Rep. Nelson T. Abbott
| House District 57
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2024 Voting Record
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Voting Key:
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| Vote | Better Utah Position | Bill |
|---|---|---|
| Yes |
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Allows each side in a civil action pending in a court in a county with seven or more district court judges to file a motion to change a judge as a matter of right, as long as the party can attest in good faith that the notice is not being filed to delay any action or proceeding and is not being made on the grounds of race, gender, or religious affiliation. Passed in House and Senate Joint Resolutions do not require the signature of the governor
Topic(s):
Access to Justice
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/21/2024 Bill Status: Passed |
| No |
|
H.B. 11 - Water Efficient Landscaping Requirements Prohibits local government entities, school districts, and highway authorities within the Great Salt Lake basin from using overhead spray irrigation, except for in “active recreation areas,” such as sports fields, parks, amphitheaters, or other social gathering areas. Passed in House and Senate Signed by Governor Cox on 3/12/24
Topic(s):
Water Conservation
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/21/2024 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.J.R 14 - Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution - Statewide Initiatives Proposes an amendment to the Utah Constitution to require that statewide ballot initiatives that propose new taxes or tax increases receive at least 60% approval to pass. Passed in House; Passed in Senate Committee but died on Senate floor
Topic(s):
Initiatives and Referenda
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/8/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.J.R. 26 - Joint Resolution Rejecting Exchange of School and Institutional Trust Lands Rejects the proposed exchange of state school and institutional trust lands and mineral interests in and around the Bears Ears National Monument for federal lands located elsewhere in the state because “the federal government has signaled that it will adopt an exceptionally restrictive and unreasonable land management plan that would negatively impact the communities surrounding the Monument”. Passed in House and Senate Joint Resolutions do not require the signature of the governor
Topic(s):
Public Lands
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/16/2024 Bill Status: Passed |
| No |
|
H.B. 28 - Emergency Responder Voting Amendments Allows registered voters assisting with emergencies on election day to cast an electronic ballot if the area affected by the emergency is located outside the voter’s county of residence. Failed in House
Topic(s):
Voting Rights
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 1/25/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 29 - Sensitive Materials Review Amendments Streamlines and standardizes the review process that school districts and charter schools must undertake to investigate and possibly ban school materials if they are found to contain “criminally indecent or pornographic” material; allows for the statewide ban of books determined to contain “objective sensitive material” by three school districts or at least two school districts and five charter schools, but allows the State Board of Education to vote to override the ban within 60 days in a public hearing. Passed in House and Senate Signed by Governor Cox 3/12/24
Topic(s):
Education
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/21/2024 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 36 - Open and Public Meetings Act Amendments Clarifies and tightens definitions of “meetings” in Utah’s Open and Public Meetings law; prohibits members of a public body that constitute a quorum from acting together outside a meeting in a concerted and deliberate manner to predetermine an action to be taken by the public body at a meeting on a relevant manner. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Transparency
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/23/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Absent |
|
H.B. 79 - Initiatives and Referenda Amendments Modifies ballot initiative and referendum signature requirements to comply with the Americans for Disabilities Act. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Initiatives and Referenda
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 3/1/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 80 - Candidate and Officeholder Disclosure Modifications Requires elected officers of all state political subdivisions and land use authorities to file annual conflict of interest disclosure statements; requires disclosure statements to be posted online and requires the Lt. Governor to create a directory of all conflict of interest disclosures on their website, along with campaign finance statements from candidates for municipal and county offices; standardizes the level at which conflicts of interests must be disclosed at $5,000. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Transparency
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/22/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| N/A |
|
H.B. 97 - Gun Safety Amendments Creates a five-day waiting period between the purchase and delivery of a firearm. Failed in House Committee
Topic(s):
Gun Violence Prevention
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/9/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| N/A |
|
H.B. 98 - Firearm Access Amendments Requires firearm owners to securely store firearms or render them inoperable with a locking device; imposes civil fines if the firearm is accessed by a restricted person, minor, or at-risk individual, or if they use the firearm in the commission of a crime or cause injury to someone else with the firearm. Failed in House Committee
Topic(s):
Gun Violence Prevention
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/9/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 101 - Law Enforcement Reporting Requirements Requires law enforcement agencies provide annual reports to the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice on the number of firearms that were lawfully seized from restricted persons, the types of those firearms, information on where those firearms were obtained by the restricted person, and the reasons those individuals were restricted persons. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Gun Violence Prevention
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/22/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 107 - Recycling Facility Transparency Amendments Requires political subdivisions to publish in a newsletter or on its website information from recycling facilities and haulers about the amount of recyclable material that was sent to recycling facilities or landfills. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Sustainability
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 1/31/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 111 - Employment Training Requirement Limitations Forbids trainings and attestations professing certain beliefs as a condition of employment, advancement, promotion, or demotion, including requiring signing documents affirming beliefs around identity traits such as race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disabilities. Passed in House; Failed in Senate Committee
Topic(s):
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 2/1/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 119 - School Employee Firearm Possession Amendments Creates the “Educator-Protector Program” to incentivize school teachers to responsibly secure or carry firearms on school grounds by waiving liability for civil damages or penalties for harm caused by use of the firearm if they attend an annual free “classroom response training” on how to defend classrooms against active threats. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Gun Violence Prevention
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/28/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 127 - Victim Targeting Reporting Requires the attorney general’s office to establish a hate crimes hotline for the reporting of “victim targeting offenses” that could then be referred to law enforcement agencies where the offenses occurred. Passed in House Committee: Did not receive vote on House floor
Topic(s):
Public Safety
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 2/23/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 134 - Marriage Modifications Repeals Utah’s court-blocked ban on interracial marriage and prohibits the government from refusing to recognize a marriage, issue a marriage license, or solemnize a marriage on the basis of the race, ethnicity, or national origin of a part to the marriage. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Racial Justice
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 3/1/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| N/A |
|
H.B. 214 - Election Modifications Requires mail-in ballots to be received by the election officer before the polls close on election day for the ballot to be counted, changing it from the current requirement that mail-in ballots be postmarked before election day. Held in House Committee
Topic(s):
Elections
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 1/22/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 257 - Sex-Based Designations for Privacy, Anti-Bullying, and Women's Opportunities Prohibits students from accessing sex-specific restrooms, locker rooms, shower rooms, and changing rooms in public schools that do not correspond with a person’s biological sex as defined in the bill, instead requiring students and their parent or guardian to work with the school to develop a privacy plan that allows reasonable access to unisex, single-occupant, or faculty restrooms; for publicly owned or controlled facilities accessible to the general public, the bill makes it a crime to enter a sex-designated changing room (not restrooms) that does not correspond with that person’s “biological sex” and increases criminal penalties for other crimes committed in that situation; outside of regulating access to “privacy spaces,” the bill requires “equivalent quality or rotational sharing” of sex-designated athletic facilities or venues within the public education system, and that government entities shall ensure the construction of single-occupant facilities in new construction and consider retrofitting or remodeling existing spaces to include privacy protections. Passed in House and Senate Signed by Governor Cox 1/30/24
Topic(s):
LGBTQ+ Rights
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 1/26/2024 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 261 - Equal Opportunity Initiatives Broadly prohibits “diversity, equity, and inclusion” statements, submissions, practices, programs, and initiatives based on “prohibited discriminatory practices” in state and local government entities, including public higher education institutions, instead requiring the establishment of “student success and support” centers or positions that provide support, guidance, and resources to all students, including those at higher risk of not completing a certificate or degree; for higher education institutions, also requires the online publishing of the syllabi of all mandatory courses, seminars, classes, workshops, and training sessions, annual employee training on the separations of personal political advocacy from an institution’s business and employment activities, the development of strategies to promote viewpoint diversity on campuses, the establishment of policies and procedures to include opportunities for education and research on free speech and civic education, and an annual “campus expression climate survey” to measure student and faculty “perception of and experience with an institution’s campus environment”. Passed in House and Senate Signed by Governor Cox 1/30/24
Topic(s):
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 1/26/2024 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 269 - Public School History Curricula Amendments Includes the Ten Commandments and Magna Carta in a list of historical documents and principles that teachers may use in school curricula and activities to teach American history and government. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Education
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/22/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 284 - Initiative Amendments Contingent on the passage of H.J.R. 14, requires statewide initiatives that impose new taxes or increase tax rates to receive greater than 60% approval to pass; and requires statewide initiatives to include descriptions of how the proposed law will be funded, a description of new taxes or increased tax rates,a description of the amount and source of new revenues, and a description of existing line items or programs that will receive less funding in order to fund the proposed law and amount by which that funding will be reduced. Passed in House; Passed in Senate Committee but died on Senate floor
Topic(s):
Initiatives and Referenda
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/8/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| N/A |
|
H.B. 285 - Public Sector Labor Organizations Amendments Prohibits public employers from providing payroll deduction of labor organization dues for employees unless an employee affirmatively opts-in every year; requires “recertification” every years for a labor organization to represent employees with the employer; requires a labor organization to report to the employer or state auditor the number of members in the organization and particular bargaining unit; and imposes unclear limits on labor organizations to access and use public property. Passed in House Committee
Topic(s):
Labor
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 1/26/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 290 - Ranked Choice Voting Amendments Modifies the repeal date of the Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project, which allows municipalities to use ranked choice voting in lieu of primary elections, from January 1, 2026 to May 1, 2024. Passed in House; Failed in Senate
Topic(s):
Elections
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/22/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 298 - Homelessness Services Amendments Revamps the Utah Homelessness Council, replacing the 29-member council with a 9-member Utah Homeless Services Board, and tasking it with updating the state’s plan for reducing homelessness, recommending best practices for administering services, and developing metrics measuring the effectiveness of services and goals to reduce homelessness; requires more detailed data gathering on homelessness and progress toward eliminating homelessness in certain categories; and removes limitations on unsanctioned champing enforcement during a Code Blue Alert, even if no shelter beds are available. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Homelessness
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/28/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| No |
|
H.B. 303 - School Curriculum Requirements Prohibits teachers and school staff from using their position through instruction, materials, or the display of symbols, images, or language to promote, endorse, or disparage political viewpoints or viewpoints regarding sexual orientation or gender identity; allows the wearing of religious clothing and display of personal photographs or certain national or state flags. Failed in House
Topic(s):
Education
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/26/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| N/A |
|
H.B. 305 - Firearm Data Amendments Requires law enforcement agencies to provide annual reports to the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice on the number of crimes reported to or investigated by the law enforcement agency in which a lost or stolen firearm was used in the commission of the crime, as well as the disposition of firearms in the law enforcement agency’s custody. Failed in House Committee
Topic(s):
Gun Violence Prevention
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/21/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 326 - Firearm Safety Incentives Creates a one-time nonrefundable income tax credit for the purchase of a firearm safety or storage device. Passed in House; Failed in Senate Committee
Topic(s):
Gun Violence Prevention
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/15/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 355 - Residential Rental Modifications Requires landlords to provide at least 60-days notice of rent increases to tenants. Passed in House; Failed in Senate Committee
Topic(s):
Tenants Rights
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/14/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 380 - Attorney General Amendments Clarifies that the Utah Attorney General is a full-time employee of the state and prohibits them from engaging in the private practice of the law. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Ethics
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/16/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 421 - Homelessness and Vulnerable Populations Amendments Prioritizes access for overnight shelter beds, including unsheltered Utahns who have been discharged from the Utah State Hospital and, for family shelters, Utahns who qualify for the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program; requires homeless shelters to comply with these prioritization standards to receive funds from the Office of Homeless Services; prohibits municipalities from receiving mitigation funds unless they enforce prohibitions on camping and panhandling, and demonstrate improvement in reducing such conduct; increases the temperature for a Code Blue Alert from 15 to 18 degrees Fahrenheit; and establishes the HOME court pilot program to provide for comprehensive and individualized, court-supervised treatment and services to individuals with mental illness. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Homelessness
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/29/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 429 - State Employment Revisions Except for POST-certified positions and independent state entities that choose not to participate, ends state civil service protections for new state employees beginning January 1, 2025. Passed in House; Failed in Senate Committee
Topic(s):
Labor
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/20/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 430 - Local Government Transportation Services Amendments Seeking to improve public transit services in underserved high-growth areas, requires the Department of Transportation and Transportation Commission to use a certain amount of public transit funds to award “public transit innovation grants” to pilot bus routes, services, shuttle connections, and other pilot programs to demonstrate need for public transit services; also requires Utah Transit Authority to provide a report every two years to each city and town with an accounting of how transit revenues are raised and utilized to provide service to residents of their city. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Public Transit
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/1/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 448 - State Water Program Reporting Requirements Requires the Division of Water Resources to collaborate with state agencies to quantify and monitor state legislative water optimization efforts including water banking, and annually report its findings, including recommendations for changes to state legislative water-optimization efforts that did not lead to intended water conservation. Passed in House; Not considered in Senate Committee
Topic(s):
Water Conservation
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/22/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 453 - Great Salt Lake Revisions Imposes a fluctuating severance tax on companies that operate mineral extraction industries from brines in the Great Salt Lake, and requires the State Engineer to impose a “distribution management plan” that provides for the apportionment and distribution of Great Salt Lake water rights while also considering the strategic plan adopted by the Great Salt Lake Commissioner. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Water Conservation
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/29/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 465 - Housing Affordability Revisions Allows city redevelopment agencies to use funding to help construct income targeted homes (those at 120% of area median income) to increase the supply of owner-occupied homes; encourages the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority to increase supply of affordable housing through the use of its land use authority. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Housing Affordability
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/29/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 471 - Public Lands Possession Amendments Asserts ownership and exclusive jurisdiction to Utah for any Class B (typically graded dirt roads) or Class D (trails used by ATVs and UTVs) included on a county travel plan, including roads on federal public lands; considers these public roads open for public use unless the road has been closed through adjudication and due process by the appropriate state or federal government agency; allows state to disregard road closure if simply done through mandates in agency travel management plans with public input process. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Public Lands
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/27/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
Directs the Divisions of Water Resources and Water Rights to study the creation of a centralized database and center for all Utah water data, specifying collaboration with the Department of Agriculture and Food, Department of Environmental Quality, and the Division of Technological Services in completing the study, the creation of which would help monitor water use and availability across the state. Passed in House; Not considered in Senate Committee
Topic(s):
Water Conservation
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/22/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| N/A |
|
H.B. 477 - School Employee Conduct Amendments Hijacked an unrelated bill to prohibit the display of certain flags, including Pride flags, on or in a public school by a school official or employee, and establish standing for parents of school students to file a civil action to enforce the law. Failed in Senate
Topic(s):
Education
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 514 - School Chaplain Amendments Allows local school districts and charter schools to develop policies, guidelines, and requirements to permit volunteer chaplains to provide opt-in chaplain services within their schools. Passed in House; Failed in Senate
Topic(s):
Education
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/23/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 57 - Utah Constitutional Sovereignty Act Allows the Legislature, by concurrent resolution, to prohibit the enforcement of a federal directive within the state by government officers if the Legislature determines the federal statute, executive order, rule, or regulation violates the principles of state sovereignty. Passed in Senate and House Signed by Governor Cox 1/31/24
Topic(s):
Checks and Balances
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 1/30/2024 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 69 - Income Tax Amendments Reduces the corporate and individual income tax rate from 4.65% to 4.55%, a reduction in income tax funds of about $201.4 million in FY 2025 and $167.7 million in ongoing funding. Passed in Senate and House
Topic(s):
Budget & Taxes
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/28/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 131 - Information Technology Act Amendments Requires audio or visual communications to include disclosures if they were substantially produced with artificial intelligence and are intended to influence voting. Passed in Senate and House
Topic(s):
Elections
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/22/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 161 - Energy Security Amendments Provides the State of Utah a two-year option to purchase for fair market value the coal-fired Intermountain Power Project near Delta, Utah once it is decommissioned and creates the Decommissioned Asset Disposition Authority within the Office of Energy Development to provide recommendations to the Governor and Legislature regarding such a purchase, govern the power plant, if purchased, submit a new air quality permit for the continued operation of the power plant, and eventually resell the decommissioned asset to a new operator. Passed in Senate and House
Topic(s):
Clean Energy
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/28/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 176 - Child Care Services Amendments Establishes the Child Care Capacity Expansion program to allow obsolete state buildings to be retrofitted and utilized for child care programs, with private sector employees helping to fund access to the child care program for their own employees and contracting with certified quality childcare providers to run the programs. Passed in Senate; Failed in House
Topic(s):
Childcare
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/28/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| N/A |
|
S.B. 196 - Great Salt Lake Amendments Directs the Great Salt Lake Commissioner to develop a plan for “wet water years” to provide guidance for a coordinated effort to optimize the amount of water that makes it into the Great Salt Lake during or following a wet water year. Failed to pass in Senate
Topic(s):
Water Conservation
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 208 - Housing and Transit Reinvestment Zone Amendments Increases the housing affordability requirement of a housing and transit reinvestment zone from 10% affordable to 12% affordable, and requires that up to 9% must be affordable at less than or equal to 80% AMI, and at least 3% must be affordable at less than or equal to 60% AMI; requires housing and transit reinvestment zone proposal to include a housing affordability plan, which may include deed restricted units, to ensure maintained affordability throughout the entire zone term; promotes and encourages owner-occupied housing to the objectives of a housing and transit reinvestment zone. Passed in Senate and House
Topic(s):
Housing Affordability
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/29/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 211 - Generational Water Infrastructure Amendments Creates a new “Water District Water Development Council” composed of the state’s four largest water districts and the Utah Division of Water Resources to plan for “generational water infrastructure” and advance the responsible development of water to address “generational need for adequate and reliable water supplies,” but exempts the Council from the “Open and Public Meetings Act” and the Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA). Passed in Senate and House
Topic(s):
Transparency
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/28/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 224 - Energy Independence Amendments In addition to establishing a “Utah Fire Fund” to allow utilities to recover costs associated with wildfires, allows electrical utilities such as Rocky Mountain Power to petition the Public Service Commission to recover costs for existing coal-fired power plants in order to keep those facilities running when neighboring states stop paying for their ongoing operation and maintenance; additionally, changes the factors considered by the Public Service Commission when making decisions on connecting or closing energy resources, including the presumption that the costs of “proven dispatchable generation resources” are reasonable. Passed in Senate and House
Topic(s):
Clean Energy
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/1/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 240 - Government Records Access and Management Act Amendments Exempts the daily calendars of elected officials from disclosure under the Government Records Access and Management Act. Passed in Senate and House Signed by Governor Cox on 2/28/24
Topic(s):
Transparency
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/27/2024 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 242 - Utah Lake Modifications Repeals the Utah Lake Restoration Act, the law that was deemed unconstitutional because it allowed the state to give away parts of Utah Lake for private development, like the project that would have dredged Utah Lake and used that dredged material to create islands for public and private development. Passed in Senate and House
Topic(s):
Natural Resources
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/1/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Absent |
|
S.B. 270 - Utah Lake and Great Salt Lake Study Funds a $1.5 million study to the Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands to conduct a study looking into water quality, conserving water resources, removing invasive species, restoring native plants, restoring and conserving fish and bird species, and restoring recreation and community use of Utah Lake, including delivery of water from Utah Lake to Great Salt Lake. Passed in Senate and House
Topic(s):
Natural Resources
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/1/2024 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 273 - Amendments Related to District Attorney in County of the First Class Requires the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office to track time spent by prosecutors on each criminal case, the average amount of taxpayer dollars spent per case, and the cumulative total hours worked and the number of cases in certain categories; and allows the Revitalization Zone Committee established under S.B. 272 to recommend to the Utah Supreme Court that it appoint a replacement prosecutor to prosecute crimes within the project area in place of the district attorney if the committee determines, by majority vote in a public meeting, that the district attorney has failed or refused to adequately prosecute crimes within the project area. Passed in Senate and House
Topic(s):
Accountability
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 3/1/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
2023 Score Overview
Overall
Good Government
Equal Rights
Sustainable Future
Strong Communities
2023 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.J.R. 21 - Joint Resolution Honoring the Hispanic Community Recognizes the contributions of Utah’s hispanic community to the prosperity of the state and expresses support for strengthening and ensuring a bright future for their community. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 2/28/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 25 - Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Task Force Sunset Extension Extends the repeal date for the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Relatives Task Force for an additional year. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Indigenous Rights
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 1/24/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.J.R. 25 - Joint Resolution Highlighting the Hazards of Net-Zero Energy Highlights the perceived negatives of focusing on a net-zero energy policy and emphasizes the perceived positives that have been created by the use of traditional forms of energy. Passed in House; Failed in Senate sine die
Topic(s):
Clean Energy
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/28/2023 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 29 - Mental Health Support and Law Enforcement Co-Response Creates a grant program to fund appropriate response to individuals experiencing mental health crisis through new or expanded crisis intervention or mobile crisis outreach teams. Passed in House; Passed in Senate on Second Reading but failed sine die
Topic(s):
Police Reform
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 1/25/2023 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 37 - Voter Signature Verification Amendments Establishes critieria and rulemaking authority for voter signature verification, specifically creating greater accessibility for those who are unable to sign their name consistently due to a disability, and establishes requirements for contacting voters, keeping records, and reporting when a ballot is rejected. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Elections
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 3/3/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
While this bill does some good, such as expanding the earned income tax credit and expanding the eligibility for the social security tax credit, it conditions removing the sales tax on food upon a constitutional amendment that imperils and lowers the income tax rate from 4.85% to 4.65%, a reduction in revenue that would otherwise go toward education. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Budget and Taxes
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 3/2/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 86 - Firearm Reporting Requirements Requires the Bureau of Criminal Identification to collect statistics on the source of firearms recovered from restricted persons. Passed in House; Passed in Senate on Second Reading but failed sine die
Topic(s):
Gun Violence Prevention
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/6/2023 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 131 - Vaccine Passport Prohibition Creates a new “protected class” based on a person’s “immunity status,” such that public accomodations may not discriminate against people based on their immunity status or not having taken a vaccine; prohibits government and private businesses, with certain exceptions, from requiring proof of immunity or requiring vaccines. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Public Safety
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 1/30/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| N/A |
|
H.B. 132 - Prohibiting Sex Transitioning Procedures on Minors Makes it unprofessional conduct for a health care provider to perform a medical procedure on a minor for the purpose of attempted sex transitioning or attempted sex change. Failed in House Committee
Topic(s):
LGBTQ+ Rights
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 1/24/2023 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 162 - Voter Accessibility Amendments Requires election officials to provide an accessible voting option for voters with disabilities. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Voting Rights
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/22/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 167 - State Child Care Amendments Allows state agencies to contract for on-site child care services. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Child care
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 1/31/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| N/A |
|
H.B. 171 - Alternative Voting Methods Modifications Repeals the Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project, including the ability for cities to use ranked choice voting in municipal elections. Failed in House Committee
Topic(s):
Elections
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/3/2023 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| N/A |
|
H.B. 188 - Golf Related Water Modifications Requires golf courses and driving ranges to report water use, information that will be posted online, and requires a study of water use by golf courses and driving ranges. Failed in House Committee
Topic(s):
Water Conservation
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/10/2023 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 199 - Voluntary Firearm Safekeeping Amendments Prohibits returning a firearm that has been voluntarily committed for safekeeping to a law enforcement agency if the person is a restricted person or has been arrested for committing a domestic violence offense. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Gun Violence Prevention
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/16/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 215 - Funding for Teacher Salaries and Optional Education Opportunities Gives teachers a salary raise that’s dependant on the implementation and funding of a “Utah Fits All Scholarship Program,” which would provide $8,000 vouchers for students to attend private schools or pay for homeschool expenses. Status: Passed; Signed by Governor 1/28
Topic(s):
Education
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 1/20/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| No |
|
H.B. 217 - School Energy and Water Reductions Uses federal funds to issue grants to schools to reduce energy and water usage. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Water Conservation
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/3/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 219 - Firearms Regulations Declares that the state and its political subdivisions will not enforce federal laws that purport to restrict or ban certain firearms, ammunition, or firearms accessories, in violation of the supremacy clause of the United States Constitution. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Gun Violence Prevention
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/9/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 220 - Emissions Reduction Amendments Requires the Division of Air Quality to study and create an emissions reduction plan for halogen emissions after the recent study looking at emissions from U.S. Magnesium. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Clean Air
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/3/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 228 - Unprofessional Conduct Amendments Continues to ban the dangerous use of conversion therapy while providing greater clarification around permitted types of talk therapy. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
LGBTQ+ Rights
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 2/9/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 243 - Public Transit Employee Collective Bargaining Amendments Excludes managerial and supervisory employees in public transit districts from organizing and collectively bargaining. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Labor
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/6/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 269 - Election Audit Requirements Requires the Legisaltive Auditor’s Office to conduct a biennial audit of primary and general elections in the Lt. Governor’s Office and county clerks’ offices. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Elections
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/3/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 272 - Water Efficient Landscaping Amendments Restricts local government entities on the amount of turf or lawns they can use at government buildings. Passed in House; Failed in Senate
Topic(s):
Water Conservation
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/27/2023 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 300 - Voluntary Firearm Restrictions Amendments Creates a voluntary firearm restricted list that allows an individual to request to be restricted from purchasing or possessing firearms indefinitely, which can be removed from the list 90 days after request, and allows an individual seeking to be placed on a voluntary firearm restricted list to direct the indivdiual’s health care provider to deliver the indivdiual’s form for inclusion on the list. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Gun Violence Prevention
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/6/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
Creates a new statewide nonprofit to “facilitate coordination to optimize the use of water” among the public, business, government, and agriculture. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Water Conservation
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/6/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| N/A |
|
H.B. 316 - Residential Rental Amendments Requires rental unit owners to clearly and conspicuously disclose all fees, fines, assessments, and other costs; in addition to requiring them to provide notice of rental increase at least 60 days before end of lease. Failed in House Committee
Topic(s):
Tenant Rights
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/9/2023 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 329 - Adult Event Permit Amendments Targeting drag shows, requires public entities to provide public notice for permitted events that have “adult themes”. Passed in House; Passed in Senate Committee but failed sine die
Topic(s):
LGBTQ+ Rights
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 2/22/2023 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| N/A |
|
H.B. 354 - Firearm Access Amendments Requires firearms to be securely stored or rendered inoperable by a locking device and provides that if an at-risk person, restricted person, or a minor gains access to a firearm, the owner may be fined. Failed in House Committee
Topic(s):
Gun Violence Prevention
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/13/2023 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 393 - Primary Ballot Requirements Allows a political party to use a candidate nominating system where a candidate that receives at least 70% of the vote at convention becomes the party’s nominee, automatically disqualifying any candidate that gathered signatures. Passed in House; Failed in Senate sine die
