HB 321 Utah House · 2025 General Session

Utah Olympics Amendments

HB 321 modifies Utah's Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Act to reflect Utah's selection as host for the 2034 Games. It replaces the "bid committee" with an "organizing committee" responsible for managing the event, clarifies the Legislature's oversight role through the Games Coordination Committee, and updates definitions to specifically reference the 2034 Games. The bill requires the host committee to provide annual financial reports to the oversight committee on budgeting and state impacts, and removes outdated legal references through technical corrections. No new funding or policy changes beyond these administrative updates are introduced.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 27, 2025 Signed Mar 26, 2025

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MODERATE

This bill updates Utah's Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Act to reflect the state's selection as the host for the 2034 Winter Games. It redefines the governing body from a 'bid committee' to an 'organizing committee' and establishes new oversight requirements for the Legislature. The changes ensure the state has a formal mechanism to review the committee's finances, activities, and potential liabilities before committing state resources.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from preparing a bid to actively organizing and managing the 2034 Winter Games, shifting the legal framework from a selection process to an execution process.

DEFINITION

Updated the definition of 'Games' to include the 2034 Winter Games and changed the 'Host committee' definition to reflect its role as an organizing entity rather than just a bidding entity.

REQUIREMENT

Added specific duties for the Legislative Coordination Committee to review the host committee's finances, contracts, and the impact of hosting the games on the state.

Modified reporting requirements to mandate that the host committee provide annual reports to the Legislature regarding activities, budgets, and financial impacts.

Established a new requirement that the Governor, Senate President, and House Speaker must approve the host committee's leadership positions before the committee can access state services or resources.

TECHNICAL

Corrected the effective date of the bill from February 17, 2025, to March 14, 2025, and updated the repeal section to remove the now-repealed bid committee statute.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Mar 26, 2025

Signed into law

Governor Signed

executive

Mar 8, 2025

Legislature · Passed

House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling

legislature

Mar 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House

lower

Mar 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate/ committee report favorable

upper

Mar 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation

upper

Feb 27, 2025

Committee

Senate/ to standing committee

upper

Feb 25, 2025

Introduced

Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)

upper

Feb 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

House/ passed 3rd reading

upper

Feb 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

House Comm - Favorable Recommendation

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

House/ to standing committee

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Introduced

House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor