H.B. 57 Motor Vehicle Division Amendments

What this bill does

The bill makes technical cleanup changes to Utah vehicle and fuel tax code, including standardizing weight terms, ending the special interest vehicle license plate, and sending a sales tax item to the transportation fund. It also lowers the electronic title fee from $6 to $3, allows batched online consignment sales, removes the liability insurance requirement for vehicles registered for on-highway use, and adds a 24-month registration option for a road usage charge program.

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• 11 yes, 0 no, 1 absentHouse Transportation Committee: vote to change the bill · Jan 23, 2026Who voted how
• 11 yes, 0 no, 1 absentHouse Transportation Committee: vote to approve it · Jan 23, 2026Who voted how
• 69 yes, 1 no, 5 absentFinal House vote · Feb 3, 2026Who voted how
• 5 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 9, 2026Who voted how
• 22 yes, 0 no, 7 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 18, 2026Who voted how
• 23 yes, 0 no, 6 absentFinal Senate vote · Mar 4, 2026Who voted how
• 69 yes, 0 no, 6 absentHouse vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Mar 5, 2026Who voted how

Hearings and debates

• Jan 23, 2026 House Transportation Committee▶ Watch
  Transcript (43 turns)

  1. Committee chair (presiding)2:33:23

     Okay. We will go to the next item on the agenda presented by our good chair rep Christofferson, HP 57 Motor Vehicle Division Amendments. And it looks like, uh, representative, you'll be speaking to the first sub.

  2. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson2:33:41

     Yes, that's right. And, uh, I brought a friend to help me go through this. This is Rebecca Rockwell from the, uh, tax Commission. And, uh, a lot of this bill Are, a big part of it are recommendations from the tax commission, and, uh, some of it isn't. And so we're gonna try to just talk to him here, go through the items and answer the questions as they come. So, lemme just give kind of an overview of this bill. Um, there are a lot of definition, uh, clarifications or, you know, we're trying to match some definitions to, uh, federal and state law. So we're trying to make the definitions consistent. Uh, there's quite a few just technical changes while we're in the section that needed to be updated. And, uh, and then there's a couple of policy changes and, and so that's kind of what it is. But we'll go through these items and hopefully we can catch it all. So I'm gonna, uh, let Rebecca take over now and, and talk about the issues that the tax commission has recommended.

  3. Commissioner Rebecca Rockwell, Utah State Tax Commission2:35:02

     Thank you. I'm Commissioner Rebecca Rockwell with the Utah State Tax Commission. This, uh, legislation was heard by the Transportation Interim Committee and was approved favorably in the November meeting. And throughout the interim period, the tax commission worked with the committee to address a variety of issues, um, in the code that we had become aware of. And, um, after this legislation was approved by the interim committee, it came before, uh, us the four commissioners, and we voted to favorably support the portions of the legislation that we requested. And I'm just going to walk through the portions of this bill that we requested. Um, the first part that we requested was to standardize terms used to refer to the weight of a vehicle. We believe that this language only applies to registration and not, uh, for other purposes such as towing or public safety purposes.

  4. Unknown speaker2:36:22speaker not certain

     Are we, am I on the mic? Yeah, you, you can hear me okay. Okay, good. Just wanted, yeah, we can hear you make sure.

  5. Commissioner Rebecca Rockwell, Utah State Tax Commission2:36:31

     Okay, thank you. Um, second, uh, the Bill discontinues the use of special interest vehicle license plates, but it allows those who currently have a special interest vehicle license plate to continue using the plate while they own the vehicle. It also clarifies that the calculation of the statewide average rack price of a gallon a motor fuel only includes the terminal prices in Salt Lake City and Cedar City. It also clarifies the length of the registration period for vehicles in a personal rental car fleet. It also clarifies that an owner may only receive one license plate for a motorcycle trailer or Street legal a TV. It also exempts street legal ATVs that are not equipped with an odometer from the requirement to complete an odometer disclosure statement. And finally, it corrects a technical drafting error in a sales tax earmark. And this issue was just simply an error that we observed and reported back to legislative staff, um, but is not something that we, um, needed or asked for from a policy standpoint. And, uh, those are all of the items that the tax commission was involved in requesting, um, as part of this committee bill. And I believe that Representative Christofferson is going to address those portions that were policy decisions by the Transportation Interim Committee.

  6. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson2:38:20

     Yeah. So, um, there about four items that, uh, are substative policy changes that, uh, we added to that. And one of 'em is when you have a, um, when you get a title, if you do it electronically, we cut the fee for that from $6 to $3 and, uh, that will save the taxpayers $810,000. And so, uh, that's what the, that's the main part of the fiscal note, so you'll see where that came from. So, um, cutting some costs there. Uh, it allows a consignee who is a retail motor vehicle, uh, auction to conduct consignment cells by entering into a private consignment agreement with the co cons, or instead of using the cons, uh, consignment form applicable to other consignment cells. So what this does is for, uh, and, and some of these consignments, uh, there's a lot of vehicles in that it helps them, uh, you know, to, to put a lot of these vehicles together in, in, uh, one consignment, uh, report and, and do that in a, in a batch, I guess. So they can do quite, quite a bit of that. It just simplifies their process for large amount of work. And then it strikes the language requiring liability insurance on a vehicle if the vehicle is registered for on highway use. Um, so last year we, um, we, there was a bill that, that was talking about ensuring vehicles and to make sure that happened, there was some language put in there that inadvertently made it so those people who maybe used their vehicles two or three months out of the year, they had to get insurance for that. And what this does is makes it so that if you register your vehicle and it's sitting, you don't have to pay the insurance on it, but when, if you bring it out for like a car show, uh, or parades or something like that, and you only use it part of the year, then you only have to insure it part of the year. So you probably all, I don't know, probably all of you have had some calls on that and this fixes that. And then I think the final thing that I've got is, um, it includes language that allows, uh, Uh, the road usage charge program to accommodate a 12 month registration instead of annually. And, uh, I think that's the, I think I've caught everything in the bill. If there are any questions, uh, we'd be glad to answer those.

  7. Committee chair (presiding)2:41:33

     Great. Mr. Chair, do you wanna speak to the changes in sub one?

  8. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson2:41:39

     Um, yeah, let me get to that just a sec. I can, Um, yeah, I've, I've got that here, but, uh, maybe Commissioner Rockwell would be better to answer that. Um, it's my understanding that the substitute strikes some unnecessary language that's related to the special interest vehicle, uh, language that we had, um, requested. And, um, otherwise this would need to be stricken in a later bill. And the substitute just strikes it now.

  9. Committee chair (presiding)2:42:41

     Great. Well, we'll go to the committee now for any clarifying questions. Uh, we'll start with Representative Thurston.

  10. Rep. Norman K. Thurston2:42:50

      Thank you, Mr. Vice Chair. Um, just, uh, we, we mentioned, and this may be more for the commissioner, but uninsured motorists is still a problem. And I think in this bill we're not actually trying to create new solutions. We're just trying to clean up some ineffective solutions. Is that Yes. Is that a good way of ex

  11. Commissioner Rebecca Rockwell, Utah State Tax Commission2:43:07

      Explain? Absolutely. Yes.

  12. Rep. Norman K. Thurston2:43:08

      Thank you for that clarification. But, but we are committed to continuing to look for ways to clean up the uninsured motorist problem. Yeah,

  13. Commissioner Rebecca Rockwell, Utah State Tax Commission2:43:15

      Absolutely. We stand ready and willing to work with individual committee members, um, as well as the committee itself in solving that issue.

  14. Rep. Norman K. Thurston2:43:23

      Great. Thank you. That, that was my, um, that's why I voted against it during the interim is because I didn't, we still don't have an answer, but at least I understand now that we have a commitment that we're all working to solve that problem. So thank you.

  15. Committee chair (presiding)2:43:35

      Understood. Thanks, representative. Uh, let's see. Representative Sawyer.

  16. Rep. Jake Sawyer2:43:40

      Thank you, Mr. Vice Chair. Um, I'm wondering if you can help me understand what the reason is for ending the special plates. That that was a big revenue thing, the black and white plate that people loved here in Utah. And I'm just wondering what's the reasoning for ending those plates?

  17. Commissioner Rebecca Rockwell, Utah State Tax Commission2:43:54

      Um, certainly the, um, special interest plates, uh, do result in increased administration and administrative costs. And so we had request requested that discontinuation for that reason.

  18. Rep. Jake Sawyer2:44:13

      Juab the cost savings? Yes. Okay, perfect. Thank you.

  19. Committee chair (presiding)2:44:18

      Okay, Representative Thurston, did you have a follow up?

  20. Rep. Norman K. Thurston2:44:21

      I, I was going to, maybe I can do this later if it's appropriate, but I was gonna clarify, uh, representative Sawyer's question about that. 'cause I was involved in that discussion. Feel free. Go ahead. Yeah, So there's a difference between special group license plates, which we are not touching, and the special interest vehicle, which is rarely used. It's this weird category with a weird looking plate. And we're just, the, the intent of the bill always was to just get rid of that whole program. And it was a, it's a cost savings to the department for something that's kind of weird and didn't fit. Anyway. Thank you. Okay.

  21. Committee chair (presiding)2:44:55

      Any other clarifying questions from the committee? It's the wonder. All right. We will go to the public for comment On.

  22. Committee chair (presiding)2:45:05

      Thanks. Great to have you state your name.

  23. Jeff Sermon, American Fork2:45:08

      My name is Jeff Sermon American Fork. He's my great representative. I, uh, I know sometimes for all of you, it feels like it's a thankless job. There's moments, uh, I hereby thanking all of you. Okay.

  24. Committee chair (presiding)2:45:21

      So you can't always say that name.

  25. Jeff Sermon, American Fork2:45:22

      No, I, I appreciate that and I appreciate the efforts and, and the attention, uh, given by, uh, Representative Christofferson, my guy here, uh, as my representative and also for the tax commission. I, I'm just one, and I don't wanna belabor this 'cause it sounds like it, it, it's been, uh, uh, described very carefully and effectively by, by Kay. Uh, but I'm a name and a face you can put to the auto collector guy. I'm a farm kid. I love automobiles. And through the time I've collected them, and I'm one who goes to these car shows, we have over 120 of 'em in the state, most of 'em in the summertime. And so I have a, a bunch of air cooled Volkswagens that I've collected from in 1961 up through the 73. And I take those to car shows. And I've, as I've had a little bit more ability financially to add some other cars. I have some two, two seater sports cars that I've added to that. And the way it's worked up until now, I moved State Farm and, and, uh, they're not, uh, alone in this process, but nine months of the year, in some case, 10 months of the year, those automobiles are in storage. And, uh, so what I've done is, and, and let me make be very, very clear, I am a liability insurance. I'm pro that, and you, the a person who takes the car out onto the road of that liability insurance, there ought to be, and there are punishments and a person would be a fool to drive a car without that. I think they're a fool to drive without comprehensive and collision as well, especially if you like your cars. But that being said, uh, when I would take, uh, uh, uh, a vehicle, let's say in the fall, all those vehicles that I would, uh, have taken to cars shows throughout the summer months, I put them in storage. Uh, and uh, then I would contact State Farm and tell them to put it. And for me, I chose to keep comprehensive. So in case someone stole at a building started on fire or mice got into it, or I had comprehensive coverage for those cars that I cared about, you could possibly go to no insurance at all since they're just stored there. And then come the next spring, I would call up State Farm and say, okay, I'm ready to bring out the 1973 Volkswagen thing. We're going to a car show in, in Riverton and whatever car's there. And then they would then bind those and then the insurance, uh, would, would be in place and I'd pay the appropriate, uh, premium for that insurance. And, uh, when you would drop a liability insurance, because you're not driving it the, some years ago, it seems like it's been more than a decade, I'm not sure the state of Utah is, has contracted with a place called insurance. Right. And, and they're the ones that keep track if you don't have liability insurance on your car, and it's part of the, uh, trying to solve this problem of uninsured drivers. And so they'll send out this form and I'll get these and, and having about 20 automobiles. I get a lot of these in the year when I, when I take them off. And so one of the boxes on here, uh, as you respond back, they basically saying, Hey, this is a licensed automobile and you don't have liability insurance. One of the boxes is not in use vehicle is currently out of service or has storage comprehensive insurance only. Now I would check that box, sign it, uh, fax it in, and then things are okay. But starting last year, I would send these in and notwithstanding, I got a notice, your registration has hereby been revoked. And so I go into a DMV, what's happening here? You have to have insurance. Well, I have insurance and appropriate insurance for however I'm using the vehicle. No, it has to be liability insurance, whether I'm driving the vehicle or not. Really frustrating. And then to add a little salt to that wound is you pay a re revocation fee of a hundred dollars when you do go to register it. So for me, this last summer has been expensive and a frustrating year because I had to keep full coverage, uh, insurance on all those cars so that I could be able to show them, uh, during the summer months as recently as today, uh, was at DMV with, with the, with the one car that I have there. So I, I appreciate the tension given to this because no one's trying to dodge any liability, any insurance. I'm a proponent of that. You need to have it and you should have. And if you care about your cars like I do, you're gonna have that there. But, uh, this cost me, I bet's cost me about 4,000 more dollars this year because I had to have liability insurance. And I, my cars are, some of them are pretty old oh oh ones and a bunch of the Volkswagens are seventies and and eighties For someone who had a car collection to some really nice cars, it would be even more than that. And so I don't wanna have to sell the cars and I love going to the car shows. And so I appreciate the attention given to this, to, to close that loophole. Don't think it was intended to do that to us. I have a nephew, Mr.

