---
type: "Bill"
title: "Olympic Ticket Sales Tax Exemption"
description: "Olympic Ticket Sales Tax Exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 537"
citation: "Utah HB 537 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Olympics", "Revenue and Taxation", "Sales Tax Exemptions", "Sales and Use Tax"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawkins, Jon"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-10T21:09:25+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-23T17:35:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6f3124c-e78c-4ca1-8b2f-d19f34216040"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0537.html"
source_hash: "edf0ef92bed5a36b2a86e37036e375e6b13a303208436b40dc3e1ba6278c8fd9"
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 537 (2026) — Olympic Ticket Sales Tax Exemption

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0537.xml)
2. **Amended 2/20/2026 16:02:616** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0537S01_2026-02-20_16-27-18.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 2/20/2026 16:02:616** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0537S01_2026-02-20_16-27-18.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0537 To HB0537S01.pdf)
5. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0537S01.Hamd.1.pdf)
6. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0537S01.xml)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0537.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **21–1** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **65–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hawkins, Jon — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-10T21:09:25+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-10T21:09:25+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-10T21:09:26+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0537
- **2026-02-10T21:09:26+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0537
- **2026-02-10T21:53:26+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-11T00:06:28+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-11T19:31:44+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12T20:23:18+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0537S01
- **2026-02-12T20:23:18+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0537S01
- **2026-02-12T22:12:45+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0537
- **2026-02-12T22:19:20+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0537
- **2026-02-12T22:49:10+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee]
- **2026-02-12T22:49:28+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-13T17:18:37+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee]
- **2026-02-13T17:18:38+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-16T21:53:59+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0537S01
- **2026-02-17T16:30:50+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0537S01
- **2026-02-20T23:05:03+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-20T23:06:15+00:00** House/ floor amendment
- **2026-02-20T23:17:37+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-20T23:17:39+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-21T00:56:22+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-23T17:16:37+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-24T21:12:36+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02T15:27:41+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T15:28:30+00:00** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee]
- **2026-03-02T21:54:14+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ placed on Consent Calendar [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee]
- **2026-03-02T21:54:15+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-05T17:50:04+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-05T17:50:23+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-03-05T18:14:17+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-03-05T18:16:02+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-05T18:16:03+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-05T18:16:04+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-05T19:27:30+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T19:27:31+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T21:07:04+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T21:07:06+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T18:13:32+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T18:13:38+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T18:57:31+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T18:57:33+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23T17:35:00+00:00** 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/c6f3124c-e78c-4ca1-8b2f-d19f34216040`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).