.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What percentage of units in a housing and transit reinvestment zone must be affordable housing?
What is the maximum property tax increment capture allowed for commuter rail station zones under the updated rules?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
16 actions- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ strike enacting clause
- Mar 5, 2026SenateSenate/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules/ amended
- Mar 4, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules
- Feb 13, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed
- Feb 13, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Amendment Recommendation
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- Feb 6, 2026SenateSenate/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Feb 6, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for SB0243
- Feb 5, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for SB0243
- Feb 4, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate/ to standing committee
- Feb 3, 2026SenateIntroducedSenate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Feb 3, 2026SenateSenate/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Feb 3, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for SB0243
- Feb 3, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for SB0243
- Feb 3, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Feb 3, 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 65)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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