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House adopts property tax overhaul creating new deferral options for homeowners
Summary
On March 7, 2025, the Utah House approved fourth substitute Senate Bill 197, a package of property tax amendments that consolidates existing abatement programs into deferral options designed to help homeowners on fixed incomes. The measure passed on a 42-32 vote and now returns to the Senate.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House on March 7 adopted fourth substitute Senate Bill 197, a property-tax rewrite that replaces certain tax abatement programs with two different deferral options intended for homeowners who are “house rich, cash poor.” The bill passed 42-32.
The bill, sponsored in the House by Representative Jason B. Kyle, reworks current programs often described as the “circuit breaker” and county indigent abatements. Under the adopted language, new enrollees will generally be offered one of two deferral options: a nondiscretionary deferral that freezes annual property tax at no more than 75% of the prior-year amount and carries a 3% interest rate,…
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