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| Default Sorting (HIDE) | Position | Bill Number and Title | Bill Sponsor | Floor Sponsor | Bill Description | Category | Subcategory | Details |
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| 2 | Support | HB 25 Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Task Force Sunset Extension | Rep. Angela Romero | Sen. David Hinkins | Extends the repeal date for the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Relatives Task Force for an additional year | Equal Rights | Indigenous Rights | |
| 3 | Support | HB 29 Mental Health Support and Law Enforcement Co-Response | Rep. Andrew Stoddard | Sen. Stephanie Pitcher | 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 | Strong Communities | Healthcare | |
| 4 | Support | HB 37 Voter Signature Verification Amendments | Rep. Steve Eliason | Sen. Wayne Harper | 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 | Good Government | Elections | |
| 5 | Oppose | HB 54 Tax Revisions | Rep. Steve Eliason | Sen. Dan McCay | Reduces the individual and corporate income tax rates from 4.85% to 4.8% | Good Government | Taxation and Revenue | |
| 6 | Support | HB 73 Municipal Office Modifications | Rep. Douglas Welton | Modifies provisions related to filling a vacancy in a municipal office | Good Government | Elections | ||
| 7 | Support | HB 79 Family Planning Services Amendments | Rep. Ray Ward | Requires the Medicaid program to apply for a waiver or a state plan amendment to extend family planning services to individuals up to 250% of the federal poverty level | Strong Communities | Healthcare | ||
| 8 | Support | HB 84 Postpartum Medicaid Coverage Amendments | Rep. Rosemary Lesser | Requires the Division of Medicaid and Health Financing to request a Medicaid waiver or state plan amendment to extend the duration of postpartum coverage for up to 12 months | Strong Communities | Healthcare | ||
| 9 | Support | HB 85 Pregnancy Medicaid Coverage Amendments | Rep. Rosemary Lesser | Requires the Division of Medicaid and Health Financing to request a Medicaid waiver or state plan amendment to extend Medicaid coverage to pregnant women with a household income up to 200% of the federal poverty level | Strong Communities | Healthcare | ||
| 10 | Support | HB 86 Firearm Reporting Requirements | Rep. Brian King | Requires the Bureau of Criminal Identification to collect statistics on the source of firearms recovered from restricted persons | Strong Communities | Gun Violence Prevention | ||
| 11 | Support | HB 89 Gun Safety Amendments | Rep. Andrew Stoddard | Creates a waiting period between the purchase of a firearm ffrom a dealer and the delivery of the firearm to the purchaser | Strong Communities | Gun Violence Prevention | ||
| 12 | Support | HB 96 Peace Officer Training Amendments | Rep. Andrew Stoddard | Sen. Todd Weiler | Requires a peace officer's basic training to include training on identifying, responding to, and reporting a criminal offense that is motivated by certain personal attributes | Strong Communities | Police Reform | |
| 13 | Support | HB 97 Government Records Access Amendments | Rep. Andrew Stoddard | Includes "personal electronic device" as part of records that can be searched under the Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA), if that personal electonic device is used by the officer or employee for government purposes or business | Good Government | Transparency | ||
| 14 | Support | HB 101 Food Sales Tax Amendments | Rep. Judy Weeks Rohner | Repeals the state tax imposed on food and food ingredients | Strong Communities | Economic Justice | ||
| 15 | Oppose | HB 131 Vaccine Passport Prohibition | Rep. Walt Brooks | 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 | Strong Communities | Public Health | ||
| 16 | Oppose | HB 132 Prohibiting Sex Transitioning Procedures on Minors | Rep. Rex Shipp | Sen. Wayne Harper | 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 | Equal Rights | LGBTQ Rights | |
| 17 | Support | HB 148 Firearm Amendments | Rep. Brian King | Prohibits people are restricted from possessing a firearm from also possessing ammunition; makes it a crime to possess a firearm on which identifying marks have been altered or destroyed; requires the Bureau of Criminal Identification to inform local law enforcement when a prohibited person attempts to buy a firearm; requires firearm dealers to distribute firearm safety brochures; requires firearm dealers to post a written notice of of potential liability for the negligent storage of a firearm | Strong Communities | Gun Violence Prevention | ||
| 18 | Support | HB 153 Abortion Revisions | Rep. Ray Ward | Revises Utah's abortion laws to be more medically accurate and easier for providers to follow. It does not change current abortion restrictions. | Equal Rights | Reproductive Rights | ||
