HB 115 Utah House · 2025 General Session

State Park Funding Amendments

HB 115 modifies how interest earnings from Utah's State Park Fees Restricted Account are handled. It changes the existing phased interest retention (25% to 100% over time) to require that 100% of all interest earned on funds in the account remain there starting July 1, 2028, instead of gradually increasing the portion retained. This directly affects the Division of State Parks, which manages these funds and uses them for park-related purposes under existing law. The bill makes no new funding appropriations and only adjusts the interest retention mechanism through technical amendments to Utah Code Section 79-4-402.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Signed Mar 20, 2025
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Introduced Enrolled · 3 edits · Mar 20, 2025
MINOR
This bill updates Utah's State Park Fees Restricted Account to allow interest earned on the account to remain within the account rather than being transferred to the General Fund. It establishes a phased schedule where interest retention increases from 25% to 100% over four fiscal years, starting July 1, 2025. The legislation also includes minor technical corrections to the statutory language.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on the State Park Fees Restricted Account, but the policy impact expands by retaining interest income that would previously have been removed from the account.
FISCAL

Changed the account composition language from 'shall consist' to 'consists' to correct grammatical structure and clarify that the account includes the specified revenue sources.

Added a phased schedule for retaining interest earned on the account, starting at 25% in fiscal year 2025-2026 and increasing by 25% each year until reaching 100% retention in fiscal year 2028-2029.

TECHNICAL

Removed redundant formatting text and standardized the bill layout to match enrolled copy conventions.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
39
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Mar 20, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
Mar 4, 2025
Legislature · Passed
House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
legislature
Mar 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House
lower
Mar 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate/ committee report favorable
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Committee
Senate/ to standing committee
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Introduced
Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
upper
Feb 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
House/ passed 3rd reading
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
House/ committee report favorable
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Committee
House/ to standing committee
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced
House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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