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HB0481S05 (Substitute)
Transportation Modifications
Introduction
Feb 4
House Rules
House Committee
Feb 11
House Floor Vote
Feb 19
Senate Rules
Mar 4
Senate Committee
Feb 24
Senate 2nd Reading
Mar 5
Senate 3rd Reading
Mar 6
House Concurrence
Mar 6
Governor Signed
Mar 24
This bill amends license plate provisions, repeals the clean vehicle program, amends distribution frequency for class B and class C road funding, and amends provisions related to local corridor preservation fund administration.
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A wide-ranging transportation bill, H.B. 481 makes numerous changes to how Utah designs and administers license plates, including creating a permanent Design Review Board — appointed by the governor, House speaker, and Senate president — that must approve all standard and special group license plate designs, driver's license formats, and state ID card designs. It overhauls the process for introducing new specialty license plates by replacing a preorder system with an interest list requiring 250 people before design work can begin, lowers the threshold for discontinuing a plate from 500 to 50 registered vehicles over two (rather than three) consecutive years, and adds a service fee for low-enrollment plates. The bill also eliminates Utah's clean fuel vehicle decal program — which previously allowed qualifying low-emission vehicles to use HOV lanes regardless of occupancy — raises the road usage charge rate for electric and alternative fuel vehicles to 1.25 cents per mile beginning in 2026 and 1.5 cents per mile beginning in 2027, streamlines distribution of local corridor preservation funds by sending them directly to local governments rather than routing them through the state Transportation Fund, and gives counties with no identified corridor preservation needs in the next 20 years greater flexibility in how they spend those dollars.
Current version: HB0481S05 (Substitute)
Introduction
Feb 4
House Rules
House Committee
Feb 11
House Floor Vote
Feb 19
Senate Rules
Mar 4
Senate Committee
Feb 24
Senate 2nd Reading
Mar 5
Senate 3rd Reading
Mar 6
House Concurrence
Mar 6
Governor Signed
Mar 24
IntroductionFeb 4
House Rules
House CommitteeFeb 11
House Floor VoteFeb 19
Senate RulesMar 4
Senate CommitteeFeb 24
Senate 2nd ReadingMar 5
Senate 3rd ReadingMar 6
House ConcurrenceMar 6
Governor SignedMar 24
This bill amends license plate provisions, repeals the clean vehicle program, amends distribution frequency for class B and class C road funding, and amends provisions related to local corridor preservation fund administration.
This bill:
AI-generated summary. We recommend consulting the bill text for important decisions.
A wide-ranging transportation bill, H.B. 481 makes numerous changes to how Utah designs and administers license plates, including creating a permanent Design Review Board — appointed by the governor, House speaker, and Senate president — that must approve all standard and special group license plate designs, driver's license formats, and state ID card designs. It overhauls the process for introducing new specialty license plates by replacing a preorder system with an interest list requiring 250 people before design work can begin, lowers the threshold for discontinuing a plate from 500 to 50 registered vehicles over two (rather than three) consecutive years, and adds a service fee for low-enrollment plates. The bill also eliminates Utah's clean fuel vehicle decal program — which previously allowed qualifying low-emission vehicles to use HOV lanes regardless of occupancy — raises the road usage charge rate for electric and alternative fuel vehicles to 1.25 cents per mile beginning in 2026 and 1.5 cents per mile beginning in 2027, streamlines distribution of local corridor preservation funds by sending them directly to local governments rather than routing them through the state Transportation Fund, and gives counties with no identified corridor preservation needs in the next 20 years greater flexibility in how they spend those dollars.
Motion: Favorable Recommendation
Motion: Favorable Recommendation
Governor Signed
Lieutenant Governor's office for filing
House/ to Governor
Executive Branch - Governor
House/ received enrolled bill from Printing
Clerk of the House
House/ enrolled bill to Printing
Clerk of the House
Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
Clerk of the House
Last updated Mar 26, 2026, 9:41 PM
