---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 18 Property Tax Exemption Amendments"
description: "S.B. 18 Property Tax Exemption Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 18"
citation: "Utah SB 18 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property Tax", "Property Tax Relief", "Revenue and Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 66
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2020-12-15"
last_action: "2021-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9bcf2a6-ba6e-46c3-a385-ac7d64b0f538"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0018.html"
source_hash: "fdeb60b6519b6c9f2abab82fc6326f6d30a7fff2540e85c14c7cd77d7389b8da"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
---

# Utah SB 18 (2021) — S.B. 18 Property Tax Exemption Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillint/SB0018S05.pdf)
2. **Conference Committee Report 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/comreport/SB018C10.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0018.pdf)

## Votes

- House Conference Committee - Final Passage — **67–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 3 — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 3 to # 4 — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Held — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Lisonbee, Karianne — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-12-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-12-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-11** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-01-12** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-14** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** to Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-01-27** Senate Comm - Held
- **2021-02-04** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 3
- **2021-02-04** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-05** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-05** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-11** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-11** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-12** to House
- **2021-02-12** received from Senate
- **2021-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-18** to House Revenue and Taxation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 3 to # 4
- **2021-02-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-23** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2021-02-25** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-02-26** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-02-27** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-03-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** substituted from # 4 to # 6
- **2021-03-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-04** to Senate
- **2021-03-04** received from House
- **2021-03-04** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-04** refuse to concur with House amendments
- **2021-03-04** to House
- **2021-03-04** received from Senate
- **2021-03-05** refused to recede from House amendment
- **2021-03-05** House Conference Committee Appointed Meeting Information
- **2021-03-05** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **2021-03-05** Senate Conference Committee Appointed Meeting Information
- **2021-03-05** to House
- **2021-03-05** Bill Substituted by Conference Committee from # 6 to # 5
- **2021-03-05** Conference Committee Report
- **2021-03-05** House Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt
- **2021-03-05** House Conference Committee - Final Passage
- **2021-03-05** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **2021-03-05** Senate Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt
- **2021-03-05** Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage
- **2021-03-05** to House
- **2021-03-05** received from Senate
- **2021-03-05** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-03-05** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **2021-03-05** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-12** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-12** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-22** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9bcf2a6-ba6e-46c3-a385-ac7d64b0f538`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).