Topic(s):
Elections
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/24/2023 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| No |
|
H.B. 412 - State Employment Revisions Discontinues career service employment for new or promoted state employees in favor of at-will employment, and gives current career service employees the option to switch to at-will employment with a financial incentive. Failed in House
Topic(s):
Checks and Balances
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/24/2023 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 422 - Initiative Amendments Requires statewide initiatives that raise taxes to be approved by 60% of voters to go into effect. Passed in House; Failed in Senate committee
Topic(s):
Ballot Initiatives and Referenda
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/17/2023 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 425 - Energy Security Amendments Requires power plants to give 180 notice before closing coal-powered electrical generation facilities; requires the Office of Energy Development to study and evaluate the takeover and continuation of Rocky Mountain Power’s coal power plant after it is scheduled to close; places additional restrictions in the state energy plan on renewable energy; and authorizes the Attorney General to take action to defend the state’s interests with respect to electricity generation by a qualified utility facing a proposed federal regulation that would result in the early retirement of an electrical generation facility. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Clean Energy
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/2/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 427 - Individual Freedom in Public Education Requires that public school instructional materials and curriculum are consistent with “principles of individual freedom,” some of which are good but some of which ignore or prohibit discussions on systemic racism and unconscious bias. The bill specifically excluded gender identity from a list of characteristics that should not be subject to discrimination or adverse treatment. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 3/3/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
Adopts the recommendations of the 2022 legislative audit into elections, including giving the Lieutenant Governor’s Office more authority over elections and compliance by clerks, independence of audits, tracking and conciling ballots, and other issues. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Elections
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/24/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Absent |
|
H.B. 449 - Business Services Amendments Prohibits companies from coordinating with other companies to “intentionally destroy” companies that don’t adhere to ESG factors by eliminating the viable options for the companies to obtain products or services. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Sustainability
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/3/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 450 - Landscaping Requirements Prohibits home owners associations from requiring property owners to have more than 50% vegetative coverage that is not water wise landscaping on their property. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Water Conservation
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/3/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 451 - State Entity Restrictions Prohibits diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) statements for jobs or admissions at state higher education institutions. Passed in House; Failed in Senate Committee
Topic(s):
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 2/24/2023 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
Delicenses abortion clinics in Utah and requires abortions be performed in hospitals or hospital clinics, restricts that abortion exceptions in the “trigger ban” to apply only where the pregnant person is experiencing a life-threatening “physical” condition, and restricts abortion access for survivors of rape or incest to before 18 weeks gestation, among other changes to Utah’s abortion laws. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Reproductive Rights
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 3/3/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 477 - Full-Day Kindergarten Amendments Provides funding through the weighted pupil unit (WPU) to give every school district the ability to provide optional full-day kindergarten. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Education
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/23/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 481 - Firearm Safety and Suicide Prevention Education Requirements Requires a school to provide suicide prevention materials and information, including information on firearm safety, to a parent of a child who has threatened suicide or has been involved in an incident of bullying or other abusive behavior. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Gun Violence Prevention
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/28/2023 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 491 - Amendments Related to the Great Salt Lake Appoints a commissioner to oversee and coordinate efforts related to the Great Salt Lake, including creating a strategic plan for the long-term health of the Great Salt Lake. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Natural Resources
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/2/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 499 - Homeless Services Amendments Requires more counties to convene winter response task forces to create plans for winter shelters, particularly during “Code Blue” days where the temperatures fall below 15 degrees, and requires that cities with anti-camping ordinances enforce those laws or else risk losing mitigation funds, which were also expanded. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Homelessness
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 3/2/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Absent |
|
H.B. 513 - Great Salt Lake Amendments Requires mineral extraction companies who use the lake to pay royalties and a severance tax to a fund for the lake; forces those companies to minimize evaporation or water use and provide water back into the Great Salt Lake; and authorizes state agencies to take measures when the lake hits certain ecological thresholds. Passed in House and Senate
Topic(s):
Natural Resources
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/3/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 538 - Water Usage Amendments Bans outdoor watering of lawns from October 1 through April 25 and requires the Division of Water Resources to calculate how much water was saved. Passed in House; Failed in Senate
Topic(s):
Water Conservation
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/28/2023 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Absent |
|
S.C.R. 1 - Concurrent Resolution Supporting the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Recognizes the perceived postiive economic benefits to individual and corporate income taxpayers under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and encourages Congress to permanently extend the Act. Passed in Senate and House
Topic(s):
Budget and Taxes
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/16/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
S.C.R. 2 - Concurrent Resolution Regarding the Environmental Impact of Vehicle Idling Encourages Utahns, businesses, and other entities to take steps to reduce vehicle idling. Passed in Senate and House; Signed by Governor 2/27
Topic(s):
Clean Air
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/16/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| N/A |
|
S.C.R. 6 - Concurrent Resolution Regarding the Great Salt Lake Elevation Targets Recommends the adoption of a target elevation goal for the Great Salt Lake to devise and implement policies, incentives, and funding resources to return the Great Salt Lake to optimal levels. Failed in Senate Committee
Topic(s):
Natural Resources
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
S.C.R 9 - Concurrent Resolution Opposing Efforts to Weaken the Economy or Restrict Energy Supply Supports the State Treasurer and government entitites in opposing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing. Passed in Senate and House
Topic(s):
Sustainability
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/3/2023 Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 16 - Transgender Medical Treatments and Procedures Amendments Prohibits performing gender-affirming surgical procedures on a minor and places an indefinite moratorium on the use of puberty blockers for minors. Passed in Senate and House; Signed by Governor 1/28
Topic(s):
LGBTQ+ Rights
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 1/26/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 34 - Water Infrastructure Funding Study Directs the Department of Natural Resources to study the use of property tax revenue to fund water infrastructure, treatment, and delivery, and make recommendations for future funding. Passed in Senate and House
Topic(s):
Water Conservation
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/28/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| N/A |
|
S.B. 50 - Weapon Purchase Amendments Creates a waiting period of ten days between the purchase of an assault weapon from a dealer and the delivery of the assault weapon to the purchaser. Failed in Senate Committee
Topic(s):
Gun Violence Prevention
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| N/A |
|
Removes the provision requiring a physician to verify a report has been made to law enforcement before an abortion on a woman who is pregnant as a result of rape or incest. Failed in Senate Committee
Topic(s):
Reproductive Rights
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 92 - Special License Plate Designation Creates a “Great Salt Lake Preservation” special license plate with revenues generated from the plates depsited into an account to enhance preservation of the Great Salt Lake watershed and ecosystem. Passed in Senate and House
Topic(s):
Natural Resources
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/15/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Absent |
|
S.B. 93 - Birth Certificate Modifications Prohibits changing information on a birth certificate, including names, one year after birth, and outlines procedures for courts to follow when considering a sex designation change on a birth certificate. Passed in Senate and House
Topic(s):
LGBTQ+ Rights
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 3/2/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 97 - Public Contract Requirements Prohibits public entities from entering into contracts with companies that are engaged in “economic boycotts” of companies engaged in fossil-fuel based energy, timber, mining, or agriculture; companies engaged in firearm manufacturing or sales; companies that do not meet or commit to meet certain environmental standards; or companies that do not facilitate or commit to facilitate access to abortion or transgender treatments. Passed in Senate and House
Topic(s):
Sustainability
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/2/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 101 - Peace Officer Training Modifications Requires law enforcement training to include training on identifying, responding to, and reporting criminal offenses that are motivated by certain personal attributes, aka hate crimes. Passed in Senate and House
Topic(s):
Police Reform
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/9/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 118 - Water Efficient Landscaping Incentives Provides $3,000,000 in grants to water conservancy districts for incentives to homeowners to remove lawn or truf in a landscaping conversion incentive program. Passed in Senate and House
Topic(s):
Water Conservation
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/1/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 129 - Judiciary Amendments Adjusts the makeup of judicial nominating commissions, weakening guardrails in our “gold standard” of a process that helps prevent partisanship in selecting judges. Passed in Senate and House
Topic(s):
Checks and Balances
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 3/1/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 133 - Modifications to Medicaid Coverage Expands Medicaid to cover the duration of postpartum care for 12 months. Passed in Senate and House
Topic(s):
Healthcare
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 3/1/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| N/A |
|
S.B. 195 - Medical Debt Relief Requires the Department of Workforce Services to contract with one or more medical debt relief entities for the acquisition and relief of medical debt. Failed in Senate
Topic(s):
Economic Justice
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 231 - Government Records Access and Management Act Amendments Authorizes government entities to establish processes for obtaining relief against “vexatious requesters,” or people who overly abuse the GRAMA process without legitimate purposes, along with a process for judicial review and relief. Passed in Senate and House
Topic(s):
Transparency
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/3/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| No |
|
S.B. 260 - Transportation Funding Requirements Modifies the .20% local option transportation sales tax, also known as the “5th 5th”, which currently is exclusively eligible to be used for transit capital and service; would eliminate the June 30, 2023 imposition deadline, and allow counties to impose the .20% and divide the funds between transit, cities, and counties. Passed in Senate and House
Topic(s):
Public Transit
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/3/2023 Bill Status: Passed |
| N/A |
|
S.B. 283 - Study of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Requires the Education Interim Committee to conduct a study and consider legislation regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion in Utah’s system and institutions of higher education. Failed in Senate Committee
Topic(s):
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: Bill Status: Did Not Pass |
2022 Score Overview
Overall
Sustainable Future
Strong Communities
Good Government
Equal Rights
2022 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 |
|
H.R. 2 - House Rules Resolution - Amendments to House Rules Among other changes to House Rules, restricts the ability of the press to access certain non-public areas they were able to access previously, including the hallways around the House Chamber and areas behind the dais in committee rooms. Notes: As a resolution to change House Rules, no Senate vote was required.
Topic(s):
Transparency
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 3/1/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 11 - Student Eligibility in Interscholastic Activities Prohibits transgender girls from participating in school sports activities, but if that ban is overturned by a court, then it creates a commission that would set baseline physical characteristics for participating in such sports and determine whether transgender students are eligible to play based on those standards. Notes: Vote to override Governor Spencer Cox’s veto used for scoring of H.B. 11. Sen. Dan McCay was scored as if he was a sponsor of the bill because he introduced the substitute version that was passed by the Legislature. Rep. Angela Romero was absent for the veto override vote, but had previously voted against H.B. 11.
Topic(s):
LGBTQ+ Rights
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 3/25/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| No |
|
H.B. 21 - School and Child Care Center Water Testing Requirements Provides funding to test for lead in water sources at all public schools and child care centers, and then requires that all sources of lead be replaced.
Topic(s):
Health Care
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/22/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 30 - Student Tribal Regalia Use Amendments Allows students who are members of a tribe to wear tribal regalia during high school graduation ceremonies.
Topic(s):
Indigenous Rights
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 1/18/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 60 - Vaccine Passport Amendments Prohibits government entities, employers, and places of public accomodation from discriminating on the basis of a person’s “immunity status,” except for in number of specific cases such public school vaccination requirements.
Topic(s):
Public Safety
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/22/2022 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 91 - Financial Disclosures Amendments Adds an exemption to the definition of campaign “in-kind contributions” for survey results, voters lists, voter contact information, voting trend data, or other information that is not commissioned for the benefit of a candidate and is offered at not cost to candidates.
Topic(s):
Campaign Finance
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/18/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 96 - Government Records Fee Amendments Except for the media, allows government entities to charge for the first fifteen minutes of fulfilling government records requests for individuals that have submitted a separate request within the preceding ten days.
Topic(s):
Transparency
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/17/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| No |
|
H.B. 115 - Water Distribution Efficiency Requires water providers and water conservancy districts to establish standards of acceptable levels of water loss and deal with excessive levels of water loss.
Topic(s):
Water Conservation
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/7/2022 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 121 - Water Conservation Modifications Requires existing state buildings to reduce outdoor water use and prohibits new state buildings from having more than 20% of landscaping be lawn or turf.
Topic(s):
Water Conservation
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/7/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| N/A |
|
H.B. 133 - Expanded Background Checks for Firearm Transfers Requires individuals who are not federal firearms licensees to perform background checks when they sell or transfer firearms.
Topic(s):
Gun Violence Prevention
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/16/2022 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 150 - Disabiliity Ombudsman Program Creates the position of a disability ombudsman to promote, advocate, ensure, and uphold the rights and privileges of individuals with disabilities.
Topic(s):
Disability Rights
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 2/10/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 157 - Sovereign Lands Revenue Amendments Requires that money derived from uses on sovereign lands be used for the direct benefit of those sovereign lands, including the Great Salt Lake.
Topic(s):
Environmental Conservation
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/3/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 162 - Period Products in Schools Requires public and charter schools to provide period products in female and unisex restrooms.
Topic(s):
Women's Rights
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 3/3/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 182 - Local Health Department Order Amendments Prohibits city mayors from exercising emergency powers in response to a pandemic or an epidemic.
Topic(s):
Public Safety
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/17/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| No |
|
H.B. 193 - Full-Day Kindergarten Provides for a limited expansion of optional full-day kindergarten.
Topic(s):
Education
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 3/3/3022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 218 - Ballot Measure Amendments Allows for the electronic collection of signatures for statewide referendums, candidate petitions, local initiatives, and local referendums.
Topic(s):
Elections
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 3/3/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 238 - State Holiday Modifications Designates Juneteenth National Freedom Day as a legal state holiday.
Topic(s):
Diversity & Inclusion
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 3/4/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 240 - Utah Lake Amendments Regarding the transferring of title of Utah Lake lands after a environmental restoration project, changes final approval from an administrative division to the Legislature, requiring a vote by lawmakers before approved, and allows for considering additional benefits not originally listed in law.
Topic(s):
Environmental Conservation
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/22/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 242 - Secondary Water Metering Amendments Requires the installation and use of meters on all secondary water connections by January 1, 2030, except for existing connections within smaller counties, and provides penalties for noncompliance, including holding back funding for water projects. Also creates a grant program using ARPA funding to help install secondary water meters.
Topic(s):
Water Conservation
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/3/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 258 - Political Action Committee Amendments Makes it a class B misdemeanor to fail to file a statement of organization of a Political Action Committee (PAC) within seven days after receiving notice from the Elections Office of the requirement to file such a statement.
Topic(s):
Campaign Finance
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/16/2022 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| No |
|
H.B. 274 - Health Education Amendments Requires the Utah State Board of Education to establish curriculum requirements that include instruction in sexual assault resource strategies and sexual violence behavior prevention.
Topic(s):
Education
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/24/2022 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 310 - Vital Records Special Characters Requires the state to allow for the use of diacritical marks, including accents, tildes, graves, umlauts, and cedillas, on vital records, such as birth certificates, and for the correction and reissuance of original vital records.
Topic(s):
Diversity & Inclusion
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 2/15/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 313 - Election Security Amendments Among other things, requires video surveillance of unattended ballot drop boxes, prohibits election officers from accepting or using grants for elections, and requires voters to submit copies of valid voter identification with mail-in ballots when they registered online or otherwise didn’t provide such identification when registering to vote.
Topic(s):
Elections
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 3/3/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 331 - Hope Scholarship Program Creates the “Hope Scholarship Program,” a voucher system for students to attend private schools or pay for homeschooling expenses with state funding.
Topic(s):
Education
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/28/2022 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| N/A |
|
Removes voting by mail as the state’s primary voting method; returns to in-person voting; individuals may request absentee ballots for only limited reasons; requires independent audits after every election; makes it unlawful to engage in “voter registration harvesting.”
Topic(s):
Elections
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/23/2022 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| No |
|
H.B. 392 - Expungement Fee Amendments Suspends fees for petitions to expunge criminal convictions until June 30, 2023.
Topic(s):
Criminal Justice Reform
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 2/24/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 394 - Recycling Transparency Amendments Requires recyclable material haulers and municipalities to report and publish data regarding the disposal of recyclable materials in either landfills or recycling facilities.
Topic(s):
Sustainability
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/28/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 399 - Government Record Amendments Protects so-called “Garrity Statements,” the transcripts of interviews with government employees during investigations into wrongdoing, including police officer misconduct, from being disclosed in response to government records requests.
Topic(s):
Transparency
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/22/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 404 - Large Public Transit District Amendments Requires large public transit districts to compare costs of different types of available zero emissions propulsion systems for transit projects.
Topic(s):
Clean Energy
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/4/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 410 - Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Appropriates $40,000,000 to preserve and enhance the Great Salt Lake watershed by granting money to organizations and individuals that will enance water flows, improve water quality, conserve upstream habitats, and restore wetlands and habitats, among other objectives.
Topic(s):
Environmental Conservation
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/23/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| No |
|
H.B. 422 - School District Voter Eligibility Amendments Gives local school boards the option of allowing 16 to 17 year olds to vote in local school board elections.
Topic(s):
Voting Rights
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/28/2022 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 428 - School Safety Amendments Requires school districts to review information on and adopt plans for harassment- and discrimination-free learning; requires the Utah State Board of Education to provide training on antidiscrimination statutes; and requires USBE and school districts to report data on the demographics of victims of bullying, hazing, cyber-bullying, and retaliation.
Topic(s):
Education
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 3/1/2022 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 429 - Great Salt Lake Amendments Appropriates $5,000,000 to develop the Great Salt Lake Watershed Integrated Water Assessment looking at the current state of water resources in the Great Salt Lake Watershed and long-term trends of water supply, demands, and other factors impacting those water resources.
Topic(s):
Environmental Conservation
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/24/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| No |
|
H.B. 432 - State Vehicle Use and Purchasing Amendments When prudent, requires the Division of Fleet Operations to prioritize and replace state vehicles with low or zero emissions vehicles.
Topic(s):
Clean Energy
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/1/2022 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| N/A |
|
S.R. 1 - Senate Rules Resolution - Senate Access Procedures Restricts the ability of the press to access certain non-public areas they were able to access previously, including the floor and the hallways leading to the Senate Chamber and areas behind the dais in committee rooms. Notes: As a resolution to change Senate Rules, no House vote was required.
Topic(s):
Transparency
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
S.J.R 3 - Joint Resolution to Terminate Public Health Orders Pertaining to Face Coverings Terminates public health orders requiring wearing of masks in Salt Lake County, Summit County, and Salt Lake City. Notes: As a joint resolution, Governor’s signature is not required.
Topic(s):
Public Safety
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 1/21/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
Cuts the corporate and individuals income tax rate from 4.95% to 4.85%, expand eligibility for the social security benefits tax credit by increasing the threshold for the income-based phaseout, and enacts a state earned income tax credit (though this EITC is nonrefundable, so it doesn’t impact most low-income individuals).
Topic(s):
Budget & Taxes
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/9/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| N/A |
|
S.B. 73 - Flow Rates or Quantity for Plumbing Fixtures Modifies the residential and plumbing code to address maximum flow rates or quantity for certain plumbing fixtures or fixture fittings.
Topic(s):
Water Conservation
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| Absent |
|
S.B. 87 - Court Fee Waiver Amendments Requires courts to waive court fees, costs, and security for indigent Utahns.
Topic(s):
Criminal Justice Reform
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 3/2/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 100 - Paid Leave Modifications Requires state employers to provide employees with paid parental leave upon the birth of the employee’s child, the adoption of a minor, or the appointment of legal guardianship of a minor or incapacitated adult.
Topic(s):
Economic Justice
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 3/2/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 110 - Water as Part of General Plan Requires municipal and county general plans to have water use and preservation elements.
Topic(s):
Water Conservation
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/2/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 115 - Firearm Preemption Amendments Reaffirms the state’s complete preemption of firearm regulations over the authority of local government entities, including through contractors, except in the case of homeless shelters; and creates a private right of action for Utahns to sue state or local government entities they believe have violated the state’s preemption of firearm regulations.
Topic(s):
Gun Violence Prevention
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/17/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| N/A |
|
S.B. 117 - Utah Antidiscrimination Act Amendments The “CROWN Act;” amends the Utah Antidiscrimination Act to provide protection a trait historically associated with race, including hairstyles.
Topic(s):
Racial Justice
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 126 - Officer Intervention and Reporting Amendments Establishes minimum standards of police misconduct regarding use of excessive force, warrantless searches and seizures, and biased or discriminatory conduct; requires officers to intervene and report observed police misconduct; and prohibits retaliation against officers that report misconduct.
