Utah Legislature Adjourns Sine Die

Utah’s legislative session adjourned sine die on March 6 after 45 days in session. Lawmakers passed Senate Bill 145, which changes definitions related to lobbying and will remove procurement activities from registration requirements for educational and local lobbying. The bill raises limits on expenditures by lobbyists for public officials from $10 to $25 for nonfood expenditures, and to $50 for publications and commemorative items. The bill also creates exceptions to the definition of expenditure in relation to certain sporting events, performances, or exhibitions of a state institution of higher education or a private, nonprofit institution of higher education. The ban on contingency fees for legislative or executive lobbying is expanded to include all forms of lobbying. If signed by the governor, the bill will take effect May 6.

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