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Sponsor Representative Perucci said the state previously barred purchases by restricted foreign entities and their subsidiaries; the floor amendment directed recorders and the Department of Public Safety to ensure disclosures are filed at time of sale. The bill also adds language to address food-delivery services entering military installations: sponsors asked for a drop-zone approach so deliveries occur at the gate and delivery services mark installations as \"dead zones.\" Representative Chu successfully moved an amendment to add leases to the statute, noting a local situation where 700 acres had been leased by a questionable corporation.

Floor discussion emphasized coordination with the Utah National Guard, Department of Public Safety and county recorders. Perucci said county recorders would receive the disclosure as part of standard recording practice and pass it to DPS; he said the bill places the disclosure responsibility on purchasers and should not add enforcement burdens to recorders.

The House recorded the vote as 67 yay and 0 nay; the bill will be transmitted to the Senate for consideration.

Provenance: Sponsor presentation and amendment discussion appear at s~5014's~5288; the vote is recorded at s~5461.

Ending: Sponsors portrayed the bill as a targeted adjustment to prior law to enhance state-level review of foreign-controlled land and lease activity near sensitive sites; implementation will require departmental guidance and coordination with county recorders and the National Guard.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House - 2025 General Session - Day 35 - February 25, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","House Bill 430 requires disclosure by restricted foreign entities and extends restrictions to leases; sponsors said the changes support national-security concerns about foreign ownership near military installations. The bill passed 67-0.","taxTitle","2025 Utah Legislature, Utah Legislature, Utah Legislative Branch, Utah","taxId",78171,"location","Utah","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6313406,"House approves one-time stipend for kinship caregivers to ease initial placement costs",484,803160,1287725,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2387940-4528718d505ce49df07133659ae8d90e&start=803&end=1287","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2387940-4528718d505ce49df07133659ae8d90e/thumbnail_803160.jpg","/articles/6313406/Utah/House-approves-one-time-stipend-for-kinship-caregivers-to-ease-initial-placement-costs","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6313406-79f8eb85844f018b5c17646752e5b99a/orig.mp4?Expires=1770802472&Signature=UHqW4hRODojuouRzB~gMQfSK49cZBxOG4XRGwZ0pMPj211TXJEsk50KTLu4P~DRqrK9vZRA-66nJdgSj2ppyqQkJIDEc3QDwudPM1YmYDZXCQtNazvSNyWgSVZPZwaOPScM2VT1-aIllfzCZmogeZ~~nRSGOP1CJwxg~x32FWn772UoCYe3qmGqidEyMNMcYwme53cQ2smt648I1Dl3LbKyQsfTReN3UwyG6pMe9~Xi7~TpczduOZLknAly4H7vlt6keCle16~z0As89qMzpWsKk~42Lhy7xym4xuzQOZdW4kYB7p7LKfxeQcMW84VARYLHFFzEoWeJ8CfIZZrzNUQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Utah House on Feb. 25, 2025, unanimously approved second substitute House Bill 431 to provide short-term financial help to relatives who take children into kinship care. The motion passed by voice and was recorded on the roll call as 68-0.

Sponsor Representative Acton described the measure as a response to a statewide gap: when children enter traditional foster care, payments and supports are available, but kinship placements often receive no initial financial help. \"These financial factors are real,\" Acton said, and the bill offers a limited, opt-in stipend to help kinship families cover immediate expenses such as clothing, diapers or child care. She said the payment will be capped and is smaller than regular foster payments; families can choose to become licensed foster families later (which typically takes about seven months) and then receive the standard foster support.

Representative Watkins asked whether the bill encourages kin families to become licensed foster parents to receive full foster benefits. Acton replied that licensing is an option but the stipend is intended to bridge the first months when families may otherwise decline placements for lack of resources. Representative Grama spoke in support, noting guardrails to avoid creating financial incentives to accept children for payment rather than care.

Voting on the second substitute yielded 68 yea votes and 0 nays. The House transmitted the bill to the Senate for consideration.

Provenance: Sponsor remarks and member questions appear on the floor transcript at s~803's~1009; the vote tally is recorded later on the transcript at s~1287.

Ending: The bill passed the House unanimously. The sponsor and supporters said the stipend is designed to increase children's stability by keeping them with relatives and to reduce trauma associated with foster placement transitions.","House Bill 431 creates an opt-in one-time stipend for kinship families to help cover immediate needs when a child enters their care; the bill passed unanimously 68-0 and sponsors said it is distinct from foster payments and capped.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6313411,"House approves tougher penalties for human trafficking; mandatory minimums prompt objections",381,1310390,1692365,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2387940-4528718d505ce49df07133659ae8d90e&start=1310&end=1692","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2387940-4528718d505ce49df07133659ae8d90e/thumbnail_1310390.jpg","/articles/6313411/Utah/House-approves-tougher-penalties-for-human-trafficking-mandatory-minimums-prompt-objections","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6313411-ad82566b14f9029dece3d22141da8954/orig.mp4?Expires=1770802472&Signature=jUy1bm3jtwgC5p4myrqGrUIx1AUPLf5MEYKTONm55XXxhOfzWzfbYPhGFkRA9loHx3HnCHM3TslB1FrxrQmMUG9jWx8L-dSkiUdStQRV9Ne631OIq8IWR537GBVac-Mnjtqqp7JSdpepfVtjMcFOzUKqPpAbP7FciQR5p3JsueARAzF-uuNTx2xksvfQQZm8q-lU9HxWvaPvi3~0gC4O9OrN7Rcplo~rhX8IYvDc4QYFA~CEE8TIR9K9MIMpVU06WrskKub6sGQe4St98ywVPArWrFtCrIE9pvQ2SCwaWbHJ8~JmX7havHX978WT5cJHmBIIL6pS3LmIQ1BpRqc7zA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Utah House on Feb. 25, 2025, passed first substitute House Bill 405, a measure to raise penalties for certain human-trafficking offenses, with a recorded vote of 62-5.