Topic(s):
Police Reform
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/16/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 133 - Food Security Amendments Creates the Food Security Council at Utah State University to coordinate state efforts in addressing food security.
Topic(s):
Economic Justice
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 3/2/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 136 - Air Quality Policy Amendments Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to study and make recommendations for a plan to reduce diesel emissions in and around the Utah Inland Port.
Topic(s):
Clean Air
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/4/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| N/A |
|
S.B. 185 - Children's Health Coverage Amendments Expands Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program to include all Utah children, including those who do not currently qualify.
Topic(s):
Health Care
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 188 - Energy Efficiency Amendments Expands the Clean Fuels and Vehicle Technology Program to also cover housing and building emissions and expands low-income assistance programs for electricity and gas customers.
Topic(s):
Clean Energy
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/4/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 216 - Modifications to Driver License Examination Requires the Driver License Division to provide the examinations of a person’s knowledge of traffic laws in the top five languages spoken in the state, other than English.
Topic(s):
Immigrant Rights
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 3/4/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 238 - Homeless Services Modifications Uses $55,000,000 from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to fund a grant program for deeply affordable housing coupled with homeless case management and services.
Topic(s):
Homelessness
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 3/3/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 244 - Ethnic Studies Amendments Creates the Ethnic Studies Commission to study the contributions of Utahns of diverse ethnicities and recommend to the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) how to incorporate ethnic studies into core standards of Utah public schools; requires USBE to incorporate ethnic studies core standards; and requires school districts to adopt ethnic studies instructional materials and curriculum into regular school work for all K-12 students.
Topic(s):
Education
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 3/2/2022 Bill Status: Passed |
2021 Score Overview
Overall
Sustainable Future
Strong Communities
Good Government
Redistricting
Equal Rights
2021 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 |
|---|---|---|
| N/A |
|
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:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 2/23/2021 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 17 - Utility Permitting Amendments Preemptively prevents cities and counties from limiting utility services based on energy type.
Topic(s):
Clean Energy
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/3/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
Recognizes the contributions of multilingual and multicultural families to Utah’s schools.
Topic(s):
Racial Justice
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 3/2/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
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:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 1/202/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
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:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/4/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| No |
|
Provides unnecessary jail time and unjust court requirements for a person arrested for rioting.
Topic(s):
Criminal Justice Reform
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 2/11/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 60 - Conceal Carry Firearms Amendments Removes the permit requirement for concealed carry.
Topic(s):
Gun Violence Prevention
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 1/26/20221 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
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:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/19/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| N/A |
|
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.)
Topic(s):
Police Reform
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/4/2021 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| No |
|
H.B. 82 - Single-Family Housing Modifications Prevents municipalities or HOAs from blocking accessory dwelling units.
Topic(s):
Affordable Housing
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/18/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
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:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/8/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
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:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/19/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| N/A |
|
H.B. 92 - Medical Practice Amendments Anti-trans bill banning gender-affirming surgeries and medical treatments for transgender minors.
Topic(s):
LGBTQ+ Rights
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 2/19/2021 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| No |
|
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:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/4/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 102 - Contraception for Inmates Requires a jail to allow prisoners access to medically prescribed contraceptives.
Topic(s):
Criminal Justice Reform
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 2/2/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| No |
|
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:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/8/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
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:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 3/1/2021 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| Yes |
|
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:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 2/11/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
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:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/8/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| No |
|
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:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 1/29/2021 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| No |
|
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:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/26/2021 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| Yes |
|
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:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/12/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| No |
|
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:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/22/201 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 220 - Pretrial Detention Amendments Repeals the bail reform passed by the Legislature in 2020.
Topic(s):
Criminal Justice Reform
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 2/5/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
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:
Good Government
Vote Date: 2/24/2021 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| Yes |
|
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:
Good Government
Vote Date: 3/4/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 257 - Utah State Park Amendments Creates the Utahraptor State Park and Lost Creek State Park.
Topic(s):
Public Lands
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/22/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| No |
|
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:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/19/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| No |
|
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:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/16/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 277 - Child Care Eligibility Amendments Allows more working families to qualify for child care subsidies.
Topic(s):
Child care
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/18/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| No |
|
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:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 3/3/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
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:
Good Government
Vote Date: 3/3/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
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:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/16/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| No |
|
H.B. 304 - Digital Opportunity Access Amendments Implements measures to increase broadband infrastructure, digital access, and digital equity.
Topic(s):
Infrastructure
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/19/2021 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| Yes |
|
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:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 2/19/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| No |
|
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:
Good Government
Vote Date: 3/2/2021 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| Absent |
|
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:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/26/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 352 - State Identification Amendments Allows people experiencing homelessness to receive or renew a state-issued ID for free
Topic(s):
Homelessness
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 2/22/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
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:
Good Government
Vote Date: 3/2/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
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:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 3/2/2021 Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 2004 - Congressional Boundaries Designation New Congressional map
Topic(s):
Redistricting
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 11/9/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
H.B. 2005 - Utah State House Boundaries Designation New State House map
Topic(s):
Redistricting
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 11/10/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
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:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 2/11/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
Allows EnergySolutions to open a new landfill for decommissioned reactor wastes.
Topic(s):
Environmental Stewardship
Category:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/11/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 10 - Place Name Amendments Starts the process to change location names that use American Indian terms.
Topic(s):
Indigenous Rights
Category:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 2/18/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
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:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/2/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| N/A |
|
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:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: N/A Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| Yes |
|
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:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: Bill Status: Passed |
| N/A |
|
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:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: N/A Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| Yes |
|
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:
Good Government
Vote Date: 3/4/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
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:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 2/17/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
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:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 3/5/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
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:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 3/2/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| N/A |
|
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:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: N/A Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| N/A |
|
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:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: N/A Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| No |
|
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:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 3/5/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| N/A |
|
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:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: N/A Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| Yes |
|
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:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 2/18/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| No |
|
S.B. 155 - 988 Mental Health Crisis Assistance Creates the 988 Suicide Prevention and Crisis Services Hotline
Topic(s):
Mental Health
Category:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: 3/3/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| N/A |
|
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:
Strong Communities
Vote Date: N/A Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| Yes |
|
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:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/4/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
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:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/5/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
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:
Good Government
Vote Date: 3/5/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
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:
Good Government
Vote Date: 3/4/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| N/A |
|
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:
Good Government
Vote Date: N/A Bill Status: Didn't Pass |
| Yes |
|
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:
Equal Rights
Vote Date: 3/5/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
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:
Sustainable Future
Vote Date: 3/5/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 2005 - State Board of Education Boundaries and Election Designation New School Board map
Topic(s):
Redistricting
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 11/10/2021 Bill Status: Passed |
| Yes |
|
S.B. 2006 - Utah State Senate Boundaries and Election Designation New State Senate map
Topic(s):
Redistricting
Category:
Good Government
Vote Date: 11/10/2021 Bill Status: Passed |