republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2026/hb-537.md

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Bill	Olympic Ticket Sales Tax Exemption	Olympic Ticket Sales Tax Exemption	us/states/ut	Utah Legislature	2026	HB 537	Utah HB 537 (2026)	bill	Economic Development Government Operations (State Issues) Olympics Revenue and Taxation Sales Tax Exemptions Sales and Use Tax	enacted	Hawkins, Jon	7	43	2	2026-02-10T21:09:25+00:00	2026-03-23T17:35:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c6f3124c-e78c-4ca1-8b2f-d19f34216040	https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0537.html	edf0ef92bed5a36b2a86e37036e375e6b13a303208436b40dc3e1ba6278c8fd9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Amended 2/20/2026 16:02:616 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amended Excerpts 2/20/2026 16:02:616 (committee substitute) — source
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
6. Substitute #1 (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/c6f3124c-e78c-4ca1-8b2f-d19f34216040. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).