HB0483 • 2026

Flower Sales Modifications

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Rep. Owens, Doug
Last action: 2026-03-06
Official status: House/ filed
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Flower Sales Modifications

This bill addresses local regulation of cut flower sales.

What This Bill Does

This bill addresses local regulation of cut flower sales.

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Bill History

2026-03-06 House file for bills not passed
House/ filed
2026-03-06 Clerk of the House
House/ received from Senate
2026-03-06 Senate Secretary
Senate/ strike enacting clause
2026-03-06 Clerk of the House
Senate/ to House
2026-03-04 Senate Rules Committee
Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
2026-03-03 Senate Business and Labor Committee
Senate/ committee report favorable
2026-03-03 Senate 2nd Reading Calendar
Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
2026-03-02 Senate Business and Labor Committee
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
2026-02-26 Senate Business and Labor Committee
Senate/ to standing committee
2026-02-25 Senate Rules Committee
Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2026-02-24 House 3rd Reading Calendar for House bills
House/ 3rd reading
2026-02-24 Senate Secretary
House/ passed 3rd reading
2026-02-24 Senate Secretary
House/ to Senate
2026-02-24 Waiting for Introduction in the Senate
Senate/ received from House
2026-02-18 House Political Subdivisions Committee
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
2026-02-18 House 3rd Reading Calendar for House bills
House/ 2nd reading
2026-02-18 House Political Subdivisions Committee
House/ committee report favorable
2026-02-12 House Political Subdivisions Committee
House/ to standing committee
2026-02-05 House Rules Committee
House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
2026-02-05 Released
LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0483
2026-02-05 Version Sponsor
LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0483
2026-02-04 Legislative Research and General Counsel
Bill Numbered but not Distributed
2026-02-04 House Rules Committee
House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
2026-02-04 Clerk of the House
House/ received bill from Legislative Research
2026-02-04 Legislative Fiscal Analyst
LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0483
2026-02-04 Legislative Fiscal Agency
LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0483
2026-02-04 Legislative Research and General Counsel
Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

Official Summary Text

This bill addresses local regulation of cut flower sales.

Current Bill Text

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11-46c-101
11-46c-102
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Flower Sales Modifications
2026 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Doug Owens
Senate Sponsor: Heidi Balderree
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill addresses local regulation of cut flower sales.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
defines terms;
establishes that a political subdivision may not prohibit the sale, trade, or transfer of cut
flowers if the person selling, trading, or transferring the cut flowers is permitted to grow
flowers on the person's private property; and
clarifies that a political subdivision may require a person selling, trading, or transferring
cut flowers to obtain a business license.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
ENACTS:
11-46c-101
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
11-46c-102
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section
11-46c-101
is enacted to read:
46c. Regulation of Cut Flower Sales
11-46c-101
. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1)
"Cut flower" means a flower or flower bud that has been removed from the flower's or
flower bud's parent plant.
(2)
"Political subdivision" means:
(a)
a municipality as that term is defined in Section
10-1-104
; or
(b)
a county.
Section 2. Section
11-46c-102
is enacted to read:
11-46c-102
. Actions allowed regarding cut flowers.
(1)
Subject to Subsection
(2)
, if an ordinance, resolution, or policy of a political subdivision
permits a person to grow flowers on the person's private property within the political
subdivision's boundaries, the political subdivision shall permit the person to trade, sell,
or otherwise transfer cut flowers from the flowers grown on the person's private property.
(2)
A political subdivision may require a business license for a person described in
Subsection
(1)
to trade, sell, or otherwise transfer cut flowers, except that the political
subdivision may not deny the issuance of a business license on the basis that the person
grows flowers or is trading, selling, or transferring cut flowers.
Section 3.
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect on
May 6, 2026
.
2-4-26 9:26 AM