Sen. David P. Hinkins

| Senate District 26

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2024 Voting Record

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Vote	Better Utah Position	Bill
Yes		H.J.R. 8 - Joint Resolution Amending Rules of Civil Procedure on Change of Judge as a Matter of Right 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: 2/28/2024 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: 2/20/2024 Bill Status: Passed
N/A		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: 2/12/2024 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: 2/29/2024 Bill Status: Passed
N/A		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: Bill Status: Did Not Pass
No		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: 2/20/2024 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: 2/22/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass
Yes		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: 2/29/2024 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: 3/1/2024 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: 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: 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: 3/1/2024 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: 2/13/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass
N/A		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: 2/9/2024 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
N/A		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: 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: 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: 1/25/2024 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: 2/29/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass
N/A		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: 2/12/2024 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: Bill Status: Did Not Pass
No		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: 2/29/2024 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: 2/27/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass
N/A		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: 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: Bill Status: Did Not Pass
N/A		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: 2/21/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass
N/A		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: 2/21/2024 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: 2/29/2024 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
N/A		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: 2/23/2024 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
N/A		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: 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: 3/1/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass
N/A		H.B. 472 - Water Revisions 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: Bill Status: Did Not Pass
No		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: 3/1/2024 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: 3/1/2024 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: 1/31/2024 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: 2/26/2024 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: 2/20/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass
Yes		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: 2/16/2024 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: 2/14/2024 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: 2/26/2024 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: 2/21/2024 Bill Status: Did Not Pass
Yes		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: 2/27/2024 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

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2023 Voting Record

Better Utah Position Key: Support = Oppose =
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Vote	Better Utah Position	Bill
Yes		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: 2/1/2023 Bill Status: Passed
N/A		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: 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: 2/9/2023 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		H.B. 54 - Tax Revisions 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: 3/1/2023 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: 2/16/2023 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: 3/1/2023 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: 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: 2/21/2023 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: 2/10/2023 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: 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: 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: 2/24/2023 Bill Status: Passed
No		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: 1/26/2023 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: 3/2/2023 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: 3/3/2023 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: 3/2/2023 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: 2/17/2023 Bill Status: Passed
No		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: 2/16/2023 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: 2/28/2023 Bill Status: Passed
No		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: 3/3/2023 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: 2/16/2023 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		H.B. 307 - Utah Water Ways 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: 2/28/2023 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: Bill Status: Did Not Pass
N/A		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: 2/27/2023 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: Bill Status: Did Not Pass
N/A		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: Bill Status: Did Not Pass
N/A		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: Bill Status: Did Not Pass
N/A		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: 2/28/2023 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
Absent		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: 3/2/2023 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		H.B. 448 - Election Changes 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: 3/1/2023 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: 3/2/2023 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
N/A		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: 2/27/2023 Bill Status: Did Not Pass
Yes		H.B. 467 - Abortion Changes 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: 3/2/2023 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: 3/1/2023 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: 3/2/2023 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: 3/1/2023 Bill Status: Passed
No		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
Yes		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
No		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: 3/3/2023 Bill Status: Did Not Pass
Yes		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: 2/7/2023 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: 2/6/2023 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: 2/1/2023 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: 2/27/2023 Bill Status: Did Not Pass
No		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: 1/27/2023 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: 3/1/2023 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: 1/19/2023 Bill Status: Did Not Pass
N/A		S.B. 88 - Abortion Amendments 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: 2/22/2023 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: 2/1/2023 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: 2/2/2023 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: 3/2/2023 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: 3/2/2023 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
Yes		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: 2/21/2023 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
Yes		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: 2/28/2023 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: 2/27/2023 Bill Status: Did Not Pass

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2022 Voting Record

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Vote	Better Utah Position	Bill
N/A		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: 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
Yes		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: 2/17/2022 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: 2/3/2022 Bill Status: Passed
N/A		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: 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: 2/17/2022 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: 2/16/2022 Bill Status: Passed
N/A		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: Bill Status: Didn't Pass
No		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: 3/2/2022 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: 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: 3/2/2022 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: 3/1/2022 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: 3/1/2022 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: 3/4/2022 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		H.B. 193 - Full-Day Kindergarten Provides for a limited expansion of optional full-day kindergarten. Topic(s): Education Category: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/1/2022 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: 3/2/2022 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: 3/3/2022 Bill Status: Passed
No		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: 3/2/2022 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: 3/4/2022 Bill Status: Didn't Pass
Yes		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: 3/4/2022 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: 3/2/2022 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: 3/2/2022 Bill Status: Passed
N/A		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: Bill Status: Didn't Pass
N/A		H.B. 371 - Voting Revisions 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: Bill Status: Didn't Pass
Yes		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: 3/2/2022 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: 3/4/2022 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: 3/3/2022 Bill Status: Passed
Absent		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: 3/2/2022 Bill Status: Passed
N/A		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: 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: 3/3/2022 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: 3/2/2022 Bill Status: Passed
N/A		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: Bill Status: Didn't Pass
Yes		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: 2/15/2022 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: 1/18/2022 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		S.B. 59 - Tax Amendments 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: 2/10/2022 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: 1/26/2022 Bill Status: Didn't Pass
Yes		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: 1/25/2022 Bill Status: Passed
No		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: 2/2/2022 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: 3/3/2022 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: 2/22/2022 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: 2/28/2022 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: 2/9/2022 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: 3/1/2022 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
Yes		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: 2/28/2022 Bill Status: Didn't Pass
No		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: 2/25/2022 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: 3/1/2022 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: 3/4/2022 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: 3/3/2022 Bill Status: Passed

2021 Score Overview

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Redistricting

Strong Communities

Equal Rights

Sustainable Future

Learn more about how we scored the legislative session this year.

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: N/A 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: 2/12/2021 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		H.C.R 22 - Concurrent Resolution Celebrating the Contributions of Multilingual and Multicultural Families to Utah Schools Recognizes the contributions of multilingual and multicultural families to Utah’s schools. Topic(s): Racial Justice Category: Equal Rights Vote Date: 3/5/2021 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: 3/3/2021 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: 2/16/2021 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		H.B. 58 - Riot Amendments Provides unnecessary jail time and unjust court requirements for a person arrested for rioting. Topic(s): Criminal Justice Reform Category: Equal Rights Vote Date: 2/25/2021 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: 2/5/2021 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: 3/5/2021 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: Bill Status: Didn't Pass
Yes		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: 3/3/2021 Bill Status: Passed
No		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: 3/5/2021 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: 3/3/2021 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: Bill Status: Didn't Pass
Yes		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: 3/2/2021 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: 2/11/2021 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: 3/4/2021 Bill Status: Passed
N/A		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: 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: 2/25/2021 Bill Status: Passed
No		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: 2/25/2021 Bill Status: Passed
N/A		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: 2/24/2021 Bill Status: Didn't Pass
N/A		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: 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: 3/3/2012 Bill Status: Passed
N/A		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: 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: 3/3/3021 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: 3/4/2021 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: 3/2/2021 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: 3/3/2021 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: 3/2/2021 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: 3/5/2021 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: 3/4/2021 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: 3/5/2021 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: 3/3/2021 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: 3/3/2021 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: 3/3/2021 Bill Status: Passed
N/A		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: Bill Status: Didn't Pass
Yes		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: 3/3/3021 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: 3/5/2021 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: 3/5/2021 Bill Status: Passed
N/A		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: N/A Bill Status: Didn't Pass
Yes		H.B. 2004 - Congressional Boundaries Designation New Congressional map Topic(s): Redistricting Category: Good Government Vote Date: 11/10/2021 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: 2/3/2021 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		S.J.R. 7 - Joint Resolution Approving EnergySolutions Constructing and Operating a Landfill for Nonhazardous Solid Waste Allows EnergySolutions to open a new landfill for decommissioned reactor wastes. Topic(s): Environmental Stewardship Category: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 1/26/2021 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: 2/10/2021 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: 2/17/2021 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: 2/24/2021 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: 2/3/2021 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: 2/9/2021 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: 2/17/2021 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: 2/18/2021 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: 2/17/2021 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: 2/16/2021 Bill Status: Passed
No		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: 2/17/2021 Bill Status: Didn't Pass
Yes		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: 2/24/2021 Bill Status: Didn't Pass
Yes		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: 3/1/2021 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: 2/10/2021 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: 2/26/2021 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: 2/26/2021 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: 3/2/2021 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: 2/22/2021 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: 2/26/2021 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: 2/23/2021 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: 2/25/2021 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: 3/2/2021 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: 2/26/2021 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: 11/9/2021 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

2020 Score Overview

Overall

Sustainable Future

Good Government

Equal Rights

Strong Communities

Learn more about how we scored the legislative session this year.

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
Yes		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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/4/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass
N/A		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: Strong Communities Vote Date: Bill Status: Didn't Pass
N/A		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: Strong Communities Vote Date: Bill Status: Didn't Pass
Yes		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: Equal Rights Vote Date: 3/3/2020 Bill Status: Passed
No		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: Good Government Vote Date: 3/12/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass
No		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: Equal Rights Vote Date: 3/4/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass
Yes		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: Good Government Vote Date: 2/20/2020 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/10/2020 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/10/2020 Bill Status: Passed
N/A		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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/5/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass
Yes		H.B. 213 - Consent Language Amendments Narrows the definition of consent for sexual activity. Topic(s): Reproductive Rights Category: Equal Rights Vote Date: 3/6/2020 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/12/2020 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		H.B. 234 - Gestational Agreement Amendments Allows surrogacy gestational agreements to extend to LGBT+ couples. Topic(s): LGBTQ+ Rights Category: Equal Rights Vote Date: 2/27/2020 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 3/10/2020 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 3/10/2020 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: Equal Rights Vote Date: 3/12/2020 Bill Status: Passed
No		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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/12/2020 Bill Status: Passed
N/A		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: Strong Communities Vote Date: Bill Status: Didn't Pass
Yes		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: Equal Rights Vote Date: 3/12/2020 Bill Status: Passed
N/A		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: Sustainable Future Vote Date: Bill Status: Didn't Pass
Yes		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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/10/2019 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 3/2/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass
Yes		H.B. 324 - Conviction Integrity Units Allows prosecution agencies to create conviction integrity units to review convictions. Topic(s): Criminal Justice Reform Category: Equal Rights Vote Date: 3/12/2020 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 3/12/2020 Bill Status: Passed
No		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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/11/2020 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		H.B. 364 - Abortion Revisions Requires a pregnant person to recieve a medically uneccessary ultrasound 3+ days before having an abortion. Topic(s): Reproductive Rights Category: Equal Rights Vote Date: 3/10/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass
Yes		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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/5/2020 Bill Status: Passed
No		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: Good Government Vote Date: 3/12/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass
N/A		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: Equal Rights Vote Date: Bill Status: Didn't Pass
N/A		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: Equal Rights Vote Date: Bill Status: Didn't Pass
No		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: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 3/10/2020 Bill Status: Passed
N/A		H.B. 65 - Abortion Amendments 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: Equal Rights Vote Date: Bill Status: Didn't Pass
N/A		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: Strong Communities Vote Date: Bill Status: Didn't Pass
Yes		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: Good Government Vote Date: 3/12/2020 Bill Status: Passed
N/A		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: Strong Communities Vote Date: Bill Status: Didn't Pass
Yes		H.B. 99 - Enhanced Kindergarten Amendments Provides funding for enhanced kindergarten early intervention programs. Topic(s): Education Category: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/10/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass
Yes		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: Good Government Vote Date: 3/12/2020 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		S.B. 102 - Bigamy Amendments Reduces the crime of bigamy from a third-degree felony to an infraction. Topic(s): Criminal Justice Reform Category: Equal Rights Vote Date: 2/18/2020 Bill Status: Passed
N/A		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: Sustainable Future Vote Date: Bill Status: Passed
Yes		S.B. 131 - Mining Amendments 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: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 3/9/2020 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: Sustainable Future 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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/2/2020 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		S.B. 173 - Disorderly Conduct Amendments Adjusts criminal provisions relating to disorderly conduct. Topic(s): Transparency & Accountability Category: Good Government Vote Date: 3/5/2020 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		S.B. 174 - Abortion Prohibition Amendments Prohibits a pregnant person from receiving an abortion, with limited exceptions. Topic(s): Reproductive Rights Category: Equal Rights Vote Date: 3/2/2020 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: Good Government Vote Date: 3/3/2020 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: Good Government Vote Date: 3/9/2020 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: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 3/12/2020 Bill Status: Passed
No		S.B. 39 - Affordable Housing Amendments Provides funding to incentivize the development and preservation of affordable housing. Topic(s): Affordable Housing Category: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/11/2020 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: Equal Rights Vote Date: 3/6/2020 Bill Status: Passed
No		S.B. 77 - Electric Energy Storage Tax Credit Creates income tax incentives for utility and residential energy storage technologies. Topic(s): Clean Energy Category: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 2/24/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass
No		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: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 2/12/2020 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		S.B. 92 - Statewide Comprehensive Rail Plan Directs the Dept of Transportation to develop a statewide comprehensive rail plan. Topic(s): Public Transit Category: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 2/20/2020 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: Equal Rights Vote Date: 2/28/2020 Bill Status: Passed
Yes		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: Good Government Vote Date: 3/2/2020 Bill Status: Didn't Pass

2019 Score Overview

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2019 Voting Record

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Voting Key:
In favor = Yes, Against = No, Not present = Absent, No vote taken = N/A

Vote	Better Utah Position	Bill
Yes		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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/12/2019
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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/7/2019
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: Equal Rights Vote Date: 2/8/2019
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: Equal Rights Vote Date: 2/13/2019
Yes		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: Good Government Vote Date: 3/13/2019
Yes		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: Equal Rights Vote Date: 3/13/2019
Absent		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: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 3/1/2019
Yes		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: Good Government Vote Date: 3/12/2019
No		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: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 3/12/2019
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: Equal Rights Vote Date: 2/28/2019
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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/13/2019
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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/4/2019
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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/12/2019
Yes		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: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 2/21/2019
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: Equal Rights Vote Date: 3/12/2019
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: Equal Rights Vote Date: 3/12/2019
Yes		H.B. 263 - Emissions Testing Revisions Requires a visual inspection of emissions on diesel engines 1998 and newer. Topic(s): Clean Air Category: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 3/5/2019
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: Good Government Vote Date: 3/14/2019
Yes		H.B. 288 - Critical Infrastructure Materials Creates protection zones for existing gravel, sand, or rock aggregate mining operations. Topic(s): Infrastructure Category: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 3/14/2019
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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/13/2019
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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/14/2019
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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/14/2019
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: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 3/13/2019
No		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: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 3/13/2019
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: Good Government Vote Date: 2/7/2019
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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 2/22/2019
Yes		H.B. 422 - Marriage Code Revisions Makes marriage language in the code gender neutral. Topic(s): LGBTQ+ Rights Category: Equal Rights Vote Date: 3/14/2019
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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/13/2019
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: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 3/13/2019
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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/7/2019
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: Good Government Vote Date: 3/12/2019
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: Good Government Vote Date: 2/15/2019
Yes		H.B. 71 - Health Education Amendments Clarifies that teachers are allowed to discuss contraceptives in a sex education curriculum. Topic(s): Education Category: Strong Communities Vote Date: 3/8/2019
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: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 3/13/2019
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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 2/25/2019
Yes		H.C.R 2 - CR Supporting Renewable and Sustainable Energy Options to Promote Rural Economic Development 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: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 2/12/2019
Yes		H.C.R 6 - CR Designating May 5 as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and LGBT+ Awareness Day Designates May 5th as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and LGBT+ Awareness Day. Topic(s): Women's Rights, LGBTQ+ Rights, Indigenous Rights, Racial Justice Category: Equal Rights Vote Date: 3/4/2019
No		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: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 3/12/2019
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: Equal Rights Vote Date: 3/13/2019
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: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 3/13/2019
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: Equal Rights Vote Date: 3/6/2019
No		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. Topic(s): Racial Justice, LGBTQ+ Rights, Women's Rights Category: Equal Rights Vote Date: 3/5/2019
Yes		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: Good Government 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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 2/26/2019
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: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 3/11/2019
Yes		S.B. 147 - Lobbyist Licensing Modifications Applies harassment training and prohibitions to lobbyists. Topic(s): Ethics Category: Good Government Vote Date: 3/5/2019
Yes		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: Good Government Vote Date: 3/11/2019
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: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 1/28/2019
Yes		S.B. 32 - Indigent Defense Amendments Ensures that all minors have a state-appointed attorney in court. Topic(s): Criminal Justice Reform Category: Strong Communities Vote Date: 2/12/2019
No		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: Strong Communities Vote Date: 2/13/2019
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: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 3/8/2019
Absent		S.B. 56 - Community Reinvestment Agency Report Establishes a public database for community reinvestment agencies to annually report financial information. Topic(s): Transparency Category: Good Government Vote Date: 2/26/2019
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: Good Government Vote Date: 2/13/2019
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: Equal Rights Vote Date: 2/13/2019
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: Good Government Vote Date: 2/13/2019
Yes		S.B. 95 - Autism Amendments Requires health benefit plans to provide coverage for behavioral health treatment for individuals with an autism spectrum disorder. Topic(s): Disability Rights Category: Equal Rights Vote Date: 2/26/2019
Yes		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: Good Government Vote Date: 2/4/2019
Yes		S.J.R. 7 - Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution -- Terminology Update Makes the Utah Constitution gender-neutral. Topic(s): Women's Rights Category: Equal Rights Vote Date: 2/26/2019
Yes		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: Good Government Vote Date: 2/27/2019