Motor Vehicle Sales Tax Amendments
HB 115 exempts sales of motorcycles and passenger vehicles with a model year at least 10 years older than the current calendar year from Utah's sales and use tax. This directly affects buyers and sellers of older vehicles who would previously have paid the tax on these transactions. The bill amends Utah Code Section 59-12-104 to add this exemption while making minor technical corrections to existing tax law. The change takes effect immediately upon enactment with no new state funding required.
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
Governor
Introduced Jan 20, 2026
Last action Mar 7, 2026
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Amended Excerpts 2/24/2026 14:02:132
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MINOR
The bill was amended to update formatting and page numbering while maintaining the core provisions. The substantive policy content regarding tax exemptions for older vehicles and other items remains unchanged from the previous version.
Scope change
No substantive scope change; the bill's applicability and provisions remain the same.
TECHNICAL
Updated the header information to reflect the correct timestamp (02-24 14:42) and page numbering sequence.
Deleted House Committee Amendment notes that were tracking line-by-line changes, as the final bill text now incorporates those changes directly.
Floor votes · House Feb 27, 2026
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
House/ passed 3rd reading
upper
Feb 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
House/ comm rpt/ amended [House Revenue and Taxation Committee]
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Revenue and Taxation Committee]
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Introduced
House Comm - Amendment Recommendation [House Revenue and Taxation Committee]
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Committee
House/ to standing committee [House Revenue and Taxation Committee]
lower
Jan 20, 2026
Introduced
House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Karen Peterson
RRepublican
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