H.B. 46 Taxpayer Information Sharing Amendments

What this bill does

The bill lets county assessors check driver's license records for name, address, and age to verify that a home claiming the primary residence property tax exemption is the owner's actual primary residence. It lets assessors use that limited state data instead of buying similar information from credit bureaus.

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Every vote

• 11 yes, 0 noHouse Revenue and Taxation Committee: vote to change the bill · Jan 21, 2026Who voted how
• 11 yes, 0 noHouse Revenue and Taxation Committee: vote to approve it · Jan 21, 2026Who voted how
• 70 yes, 2 no, 3 absentFinal House vote · Feb 2, 2026Who voted how
• 6 yes, 0 no, 1 absentSenate Revenue and Taxation Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 5, 2026Who voted how
• 28 yes, 0 no, 1 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 11, 2026Who voted how
• 21 yes, 5 no, 3 absentFinal Senate vote · Mar 4, 2026Who voted how
• 61 yes, 9 no, 5 absentHouse vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Mar 5, 2026Who voted how

Hearings and debates

• Jan 21, 2026 House Revenue and Taxation Committee▶ Watch
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  1. Committee chair36:19

     Okay. We have two bills on the agenda today. We will start with the first one, which is, um, house Bill 46. And it looks like it's the first substitute. Is that right? Representative Shelley? Or no? Wait, there's a second substitute. Is that correct? Okay. All right. Yeah, if you'll come up to the, uh, to the seat there and we will get started with the, uh, first item on the agenda. Perfect. Thank you. If every bill comes past, uh, or passes This, you guys will be out shortly.

  2. Rep. Troy Shelley36:50

     Uh, this is a bill, this was a committee bill that passed unanimously, uh, through the interim. Um, it, it's simply there's a very simple change on it. Uh, what, what the previous bill did is require the driver's license division to allow or to provide the, uh, the county auditors with access to the driver's license information, at least just for their, their name and address so they could, could verify against the primary residential exemption. Uh, we found that that would be a expense since the driver's license division would have to provide that to them. So we just want to change the language so that it allows the auditors to access it so the driver's license division doesn't have to provide it to them. Simple change. That's my bill.

  3. Committee chair37:40

     Very good. Thank you. Do we have any clarifying questions from any of the members of the committee? Okay, I see none. Do we have anybody here from the public that would like to speak to this bill? Well, you're doing good, Representative Shelley. Alright, so we'll bring, we'll bring it back to the committee for action. We've got Representative Daley Provo.

  4. Rep. Jennifer Dailey-Provost38:08

     Thank you Mr. Char. Rude. I did, I did. I promise it's still not working. There you go ahead. Thank You Mr. Char. I'd like to move second substitute. That order is in, in, in order, or that motion is in order.

  5. Committee chair38:24

     Now I go back to the make or the, uh, bill sponsor.

  6. Rep. Jennifer Dailey-Provost38:27

     Thank you. Freshman mistake. Thank You. Yeah, no worries. Yes.

  7. Committee chair38:31

     Uh, back to the maker of the motion waive. Okay. So the mo, oh, oh yeah, that's right. I forgot we, we changed the rules to, uh, this, this session. So I have to go back to the committee. Are there any comments to, um, the, uh, motion from the committee?

  8. Unknown speaker38:49speaker not certain

     So, quick question. Okay. Is that the right mic for you? Yeah, that's one. Um, okay. So I'm looking at this and I'm showing we are on displaying sub one, but we're adopting the second sub. Yeah. Uh, yeah. Second sub is public. It's not on the bill. Okay. The staffs looking to make Sure I'm looking at sub two right now. I just opened it, but let's see. Yeah, I just refreshed it again. Sub one, sub two at the bottom. Okay. That was an operator error. Okay. So we're good there. Thanks. Okay. So any, let's see. I thought I had one over here. No.

  9. Committee chair39:37

     So any questions to, or comments to the sub, the motion of the second substitute? Okay. If not, we'll go back to the maker of the motion waive. Okay. So the motion before us is to adopt the second substitute to house bill 46. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Are there any opposed? Okay, so the bill is substituted. We'll now go to, um, oh. Representative Shepherd, we were told that you are online and did not hear your vote.

  10. Rep. Lisa Shepherd40:13

      It won't let me put on the video. It says that the controller's not allowing it, but my vote is yes.

  11. Committee chair40:23

      Okay. We'll work on the video, but thank you. We've got your vote counted. Thank you. Okay, so the bill is now substituted. We will, uh, and we have been speaking to the second sub up to this point in time, so we can go ahead and, and take a motion now to take any action on the second substitute to house bill 46. Representative Provo. Again.

  12. Rep. Jennifer Dailey-Provost40:47

      Thank you Mr. Chair. I'd like to make a motion to favorably pass out second substitute house bill 46 taxpayer information sharing amendments.

  13. Committee chair40:54

      Okay. That motion is in order. We'll go to the bill sponsor, I waive, And we'll go to the committee for any comments to that motion. And then we'll go back to the maker of the motion. I waive. Thank you. Okay, perfect. So the motion before us is to pass out with a favorable recommendation. Second substitute to house bill 46 taxpayer information sharing amendments. All in favor say aye. Aye. Did we hear from Representative Shepherd? Jesus goes on. Representative Shepherd, were you an eye on that Bill? Public util right there. If you wanna go in, there's a bunch Of, give us a thumbs up if you're an I Representative Shepherd.

  14. Rep. Lisa Shepherd41:42

      I am an aye. Oh,

  15. Committee chair41:43

      Okay. Thank you. Are there, are there any opposed? Okay. That, that passes favorably.

• Jan 26, 2026 House floor debate▶ Watch
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  1. Unknown speaker50:49speaker not certain

     Sec substitute house bill 46, taxpayer information sharing amendments by Representative Shelley. This bill was heard in revenue and taxation with vote 11 0 0

  2. Speaker (presiding)50:59

     Representative Shelley.

  3. Rep. Troy Shelley51:02

     Thank you Mr. Speaker. This, uh, this bill actually, it uh, it saves tax dollars in every county in this state. Uh, I know there's a proposal to, to increase the, uh, the deduction on, on home ownership from 45 to 60%. The way it currently works is if you own a home and it's your primary resident, then uh, then you only pay tax on 45% of your property value. What this does is this allows the, the county auditor to look at the driver's license address and name so that they can verify that it is actually the primary residence of the, of the individual who's claiming the exemption. Uh, that way the, it eliminates the ability for one individual to claim both their home in Salt Lake and their cabin that's in Sanpete County. It uh, it, it blocks that so that they actually have to pay the real tax value on their vacation home. Um, there has been some concern that they're able to access this information, that the assessor would be able to be able to see confidential information. It is limited to the name, the address and, and, um, the age of the person so that they can tell they're dealing with the actual individual and not this individual junior or whoever. So it just, it just helps identify that. Now this is not information that is not available currently. The county auditors or, uh, I'm sorry. It's not the county auditors, it's the county assessors currently have information, they have far more information than this because they subscribe to credit bureaus which provide them all of this information and more. But the credit bureaus get this information from the state and then the state sells it to the credit bureaus who then sells it to our county and our county subscribes to that. What I'm proposing to do is just eliminate that need for, for the counties to subscribe to the credit bureau and be able to just access the, the necessary information so that they can verify that we're dealing actually with a primary residence. And this is, uh, I, I just spoke to the second sub. I'm open for questions. Okay.

  4. Unknown speaker53:34speaker not certain

     So just for clarification, the second sub has already been adopted, correct? I would like to make a motion to adopt the second sub.

  5. Unknown speaker53:42speaker not certain

     No, I think it's already been adopted, so I just wanted to make sure.

  6. Speaker (presiding)53:45

     So, okay. Uh, thank you Representative Shelley discussion to the bill representative er

  7. Unknown legislator53:53speaker not certain

     Thank you Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of this bill. I've had many conversation with the county assessors in my district, which are multiple and living in a rural area, they have to go scope out people's houses. 'cause sometimes they'll have a house in one district, in one county and a house in the other and claiming it for both. And it is near impossible to figure out the accurate data. So this is an easy cost effective way to do that. Thank you.

  8. Speaker (presiding)54:18

     Thank you. Representative Voxer. No more Representative Kyle.

  9. Rep. Jason B. Kyle54:25

     Thank you. Mr. Speaker. Will, will the sponsor yield Representative? Shelley, will you yield to a question?

  10. Rep. Troy Shelley54:30

      Yes, yes. Representative Kyle.

  11. Rep. Jason B. Kyle54:32

      So currently, uh, somebody could own separate properties but they um, if somebody, if they're renting it to somebody as their primary residence, it still qualifies as a primary residence. Correct?

  12. Rep. Troy Shelley54:45

      The primary residence is what is matched with their driver's license.

  13. Rep. Jason B. Kyle54:49

      Right? Right. But if they're renting a, a, a property to somebody that is renting it as a and it is their primary residence, then they can have two primary residence. They can have more than one primary residence under their name, correct?

  14. Rep. Troy Shelley55:04

      It depends on how the property is listed. If it's, if it's listed as a rental, then it's a business, then they would, they would pay the tax on the rental property as a business.

  15. Rep. Jason B. Kyle55:15

      Right. But I, I'm just, okay, so yeah, my, my concern is that this, um, doesn't solve everything that they need to just because there are different situations, uh, where there are uh, multi, there are owners that, that might have it under their name. Um, but I, I can see how this, this might help. So just a, just an observation. Thank you.

  16. Speaker (presiding)55:38

      Thank you. Thank you Representative Kyle. Further discussion of the bill. Representative Dunnigan.

  17. Rep. James A. Dunnigan55:45

      Thank you Mr. Speaker. Will the sponsor yield? Kelly, will you yield two question? I will, yes.

  18. Rep. James A. Dunnigan55:51

      Similar question as a representative before, if you have a single family residence home that you're renting out as a rental property, does this do and currently that property will get the 45% residential exemption? Does this impact that?

  19. Rep. Troy Shelley56:13

      I believe what this does is it allows the county assessor to verify who owns the property and if it matches the address of who owns it, they get the residential exemption. If it does not match that address, they would not qualify.

  20. Rep. James A. Dunnigan56:34

      If that means that the these in these homes will no longer receive a residential exemption, this is a significant policy change. And that's my question. This needs to be clarified 'cause it's more than just accessing the driver's license information. This is a huge policy shift. If you're going to tax rental homes that are currently qualifying for the residential exemption and you're taking that exemption away from them, would you like to respond to that?

  21. Rep. Troy Shelley57:02

      I don't believe it takes that exemption away. I think that they would need to address that with the county, uh, assessor to specifically identify what that's being used for. What this is is to plug the abuse that's happening where one individual is claiming their home as a residential exemption and their vacation home also as a residential exemption.

  22. Rep. James A. Dunnigan57:26

      Alright, well I have concerns with this. I appreciate the answer. I don't think that's clear. Uh, normally a rental property owner doesn't have to go to the county assessor and declare this is a rental, this is a purple personal residence. That does not happen. I, I'd prefer greater clarity on this policy issue before we pass it forward.

  23. Speaker (presiding)57:49

      Further discussion to the bill Representative Kyle.

  24. Rep. Jason B. Kyle57:53

      Thank you. Uh, motion to circle

  25. Speaker (presiding)57:56

      Order. Would you like to speak to that?

  26. Rep. Jason B. Kyle57:57

      Yeah, I just think, uh, we could get a little more clarity as, as the, and and I think it's a good policy but I think it does need a, a little bit of clarity.

  27. Speaker (presiding)58:07

      Representative Kyle uh, Representative Shelley on the motion to circle. I like that. Go and place the motion.

  28. Speaker (presiding)58:15

      The motion be forced. The house circle second substitute HB 46. All in favor say aye. Any opposed? Roll That motion passes and the second substitute HB 46 has been circled.

• Jan 27, 2026 House floor debate▶ Watch
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  1. Speaker (presiding)36:03

     Thank you representative. The motion before the house encircle HB 46. All in favor say aye. Any opposed? Roll. That motion passes the bills encircled and for the body for its consideration. Representative Shelley.

  2. Rep. Troy Shelley36:16

     Thank you. So, uh, yesterday we had some discussion concerning this bill. This is the bill that, uh, that just tracks the primary, uh, exemption so that a person can't claim both a original home and a vacation home as their primary residence and get the exemption on both. Right Now, when a person pays property tax on their home, they're taxed at a 45% value of their home. Um, but on the, on the vacation home, they would not, uh, they would not be able to take that primary exemption on that. So the question came up yesterday, what if a person has rental homes and they rent it to a family? And so I've been in contact both with our, uh, the drafting attorney and with our, uh, state assessor or the county assessor who verified that there actually is a process for those that are in rentals. Uh, the, the property owner just just has a form that they fill out with the county that says this is a rental. And if it's, it's, we're not talking short term rentals, we're talking long, long-term rentals. So if it's a long-term rental, then the county keeps track of that separately. This allows the state or the county assessor to directly as or access the information on the driver's license to verify their home address. Um, and this information is already available to, to the county assessor, but they have to pay for it by subscribing to a credit bureau and the credit bureau gets that information from the state. What we're asking is to save the counties the money that they just be able to access it directly. So that is my bill. I'm open to questions.

  3. Speaker (presiding)38:12

     Thank you Representative Shelley. Discussion to the bill. Representative Dunnigan.

  4. Rep. James A. Dunnigan38:18

     Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the sponsor yield? Yes. Representative Shelley, will you yield? Yes. Representative Dunnigan, you mentioned that you talked to the county assessor about how the determine if the rental property should get the residential exemption. Which count or which assessor I should say, which assessor was that?

  5. Rep. Troy Shelley38:35

     Uh, actually I mentioned that I met, met with our drafting attorney and the Sanpete County assessor.

  6. Rep. James A. Dunnigan38:43

     Okay. And follow up Mr. Speaker, if I may. So if the A person owns a primary residence and they're living in a, they own a rental home and they're renting it out, how will it be determined then if it is eligible for the residential exemption?

  7. Rep. Troy Shelley39:03

     Uh, that is a form that the property owner fills out and submits to the county assessor. And the county assessor has a database that they keep track of that on.

  8. Rep. James A. Dunnigan39:15

     Okay, thank you for the information. So colleagues, just to be aware, that's how it works in sand Pink County, it doesn't work that way. In Salt Lake County, which is the largest county in the state, they don't use that form. They've got tens of thousands of properties and it's not realistic to expect every rental property owner to submit it. So in Salt Lake County, they assume if you have a, a home that it's eligible for the residential exemption. They do not use that form. And one of the, I understand the concern in Sanpete County where they have, you know, vacation homes and they're not really living there, but they're taking the residential exemption. The challenge we have is when we take that process that, that the good representatives come up with an expanded statewide. Other counties do it differently. Our county has said they will not use this database to tens of thousands of properties. Doesn't make sense for them to do it. They assume unless they have somebody file a concern or, or a complaint that it qualifies a residential exemption. I'd be very concerned if they didn't do that and if they were gonna require this driver's license check, which when you've got over a million people and tens of thousands of properties is not realistic in Salt Lake County. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

  9. Speaker (presiding)40:30

     Thank Thank you Representative Dunnigan further discussion to the bill, Representative Thompson and Thompson. Your light is still on. Further dis there we go. Further discussion. Representative Boxer,

  10. Unknown speaker (addressed as Representative Boxer)40:53speaker not certain

      Will this sponsor yield to a question?

  11. Speaker (presiding)40:56

      Representative Shelley will yield to a question Yes, yes. Representative.

  12. Unknown speaker (addressed as Representative Boxer)41:00speaker not certain

      Um, will these assessors, when they can check this database, um, does the bill mean that they have to take away the residential exemption if the address doesn't match? Or does it just give them another point of information as they're investigating whether or not they would qualify for the primary exemption?

  13. Rep. Troy Shelley41:20

      Thank you for the question. Very observative, yes. It gives them a tool to assess, uh, or to at least determine whether or not we're dealing with a rental property or we we're dealing with the primary residence. It's just a tool. There's no requirement.

  14. Unknown speaker (addressed as Representative Boxer)41:36speaker not certain

      Okay. Thank you. This sounds really helpful.

  15. Speaker (presiding)41:40

      Thank you, representative Boxier. Further discussion to the bail Representative Eliason.

  16. Rep. Steve Eliason41:46

      Uh, th Thank you Mr. Speaker. Uh, motion to circle A motion is an order.

  17. Speaker (presiding)41:51speaker not certain

      Uh, would you like to speak to that motion?

  18. Rep. Steve Eliason41:54

      Yes, yes. Um, the bill came up a little bit faster than, uh, I expected based on discussions yesterday. Uh, I think that's a good bill and he's this, the good sponsor, uh, from Central Utah is trying to get at a very important issue, uh, based on concerns that have been raised about the differences between county counties. I think an amendment that would give counties the option to do it this way would be very, very helpful. I'm con especially concerned about the impact on our larger counties. And based on the volume of paperwork that already get sent through the mail, I can see this being missed by many landlords and as a result, their property tax goes up and they'll pass those on to the renters. And I don't think that's the intent at all of the legislation. So it's just a, a friendly circle to try to finesse it a little bit further.

  19. Speaker (presiding)42:43

      Thank you Representative Eliason. Representative Shelley on the motion to circle.

  20. Rep. Troy Shelley42:50

      I can accept that. I think we should work on it. I I think it's there. I don't think there's an obligation for anyone to do it. There's not as many, uh, vacation homes in downtown Salt Lake as there is in the rural counties, but yes, we can accept that as a friendly motion.

  21. Speaker (presiding)43:09

      Thank you Representative Shelley. Uh, we'll go ahead and place the motion. Motion before us is the House circle second substitute HB 46. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Roll. That motion passes. The bill's been circled.

• Feb 2, 2026 House floor debate▶ Watch
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  1. Speaker (presiding)25:03

     Second substitute HB 46. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Will that motion passes? The bill's been encircled and is now before the body for its consideration. Representative Shelley.

  2. Rep. Troy Shelley25:16

     Thank you Mr. Speaker. This is one that we have had discussion about. I believe I was erroneous in some of my previous, uh, presentation. This does not change any policy. Uh, this just simply allows as a tool for the, uh, county assessor to be able to verify addresses for the residential, uh, exemption. That's all the bill does. It's, it doesn't require anything. It's just a tool that the county assessors have.

  3. Speaker (presiding)25:49

     Thank you Representative Shelley. Discussion to the bill? None. Back to Representative Shelley for summation.

  4. Rep. Troy Shelley25:59

     I waive. Motion has been waived.

  5. Speaker (presiding)26:00

     Voting will now be open on second substitute. Representative Ivory, would you like to vote? Representative, Chew Representative Moss would you like to vote? All present having voted voting is now closed. Second substitute HB 46 passes this body with 70 s votes two no votes and will be sent to the Senate for its consideration.

• Feb 5, 2026 Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee▶ Watch
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  1. Committee chair1:24:53

     information Sharing Amendments. Representative Shelley.

