Gov. Cox vetoes S.B. 37 and signs 75 bills in the 2025 General Legislative Session

NEWS RELEASE
March 24, 2025

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Gov. Cox vetoes S.B. 37 and signs 75 bills in the 2025 General Legislative Session

SALT LAKE CITY (March 24, 2025) – Today, Gov. Cox vetoed S.B. 37, Minimum Basic Tax Rate Amendments and signed 75 bills in the 2025 General Legislative Session. Information on these bills can be found below:

1. H.B. 27, Voting Precinct Amendments
2. H.B. 29, Child Visitation Amendments
3. H.B. 31, Offender Information Amendments
4. H.B. 34, State Campgrounds Amendments
5. H.B. 39, Correctional Health Amendments
6. H.B. 54, Cannabinoid Amendments
7. H.B. 56, Civil Commitment Modifications
8. H.B. 70, Decommissioned Asset Disposition Amendments
9. H.B. 85, Environmental Permitting Modifications
10. H.B. 89, Water Transfer Amendments
11. H.B. 93, Rehabilitation Services Modifications
12. H.B. 95, Financial Disclosure Revisions
13. H.B. 103, State Land Access Road Amendments
14. H.B. 129, Adoption Records Access Amendments
15. H.B. 141, Adoption Modifications
16. H.B. 146, Mammography Amendments
17. H.B. 152, Health Care Facilities Amendments
18. H.B. 167, Offender Reintegration Amendments
19. H.B. 199, Substance Use Treatment and Enforcement Amendments
20. H.B. 237, Rollback Tax Amendments
21. H.B. 240, Urban Farming Assessment Amendments
22. H.B. 243, Agricultural Water Optimization Amendments
23. H.B. 244, Wildlife Management Area Amendments
24. H.B. 251, Pollinator Program Amendments
25. H.B. 253, Agriculture and Food Amendments
26. H.B. 254, Waste Classification Amendments
27. H.B. 255, Local Land Use Modifications
28. H.B. 274, Water Amendments
29. H.B. 285, Water Infrastructure Modifications
30. H.B. 294, Infectious Disease Procedures Amendments
31. H.B. 302, Minors in State Custody Amendments
32. H.B. 307, Wildfire Funding Amendments
33. H.B. 309, Wildlife Amendments
34. H.B. 311, Watershed Amendments
35. H.B. 333, Medications in Schools Amendments
36. H.B. 342, Animal Composting Amendments
37. H.B. 343, Cannabis Production Amendments
38. H.B. 346, Department of Agriculture and Food Amendments
39. H.B. 347, Medicaid Program Amendments
40. H.B. 352, Geologic Carbon Storage Amendments
41. H.B. 381, Civics Education Amendments
42. H.B. 396, Small School District Scale of Operations Formula
43. H.B. 411, Public Asset Ownership Amendments
44. H.B. 421, Grazing Amendments
45. H.B. 438, Environmental Legal Action Amendments
46. H.B. 439, Outdoor Recreation Revisions
47. H.B. 446, Great Salt Lake Amendments
48. H.B. 478, Brine Mining Amendments
49. H.B. 490, State Parks Modifications
50. H.B. 501, Law Enforcement Salary Amendments
51. H.B. 504, Financial and Conflict of Interest Disclosures by Candidates Amendments
52. H.B. 520, Water Entity Amendments
53. H.B. 547, Diaper Program Amendments
54. H.B. 551, Elected Official Publicity Amendments
55. S.B. 18, Election Fundraising Amendments
56. S.B. 30, Forest Fire Resources Compact Amendments
57. S.B. 33, Water Rights Recording Amendments
58. S.B. 36, Water Quality Board Amendments
59. S.B. 51, State Resource Management Plan Amendments
60. S.B. 73, Statewide Initiatives Amendments
61. S.B. 80, Water Fee Amendments
62. S.B. 113, Traffic Code Amendments
63. S.B. 145, Technical Senate District Boundary Adjustment
64. S.B. 149, Natural Resources Modifications
65. S.B. 158, Sale or Lease of Federally Managed Public Land Amendments
66. S.B. 159, Environmental Quality Modifications
67. S.B. 172, Local Health Department Amendments
68. S.B. 216, Environmental Quality Amendments
69. S.B. 220, Construction Modifications
70. S.B. 234, Severance Amendments
71. S.B. 290, Candidate Licensing Amendments
72. S.B. 314, Special District Modifications
73. S.B. 328, Alcohol Amendments
74. S.B. 334, Center for Civic Excellence at Utah State University
75. S.B. 338, Nonprofit Entities Amendments

On S.B. 334 and H.B. 381, Gov. Cox issued the following statement:

“H.B. 381, Civics Education Amendments (Rep. Welton) and S.B. 334, Center for Civics Excellence at Utah State (Sen. Johnson) are two of the most important bills of the 2025 legislative session. I’m excited to sign both today. Since our founding, our civic responsibilities have been a fundamental part of education, however in recent decades we have strayed from these basic education requirements. Foundational civic education in our high schools will aid our students with a better understanding of our government institutions and their critical role in American society. 

“Additionally, I’m thrilled Utah State University is taking the lead to pilot a redesign of general education through the new center for civics excellence. This center will be tasked with building out a general education curriculum focused on viewpoint diversity, civil discourse and helping our students develop the analytical skills necessary to contribute in the public square. This curriculum will be a model for all our public institutions in Utah and nationally.”

Gov. Cox issued a veto of S.B. 37, Minimum Basic Tax Rate Amendments. Click here to see the letter explaining the governor’s veto to Senate President J. Stuart Adams and House Speaker Mike Schultz.