New Utah laws taking effect January 1, 2026

25 laws take effect January 1, 2026.

Of the 1,107 bills enacted since 2025, 1,106 have an effective date and 1 doesn't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.

Updated Oct 31, 2026 at 3:44 a.m. EDT.

Taxes (7)

Traffic (4)

Government (2)

  • HB 437 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Interdicted Person Amendments

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 471.

    How effective dates are worked out

  • SB 316 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Military Installation Development Authority and Other Development Zone Amendments

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 490.

    Parts of this act take effect on other dates.

    How effective dates are worked out

Healthcare (2)

Housing (2)

Public Lands (2)

Budget (1)

  • SB 333 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Major Sporting Event Venue Financing Amendments

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 495.

    How effective dates are worked out

Climate (1)

  • SB 192 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Commercial Wind and Solar Incentives Amendments

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 333.

    How effective dates are worked out

Crime (1)

Elections (1)

Finance (1)

  • SB 15 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished

    Certified Public Accountant Licensing Amendments

    How we got this date

    Published by the legislature: Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 283.

    How effective dates are worked out

Other (1)

Enacted, but not yet dated (1)

These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect January 1, 2026 too; the record doesn't say.

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  • HB 481ContingentBallot Proposition RequirementsH.J.R. 10 becoming law