2025 bills / H.B. 255
H.B. 255 Local Land Use Modifications (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill lets the owner of at least 50 connected acres of farmland in certain smaller Utah counties split off a new separate parcel from the rest of that land. It also updates some legal definitions and makes related technical wording changes.
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Official description
- modifies definitions
- authorizes an owner of at least 50 contiguous acres of agricultural land in a county of the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class to create a new parcel that, after the division, is separate from the remainder of the original 50 contiguous acres of agricultural land
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 5 yes, 0 no, 5 absentHouse Political Subdivisions Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 7, 2025Who voted how
- 5 yes, 0 no, 5 absentHouse Political Subdivisions Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 7, 2025Who voted how
- 5 yes, 0 no, 5 absentHouse Political Subdivisions Committee: Consent Calendar Recommendation · Feb 7, 2025Who voted how
- 73 yes, 0 no, 2 absentFinal House vote · Feb 12, 2025Who voted how
- 3 yes, 0 no, 6 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 19, 2025Who voted how
- 18 yes, 0 no, 11 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 26, 2025Who voted how
- 24 yes, 0 no, 5 absentFinal Senate vote · Feb 27, 2025Who voted how