
Rep. Craig Hall
| House District 33
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2021 Score Overview
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Equal Rights
Strong Communities
Sustainable Future
2021 Voting Record
Better Utah Position Key: Support = Oppose =
Voting Key:
In favor = Yes, Against = No, Not present = Absent, No vote taken = N/A
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H.J.R. 13 - Joint Resolution Declaring Racism a Moral and Public Health Crisis Declares racism as a moral and public health crisis and states the Legislature’s commitment to address the crisis.
Topic(s):
Racial Justice
Category:
Vote Date: 2/23/2021 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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H.B. 17 - Utility Permitting Amendments Preemptively prevents cities and counties from limiting utility services based on energy type.
Topic(s):
Clean Energy
Category:
Vote Date: 2/3/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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Recognizes the contributions of multilingual and multicultural families to Utah’s schools.
Topic(s):
Racial Justice
Category:
Vote Date: 3/2/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 41 - Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Task Force Extends funding for the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Task Force until 2023.
Topic(s):
Indigenous Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 1/202/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 43 - Emergency Procurement Declaration Modifications Improves transparency for emergency procurements made by the state by providing information within 14 days on the state website
Topic(s):
Emergency Powers
Category:
Vote Date: 2/4/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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Provides unnecessary jail time and unjust court requirements for a person arrested for rioting.
Topic(s):
Criminal Justice Reform
Category:
Vote Date: 2/11/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 60 - Conceal Carry Firearms Amendments Removes the permit requirement for concealed carry.
Topic(s):
Gun Violence Prevention
Category:
Vote Date: 1/26/20221 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 68 - Rental Expenses Disclosure Requirements Requires a landlord to make expense-related disclosures to a potential renter before accepting an application fee or any other payment.
Topic(s):
Tenant Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 2/19/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
N/A |
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H.B. 74 - Municipal Police Oversight Removes current restrictions on the creation and authority of civilian police review boards. Vote: Motion to table (A “yes” vote is a vote to stop the bill from moving forward.)Â
Topic(s):
Police Reform
Category:
Vote Date: 2/4/2021 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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H.B. 82 - Single-Family Housing Modifications Prevents municipalities or HOAs from blocking accessory dwelling units.
Topic(s):
Affordable Housing
Category:
Vote Date: 2/18/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 84 - Use of Force Reporting Requirements Requires law enforcement agencies to compile data on use of force incidents by police officers.
Topic(s):
Police Reform
Category:
Vote Date: 2/8/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 91 - Tax Credit for Alternative Fuel Heavy Duty Vehicles Reenacts a tax credit related to certain alternative fuel heavy-duty vehicles.
Topic(s):
Clean Energy
Category:
Vote Date: 2/19/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
N/A |
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H.B. 92 - Medical Practice Amendments Anti-trans bill banning gender-affirming surgeries and medical treatments for transgender minors.
Topic(s):
LGBTQ+ Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 2/19/2021 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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H.B. 96 - Emergency Management Amendments Requires political subdivisions to designate an emergency manager and create an emergency operations plan.
Topic(s):
Emergency Powers
Category:
Vote Date: 2/4/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 102 - Contraception for Inmates Requires a jail to allow prisoners access to medically prescribed contraceptives.
Topic(s):
Criminal Justice Reform
Category:
Vote Date: 2/2/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
No |
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H.B. 136 - Initiative and Referenda Modifications Adds burdensome regulations to signature gathering for a ballot initiative or referendum petition
Topic(s):
Ballot Access
Category:
Vote Date: 2/8/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 146 - Overdose Harm Reduction Working Group Creates a working group to study harm reduction oriented strategies to reduce overdose injuries and deaths.
Topic(s):
Health Care
Category:
Vote Date: 3/1/2021 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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H.B. 158 - Juvenile Interrogation Amendments Specifies the rights of minors who are taken into custody for questioning about an offense.
Topic(s):
Criminal Justice Reform
Category:
Vote Date: 2/11/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 162 - Peace Officer Training Requires annual police training to include modules on crisis intervention, mental health incidents, and de-escalation techniques.
Topic(s):
Police Reform
Category:
Vote Date: 2/8/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 168 - Sale of Sexual Assault Test Kits Prohibited Prohibits selling or providing an over-the-counter sexual assault evidence kit.
Topic(s):
Sexual Violence Prevention
Category:
Vote Date: 1/29/2021 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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H.B. 177 - Health Education Amendments Adds consent, coercion, sexual violence behavior deterrence, and sexual assault mitigation strategies to the sex education curriculum.
Topic(s):
Sexual Violence Prevention
Category:
Vote Date: 2/26/2021 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
No |
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H.B. 197 - Voter Affiliation Amendments Blocks voters from changing their party affiliation before a primary election in an election year.
Topic(s):
Ballot Access
Category:
Vote Date: 2/12/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
No |
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H.B. 209 - Vehicle Registration Fee Revisions Increases annual and six-month vehicle registration fees on electric, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and other alternative fuel vehicles.
Topic(s):
Clean Air
Category:
Vote Date: 2/22/201 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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H.B. 220 - Pretrial Detention Amendments Repeals the bail reform passed by the Legislature in 2020.
Topic(s):
Criminal Justice Reform
Category:
Vote Date: 2/5/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 246 - Ballot Measure Transparency Amendments Requires the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel to write a description of ballot initiatives, referenda, and constitutional amendments that is included on the ballot via URL.
Topic(s):
Ballot Initiatives
Category:
Vote Date: 2/24/2021 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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H.B. 249 - Public Access to Court Records Enables the Judicial Council to allow public access to the Xchange database for a fee without having to pay a monthly subscription.
Topic(s):
Topics
Category:
Vote Date: 3/4/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 257 - Utah State Park Amendments Creates the Utahraptor State Park and Lost Creek State Park.
Topic(s):
Public Lands
Category:
Vote Date: 2/22/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 262 - Children's Health Insurance Amendments Creates the Children’s Health Care Coverage Program with $172,500 on-going appropriations used to promote health care coverage for children.
Topic(s):
Health Care
Category:
Vote Date: 2/19/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 264 - Law Enforcement Weapons Use Amendments Requires a police officer to file a report every time they point a weapon at someone.
Topic(s):
Police Reform
Category:
Vote Date: 2/16/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 277 - Child Care Eligibility Amendments Allows more working families to qualify for child care subsidies.
Topic(s):
Child care
Category:
Vote Date: 2/18/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 278 - Name Change Process for Dixie State University Allows the Dixie State University Board of Trustees to select and recommend a new name for the university.
Topic(s):
Racial Justice
Category:
Vote Date: 3/3/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 294 - Pandemic Emergency Powers Amendments Ends emergency powers and public health orders related to COVID-19 upon reaching certain arbitrary targets.
Topic(s):
Emergency Powers
Category:
Vote Date: 3/3/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 297 - Colorado River Amendments Enacts the Colorado River Authority of Utah Act, establishing an authority to “protect” Utah’s right to its share of the CO river.
Topic(s):
Environmental Stewardship
Category:
Vote Date: 2/16/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 304 - Digital Opportunity Access Amendments Implements measures to increase broadband infrastructure, digital access, and digital equity.
Topic(s):
Infrastructure
Category:
Vote Date: 2/19/2021 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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H.B. 328 - Adult Learners Grant Program Creates a program to provide financial assistance to students who are at least 26 years old, financially needy, and enrolled in an online program in a needed field.
Topic(s):
Education
Category:
Vote Date: 2/19/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 338 - School District Voter Eligibility Amendments Allows local school boards to vote to allow students who are 16 and 17 years old to vote in local school board elections.
Topic(s):
Voting Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 3/2/2021 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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H.B. 341 - Bears Ears Visitor Center Advisory Committee Creates an advisory committee to study a Bears Ears visitor center.
Topic(s):
Public Lands
Category:
Vote Date: 2/26/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 352 - State Identification Amendments Allows people experiencing homelessness to receive or renew a state-issued ID for free
Topic(s):
Homelessness
Category:
Vote Date: 2/22/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 415 - Executive Order Review Process Amendments Requires the Constitutional Defense Council to review Presidential executive orders, and prohibits local governments from implementing these EOs if deemed unconstitutional.
Topic(s):
Checks and Balances
Category:
Vote Date: 3/2/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
No |
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H.B. 422 - Political Subdivision Civil Liability Amendments Disincentivizes de-escalation by making local governments liable if they direct police officers not to protect private property or individuals during a civil disturbance.
Topic(s):
Police Reform
Category:
Vote Date: 3/2/2021 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
N/A |
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H.B. 2004 - Congressional Boundaries Designation New Congressional map
Topic(s):
Redistricting
Category:
Vote Date: 11/9/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
N/A |
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H.B. 2005 - Utah State House Boundaries Designation New State House map
Topic(s):
Redistricting
Category:
Vote Date: 11/10/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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S.C.R. 1 - Concurrent Resolution on Holocaust Education Encourages schools and the State Board of Education to emphasize the importance of studying the Holocaust and other genocides.
Topic(s):
Anti-Discrimination Education
Category:
Vote Date: 2/11/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
No |
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Allows EnergySolutions to open a new landfill for decommissioned reactor wastes.
Topic(s):
Environmental Stewardship
Category:
Vote Date: 2/11/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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S.B. 10 - Place Name Amendments Starts the process to change location names that use American Indian terms.
Topic(s):
Indigenous Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 2/18/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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S.B. 15 - Workforce Solutions for Air Quality Amendments Requires Dept. of HR Management to provide and measure teleworking options for state employees during bad air quality days and write annual report.
Topic(s):
Clean Air
Category:
Vote Date: 3/2/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
N/A |
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S.B. 61 - Outdoor Advertising Amendments Preemptively blocks a city or county from enacting ordinances to restrict or modify billboards.
Topic(s):
Outdoor Advertising
Category:
Vote Date: N/A Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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S.B. 68 - Law Enforcement Weapons Amendments Funds the purchase of technology and equipment for law enforcement agencies to assist in investigating officer shootings.
Topic(s):
Police Reform
Category:
Vote Date: Bill Status: Passed |
N/A |
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S.B. 80 - Utah Antidiscrimination Act Amendments Prohibits discrimination based on hairstyles associated with race, such as braids and afros.
Topic(s):
Racial Justice
Category:
Vote Date: N/A Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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S.B. 92 - Elections Amendments Requires more detail of candidate financial disclosures, and requires the LGs office to conduct a study relating to ballot accessibility.
Topic(s):
Transparency
Category:
Vote Date: 3/4/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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S.B. 102 - Peace Officer Training Qualifications Amendments Allows lawful permanent residents to apply for jobs as police offices and dispatchers.
Topic(s):
Immigrant Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 2/17/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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S.B. 106 - Use of Force Revisions Requires the state’s police certification agency to establish statewide minimum use of force standards.
Topic(s):
Police Reform
Category:
Vote Date: 3/5/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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S.B. 127 - Human Services Program Amendments Provides improved restraint and seclusion policies, suicide prevention programs, and sex-based discrimination rules for congregate care facilities.
Topic(s):
Residential Treatment Reform
Category:
Vote Date: 3/2/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
N/A |
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S.B. 128 - Family Planning Services Amendments Requires the Medicaid program to apply for a waiver or a state plan amendment to extend family planning services to certain low-income individuals.
Topic(s):
Health Care
Category:
Vote Date: N/A Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
N/A |
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S.B. 138 - Violence, Disorder, and Looting Enforcement Protection Act Increases penalties for rioting and assaulting a police officer while decreasing criminal liable for motor vehicle operators who injure or kill an individual while leaving the scene of a riot.
Topic(s):
Criminal Justice Reform
Category:
Vote Date: N/A Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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S.B. 141 - Task Force on Food Security Creates a Task Force on Food Security to develop a plan for establishing food security in Utah.
Topic(s):
Topics
Category:
Vote Date: 3/5/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
N/A |
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S.B. 144 - Billboard Restrictions Amendments Prohibits a municipality or county from taking certain actions to prevent a person from building or maintaining a billboard.
Topic(s):
Outdoor Advertising
Category:
Vote Date: N/A Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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S.B. 146 - Emissions Testing Amendments Makes the Pilot Emissions Inspection Program permanent, which requires counties to have an emissions inspections for certain diesel-powered vehicles.
Topic(s):
Clean Energy
Category:
Vote Date: 2/18/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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S.B. 155 - 988 Mental Health Crisis Assistance Creates the 988 Suicide Prevention and Crisis Services Hotline
Topic(s):
Mental Health
Category:
Vote Date: 3/3/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
N/A |
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S.B. 158 - Children's Health Coverage Amendments Increases health insurance coverage for children by expanding eligibility for children’s Medicaid and CHIP.
Topic(s):
Health Care
Category:
Vote Date: N/A Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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S.B. 164 - Utah Housing Affordability Amendments Allows cities and counties to require at least 20% of all units on certain properties be “affordable housing units.”
Topic(s):
Affordable Housing
Category:
Vote Date: 3/4/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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S.B. 176 - Mineral Lease Funds Amendments Expands the use of mineral lease funds to include any public service, rather than solely for mitigation of mineral extraction impacts.
Topic(s):
Environmental Stewardship
Category:
Vote Date: 3/5/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
No |
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S.B. 187 - Local Education Agency Policies Amendments Allows a school district to ignore mask requirements in a public health order on school grounds.
Topic(s):
Emergency Powers
Category:
Vote Date: 3/5/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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S.B. 195 - Emergency Response Amendments Gives Legislature or county commission a veto over emergency actions from the Governor or a county in response to an emergency.
Topic(s):
Emergency Powers
Category:
Vote Date: 3/4/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
N/A |
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S.B. 205 - Election Process Amendments Allows a political party to opt-out of allowing signature-gathering as a path to the ballot.
Topic(s):
Ballot Access
Category:
Vote Date: N/A Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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S.B. 214 - Official Language Amendments Removes the provision that English is the sole language for the government documents and proceedings.
Topic(s):
Racial Justice
Category:
Vote Date: 3/5/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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S.B. 217 - Housing and Transit Reinvestment Zone Act Allows cities to develop reinvestment zones around commuter rail stations, composed of at least 10% affordable housing units and 50 multi-family homes per acre.
Topic(s):
Affordable Housing
Category:
Vote Date: 3/5/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
N/A |
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S.B. 2005 - State Board of Education Boundaries and Election Designation New School Board map
Topic(s):
Redistricting
Category:
Vote Date: 11/10/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
N/A |
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S.B. 2006 - Utah State Senate Boundaries and Election Designation New State Senate map
Topic(s):
Redistricting
Category:
Vote Date: 11/10/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
2020 Score Overview
Overall
Sustainable Future
Good Government
Equal Rights
Strong Communities
2020 Voting Record
Better Utah Position Key: Support = Oppose =
Voting Key:
In favor = Yes, Against = No, Not present = Absent, No vote taken = N/A
Vote | Better Utah Position | Bill |
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Yes |
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H.B. 101 - Distracted Driver Amendments Updates Utah’s law prohibiting texting while driving to encompass common smartphone uses, with limited exceptions.
Topic(s):
Public Safety
Category:
Vote Date: 2/24/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
N/A |
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H.B. 109 - Universal Background Checks for Firearm Purchasers Requires a background check for all gun sales, with limited exceptions.
Topic(s):
Gun Violence Prevention
Category:
Vote Date: 2/24/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
No |
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H.B. 115 - Dangerous Weapon Custodian Liability States that a gun owner can be civily liable for damage caused by someone else’s use of that firearm if it was negligently entrusted to that person
Topic(s):
Gun Violence Prevention
Category:
Vote Date: 2/24/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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H.B. 116 - Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Task Force Creates a task force to identify systemic causes behind violence indigenous women and girls experience and recommend improvements in the criminal justice and social service systems.
Topic(s):
Racial Justice
Category:
Vote Date: 3/3/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
No |
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H.B. 132 - Higher Education Student Speech Rights Prohibits a college or university from punishing certain acts of speech that do not meet the standard of “discriminatory harassment,” and allows the Attorney General to sue over violations.
Topic(s):
First Amendment
Category:
Vote Date: 2/27/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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H.B. 160 - Refugee Continuing Education Program Creates an education program for adult refugee students to obtain a high school diploma or its equivalent.
Topic(s):
Immigrant Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 2/6/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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H.B. 17 - Congressional Vacancies Amendments Creates a process for filling congressional vacancies and grants the Legislature authority to nominate temporary replacements for a U.S. Senate vacancy.
Topic(s):
Checks & Balances
Category:
Vote Date: 2/11/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 197 - Fishing and Hunting Restrictions for Nonpayment of Child Support Prohibits someone from getting a hunting or fishing license, permit, or tag if they are delinquent in paying child support
Topic(s):
Child care
Category:
Vote Date: 2/18/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 207 - Insulin Access Amendments Creates an incentive for health benefit plans to reduce the required copayments for insulin, directs the Public Employees’ Benefit and Insurance Program to purchase insulin in bulk, increases the number of days for which an insulin prescription can be refilled, and authorizes a pharmacist to refill an expired insulin prescription.
Topic(s):
Health Care
Category:
Vote Date: 2/25/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 211 - Renter Expenses Disclosure Agreements Requires a landlord to make expense-related disclosures to a potential renter and prohibits a landlord from charging a renter under a rental agreement for costs not disclosed in the rental agreement.
Topic(s):
Affordable Housing
Category:
Vote Date: 3/2/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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H.B. 213 - Consent Language Amendments Narrows the definition of consent for sexual activity.
Topic(s):
Reproductive Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 2/18/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 222 - Smart Start Utah Breakfast Program Creates the Start Smart Utah Program to expand access to school breakfast in public schools.
Topic(s):
Education
Category:
Vote Date: 2/14/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 234 - Gestational Agreement Amendments Allows surrogacy gestational agreements to extend to LGBT+ couples.
Topic(s):
LGBTQ+ Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 2/12/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 235 - Voluntary Home Energy Information Pilot Program Creates a Voluntary Home Energy Information Pilot Program to educate homeowners and sellers on home energy use
Topic(s):
Clean Energy
Category:
Vote Date: 2/28/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 259 - Electric Vehicle Charging Network Directs the Dept. of Transportation to create a statewide electric vehicle charging network plan
Topic(s):
Air Quality
Category:
Vote Date: 2/21/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 262 - Juvenile Delinquency Amendments Prohibits prosecuting a child for an offense committed before they were 12 years old in adult court, with some exceptions.
Topic(s):
Criminal Justice Reform
Category:
Vote Date: 2/25/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 264 - Infant At Work Pilot Program Creates the Infant at Work Pilot Program for employees to bring their infants to work.
Topic(s):
Child care
Category:
Vote Date: 2/27/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 271 - Firearm Preemption Amendments Removes a local authority or state agency’s ability to regulate firearms in Utah if those regulations exceed those adopted by the Legislature
Topic(s):
Gun Violence Prevention
Category:
Vote Date: 2/28/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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H.B. 298 - Victim Guidelines for Prosecutors Provides uniform guidelines for prosecutors and other entities related to a crime victim’s immigration status when receiving the assistance of the crime victim.
Topic(s):
Immigrant Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 3/12/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 317 - Nonroad Engine Study Directs the Division of Air Quality to study the number and type of nonroad engines in nonattainment areas of Utah
Topic(s):
Air Quality
Category:
Vote Date: 3/3/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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H.B. 32 - Crisis Services Amendments Creates new mental health resources including expanded mobile crisis outreach teams, a health receiving center pilot program, and a state-wide peer support line.
Topic(s):
Health Care
Category:
Vote Date: 3/10/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 322 - Utahraptor State Park Authorizes the Division of State Parks to create the Utahraptor State Park in Grand County.
Topic(s):
Public Lands
Category:
Vote Date: 2/26/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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H.B. 324 - Conviction Integrity Units Allows prosecution agencies to create conviction integrity units to review convictions.
Topic(s):
Criminal Justice Reform
Category:
Vote Date: 3/9/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
No |
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H.B. 328 - Division of Water Resources Study Update Requires the Division of Water Resources to update a study on diverting the Green River to bring more water to the Wasatch Front.
Topic(s):
Water Conservation
Category:
Vote Date: 3/3/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
No |
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H.B. 332 - Special Needs Scholarship Amendments Creates a voucher-like program for Special Needs Opportunity Scholarship recipients to use towards private school tuition.
Topic(s):
Education
Category:
Vote Date: 3/5/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
No |
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Requires a pregnant person to recieve a medically uneccessary ultrasound 3+ days before having an abortion.
Topic(s):
Reproductive Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 3/5/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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H.B. 38 - Substance Use and Health Care Amendments Directs the Dept. of Health to apply for a Medicaid wavier to enroll inmates up to 30 days before release.
Topic(s):
Health Care
Category:
Vote Date: 1/31/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 394 - Homeless and Transitional Housing Program Amendments Creates the position of a state homeless services director with sole control over decision making and funding for homelessness services.
Topic(s):
Checks & Balances
Category:
Vote Date: 3/9/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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H.B. 429 - Contraception for Inmates Requires a jail to provide an incarcerated person with the option of continuing medically prescribed contraception.
Topic(s):
Criminal Justice Reform
Category:
Vote Date: 3/9/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
No |
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H.B. 449 - Study of Hormonal Medications Used in Transgender Procedures for Minors Directs the Department of health to conduct a study on the diagnosis, treatment, and care of transgender minors.
Topic(s):
LGBTQ+ Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 3/9/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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H.B. 59 - Tax Credit for Alternative Fuel Heavy Duty Vehicles Extends an income tax credit for certain alternative fuel heavy-duty vehicles to 2029.
Topic(s):
Air Quality
Category:
Vote Date: 2/28/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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Removes a requirement for a physician to verify that a victim of rape or incest has filed a police report before performing an abortion
Topic(s):
Reproductive Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 3/4/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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H.B. 69 - Sick Leave Amendments Allows employees who have accrued sick leave to use it to care for a sick family member.
Topic(s):
Economic Justice
Category:
Vote Date: 2/13/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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H.B. 70 - Repeal of Single-mark Straight Ticket Voting Removes a ballot option to vote for all candidates from one political party without voting for the candidates individually.
Topic(s):
Voting
Category:
Vote Date: 2/13/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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H.B. 88 - School Water Testing Requirements Mandates testing drinking water for lead in all schools every five years with reporting and required improvements if lead is found.
Topic(s):
Education
Category:
Vote Date: 2/12/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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H.B. 99 - Enhanced Kindergarten Amendments Provides funding for enhanced kindergarten early intervention programs.
Topic(s):
Education
Category:
Vote Date: 2/12/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
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HC.R. 16 - Concurrent Resolution Calling for the Creation of a National Federalism Task Force Calls for the creation of a National Federalism Task Force for the purpose of convening a series of federalism summits.
Topic(s):
Checks & Balances
Category:
Vote Date: 2/28/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
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Reduces the crime of bigamy from a third-degree felony to an infraction.
Topic(s):
Criminal Justice Reform
Category:
Vote Date: 2/26/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
|
S.B. 112 - Inland Port Amendments Authorizes the Utah Inland Port Authority to establish a community enhancement program to address the impacts of development and inland port uses on adjacent communities.
Topic(s):
Infrastructure
Category:
Vote Date: 3/11/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
No |
|
Changes the definition of a small mining operation by doubling the size of a mine that qualifies as a small mining operation.
Topic(s):
Clean Energy
Category:
Vote Date: Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
|
S.B. 150 - Transportation Governance and Funding Amendments Expands the Utah Transit Authority’s ability to enter into joint ventures with communities to develop around existing transit hubs.
Topic(s):
Public Transit
Category:
Vote Date: 3/12/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
|
S.B. 165 - Emergency Response Plans for Homelessness Requires local coordinating committees to develop an emergency response plan for the health and safety of people experiencing homelessness.
Topic(s):
Homelessness
Category:
Vote Date: Bill Status: Passed |
No |
|
S.B. 173 - Disorderly Conduct Amendments Adjusts criminal provisions relating to disorderly conduct.
Topic(s):
Transparency & Accountability
Category:
Vote Date: 3/12/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
No |
|
S.B. 174 - Abortion Prohibition Amendments Prohibits a pregnant person from receiving an abortion, with limited exceptions.
Topic(s):
Reproductive Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 3/12/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
|
S.B. 200 - Redistricting Amendments Removes transparency and accountability requirements for the Legislature instituted by voters via Prop 4.
Topic(s):
Redistricting
Category:
Vote Date: 3/11/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
Absent |
|
S.B. 220 - Confession Of Judgement Amendments Allows parties to enter into a confession of judgment before a default, with exceptions.
Topic(s):
Access to Justice
Category:
Vote Date: 3/12/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
|
S.B. 239 - Refinery Sales Tax Exemption Extends a tax break for refineries that haven’t begun producing Tier 3 fuel.
Topic(s):
Clean Energy
Category:
Vote Date: 3/12/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
Yes |
|
S.B. 39 - Affordable Housing Amendments Provides funding to incentivize the development and preservation of affordable housing.
Topic(s):
Affordable Housing
Category:
Vote Date: 3/10/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
No |
|
S.B. 67 - Disposition of Fetal Remains Requires a health care facility to dispose of fetal tissue from a miscarriage or abortion via burial or cremation.
Topic(s):
Reproductive Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 3/6/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
N/A |
|
S.B. 77 - Electric Energy Storage Tax Credit Creates income tax incentives for utility and residential energy storage technologies.
Topic(s):
Clean Energy
Category:
Vote Date: 3/3/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
N/A |
|
S.B. 78 - Energy Storage Innovation, Research, and Grant Program Act Provides funding for a grant program for related to energy storage.
Topic(s):
Clean Energy
Category:
Vote Date: 3/4/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
N/A |
|
S.B. 92 - Statewide Comprehensive Rail Plan Directs the Dept of Transportation to develop a statewide comprehensive rail plan.
Topic(s):
Public Transit
Category:
Vote Date: 2/28/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
Yes |
|
S.B. 97 - License Plates Amendments Clarifies that the Motor Vehicle Division may refuse to issue a custom license plate if it determines that the plate disparages a group of people based on a protected class.
Topic(s):
Immigrant Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 2/26/2020 Bill Status: Passed |
N/A |
|
S.J.R. 5 - Joint Resolution to Amend the Rules of Civil Procedure on Disqualification of a Judge Allows a lawyer to disqualify one judge per case without cause.
Topic(s):
Independent Judiciary
Category:
Vote Date: Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
2019 Score Overview
Overall
Sustainable Future
Good Government
Equal Rights
Strong Communities
2019 Voting Record
Better Utah Position Key: Support = Oppose =
Voting Key:
In favor = Yes, Against = No, Not present = Absent, No vote taken = N/A
Vote | Better Utah Position | Bill |
---|---|---|
Yes |
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H.B. 100 - Sexual Violence Protective Orders Creates a protective order and ex-parte protective order for sexual violence, which are included on the statewide warrant system.
Topic(s):
Criminal Justice Reform
Category:
Vote Date: 2/25/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 114 - Self-Defense Amendments “Stand your ground” bill stating that an individual does not have a duty to retreat from an aggressor if possible to do so.
Topic(s):
Gun Violence Prevention
Category:
Vote Date: 2/22/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 129 - Campaign Amendments Allows political candidates to use campaign funds to pay for childcare expenses while engaging in campaign activities as well as while serving in office.
Topic(s):
Women's Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 1/31/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 132 - Occupational and Professional Licensing Amendments Allows the Dept. of Occupational and Professional Licensing to offer exams in languages besides English.
Topic(s):
Immigrant Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 2/1/2019 |
No |
|
H.B. 133 - Initiative Amendments Alters the implementation date for voter-passed propositions: 60 days after the next legislative session as a muminum, and over a year for propositions involving a tax increase (Jan. 1 of the year following the next session).
Topic(s):
Ballot Initiatives
Category:
Vote Date: 3/4/2019 |
No |
|
H.B. 136 - Abortion Amendments Bans abortion after 18 weeks, except in extreme cases affecting the health of the woman or fetus.
Topic(s):
Women's Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 2/26/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 139 - Motor Vehicle Emissions Amendments Increases fines for “coal rolling” and requires law enforcement to refer repeat offenders to the Motor Vehicle Division.
Topic(s):
Clean Air
Category:
Vote Date: 2/21/2019 |
No |
|
H.B. 145 - Citizen Political Process Amendments Requires county clerks to post names of signatories on the county website, and to count signatures and signature removals on a rolling basis every 14 days. Requires signature gatherers to turn in packets 30 days after beginning, and introduces criminal penalties for fraudulent information.
Topic(s):
Ballot Initiatives
Category:
Vote Date: 3/4/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 148 - Vehicle Idling Revisions Reduces the “warnings” police must give before issuing a ticket for vehicle idling from three to one
Topic(s):
Clean Air
Category:
Vote Date: 2/19/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 166 - Down Syndrome Nondiscrimination Abortion Act Prohibits physicians from performing abortion if the woman’s only reason is that the fetus has Down Syndrome, and requires an abortion pathology report stating whether an aborted fetus had or may have had DS. Does not go into effect unless permitted by a court of binding authority.
Topic(s):
Women's Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 2/15/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 17 - Firearm Violence and Suicide Prevention Amendments Requires state to set up firearm safety literature and suicide prevention course; distribute cable locks; coupons toward gun safes
Topic(s):
Gun Violence Prevention
Category:
Vote Date: 2/26/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 212 - Expungement Changes Prohibits employer inquiry into an applicant’s expunged criminal history, except for law enforcement agencies and other sensitive public jobs.
Topic(s):
Criminal Justice Reform
Category:
Vote Date: 2/14/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 213 - Promotion of Student Loan Forgiveness Requires public entitites to annually provide materials to employees about the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program or the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program.
Topic(s):
Economic Justice
Category:
Vote Date: 2/25/2019 |
No |
|
H.B. 220 - Radioactive Waste Amendments Allows the director of the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control to authorize alternate requirements for waste classification, opening the door for Utah to store class B and C radioactive waste.
Topic(s):
Clean Energy
Category:
Vote Date: 2/12/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 234 - Marriage Amendments Prohibits minors from getting married, with an exception for 16- and 17-year-olds with approval from a parent and a juvenile court judge.
Topic(s):
Women's Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 3/1/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 244 - Misdemeanor Sentencing Timeline Reduces the maximum incarceration time for a midemeanor from 365 to 364 days.
Topic(s):
Immigrant Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 2/25/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 263 - Emissions Testing Revisions Requires a visual inspection of emissions on diesel engines 1998 and newer.
Topic(s):
Clean Air
Category:
Vote Date: 2/22/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 277 - Amendments to Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Extends deadline for muncipalities to opt in to the pilot program from January 1st to April 15th of this year and allows the municipalities to contract with any political subdivision to run the election.
Topic(s):
Voting Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 2/22/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 288 - Critical Infrastructure Materials Creates protection zones for existing gravel, sand, or rock aggregate mining operations.
Topic(s):
Infrastructure
Category:
Vote Date: 2/28/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 296 - Rural Online Working Hub Amendments Creates a grant program to develop coworking and innovation centers in rural areas, enabling remote online work.
Topic(s):
Economic Justice
Category:
Vote Date: 2/25/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 318 - Inmate Restrictions Standards Amendments Requires the least restrictive restraints be used on a pregnant inmate and prohibits shackling during labor and delivery.
Topic(s):
Criminal Justice Reform
Category:
Vote Date: 3/1/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 346 - Higher Education Responses to Allegations Creates honor code immunity for reporting sexual violence and requires victim consent for campus coordination with outside law enforcement. Makes retaliatory violence or threats to a victim or witness a third-degree felony.
Topic(s):
Education
Category:
Vote Date: 3/1/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 353 - Reduction of Single Occupanc Vehicle Trips Pilot Programs Appropriates funds to reduce air pollution on select bad air days by subsidizing public transit and encouraging carpooling and telework.
Topic(s):
Clean Air
Category:
Vote Date: 3/4/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 357 - Voluntary Wood Burning Conversion Program Adjusts Utah’s wood burning conversion program to prioritize individuals within 250% of the federal poverty level who live in an area with heavy air pollution.
Topic(s):
Clean Air
Category:
Vote Date: 3/4/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 38 - Administrative Appeal Rights Allows an individual to appeal the Director of Antidiscrimination and Labor’s decision to dismiss a discirmination complaint.
Topic(s):
Ethics
Category:
Vote Date: 1/28/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 40 - Criminal Code Task Force Amendments Grants immunity for sex workers who work notify police of assault; repeals crimes of adultery and sodomy.
Topic(s):
Criminal Justice Reform
Category:
Vote Date: 1/28/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 422 - Marriage Code Revisions Makes marriage language in the code gender neutral.
Topic(s):
LGBTQ+ Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 3/5/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 431 - Expungement Act Amendments Allows for automatic expungement of some criminal records after a certain time.
Topic(s):
Criminal Justice Reform
Category:
Vote Date: 3/7/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 433 - Inland Port Amendments Authorizes the Inland Port Authority to own and operate a trade hub and create project areas outside its jurisdictional land. Expands the Authority’s power to capture property taxes from 25 to 40 years. Increases the property tax differential revenue that the Authority can use for operating expenses, and authorizes the Authority to be paid sales and use tax revenue.
Topic(s):
Infrastructure
Category:
Vote Date: 3/8/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 47 - Early Childhood Coordination Amendments Creates a cabinet level agency and advisory commission to coordinate all agencies who work with early childhood services.
Topic(s):
Afforable Child Care
Category:
Vote Date: 1/28/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 57 - Electronic Information or Data Privacy Requires a search warrant for government to access electronic data shared with third parties such as cell service providers.
Topic(s):
Ethics
Category:
Vote Date: 2/22/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 64 - Lobbyist Expenditures Amendments Extends lobbying disclosures to lobbyists influencing local elected officials or members of a board of education.
Topic(s):
Transparency
Category:
Vote Date: 2/4/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 71 - Health Education Amendments Clarifies that teachers are allowed to discuss contraceptives in a sex education curriculum.
Topic(s):
Education
Category:
Vote Date: 2/26/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 78 - Federal Designations Requires a government entity advocating for a federal designation of state land to first present to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Interim Committee for its review.
Topic(s):
Public Lands
Category:
Vote Date: 3/4/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.B. 84 - Economic Development Programs Amendments Reduces number of months observed for Rural Fast Track eligibility from 24 to 12 and removes caps on money the Business Expansion and Retention Initiative can award a rural economic development entity.
Topic(s):
Economic Justice
Category:
Vote Date: 2/12/2019 |
Yes |
|
Recognizes the diversified nature of Utah’s energy production and the importance of rural counties in developing energy, and supports the development of wind, solar, hydrogen, hydroelectric, and geothermal energy, and exporting energy to other states.
Topic(s):
Clean Energy
Category:
Vote Date: 1/29/2019 |
Yes |
|
Designates May 5th as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and LGBT+ Awareness Day.
Category:
Vote Date: 2/14/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.C.R. 3 - CR Urging the EPA to Update Switcher Locomotive Emission Standards Urges the EPA to update emissions standards for switcher locomotives to Tier 4, which would result in an 89% reduction in nitrogen-oxide emissions and an 88.5% reduction in direct particulate matter emissions.
Topic(s):
Clean Air
Category:
Vote Date: 2/15/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.J.R 8 - Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution - Slavery and Involuntary Servitude Prohibition Eliminates an exception in the Utah Constitution to the prohibition against slavery and involuntary servitude.
Topic(s):
Racial Justice
Category:
Vote Date: 2/11/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.J.R. 17 - JR on Formation of Public Land Management Plans Authorizes the state Commission for the Stewardship of Public Lands to start forming public land management plans for federal lands.
Topic(s):
Public Lands
Category:
Vote Date: 3/4/2019 |
Yes |
|
H.J.R. 21 - JR Reaffirming the Value of Women Reaffirms women’s equal political, civil, and religious rights in the Utah Constitution and recommends adding similar language to the US Constitution.
Topic(s):
Women's Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 2/25/2019 |
Yes |
|
S.B. 103 - Victim Targeting Penalty Enhancements Creates a penalty enhancement for crimes committed against an individual based on age, ancestry, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender identity, homelessness, marital status, matriculation, national origin, political expression, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or participation in law enforcement, emergency response, or the armed forces.
Category:
Vote Date: 3/12/2019 |
No |
|
S.B. 123 - Election Process Amendments Allows political parties to nominate replacements to compete in a special election, excluding signiture-gathering candidates from the process. Allows the Utah Legislature to choose the replacement for a U.S. Senate vacancy.
Topic(s):
Voting Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 3/14/2019 |
Yes |
|
S.B. 134 - Campus Safety Amendments Requires colleges to have a campus safety plan and curriculum addressing sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
Topic(s):
Education
Category:
Vote Date: 3/13/2019 |
Yes |
|
S.B. 144 - Environmental Quality Monitoring Amendments Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to monitor environmental impacts from the Inland Port development including air and water quality and increases in noise and light pollution.
Topic(s):
Sustainability
Category:
Vote Date: 3/13/2019 |
Yes |
|
S.B. 147 - Lobbyist Licensing Modifications Applies harassment training and prohibitions to lobbyists.
Topic(s):
Ethics
Category:
Vote Date: 3/12/2019 |
No |
|
S.B. 236 - State Board of Education Candidacy Amendments Changes the current non-partisan candidacy requirements for the State Board of Education, allowing candidates to run as a member of a political party, as unaffiliated, or as a write-in candidate.
Topic(s):
Government Balance
Category:
Vote Date: 3/14/2019 |
Yes |
|
S.B. 24 - State Energy Policy Amendments Commits Utah to promoting molten salt reactors, greater access to domestic and international markets for Utah’s natural resources, energy storage, and increased refinery capacity. Recommends including energy education programs in grades K-12.
Topic(s):
Natural Resources
Category:
Vote Date: 2/14/2019 |
Yes |
|
S.B. 32 - Indigent Defense Amendments Ensures that all minors have a state-appointed attorney in court.
Topic(s):
Criminal Justice Reform
Category:
Vote Date: 3/13/2019 |
Yes |
|
S.B. 34 - Affordable Housing Modifications Adds provisions for municipal and county planning that encourage moderate and affordable housing development in transit areas. Requires cities to adopt at least 3 affordable housing strategies to be eligible for Transportation Investment Fund money.
Topic(s):
Affordable Housing
Category:
Vote Date: 3/14/2019 |
Yes |
|
S.B. 52 - Secondary Water Requirements Requires new secondary connections to be metered beginning in 2020 and that secondary water suppliers submit a plan for how they will implement metering in the future.
Topic(s):
Natural Resources
Category:
Vote Date: 3/13/2019 |
Yes |
|
S.B. 56 - Community Reinvestment Agency Report Establishes a public database for community reinvestment agencies to annually report financial information.
Topic(s):
Transparency
Category:
Vote Date: 3/6/2019 |
Yes |
|
S.B. 61 - Poll Hours for Early Voting Removes the poll hour closing requirement on the last day of early voting.
Topic(s):
Voting Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 2/27/2019 |
Yes |
|
S.B. 81 - Native American Remains Amendments Provides for tribal consultation in situations that require the reburial of Native American remains.
Topic(s):
Racial Justice
Category:
Vote Date: 2/27/2019 |
Yes |
|
S.B. 89 - Conflict Disclosure Amendments Requires the Lt. Gov to establish a website for electronic disclosure of potential conflicts of interest of state elected officials.
Topic(s):
Ethics
Category:
Vote Date: 3/13/2019 |
Yes |
|
Requires health benefit plans to provide coverage for behavioral health treatment for individuals with an autism spectrum disorder.
Topic(s):
Disability Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 3/14/2019 |
No |
|
S.B. 96 - Medicaid Expansion Adjustments Repeals Medicaid expansion passed by voters in Prop 3 and replaces it with a partial expansion plan requiring federal waivers, work requirements, and per capita caps on enrollment.
Topic(s):
Initiatives
Category:
Vote Date: 2/8/2019 |
Yes |
|
S.J.R. 7 - Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution -- Terminology Update Makes the Utah Constitution gender-neutral.
Topic(s):
Women's Rights
Category:
Vote Date: 3/6/2019 |
No |
|
S.J.R. 9 - JR Calling for a Convention to Amend the United States Constitution Calls for a Constitutional Convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States imposing fiscal restraints on the federal government, limiting the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limiting the terms of office for federal officials and members of Congress.
Topic(s):
Government Balance
Category:
Vote Date: 3/5/2019 |