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Wednesday, November 4, 2026

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H.B. 287: Immigrant Driving Amendments

2026 General Session · Originating chamber: House

Saved official records and Ledger coverage. The outcome below is from the Legislature’s own step list.

What the bill does

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026.

This bill repeals the driving privilege card program.

  • Repeals the driving privilege card program
  • Prohibits the Driver License Division from issuing a driving privilege card on or after May 6, 2026
  • Makes technical changes throughout the Utah Code related to the repeal of the driving privilege card program
  • Requires law enforcement to report to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security if an individual who is unlawfully present in the United states is involved in a motor vehicle accident
  • Makes other technical changes

The description and list come from the bill's own long title as recorded by the Legislature. Read the official bill. The Ledger takes no position on it.

Subjects: Immigration · Driver License · Motor Vehicles · Transportation · Motor Vehicle Insurance · Insurance · Judicial Operations · Civil Litigation · Civil Procedure · Department of Public Safety

How it moved

  1. · House1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
  2. · Housefiledfile for bills not passed

Steps as the Legislature recorded them; clerical and fiscal-staff entries are left out. Numbers such as 54-14-7 are yeas, nays and absent.

Fiscal note

From the Legislative Fiscal Analyst's note on 2nd Sub. H.B. 287 (Gray), dated January 29, 2026. A fiscal note estimates direct costs and revenue; it is not an appropriation.

  • State revenue: Dept. of Public Safety Rest. Acct. Dept. of Public Safety Rest. Acct., One-time Enactment of this legislation could decrease Dedicated Credits Revenue to the Department of Public Safety and decrease revenue to the Department of Public Safety Restricted Account by an estimated -$44,600 and -$165,300, respectively, in FY 2026 and -$267,500 and -$992,000, respectively, beginning in FY 2027 resulting from decreases in…
  • State expenditures: Dept. of Public Safety Rest. Acct. Dept. of Public Safety Rest. Acct., One-time Enactment of this legislation could cost the Department of Public Safety an estimated $3,100 one-time from the Department of Public Safety Restricted Account in FY 2026 for programming changes.
  • Local government: Enactment of this legislation could decrease fee revenue to local governments by an estimated $105,000, in aggregate, annually beginning in FY 2027 resulting from decreased fingerprinting fees related to driving privilege cards; impacts will vary by locality.
  • Individuals and businesses: Enactment of this legislation could decrease the aggregate fees paid by individuals no longer eligible for driving privilege cards by an estimated $1,364,500 beginning in FY 2027; individual impacts will vary.

Bill overview

Sponsor: Trevor Lee

Legislature passed-list status: Not available in the saved metadata.

Passed-list membership is not a finding that a bill was signed or took effect. A bill absent from that list is not necessarily pending or defeated.

Latest recorded action

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The full step list is above. Find the bill in the official session list for status, hearings and committee records.

Recorded floor votes

No floor-vote records for this bill and session are available here. This does not mean no vote occurred; consult the official bill record.

Ledger coverage

No Ledger stories with an explicit source link to this bill and session are listed here.