  26. Committee chair (presiding)2:50:10

      Sermon, I'll Give you my time's. Gone another 15 seconds to clo if you could wrap up. Thank you.

  27. Jeff Sermon, American Fork2:50:15

      It'll help someone. And besides just car collectors, there's people have motor homes that only use 'em in the summer. Uh, there's uh, I have a nephew that was in full-time called, uh, Guam, uh, of active service. He left his car 'cause he wasn't his truck 'cause he wasn't driving. It lives in Illa. He got revoked and anyway, so this will help that. Great.

  28. Committee chair (presiding)2:50:32

      I appreciate your help. Thank you for that.

  29. Jeff Sermon, American Fork2:50:34speaker not certain

      Very appreciative. Sorry, Paul. Yes. Thank you. I turn that off.

  30. Committee chair (presiding)2:50:39

      Thanks. Okay. Any other comments from the public? Any online? Great. Uh, we'll go back to the committee for action. Let's go. Representative Thurston

  31. Rep. Norman K. Thurston2:51:06

      Thank Ms. Tri move that we adopt first substitute.

  32. Committee chair (presiding)2:51:09

      Okay. The motion is in order to adopt the first substitute. Uh, any discussion of the motion?

  33. Rep. Norman K. Thurston2:51:15

      Yeah, the first substitute clears that there's a technical error that was corrected and also, uh, fixes that language on the special interest vehicles to reduce costs for the tax commission.

  34. Committee chair (presiding)2:51:23

      Great. Uh, all in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Say nay. Okay. I'll rule that motion is in order. Um, would you like to continue?

  35. Rep. Norman K. Thurston2:51:37

      Yeah, I move that we favorably recommend House Bill 57.

  36. Committee chair (presiding)2:51:42

      Okay. The motion to favorably recommend House Bill 57 is in order. Would you like to speak to that motion first Sub? It's the first sub

  37. Rep. Norman K. Thurston2:51:49

      By the way. First sub. Thank you. Um, no, I, I'm a rookie. We've, We've, uh, we talked about this plenty in the interim and um, again, the uninsured motorist thing still is a problem, hasn't been solved, but maybe next year we'll get that fixed.

  38. Committee chair (presiding)2:52:03

      Okay. Any other comments to the motion Representative Defay? Oh, okay. Uh, back to the sponsor for summation.

  39. Rep. Norman K. Thurston2:52:12speaker not certain

      I'll waive Back to the maker of the motion. I'll waive.

  40. Committee chair (presiding)2:52:17

      Okay. Um, we'll do a well all in all in favor, uh, favorably recommending the first sub of HB 57 Motor Vehicle Division Amendments say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Say no. Okay. I will rule that passes. Thank you Mr. Chair. Thank you.