Sponsor Representative Paul Perucci told colleagues that Utah's mandatory minimums lag behind other states and said the bill would elevate trafficking of a child to a first-degree felony with a minimum sentence of 10 years. \"Some crimes deserve a mandatory minimum,\" Perucci said, asking colleagues to support the measure to send a clear message that Utah will not tolerate trafficking.

Representative Owens, speaking in opposition, said his concern was not with the goal of stiffer penalties but with the mandatory-minimum language. As a former criminal-defense lawyer, he argued mandatory minimums can sweep up people who are tangentially involved and remove judicial discretion to weigh facts and culpability. \"When we set mandatory minimums, we're taking that discretion away from the person most able to see whether justice is being done,\" Owens said.

Other members spoke in favor. Representative Schmidt said penalties should be higher to deter damage to victims: \"If it was up to me, it would be a lot higher than 10 years or 15 years,\" he said.

After floor debate, the House voted to pass the bill 62-5. The bill, as described on the floor, increases penalties for trafficking a child; the sponsor said it changes sentencing to a first-degree felony with no less than 10 years imprisonment. The House transmitted the bill to the Senate for consideration.

Provenance: Discussion and vote are on the House floor transcript during the third-reading calendar (topic introduction at timestamp s~1310 to the debate beginning at s~1312 and vote announcement at s~1682).

Ending: The bill passed the House and will now proceed to the Senate. Because the change includes mandatory minimum sentences as presented on the floor, legislative and legal stakeholders said post-passage work may clarify statutory text and sentencing-process details.","House Bill 405, which raises penalties for human trafficking of a child to a first-degree felony with a 10-year mandatory minimum as presented on the floor, passed 62-5 after debate over mandatory sentencing.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6313416,"House passes package of bills on child welfare, public safety, land security and infrastructure; multiple bills unanimous or bipartisan",347,263610,611045,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2387940-4528718d505ce49df07133659ae8d90e&start=263&end=611","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2387940-4528718d505ce49df07133659ae8d90e/thumbnail_263610.jpg","/articles/6313416/Utah/House-passes-package-of-bills-on-child-welfare-public-safety-land-security-and-infrastructure-multiple-bills-unanimous-or-bipartisan","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6313416-53845ce86a16730b90268eef5c31e6a0/orig.mp4?Expires=1770802472&Signature=eLodYYGb-J9QrdPdlEHgW8eCJGBxXe3F2G8wFcuOrC30VCqVaTKjUvepphqpr-XMEDN-cUMSpccyPYmMMlum7dxu4MBgbbOlw8tk2ieIyGBJDoRo3p2gJ6mAbmWas1JwJ1iqv912K36jWnh8AiF1QBKGtxhiqzqO1-EwjPDyEe6P~zYupEJyHeDIgq7G-pXKo~L-VmqPuPbRcNhHcMdYBw~9O7KCKUnLtUc872iou~0IjVGSXMK4-CbgLX9Jlj-~dI1fyhINOxUKWKLpbwvNSsQgusn79VGr1In5jFyGpiv03STwKzkrs96KYfLO8bu1jDqr3Jrmowq8y1aOyqeU2g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Utah House on Feb. 25, 2025, approved a broad set of bills on children's services, criminal penalties, land-security disclosures and infrastructure funding. Many measures passed with large bipartisan margins or unanimously.

The package included bills that create a short kinship stipend for relatives who temporarily take children into their care (House Bill 431), raise mandatory penalties for certain human-trafficking convictions (House Bill 405), standardize victim privacy options in criminal cases (House Bill 450), and make procedural changes to child support collection (House Bill 463). The House also approved bills addressing Great Salt Lake management (House Bill 446), towing rules (House Bill 261), municipal lien authority for public-utility debts (House Bill 295), and a property-tax ratchet change (Second Substitute House Bill 110). Vote totals, sponsors and brief descriptions follow.

Votes at a glance

- First substitute House Bill 365, Mental Health Care Study Amendments (Rep. Barlow): Passed 53-11. The bill creates a study to identify barriers to pediatric and adolescent mental health care access.

- Second substitute House Bill 431, Kinship Child Placement Amendments (Rep. Acton): Passed 68-0. Creates an opt-in one-time stipend (described on the floor as a one-time payment with a statutory cap) to help kinship caregivers meet initial needs when a child enters their care; the stipend is separate from foster licensing and does not replace ongoing foster payments if the kin later become licensed.

- First substitute House Bill 405, Human Trafficking Amendments (Rep. Perucci): Passed 62-5. Sponsor sought to elevate certain trafficking-of-a-child penalties to a first-degree felony with a mandatory minimum of 10 years; sponsors and opponents debated the mandatory-minimum sentencing language.

- First substitute House Bill 450, Victim Privacy Amendments (Rep. Hayes): Passed 68-0. Expands and standardizes practices to allow victims to use initials and reduces public disclosure of victim names while preserving attorney access by court order.

- Second substitute House Bill 463, Child Support Modifications (Rep. Ward): Passed 66-0. Creates a rebuttable presumption that unpaid child-support arrears survive parental-rights termination and directs the Office of Recovery Services to develop standard tables/processes for daycare expense collection.

- House Bill 15, Murdered and Missing Indigenous Relatives Task Force Amendments (Rep. Romero): Passed 61-0. Extends the task force sunset to Feb. 19, 2027, and adds sheriffs to support jurisdictional coordination with tribes.

- First substitute House Bill 227, Restricted Person Amendments (Rep. Mauga): Passed 44-20. Clarifies firearm restrictions for persons found not guilty by reason of insanity or mentally incompetent, applying the restriction regardless of whether the underlying charge was a misdemeanor or felony.

- First substitute House Bill 336, State Park Accessibility Amendments (Rep. Welton): Passed 59-1. Allows state parks to procure adaptive equipment for visitors with disabilities.

- First substitute House Bill 438, Environmental Legal Action Amendments (Rep. Jack): Passed 64-0. Repeals a small portion of state code to maintain state regulatory primacy for mining after an administrative ruling.

- House Bill 446, Great Salt Lake Amendments (Rep. Colford): Passed 66-0 (amendment adopted). Adjusts burn-management and mineral-lease language, adds flexibility for the Great Salt Lake Commissioner and coordinates with UDAF on leases and water negotiation.

- Second substitute House Bill 261, Towing Modifications (Rep. Malloy): Passed 66-0 (amendment adopted). Expands access to personal belongings in towed vehicles, clarifies signage standards and standardizes allowable towing fees; amendment prevents removal of property when vehicle is impounded for evidence.

- House Bill 502, Transportation and Infrastructure Funding Amendments (Rep. Tuscher): Passed 64-0. Appropriates Salt Lake County infrastructure funds for a South Jordan connector road between Crimson View Drive and Copper Hawk Drive (Prosperity Road project description provided on the floor).

- Second substitute House Bill 408, School Board Referendum Amendments (Rep. Shipp): Passed 40-33 after a call of the House. Changes referendum rules to allow certain school-board actions to be subject to referendum unless adopted by supermajority.

- First substitute House Bill 430, Security and Land Restriction Amendments (Rep. Perucci): Passed 67-0 (amendment adopted). Adds disclosure for restricted foreign entities at time of sale and extends restrictions to leases; includes provisions to keep food-delivery services from driving onto military installations.

- Third substitute House Bill 295, Municipal Service Fees and Political Subdivision Lien Amendments (Rep. Cutler): Passed 44-20. Clarifies and restricts the use of liens for unpaid sewer, water and storm-drain service charges, adds maximum interest rate language and prevents certain fee gouging by attorneys.

- Second substitute House Bill 110, Combined Basic Tax Rate Reduction (Rep. Auxerre): Passed 50-18. Uncouples an automatic local tax increase linked to the WPU value rate increase; sponsors said the measure preserves school funding but removes the automatic \"ratchet\" that increases property taxes without local process.

- Second substitute House Bill 284, International Money Transmission Amendments (Rep. Gracious): Passed 56-14. Establishes a 2% tax on certain foreign remittances when ID is not provided, with a refund process available when identity is later verified; sponsor framed the bill as a way to capture untaxed funds leaving the state.

- House Bill 316, Child Tax Credit Amendments (Rep. Strong): Passed 68-1. Expands the existing child tax credit eligibility to cover children from birth through age 5 (added one year at each end of the current range).

What passed and next steps

Most of the bills passed the House and, as announced on the floor, will be transmitted to the Senate for consideration. Several bills passed unanimously; others passed with bipartisan majorities. For bills that passed with amendments on the floor, sponsors noted technical or policy changes that were approved before final voting.The House also assigned numerous bills to committees during its rules report.

Provenance (selected): announcements of bills and voting appear throughout the Feb. 25 floor transcript, including the clerk's initial reading of Senate communications and later third-reading calendar items and vote roll calls.","The Utah House passed a series of bills on Feb. 25, 2025, including measures on kinship payments, human trafficking penalties, victim privacy, child support changes, Great Salt Lake management and several local infrastructure and regulatory bills. Vote tallies and brief descriptions are included.","actionData","errors"]

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House tightens disclosure rules for restricted foreign land ownership and extends provisions to leases; bill unanimously passes

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House approves tougher penalties for human trafficking; mandatory minimums prompt objections

House passes package of bills on child welfare, public safety, land security and infrastructure; multiple bills unanimous or bipartisan