2025 bills / S.B. 52
S.B. 52 Vehicle Registration Modifications (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill lets the State Tax Commission hire an outside agent to check the address tied to a vehicle's or boat's insurance, to help decide whether the owner is a Utah resident for registration and tax purposes. It also gives violators 60 days to fix certain tax and fee problems before penalties apply, and lets the commission impose penalties in some cases.
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Official description
- defines terms
- allows the State Tax Commission (commission) to contract with a designated agent to determine the address for which a vehicle's or vessel's insurance is tied, to assist the commission in determining whether the owner is a resident of this state
- based on information provided by the designated agent, allows the commission to investigate whether the owner is a resident for vehicle or vessel registration purposes or otherwise in compliance with relevant registration and tax laws
- for a person found in violation of certain tax and fee requirements, allows the person 60 days to cure the violation before being subject to a penalty
- allows the commission to impose penalties in certain circumstances
- allows funds in the Uninsured Motorist Identification Restricted Account to be used to cover the costs of the designated agent for address verification
- makes technical changes
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Every vote
- 4 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Revenue and Taxation Committee: vote to change the bill · 2/6/2025 4:16 PMWho voted how
- 5 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Revenue and Taxation Committee: vote to approve it · 2/6/2025 4:34 PMWho voted how
- 20 yes, 2 no, 7 absentFirst of two Senate votes · 2/18/2025 11:42 AMWho voted how
- 23 yes, 1 no, 5 absentFinal Senate vote · 2/19/2025 10:40 AMWho voted how
- 9 yes, 0 no, 3 absentHouse Transportation Committee: vote to approve it · 2/26/2025 8:44 AMWho voted how
- 66 yes, 6 no, 3 absentFinal House vote · 3/6/2025 11:56 AM