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Committee backs SB 17 allowing state contract recovery of credit-card processing fees

Utah House Committee (Legislative Session) · February 3, 2026
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Summary

SB 17 would allow certain entities to use the state credit-card processing contract and recover processing 'recovery fees'; sponsor said the change responds to a 2024 audit and focuses on higher education and local LEAs.

Representative Wintern told the committee that SB 17 responds to a legislative audit that found a missed step in the state’s procurement/processing approach for credit-card fees. The bill clarifies how a recovery fee charged by a…

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