Utah Legislature

Last year, lawmakers required users to have a hunting or fishing license on state wildlife management areas. They're swapping that out for an educational and donation-based system.

Utah may implement a tax on targeted advertising in a move supporters say aims to protect children from being exploited by addictive social media platforms.

The gas tax cut is about 6 cents per gallon and would start July 1. It's good timing after the Iran war has jolted markets and oil prices.

A proposed constitutional amendment would take elections from the lieutenant governor’s office.

Under the proposal, students would have three annual reading assessments starting in kindergarten and those unable to catch up may have to repeat a grade.

With one week to go until the end of the session, Utah lawmakers are still sorting through a flurry of complex bills that would make a wide variety of changes to Utah’s elections and voter privacy laws.

After previously failing on a vote in the Utah Senate, a revived and revamped “Biscuit’s Bill” won final approval from the Utah Legislature on Friday.

One bill restricting transgender Utahns’ access to gender-affirming care has failed, while another bill targeting care for trans youth is still under consideration. Summit Pride is tracking how this year’s legislative session could affect LGBTQ+ residents.

As of Feb. 25, the legislature had introduced 1,020 bills and resolutions into the House and Senate chambers.

Utah lawmakers have more money to spend during their 2026 legislative session than they had originally projected, according to new revenue estimates.