  41. Rep. Jake Sawyer2:52:37

      Appreciate That. I think we're at the point.

  42. Committee chair (presiding)2:52:39

      I will entertain a final motion To adjourn. Adjourned. Okay, I rule that passes. We are adjourned.

  43. Unknown speaker2:52:47speaker not certain

      Thank you much.

• Feb 3, 2026 House floor debate▶ Watch
  Transcript (9 turns)

  1. Floor clerk53:51

     Madam Reading Court First substitute House bill 57 Motor Vehicle Division amendments by Representative Christofferson. This bill was heard in transportation with the vote of 11 0 1

  2. Speaker (presiding)54:04

     Representative Christofferson.

  3. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson54:06

     Thank you Mr. Speaker. I'd like to move amendment one to first sub HB 57.

  4. Speaker (presiding)54:17

     Thank you representative. That motion is an order we'd like to speak to it.

  5. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson54:21

     Um, yeah, it uh, clarifies that, uh, street legal, all trained vehicles aren't required to have odometer readings if they're not equipped with an odometer. And also, uh, it adds motor vehicle auctions to the list of those who c can, uh, obtain licenses just like a body shop d does because they perform some of those same duties.

  6. Speaker (presiding)54:51

     I think you Representative Christofferson discussion to the motion to adopt amendment one on first substitute HB 57 under Representative Kristofferson's name, Dean Number. Go ahead and place the motion. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Roll that motion passes the bills amended and before the body for further consideration back to your Representative Christofferson.

  7. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson55:14

     Okay, thank you Mr. Speaker. Uh, I'm gonna break this down into a couple of sections. Um, a lot of this is, um, just some, uh, details that the tax commission, uh, wanted some clarification on. And, and some is Juab. Some of it is just standardization and fixing the code. So I'll go through that list first. And then there's about four items that are policy issues that are separate from the tax commission, uh, request. But, uh, uh, first of all, it standardizes terms, uh, referring to the weight of a vehicle. So it's consistent throughout the, uh, code. And, and that specifically applies to the registration code. Uh, it also discontinues the issu issuance of a special interest vehicle license plate. So not, you know, the li different license plates are. Um, you know, it's a little confusing and, uh, Representative Thurston just went through that a little bit, little bit on his bill. But, uh, this one is not the group plates that a lot of us have on our vehicles. This is, uh, the special license plates that they're hardly ever used. They don't pay fees to it. And, uh, uh, so they just wanted to discontinue that, uh, section of code. Also, it clarifies that the average Rike rack price per gallon for per calculation purposes only. Um, they, uh, they used two locations, one in Salt Lake City and Cedar City to, to get those numbers. It, uh, clarifies that the owner may only receive one license plate for a motorcycle trailer or Street dig tv because there's only room for one plate. And, uh, it, it, uh, corrects a technical drafting error of where the sales tax airmark should go instead of the general fund to the transportation fund. And those are the technical clarifications that the tax commission wanted. Uh, these other four one is, uh, lowering the title. If you go get, uh, an electronic title fee, instead of paying $6 to pay $3, that's a lot cheaper. That's where the $810,000, um, savings to the taxpayer comes in on the, uh, fiscal note. And then it, uh, this also for consignment sales. It allows, especially online consignment sales. It, instead of doing each transaction separately, it allows them to batch those and do 'em in a group. It also strikes language, um, requiring liability insurance on a vehicle if the vehicle is registered for on highway use. Um, this, this language was used in a bill last year, and I think there's another bill that's gonna address this as well. But you may have gotten calls from, um, from people saying, I only use my vehicle three months a year, I take it to a parade and that's it. I don't want to have to insure it. So this corrects that, uh, language so that those who, uh, only want to insure their vehicle for a few months can do that and, and have it registered. And then the last item is, uh, it just says that for Road Juicys charge program, they'll accommodate a 24 month registration, and that covers, uh, the bulk of the bill. So if there's any questions, I'd be glad to answer.

  8. Speaker (presiding)59:27

     Thank you Representative Christofferson discussion to the bill. None. Back to Representative Christofferson for summation. Thank You. I'll waive Motion has been waived. Voting

  9. Speaker (presiding)59:39

     will now be open on first substitute HB 57. See you now. Present. President have voted, voting is now closed. First substitute HB 57 passes this body of 69. Yes. Votes one no vote will be sent to the Senate for its consideration matter. Meeting Clerk

• Feb 9, 2026 Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee▶ Watch
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  1. Committee chair1:37:25

     we'll call House Bill 57. First substitute Representative Christofferson.

  2. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson1:37:34

     There's A reason why I brought this. Thank you Mr. Chair. And committee. Um, so on this bill, it's, uh, we're gonna tag team a little bit. Uh, I've got Rebecca Rockwell from the, uh, tax commission here, and we get the right file. And, uh, she's got a big part of this bill are recommendations from the tax commission. And then there's about four policy bills that are added to that. And so I'll let her, uh, go through and talk about the areas that she has, uh, that the tax commission has recommended. And then I'll talk about these other four. So, uh, Rebecca, go ahead.

  3. Rebecca Rockwell, Utah State Tax Commission1:38:36

     Thank you. I am Commissioner Rebecca Rockwell with the Utah State Tax Commission. Uh, this legislation was favorably recommended by the Transportation Interim Committee. We worked with the interim committee on this bill, um, in the months proceeding, uh, its presentation before the committee. Uh, in addition to that, the Utah State Tax Commission has, uh, passed a motion to favorably support portions of this legislation. And those were the portions that we requested. Um, and I can just walk through and explain those portions. Um, the first item we requested was to standardize terms that are used to refer to the weight of a vehicle. Um, these changes only pertain to registration, not to towing or other purposes. Also, we requested the discontinuance of the issuance of special special interest vehicle license plates while allowing those who currently have a special interest vehicle license plate to continue using their plate while they own the vehicle. We made this request because there are only, uh, fewer than 150 special interest plates requested each year, and they have to be reviewed on a one by one basis and a written decision has to be issued. And we found that the administrative responsibility related to those, um, were, was greater than the number of plates that were being requested. Can, can I, can I interrupt the, these are special, these are different than group plates. The group plates are like the black plate that's so popular and other group plates. So this is just, uh, some plates that really haven't had much interest and they don't add any money to the, into the, uh, system. They don't pay for themselves. Yes. Um, this, this is a very small group of plates. Generally the vehicles have to be more than 20 years old. And, um, there has to be an articulated reason for requesting the plight. Um, the next item that, hang on,

  4. Committee chair1:40:56

     We've got a question from Senator Ipson.

  5. Sen. Don L. Ipson1:40:58

     Oh, Yes. Can you gimme a specific example of the ones that you're going to terminate?

  6. Rebecca Rockwell, Utah State Tax Commission1:41:08

     Yes. Um, so they can be a make of a vehicle that's no longer manufactured. Uh, make a vehicle that's produced in limited or token quantities, an experimental vehicle, a vehicle that's displayed, um, just for educational purposes or certain collector vehicles. These are not vintage vehicles, they're not special group license plates. Um, and I believe that, um, they have an emblem. Is it, uh, yeah, It, it, Senator Ipson. It's that plate there. Just a special interest. Okay. Yeah. Alright. That one. Yeah. Yes. Yeah, they're, they're just unique special interests and like I say, we've had fewer than 150 requests for these plates per year.

  7. Sen. Don L. Ipson1:42:07

     Okay. Okay. Continue on.

  8. Rebecca Rockwell, Utah State Tax Commission1:42:10

     Thanks. The next item that we, uh, worked with the committee on is to clarify that the calculation of the statewide average rack price of a gallon of motor fuel only includes the terminal prices in Salt Lake City and Cedar City. We also ask to clarify the length of the registration period for vehicles in a rental car fleet. These are for personal fleet vehicles, and the reason for the clarification is to put these vehicles all on the same cycle for registration so that they're not being required to be registered, um, at all different months in the year. The next change we requested is to clarify that the owner may only receive one license plate for a motorcycle trailer or street legal a TV. And this is consistent with other vehicles. The next change we requested is to exempt a street legal a TV that's not equipped with an odometer from the requirement to complete an odometer disclosure statement. And the last change that we requested is to correct a technical drafting error in a sales tax earmark. And those are all of the changes that the commission requested.

  9. Committee chair1:43:34

     Thank you. Okay. And the representative, go ahead.

  10. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson1:43:37

      Uh, the four, uh, other areas, uh, so those, when you do an electronic, uh, title, it cuts the cost from paper, paper titles. And so the fee is gonna be lowered from $6 to $3 and that's where the $810,000 savings for the taxpayer comes from in the, uh, fiscal note. And then also for consignment sales, especially for large companies that do consignment, it allows them, instead of doing each individual vehicle, they can, uh, kind of batch those together to do 'em. And that saves a lot of time. Um, on, um, so last year there was some legislation passed for requiring registered vehicles to have insurance. And, and that's okay. But, uh, if you don't use your vehicle, say you have go to a car show, you only use them three months outta the year during the summer or something, you can still have your vehicles registered, but you don't have to have, you don't have to carry insurance, uh, except for those three months. And so that fixes the technicality. That was kind of an inadvertent, uh, oversight on that bill. And you probably had probably had a lot of, uh, people, uh, complaining about that. But it is in another bill as well pass. Um, final thing it does, it just includes language, um, on the, on the road usage charge. That's it accommodates a 24 month, uh, registration. So it allows 'em to go two years. And, uh, that's pretty much the bulk of the bill. So be open to any questions.

  11. Committee chair1:45:27

      Thank you very much to the committee. Senator Winterton.

  12. Sen. Ronald M. Winterton1:45:30

      Yeah. You, you mentioned an electronic title and this got me thinking I get electronic title when I sell that vehicle. How do we, what's the process there? 'cause he used to have the thing in hand and you'd sign it off and they'd take that down. How do you handle that? You know, I honestly don't, It's just a question. I think that it's gonna come up right, right. I'd like to have an answer. Fleet operation? Yeah. Oh, go ahead. Is that Just for fleet operations?

  13. Rebecca Rockwell, Utah State Tax Commission1:46:05

      Um, no, it is not. And Senator Winterton, I will get back to you on that offline after committee.

  14. Sen. Ronald M. Winterton1:46:12

      Okay. Yeah, I'd, I'd like to know the answer to that because Yep, Absolutely. I mean, I all about it. I mean, how many people loses their paper? They lose a paper title, but if you can do electronic, but then again, if you transfer that to somebody, how does that happen? I think a electronic title's harder to keep track of than a paper title. Yeah. Okay. Right. We'll, we'll we'll wait for you to bring back other Information. Yes. Yeah, absolutely. We'll do that. Thank you. I'm not in favor of that. Okay.

  15. Committee chair1:46:39

      Any other questions from the committee? Seeing none, let me go to the public. Is there anyone who wishes to address this bill? Saying none will bring it back to the committee for discussion or action.

  16. Sen. Ronald M. Winterton1:46:52

      Senator Ipson, I guess I'm just sure you, I think you need to be really sure about that electronic title thing. 'cause I, I handle a lot of titles and I can't imagine keeping track of those electronically.

  17. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson1:47:09

      Well, I keep in mind this is not one of the pieces of the legislation that we are requesting from the tax commission. This was, um, coming from the committee.

  18. Rebecca Rockwell, Utah State Tax Commission1:47:19

      Where are you on that? Uh, so, so I don't know the exact process, but I know with electronic, uh, paperwork, they've got it so that they can, uh, you know, you can sign documents electronically on a lot of legal documents. And so this, this is mainly, uh, pointing towards international sales where, uh, it, uh, international companies will buy at an auction, uh, large amounts of vehicles. And so they just do it electronically that way and it does save quite a bit of cost.

  19. Unknown speaker1:47:50speaker not certain

      We'll work on that as you move this forward. Okay.

  20. Sen. Don L. Ipson1:47:53

      I make a motion that we, okay, motion is in order. First substitute. First substitute house bill 57 motor vehicle division amendments passed with the favorable recommendation.

  21. Committee chair1:48:09

      Okay. Discussion. That motion

  22. Sen. Ronald M. Winterton1:48:11speaker not certain

      saying none represented for summation. Um, yeah, if we need to look at some details there, we can do that, but I, I, I think it'll help a lot for these big international companies. So thank you. Yeah.

  23. Committee chair1:48:25

      Senator Rickson, I'll waive all in favor of favorably recommending first substitute house bill 57 to the floor with a favorable recommendation. Say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? All rule that passes five to zero. Thank you. Thank you committee. Alright, next we will call, um,

• Feb 18, 2026 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
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  1. Sen. Wayne A. Harper1:34:47

     Thank you. House Bill 57 is a, uh, technical cleanup that, uh, was heard during the interim. Uh, changes in recommendations done by the tax commission and Department of Transportation, clarifying vehicle weight, shipping weight, special interest vehicles, street legal vehicles, clean up of fees and charges, um, clarifying things that have a motor vehicle auction, uh, branded titles, a bunch of other technical things that are in there and, uh, clarify some of the odometer statements and things like that. And that's what the bill does. Thank you for the presentation.

  2. Senate President (presiding)1:35:30

     Senator Harper Looking for discussion. I seeing any I'm gonna go to you for a motion.

  3. Sen. Wayne A. Harper1:35:35

     Thank you. I'd move that. Uh, house Bill 57. Be read for a third time.

  4. Senate President (presiding)1:35:39

     The question is, shall first substitute House bill 57? Be read a third time. Roll call

  5. Senate clerk (roll call)1:35:44

     Vote. Senator Vickers Baldy Lewin Rammer Bus comore Escamilla Aye. Fillmore Aye. Grover Aye. Harper Aye. Kins. Aye. Ipson Aye. Johnson. Aye. Juab McKay? Aye. Mikel Milner Musman Owens pitcher Plum Rebe Sandal Stevenson Stratton Bickers Weiler Wilson. Aye. Winterton President Adams

  6. Senate President (presiding)1:36:33

     I first substitute House Bill 57 Having received 22 yay votes. Zero nay votes. Seven being absent shall be read A third time house Bill 1 28. Oh, excuse me. Senator Wilson.

  7. Sen. Chris H. Wilson1:36:50

     Mr. President a motion that we table on third for fiscal impact. First substitute house bill 57. Okay, we motion that we table first substitute House bill 57 motor vehicle, uh, division amendments on third fiscal impact.

  8. Senate President (presiding)1:37:05

     All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Roll The motion passes.

• Mar 4, 2026 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
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  1. Senate President (presiding)31:18

     Having received 23 yay votes, zero nay votes. Six being absent passes this body and will be signed, will be returned to the house for further consideration. Senator, I'm gonna go to Senator Wilson then, uh, go ahead. A motion to Encircle house bill 34. We have a motion to Uncer House Bill 34. Victim Rights Amendments. Any discussion? Seen none. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Well, that motion passes the bill as Uncircled. Senator Wilson.

  2. Sen. Chris H. Wilson31:48

     Thank you Mr. President. This bill codifies an improved process to better support victims alleging violations of their rights. It places the victim rights coordinated role into statute, a position that already exists and is functioning. This incorporates lessons learned from implementation.

• Mar 5, 2026 House floor debate▶ Watch
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  1. Speaker (presiding)52:10

     Second substitute House bill 57 Motor Vehicle Division amendments by Representative Christofferson. Representative Christofferson.

  2. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson52:22

     Morning Mr. Speaker, I move to, uh, concur with the Senate amendment.

  3. Speaker (presiding)52:32

     Thank you Representative. Uh, would you like to speak to that motion?

  4. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson52:36

     Yes. Uh, so we had proposed a discounted fee for those, uh, getting titles for their vehicles. If they did it online, it created a fiscal note that wasn't uh, funded. So we just substituted back to the regular fee and it got rid of the fiscal note.

  5. Speaker (presiding)53:01

     Thank you Representative Christofferson. Discussion to the motion to adopt the Concur with the Senate amendments on second substitute H HB 57. Seen none will go ahead and place the motion. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? While that motion passes, voting will now be open for final passage on second substitute HB 57, seeing all present, having voted voting now closed second substitute HP 57 passes this body with 69 yes votes zero, no votes will be sent to the Senate for the signature of the president, Madam Marine Clerk