2025 bills / H.B. 253
H.B. 253 Agriculture and Food Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill makes a long list of technical changes to Utah agriculture laws, including renaming the Utah Fertilizer Act to the Utah Plant Food Act, repealing the Certificate of Environmental Stewardship Program, and changing rules for livestock brands, livestock markets, and domesticated elk. It also adjusts certain fund rules and tax earmarks for the Division of Conservation and agricultural water grants.
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Official description
- modifies the definition of "qualified veterinarian"
- changes references to the National Council on Weights and Measures
- changes the Utah Fertilizer Act to the Utah Plant Food Act, including modifying definitions and making conforming references
- repeals the Utah Agriculture Certificate of Environmental Stewardship Program
- changes the time frames for annual fees under the Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Act
- addresses the expiration of livestock brands
- modifies information to be provided to operate a livestock market
- amends the Domesticated Elk Act to address licensing, record retention, health information, and marking of domesticated elk
- clarifies that money in the LeRay McAllister Working Farm and Ranch Fund Program is nonlapsing
- changes the Agriculture Conservation Easement Account to an expendable special revenue fund
- addresses use of money in the Agriculture Resource Development Fund to pay administrative costs
- addresses regulation of livestock by political subdivisions
- modifies the earmarking of sales and use taxes related to the Division of Conservation within the Department of Agriculture and Food
- addresses grants under the agricultural water optimization program
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 12 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Health and Human Services Committee: vote to approve it · Jan 28, 2025Who voted how
- 72 yes, 0 no, 3 absentFinal House vote · Feb 6, 2025Who voted how
- 4 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 18, 2025Who voted how
- 24 yes, 0 no, 5 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 19, 2025Who voted how
- 26 yes, 0 no, 3 absentFinal Senate vote · Feb 20, 2025Who voted how