  2. Rep. Troy Shelley1:24:56

     Thank you. Um, so this, this bill is, is just a, a simplified version for the, uh, the county assessors to be able to access the information off of the driver's license for the residential exemption. Um, they already can access this information. This gives, just gives them direct permission to access from the driver's license division. Driver's license Division already has permission to share it with them. They just need permission to be able to see it. That is the entire bill.

  3. Committee chair1:25:31

     Okay. That conclude your presentation. Okay, great. Bring it back to committee for questions on the bill. Anybody have a question? Seeing none, we'll take it to the public for public comment. Seeing no public comment, we'll bring it back to the Committee for action on the bill. Senator Wilson.

  4. Sen. Chris H. Wilson1:25:52

     Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh, a motion, uh, we favor, we recommend House Bill 46 second substitute to the full body of the Senate.

  5. Committee chair1:26:00

     Okay. That motion's in order. Would you like to speak to, to that?

  6. Unknown speaker1:26:03speaker not certain

     I'll Waive. Okay. Representative, I'll waive. Okay.

  7. Committee chair1:26:07

     The motion before us is to recommend second substitute House bill 46, um, to the full body of Senate.

  8. Committee chair1:26:13

     All in favor, please say Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any that passes unanimously? Uh, six to zero. Thank you.

  9. Committee chair1:26:22

     Okay. Thank you very much, representative. Thank. Thanks. Senator Wilson. I mean, those, you know, sorry,

  10. Sen. Chris H. Wilson1:26:27speaker not certain

      letting you guys jump in front. I just felt bad everybody's sitting there, so thank you.

  11. Committee chair1:26:35

      We're just getting started. Okay.

• Feb 11, 2026 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
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  1. Unknown speaker41:50speaker not certain

     administrative efficiency by allowing the county assessors to have access to the driver's license address data to determine verif and verify eligibility for the primary residence of the exemption in, in the property tax code that be begun to yield.

  2. President Adams (presiding)42:09

     Any questions? Thank you for the presentation.

  3. President Adams (presiding)42:22

     The motion to amend. Correct. We have the second substitute before us, correct? Yes. So Yes. Motion to amend. Thank you. Is it a substitute or a a amendment? Senator wanted to make sure I've got the right. Let's See. I think maybe we better circle, uh, motion to circle. I'll clarify that. Okay. Thank you. Motion. Motion to circle All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? But roll that motion passes. The bill is circled. Thank you Senator.

  4. President Adams (presiding)43:04

     Second sub house bill 50 oh. First substitute house bill 79. First substitute house bill 79, governmental immunity amendments. Senator Brammer. Senator Brammer. Motion to circle. Motion to circle. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Will let motion pass. If the bill is circle back to Senator Stratton.

  5. Sen. Keven J. Stratton43:36

     Thank you Mr. President. Motion encircle HP 42 Second substitute taxpayer information sharing amendments.

  6. President Adams (presiding)43:44

     Thank you. We have a motion and encircle. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Let me make sure that we've got the bill called right. The motion is to Uncer second. Substitute house bill 46. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes.

  7. President Adams (presiding)44:01

     The bill is uncircled to the bill. Senator,

  8. Sen. Keven J. Stratton44:04

     Thank you. I do would like, I'd like to move amendment two in my name.

  9. President Adams (presiding)44:09

     Okay, there we go. Uh, the motion to amen is in order. Do you want to talk about the amendment?

  10. Sen. Keven J. Stratton44:16

      Thank you. It, it really, uh, what it's doing is just providing, uh, additional, specific information to allow the, the information that's shared, uh, narrow, narrowly defined and specified to allow the efficiency to take place.

  11. President Adams (presiding)44:32

      Thank you. See no discussion on the motion to amend. I'm gonna go ahead and place it all in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Or let motion pass As the, the bill is amended now to the bill. Senator, any presentation on the bill or further presentation?