| 19 | Oppose | HB 155 Independent Election Audits | Rep. Phil Lyman | Requires the elections office to contract with an independent auditor to conduct voter registration audits, post-election audits, and election statistics audits | Good Government | Elections | ||
| 20 | Support | HB 162 Voter Accessibility Amendments | Rep. Matthew Gwynn | Requires election officials to provide an accessible voting option for voters with disabilities | Good Government | Voting Rights | ||
| 21 | Support | State Child Care Amendments | Rep. Ashlee Matthews | Sen. Luz Escamilla | Allows state agencies to contract for on-site child care services | Strong Communities | Child Care | |
| 22 | Support | HB 170 Child Care Tax Credit Amendments | Rep. Susan Pulsipher | Enacts a nonrefundable child care tax credit | Strong Communities | Child Care | ||
| 23 | Oppose | HB 171 Alternative Voting Methods Modifications | Rep. Katy Hall | Repeals the Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project, including the ability for cities to use ranked choice voting in municipal elections | Good Government | Elections | ||
| 24 | Support | HB 172 Food Sales Tax Modifications | Rep. Rosemary Lesser | Removes the state sales and use tax from amounts paid or charged for food and food ingredients, excluding candy | Strong Communities | Economic Justice | ||
| 25 | Support | HB 188 Golf Related Water Modifications | Rep. Douglas Welton | Requires golf courses and driving ranges to report water use, information that will be posted online | Sustainable Future | Water Conservation | ||
| 26 | Support | HB 199 Voluntary Firearm Safekeeping Amendments | Rep. Paul Cutler | 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 | Strong Communities | Gun Violence Prevention | ||
| 27 | Oppose | HB 215 Funding for Teacher Salaries and Optional Education Opportunities | Rep. Candice Pierruci | Sen. Kirk Cullimore | 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 | Strong Communities | Education | |
| 28 | Support | HB 217 School Energy and Water Reductions | Rep. Gay Lynn Bennion | Gives the State Board of Education $9.9 million to issue grants to schools to reduce energy and water usage | Sustainable Future | Water Conservation | ||
| 29 | Oppose | HB 219 Firearms Regulations | Rep. Karianne Lisonbee | 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 | Strong Communities | Gun Violence Prevention | ||
| 30 | Support | HB 228 Unprofessional Conduct Amendments | Rep. Mike Petersen | Sen. Curtis Bramble | Continues to ban the dangerous use of conversion therapy while providing greater clarification around permitted types of talk therapy | Equal Rights | LGBTQ Rights | |
| 31 | Oppose | HB 240 Income Tax Amendments | Rep. Nelson Abbott | Reduces the income tax rate from 4.85% to 4.65% | Good Government | Taxation and Revenue | ||
| 32 | Oppose | HB 241 Labor Union Amendments | Rep. Jordan Teuscher | Prohibits public employers from deducting union dues from public employee's wages and from compensating a public employee for union activities; requires labor organizations to provide the number of members in the labor organization upon request of a public employer | Strong Communities | Labor | ||
| 33 | Oppose | HB 243 Public Transit Employee Collective Bargaining Amendments | Rep. Jon Hawkins | Sen. Michael McKell | Excludes managerial and supervisory employees in public transit districts from organizing and collectively bargaining | Strong Communities | Labor | |
| 34 | Support | HB 252 Disability Coverage Amendments | Rep. Jennifer Dailey-Provost | Sen. Curtis Bramble | Provides wraparound services through Medicaid for individuals with disabilities up to 500% of the federal poverty limit, subject to cost sharing payments | Strong Communities | Healthcare | |
| 35 | Support | HB 269 Election Audit Requirements | Rep. Mike Schultz | Sen. Dan McCay | 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 | Good Government | Elections | |
| 36 | Support | HB 271 Educator Salaries Adjustments Increase | Rep. Angela Romero | Increases educators' salaries (without the voucher program) | Strong Communities | Education | ||
| 37 | Support | HB 272 Water Efficient Landscaping Amendments | Rep. Doug Owens | Restricts local government entities on the amount of turf or lawns they can use at government buildings | Sustainable Future | Water Conservation | ||
| 38 | Oppose | HB 276 Water Supply Amendments | Rep. Phil Lyman | Requires Salt Lake City to supply surplus water that it doesn’t have outside of its service area to residences and businesses on dry lots in the Wasatch Mountains and surrounding canyons | Sustainable Future | Water Conservation | ||
| 39 | Support | HB 286 Great Salt Lake Funding Modifications | Rep. Joel Briscoe | Directs a portion of the state sales tax to the Great Salt Lake Account for five years rather than to an account dedicated to water infrastructure such as the Lake Powell Pipeline and Bear River Project | Sustainable Future | Natural Resources | ||
| 40 | Support | HB 287 Medicaid Coverage Amendments | Rep. Ray Ward | Expands Medicaid for 12 month continuous eligibility for children, 12 months of postpartum coverage for women, family planning assistance for individual up to 250% of federal poverty level, and for certain preganant women who are lawfully residing in the United States | Strong Communities | Healthcare | ||
| 41 | Support | HB 300 Voluntary Firearm Restrictions Amendments | Rep. Steve Eliason | 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 | Strong Communities | Gun Violence Prevention | ||
| 42 | Support | HB 307 Utah Water Ways | Rep. Calvin Musselman | Sen. Scott Sandall | Creates a new statewide nonprofit to “facilitate coordination to optimize the use of water” among the public, business, government, and agriculture. | Sustainable Future | Water Conservation | |
| 43 | Support | HB 310 Abortion Penalty Amendments | Rep. Angela Romero | Removes criminal penalties related to abortion, instead imposing civil penalties | Strong Communities | Healthcare | ||
| 44 | Support | HB 316 Residential Rental Amendments | Rep. Gay Lynn Bennion | 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 | Strong Communities | Tenant Rights | ||
| 45 | Support | HB 323 Expungement Fee Waiver Amendments | Rep. Jim Dunnigan | Extends the repeal date for the waiver of fees for a certificate of eligibility and a petition for expungement | Equal Rights | Criminal Justice Reform | ||
| 46 | Oppose | HB 329 Adult Event Permit Amendments | Rep. Colin Jack | Targeting drag shows, requires public entities to provide public notice for permitted events that have "adult themes" | Equal Rights | LGBTQ Rights | ||
| 47 | Support | HB 334 Health Education Amendments | Rep. Carol Spackman Moss | Sen. Kirk Cullimore | Requires the State Board of Education to establish curriculum requirements that include instruction in sexual assault resource strategies, sexual violence behavior prevention, and the legal implications of electronically distributing sexually explicit images | Strong Communities | Education | |
| 48 | Support | HB 337 Expungement Fee Waivers | Rep. Karianne Lisonbee | Requires the Bureau of Criminal Identification to waive fees related to expungment of a criminal record if a court finds that the indivdiual filing the petition is indigent | Equal Rights | Criminal Justice Reform | ||
| 49 | Support | HB 338 Resource Stewardship Director | Rep. Paul Cutler | Provides for the appointment of a director of resource stewardship in the Department of Environmental Quality to work with state agencies to implement best practices and stewardship measures to ipmrove the quality of air, land, and water | Sustainable Future | Natural Resources | ||
| 50 | Support | HB 346 State Employee Wage Discrimination Amendments | Rep. Gay Lynn Bennion | Prohibits wage discrimination for state employees on the basis of sex and prohibits a state employer from seeking wage history or relying on wage history in determining wage rates | Equal Rights | Women's Rights | ||
| 51 | Support | HB 354 Firearm Access Amendments | Rep. Andrew Stoddard | 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 criminally liable for any offenses committed | Strong Communities | Gun Violence Prevention | ||
| 52 | Support | HB 356 Abortion Modifications | Rep. Jennifer Dailey-Provost | Allows a victim of rape or incest who is seeking an abortion to file a restricted law enforcement report in order to comply with the physician reporting requirements and allows the victim to make a non-binding request that law enforcement not pursue charges or investigate such a report | Strong Communities | Healh | ||
| 53 | Oppose | HB 365 Voter Affiliation Amendments | Rep. Jordan Teuscher | Amends the deadline by which a voter may change the voter's political party affiliation for an election held in an even-numbered year | Good Government | Voting Rights | ||
| 54 | Oppose | HB 393 Primary Ballot Requirements | Rep. Jordan Teuscher | Sen. Kirk Cullimore | 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 | Good Government | Elections | |
| 55 | Oppose | HB 412 State Employment Revisions | Rep. Kay Christofferson | Sen. Evan Vickers | 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 | Good Government | Checks and Balances | |
| 56 | Oppose | HB 422 Initiative Amendments | Rep. Jason Kyle | Sen. Lincoln Fillmore | Requires statewide initiatives that raise taxes to be approved by 60% of voters to go into effect | Good Government | Initiatives and Referenda | |
| 57 | Oppose | HB 425 Energy Security Amendments | Rep. Ken Ivory | Sen. Derrin Owens | Requires power plants to give 180 notice before closing coal-powered electrical generation facilities; 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 | Sustainable Future | Clean Energy | |
| 58 | Oppose | HB 427 Individual Freedom in Public Education | Rep. Tim Jimenez | 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 included gender identity from a list of characteristics that should not be subject to discrimination or adverse treatment. | Equal Rights | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | ||
| 59 | Oppose | HB 441 Neutrality in Public Schools | Rep. Mark Strong | Requires local school districts to create "neutrality policies" for maintaining neutrality in instruction, decorations, and displays on "controversial issues," meaning topics that are socially unresolved, generates highly divergent and contentious opinions, or are not age appropriate | Strong Communities | Education | ||
| 60 | Support | HB 448 Election Changes | Rep. Cory Maloy | 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. | Good Government | Elections | ||
| 61 | Oppose | HB 449 Unlawful Anticompetitive Activity Amendments | Rep. Ken Ivory | Prohibits "attempting to monopolize" companies based on the company's involvement with firearms, not meeting ESG standards, or their facilitation or commitment to facilitate access to abortion or transgender treatments | Equal Rights | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | ||
| 62 | Support | HB 450 Landscaping Requirements | Rep. Ryan Wilcox | Sen. Michael McKell | Prohibits home owners associations (HOAs) from requiring lawns or turf in more than 50% of landscaping | Sustainable Future | Water Conservation | |
| 63 | Oppose | HB 451 State Entity Restrictions | Rep. Katy Hall | Sen. Michael McKell | Prohibits diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) statements for jobs or admissions at state higher education institutions | Equal Rights | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | |
| 64 | Oppose | HB 464 School Materials Amendments | Rep. Ken Ivory | Strong Communities | Education | |||
| 65 | Oppose | HB 466 Office of the Attorney General Employment Amendments | Rep. Kay Christofferson | Discontinues career service employment for new or promoted Attorney General 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 | Good Government | Checks and Balances | ||
| 66 | Oppose | HB 467 Abortion Changes | Rep. Karianne Lisonbee | Sen. Daniel McCay | 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 | Equal Rights | Reproductive Rights | |
| 67 | Support | HB 477 Full-Day Kindergarten Amendments | Rep. Robert Spendlove | Sen. Kirk Cullimore | Provides funding through the weighted pupil unit (WPU) to give every school district the ability to provide optional full-day kindergarten | Strong Communities | Education | |
| 68 | Support | HB 481 Firearm Safety and Suicide Prevention Education Requirements | Rep. Sahara Hayes | Strong Communities | Gun Violence Prevention | |||
| 69 | Support | HB 491 Amendments Related to the Great Salt Lake | Rep. Mike Schultz | Sen. Scott Sandall | 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 | Good Government | Accountability | |
| 70 | Support | HB 499 Homeless Services Amendments | Rep. Steve Eliason | Sen. Jacob Anderegg | 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 | Strong Communities | Homelessness | |
| 71 | Support | HB 513 Great Salt Lake Amendments | Rep. Casey Snider | Sen. Michael McKell | 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. | Sustainable Future | Natural Resources | |
| 72 | Support | HB 514 Fossil Fuels Tax Modifications | Rep. Joel Briscoe | Good Government | Taxation and Revenue | |||
| 73 | Oppose | HB 537 Voting Amendments | Rep. Kera Birkeland | Good Government | Voting Rights | |||
| 74 | Support | HB 538 Water Usage Amendments | Rep. Doug Owens | Bans outdoor watering of lawns from October 1 through April 25, enforceable by civil citation | Sustainable Future | Water Conservation | ||
| 75 | Support | HB 543 Marriage Modifications | Rep. Anthony Loubet | Equal Rights | Racial Justice | |||
| 76 | Support | HB 548 Accessibilitiy of Campaign Finance Disclosures | Rep. Brett Garner | Requires the Lieutenant Governor's Office to make the campaign finance database searchable by individual contributor | Good Government | Transparency | ||
| 77 | Support | HB 549 Minimum Wage Modifications | Rep. Brett Garner | Raises the minimum wage to $15 by 2025 and ties it to inflation thereafter | Strong Communities | Economic Justice | ||
| 78 | Support | HB 560 Olympic Public Funding Requirements | Rep. Brett Garner | Good Government | Accountability | |||
