Sen. Karen Mayne

| Senate District 5

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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
No		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
Absent		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
Absent		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
Yes		H.B. 121 - Water Conservation Modifications Requires existing state buildings to reduce outdoor water use and prohibits new state buildings from having more than 20% of landscaping be lawn or turf. Topic(s): Water Conservation Category: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 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
Absent		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
Absent		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
No		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
Absent		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
Absent		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
Yes		H.B. 404 - Large Public Transit District Amendments Requires large public transit districts to compare costs of different types of available zero emissions propulsion systems for transit projects. Topic(s): Clean Energy Category: Sustainable Future Vote Date: 3/4/2022 Bill Status: Passed
Absent		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
Absent		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
Absent		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
Absent		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
Absent		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
Absent		S.B. 87 - Court Fee Waiver Amendments Requires courts to waive court fees, costs, and security for indigent Utahns. Topic(s): Criminal Justice Reform Category: Equal Rights Vote Date: 1/25/2022 Bill Status: Passed
Absent		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
Absent		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
Absent		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
Absent		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
Absent		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
Absent		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
Absent		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
Absent		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
Absent		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
Absent		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
Absent		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

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2021 Voting Record

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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
No		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
No		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
Yes		H.B. 84 - Use of Force Reporting Requirements Requires law enforcement agencies to compile data on use of force incidents by police officers. Topic(s): Police Reform Category: Strong Communities Vote Date: 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
No		H.B. 136 - Initiative and Referenda Modifications Adds burdensome regulations to signature gathering for a ballot initiative or referendum petition Topic(s): Ballot Access Category: Good Government Vote Date: 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
Yes		H.B. 162 - Peace Officer Training Requires annual police training to include modules on crisis intervention, mental health incidents, and de-escalation techniques. Topic(s): Police Reform Category: Strong Communities Vote Date: 2/25/2021 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
No		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
No		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
No		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
No		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
No		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
No		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
Yes		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
Yes		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
No		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
No		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
No		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
No		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
No		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

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2020 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. 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
Yes		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
No		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
Absent		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
Yes		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: