---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 56 Tax Assessment Amendments"
description: "H.B. 56 Tax Assessment Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 56"
citation: "Utah HB 56 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Assessment and Equalization", "County and Municipal Finance", "Local Taxation and Fees", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Property Tax", "Revenue and Taxation", "State Tax Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eliason, Steve"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-20"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/744040ff-76f4-43a6-9094-b5ebfd3460b3"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0056.html"
source_hash: "61ca6e26338d3e4d6bb7f5b3001522ab86be33c2b8490babed260b37cd5dece6"
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 HB 56 (2023) — H.B. 56 Tax Assessment 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/~2023/bills/hbillint/HB0056S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillamd/HB0056S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0056.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eliason, Steve — primary (person)
- Fillmore, Lincoln — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-12-21** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-04** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** to House Revenue and Taxation Committee
- **2023-01-31** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-01** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-01** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** floor amendment # 1
- **2023-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-03** to Senate
- **2023-02-06** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** to Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
- **2023-02-10** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2023-03-01** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-03-01** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-01** to House
- **2023-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-03-02** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-09** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** 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/744040ff-76f4-43a6-9094-b5ebfd3460b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).