HB 235 Utah House · 2025 General Session

County Auditor Modifications

HB 235 requires candidates for county auditor in Utah's first-class counties (typically larger counties like Salt Lake) to hold specific professional certifications, such as CPA, CISA, or CIA, active in good standing. This applies to individuals filing for the office, elected officials, and interim replacements appointed during vacancies. The bill amends existing statutes to add these qualifications to the eligibility requirements under Section 17-16-1, while making minor technical updates to related codes. It does not create new funding or affect current auditors, only setting standards for future candidates. The policy change directly impacts candidates seeking county auditor roles in larger counties.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Signed Mar 26, 2025

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What changed between versions

Substitute #2 → Enrolled · 4 edits · Mar 26, 2025

MODERATE

This bill updates Utah's legislative text for HB 235 to reflect its final enrolled version, correcting formatting errors and typos found in the substitute version. The substantive policy content, which establishes professional certification requirements for county auditors in first-class counties and defines related terms, remains unchanged.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability are unchanged; the text now accurately reflects the final version of the legislation.

TECHNICAL

Corrected formatting errors in the long title and section headers where section numbers and titles were merged together incorrectly.

Fixed typos in the eligibility requirements section where the word 'person' was incorrectly repeated or merged with 'individual'.

Corrected section numbering and text flow in the definitions section where subsection references were garbled.

Updated the effective date from February 4, 2025, to March 7, 2025, to match the final legislative session timeline.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 26, 2025

Signed into law

Governor Signed

executive

Feb 20, 2025

Legislature · Passed

House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling

legislature

Feb 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House

lower

Feb 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate/ passed 3rd reading

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate/ committee report favorable

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation

upper

Feb 10, 2025

Committee

Senate/ to standing committee

upper

Feb 6, 2025

Introduced

Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

House/ passed 3rd reading

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

House Comm - Favorable Recommendation

lower

Jan 24, 2025

Committee

House/ to standing committee

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor