---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veteran Property Tax Exemption"
description: "Veteran Property Tax Exemption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 539"
citation: "Utah HB 539 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disabilities", "Local Taxation and Fees", "Property Tax", "Property Tax Relief", "Real Estate", "Revenue and Taxation", "Veterans and Military Benefits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawkins, Jon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-22"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9669f6b-640b-4aef-b0bc-41fa66caaa76"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0539.html"
source_hash: "13e1944e601c2b2c360b01dd0781f04cf0cbcb8a81e5c328afe8b870890f0c28"
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 539 (2023) — Veteran Property 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/~2023/bills/hbillint/HB0539.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0539.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-02-22** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-02-22** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2023-02-23** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-24** to House Transportation Committee
- **2023-02-25** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-27** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-27** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-27** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-28** to Senate
- **2023-02-28** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-03** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** circled
- **2023-03-03** uncircled
- **2023-03-03** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2023-03-03** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-03** to House
- **2023-03-03** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-03-06** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-10** 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/d9669f6b-640b-4aef-b0bc-41fa66caaa76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).