  12. Sen. Keven J. Stratton44:48

      Thank you Mr. President. Again, this, uh, with the, the bill as amended, uh, is aligned with the safeguards we have in our code as well as providing the efficiency for the county assessor to access to determine who is eligible for the primary residence exemption. It it, several things it does not do, for example, uh, eliminate the exemptions currently for, for renders and, and require additional information. It simply deals with efficiency between, uh, accessing good information to make sure we we get our tax records and the assessors assessing of those properties. Correct. That'll yield.

  13. President Adams (presiding)45:40

      Thank you for that presentation. Looking for discussion to the bill. I'm not seeing any discussion. I'm going to you now for a, for a motion. Senator.

  14. Sen. Keven J. Stratton45:53

      I move that HB 46 substitute second substitute as amended. Be read for the third time.

  15. President Adams (presiding)45:59

      Thank you. And the question is, shall second substitute house bill 46 Be read a third time roll call vote.

  16. Unknown speaker46:04speaker not certain

      Senator Vickers Bouldery Aye. Lewin Aye. Brammer Bus Kalimore Escamilla Fillmore Grover. Aye. Harper Kins. Aye. Ipson Johnson. Aye. K Juab McKay macl Mikel Aye. Milner Musselman Owens pitcher Plum rebe sandal Aye. Stevenson Aye. Stratton Aye. Vickers Weiler Aye. Wilson Winterton President Adams Aye.

  17. President Adams (presiding)47:03

      Second substitute house bill 46. Having received 28 a votes zero nay votes. One being absent. Shall read a third time. Senator Sandall.

  18. Sen. Stratton Sandall47:14

      Thank you Mr. President. Motion to table, uh, second substitute house bill 46 for fiscal impact. Motion to table on third second substitute house Bill 46.

  19. President Adams (presiding)47:27

      Taxpayer information sharing. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Will let. Motion passes. That bill will be placed on the table on third calendar.

  20. President Adams (presiding)47:36

      Senator Brammer for a motion on circle? Yeah.

  21. Sen. Brammer47:38

      Motion on circle HB 79. Motion on circle. Uh, HB 79 House bill 79.

  22. President Adams (presiding)47:52

      First substitute House bill 79 govern government immunity amendments. Let me make sure I've got it called right motion in circle First substitute house bill 79. All in favor say aye. Aye. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed or let Motion passes the Village Uncircled Senator.

  23. Unknown speaker48:10speaker not certain

      Alright. Uh, thank you.

• Feb 11, 2026 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
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  1. Sen. Keven J. Stratton44:04

     Thank you. I do would like, I'd like to move amendment two in my name.

  2. Senate President (presiding)44:09

     Okay, there we go. Uh, the motion to amen is in order. Do you want to talk about the amendment?

  3. Sen. Keven J. Stratton44:16

     Thank you. It, it really, uh, what it's doing is just providing, uh, additional, specific information to allow the, the information that's shared, uh, narrow, narrowly defined and specified to allow the efficiency to take place.

  4. Senate President (presiding)44:32

     Thank you. See no discussion on the motion to amend. I'm gonna go ahead and place it all in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Or let motion pass As the, the bill is amended now to the bill. Senator, any presentation on the bill or further presentation?

  5. Sen. Keven J. Stratton44:48

     Thank you Mr. President. Again, this, uh, with the, the bill as amended, uh, is aligned with the safeguards we have in our code as well as providing the efficiency for the county assessor to access to determine who is eligible for the primary residence exemption. It it, several things it does not do, for example, uh, eliminate the exemptions currently for, for renders and, and require additional information. It simply deals with efficiency between, uh, accessing good information to make sure we we get our tax records and the assessors assessing of those properties. Correct. That'll yield.

  6. Senate President (presiding)45:40

     Thank you for that presentation. Looking for discussion to the bill. I'm not seeing any discussion. I'm going to you now for a, for a motion. Senator.

  7. Unknown speaker45:53speaker not certain

     I move that HB 46 substitute second substitute as amended. Be read for the third time.

  8. Senate President (presiding)45:59

     Thank you. And the question is, shall second substitute house bill 46 Be read a third time roll call vote.

  9. Senate clerk (roll call)46:04

     Senator Vickers Bouldery Aye. Lewin Aye. Brammer Bus Kalimore Escamilla Fillmore Grover. Aye. Harper Kins. Aye. Ipson Johnson. Aye. K Juab McKay macl Mikel Aye. Milner Musselman Owens pitcher Plum rebe sandal Aye. Stevenson Aye. Stratton Aye. Vickers Weiler Aye. Wilson Winterton President Adams Aye.

  10. Senate President (presiding)47:03

      Second substitute house bill 46. Having received 28 a votes zero nay votes. One being absent. Shall read a third time. Senator Sandall.

  11. Sen. Scott D. Sandall47:14

      Thank you Mr. President. Motion to table, uh, second substitute house bill 46 for fiscal impact. Motion to table on third second substitute house Bill 46.

  12. Senate President (presiding)47:27

      Taxpayer information sharing. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Will let. Motion passes. That bill will be placed on the table on third calendar. Senator Brammer for a motion on circle? Yeah.

  13. Senate President (presiding)48:01

      All in favor say aye. Aye. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed or let Motion passes the Village Uncircled Senator. Alright. Uh, thank you.

• Mar 4, 2026 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
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  1. President Adams (presiding)1:23:28

     Senator Stratton.

  2. Sen. Keven J. Stratton1:23:33

     Thank you Mr. President. What we're, what this bill does is it, it, uh, opens up an opportunity for the, the audit, the county auditors to have access to the driver's license, uh, locations to verify domicile for the homestead, not the homestead, but the home exemption. The, the owner occupied home exemption arm, property taxes. It's a real helpful tool that we can use. It's limited strictly to that and, and allows us to have better integrity in our property tax system. Avoiding, uh, uh, county to county shifts inappropriately. That'll be glad to yield.

  3. President Adams (presiding)1:24:22

     Thank you for the presentation. Do we have discussion to the bill? Say no discussion. I may go to you, Senator for a motion.

  4. Sen. Keven J. Stratton1:24:30

     Thank you. I'll move that second house Bill 46 taxpayer information sharing amendments be passed. Thank

  5. President Adams (presiding)1:24:36

     You. The question under is under suspension of the rule shall second substitute house bill 46 pass, roll Vote. Senator Vickers.

  6. Senate clerk1:24:42

     Baldy Aye. Lewin Aye. Bramer. Aye. Bus Comore. Escamia Fillmore Aye. Grover Aye. Harper Hankins Aye. Ipson Aye. Johnson. Aye. Juab McKay Mikel Milner Musselman Owens pitcher Plum Rebe Sandal Stevenson Stratton Bickers Weiler Wilson Winterton, president Adams Aye.

  7. President Adams (presiding)1:25:52

     Second substitute house Bill 46, having received 21 yay votes, five nay votes, three being absent, passes his body and will be returned to the house for further consideration.

  8. President Adams (presiding)1:26:19

     Senator Brammer. Senator Brammer.

• Mar 5, 2026 House floor debate▶ Watch
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  1. Speaker (presiding)1:20:23

     Second substitute house bill 46, taxpayer information sharing amendments by Representative Shelley. Representative Shelley. Uh, motion to Concur. Thank you, representative. That motion is in order. Would you like to speak to it?

  2. Rep. Troy Shelley1:20:38

     I would. Colleagues, we've all had those English teachers who love to use the red pen. This is no different. It's just a restructure of a sentence. That was perfectly fine. But, uh, they live among us, so I encourage your support. Thank you, Representative Shelley.

  3. Speaker (presiding)1:20:56

     Discussion to the motion to concur with the Senate amendments on second substitute HB 46. See none. We'll go ahead and place the motion. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Roll That motion passes. Voting will now be open for final passage on second substitute HB 46 scene all president and voting. Voting is now closed. Second substitute. HP 46 passed this body with 61 yes votes, nine no votes be sent to the Senate for the, uh, signature of the President matter meeting clerk