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---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Government Land Purchasing"
description: "County Government Land Purchasing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 445"
citation: "Utah HB 445 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Land Use", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Property Tax", "Revenue and Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Strong, Mark A."]
version_count: 11
action_count: 61
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-30T21:10:48+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T22:42:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1b22edd-ec2d-45a8-a61e-07de534e1493"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0445.html"
source_hash: "20c323457e5df76991f70f061dea87d49fdf90197943103b79c14d1c81703241"
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 445 (2026) — County Government Land Purchasing
## 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/HB0445.xml)
2. **Amended 2/23/2026 07:02:258** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0445S01_2026-02-23_07-48-57.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 2/23/2026 07:02:258** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0445S01_2026-02-23_07-48-57.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0445 To HB0445S01.pdf)
5. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0445S01 To HB0445S02.pdf)
6. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0445S02 To HB0445S03.pdf)
7. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0445S01.Hamd.1.pdf)
8. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0445S01.xml)
9. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0445S02.xml)
10. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0445S03.xml)
11. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0445.xml)
## Votes
- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **5510** (pass) · lower
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **5120** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **224** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Strong, Mark A. — primary (person)
- McCay, Daniel — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-30T21:10:48+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-30T21:10:48+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-30T21:10:50+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0445
- **2026-01-30T21:10:50+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0445
- **2026-02-02T14:37:23+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-02-02T18:18:30+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-04T23:17:36+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0445
- **2026-02-05T18:47:14+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0445
- **2026-02-05T20:48:44+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-06T19:02:09+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Political Subdivisions Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12T16:43:56+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T21:20:53+00:00** House/ committee report favorable [House Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T21:20:54+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-20T17:00:45+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0445S01
- **2026-02-20T17:00:45+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0445S01
- **2026-02-20T21:25:20+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-20T21:26:22+00:00** House/ substituted
- **2026-02-20T21:33:02+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-02-20T23:25:16+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-02-20T23:31:33+00:00** House/ floor amendment
- **2026-02-20T23:40:05+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-20T23:40:07+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-23T16:25:02+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`
- **2026-02-25T12:16:59+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0445S01
- **2026-02-25T18:59:58+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0445S02
- **2026-02-25T18:59:58+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0445S02
- **2026-02-26T16:41:34+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0445S01
- **2026-02-26T23:57:10+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee]
- **2026-02-26T23:57:37+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27T17:20:35+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee]
- **2026-02-27T17:20:36+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-27T19:19:02+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0445S02
- **2026-03-02T17:54:33+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0445S02
- **2026-03-03T15:06:28+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0445S03
- **2026-03-03T15:06:28+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0445S03
- **2026-03-04T01:37:29+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0445S03
- **2026-03-05T00:03:06+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05T15:45:19+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0445S03
- **2026-03-06T03:02:26+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-06T03:32:13+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T03:33:19+00:00** Senate/ substituted
- **2026-03-06T03:37:47+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-06T03:37:48+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2026-03-06T16:32:51+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T16:32:52+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-06T17:06:15+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-06T17:06:16+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-06T20:57:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T20:57:01+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-06T20:57:02+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T22:35:33+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T22:35:34+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-07T06:33:21+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-07T06:33:23+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-12T20:35:27+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T20:35:31+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-16T22:14:53+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-16T22:14:55+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19T22:42:18+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/a1b22edd-ec2d-45a8-a61e-07de534e1493`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).