| 79 | Oppose | HCR 5 Concurrent Resolution Opposing Federal Legislative Efforts to Strip States of Authority to Regulate Congressional Elections | Rep. Mark Strong | Opposes recent Congressional efforts to support fair elections and voting rights and calls on members of Congress to oppose these efforts | Good Government | Elections | ||
| 80 | Oppose | HJR 2 Joint Resolution Amending Rules of Civil Procedures on Injunctions | Rep. Brady Brammer | Amends the requirements for temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions to remove basis for cases that present serious issues on the merits which should be the subject of further litigation, and makes it retroactive to cover all current restraining orders and preliminary injunctions | Good Government | Access to Justice | ||
| 81 | Support | HJR 11 Joint Resolution for Establishing a State Social Cost of Carbon | Rep. Jennifer Dailey-Provost | Recognizes the role of greenhouse gas emissions in driving global climate change and climate change's impact to economic, human, and natural systems, and thus encourages the use of "social cost of carbon" estimates in the evaluation and design of state policy, including a state carbon tax | Sustainable Future | Sustainability | ||
| 82 | Support | HJR 13 Joint Rules Resolution - Special and Veto Override Sessions | Rep. Ray Ward | When conducting a poll to determine whether the Legislature will convene in a veto override session or a special session, requires the president and speaker to provide each member of list of items to be considered during the session and to post on the Legislature's website the list of items and an account of how each member voted on the poll | Good Government | Transparency | ||
| 83 | Oppose | HJR 17 Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution -- Statewide Initiatives | Rep. Jason Kyle | Sen. Lincoln Fillmore | Proposes to amend the Utah Constitution by requiring that citizen initiatives that raise taxes must receive at least 60% of the vote in approval | Good Government | Initiatives and Referenda | |
| 84 | Support | HJR 21 Joint Resolution Honoring the Hispanic Community | Rep. Ken Ivory | Sen. Michael Kennedy | 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 | Equal Rights | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | |
| 85 | Support | HJR 22 Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution - Inherent and Inalienable Rights | Rep. Phil Lyman | Proposes to amend the Utah Constitution by including the right to "privacy" in the list of enumerated inherent and inalienable rights | Equal Rights | Constitutional Rights | ||
| 86 | Oppose | HJR 25 Joint Resolution Highlighting the Hazards of Net-Zero Energy | Rep. Ken Ivory | 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 | Sustainable Future | Clean Energy | ||
| 87 | Support | HJR 28 Joint Resolution Concerning Recycling | Rep. Joel Briscoe | Highlights the potential for enhanced and expanded recycling and data efforts, acknowledges the environmental and economic benefits of recycling, and encourages increased recycling efforts across the state | Sustainable Future | Sustainability | ||
| 88 | Oppose | SB 16 Transgender Medical Treatments and Procedures Amendments | Sen. Mike Kennedy | Prohibits performing gender-affirming surgical procedures on a minor and places an indefinite moratorium on the use of puberty blockers for minors | Equal Rights | LGBTQ Rights | ||
| 89 | Support | SB 34 Water Infrastructure Funding Study | Sen. Dan McCay | Rep. Walt Brooks | 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 | Sustainable Future | Water Conservation | |
| 90 | Support | SB 50 Weapon Purchase Amendments | Sen. Kathleen Riebe | 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 | Strong Communities | Gun Violence Prevention | ||
| 91 | Support | SB 63 Election Candidate Replacement Amendments | Sen. Curt Bramble | Rep. Cory Maloy | Allows a political party to replace a candidate on the ballot regardless of the reason for the vacancy | Good Government | Elections | |
| 92 | Support | SB 68 Restricted Person Possession Amendments | Sen. Stephanie PItcher | Prohibits restricted persons from possessing ammunitiion | Strong Communities | Gun Violence Prevention | ||
| 93 | Support | SB 69 Firearm Identification Amendments | Sen. Stephanie PItcher | Makes it a crime to possession a firearm on which the identifying marks have been altered | Strong Communities | Gun Violence Prevention | ||
| 94 | Support | SB 88 Abortion Amendments | Rep. Kathleen Riebe | 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 | Strong Communities | Healthcare | ||
| 95 | Support | SB 92 Special License Plate Designation | Sen. Jen Plumb | Rep. Paul Cutler | Creates a special license plate for Great Salt Lake Preservation | Sustainable Future | Natural Resources | |
| 96 | Oppose | SB 93 Vital Records Modifications | Sen. Dan McCay | Rep. Brady Brammer | Prohibits changing information on a birth certificate, including names, until an individual is 18 years of age | Equal Rights | LGBTQ Rights | |
| 97 | Oppose | SB 96 Fiduciary Duty Modifications | Sen. Chris Wilson | Prohibits persons who manage or invest funds on behalf of a governemntal entity from considering environmental, social, or governance (ESG) factors | Sustainable Future | Sustainability | ||
| 98 | Oppose | SB 97 Public Contract Requirements | Sen. Chris Wilson | Rep. Rex Shipp | Prohbiits public entities from entering into contracts with companies that engage in certain types of boycotts, which includes targeting companies that engage in fossil fuels, mining, agriculture, or firearms, or targeting them because they don't meet environmental standards, or because they do not facilitation or commit to facilitation access to abortion or transgender care | Sustainable Future | Sustainability | |
| 99 | Support | SB 101 Peace Officer Training Modifications | Sen. Karen Kwan | Rep. Tyler Clancy | 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 | Strong Communities | Public Safety | |
| 100 | Oppose | SB 116 Local Health Department Modifications | Sen. Mike Kennedy | Removes the authority of a local health department to isolate or quarantine an individual, allowing them only to make a recommendation | Strong Communities | Public Safety | ||
| 101 | Support | SB 118 Water Efficient Landscaping Incentives | Sen. Scott Sandall | Rep. Doug Owens | 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 | Sustainable Future | Water Conservation | |
| 102 | Support | SB 119 Per Capita Consumptive Use | Sen. Michael McKell | Requires water districts in urban counties to report water usage in per capita consumptive use | Sustainable Future | Water Conservation | ||
| 103 | Oppose | SB 129 Judiciary Amendments | Sen. Kirk Cullimore | Adjusts the makeup of judicial nominating commissions, weakening guardrails in our "gold standard" of a process that helps prevent partisanship in selecting judges | Good Government | Checks and Balances | ||
| 104 | Support | SB 133 Modifications to Postpartum Medicaid Coverage | Sen. Wayne Harper | Rep. Cheryl Acton | Expands Medicaid to cover the duration of postpartum care for 12 months | Strong Communities | Healthcare | |
| 105 | Support | SB 142 Ballot Delivery Amendments | Sen. Nate Blouin | Allows ballots to be postmarked on Election Day, rather than requiring a postmark on the day before the election | Good Government | Elections | ||
| 106 | Oppose | SB 189 Voting Changes | Sen. Michael Kennedy | Allows county clerks to conduct elections primarily in-person, rather than primarily by mail, and, if done primarily by mail, requires annual verification of a person's address | Good Government | Elections | ||
| 107 | Support | SB 195 Medical Debt Relief | Sen. Nate Blouin | Requires the Department of Workforce Services to contract with one or more medical debt relief entities for the acquisition and relief of medical debt | Strong Communities | Economic Justice | ||
| 108 | Support | SB 223 Charitable Contributions Amendments | Sen. Luz Escamilla | Rep. Angela Romero | Good Government | Taxation and Revenue | ||
| 109 | Support | SB 231 Government Records Access and Management Act Amendments | Sen. Curt Bramble | Rep. Anthony Loubet | Good Government | Transparency | ||
| 110 | Support | SB 243 Utah Antidiscrimination Act Amendments | Sen. Kathleen Riebe | Equal Rights | Women's Rights | |||
| 111 | Oppose | SB 283 Study of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Higher Education | Sen. John Johnson | Rep. Michael Petersen | Requires the Education Interim Committee to conduct a study of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the system of higher education due to the sponsor's opposition | Equal Rights | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | |
| 112 | Oppose | SB 291 Primary Election Modifications | Sen. Wayne Harper | Rep. Jason Kyle | Prohibits municipalities from using instant runoff voting (ranked choice voting) for general elections, only allowing it for the primary election | Good Government | Elections | |
| 113 | Oppose | SB 295 Dedicated Infrastructure District Act | Sen. Daniel McCay | Allows corporations, such as real estate developers, to create infrastructure districts that have the power to bond and tax, without participation of elected officials | Good Government | Accountability | ||
| 114 | Oppose | SCR 1 Concurrent Resolution Supporting the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act | Sen. Lincoln Fillmore | Rep. Tyler Clancy | 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 | Good Government | Taxation and Revenue | |
| 115 | Support | SCR 2 Concurrent Resolution Regarding the Environmental Impact of Vehicle Idling | Sen. Lincoln Fillmore | Rep. Anthony Loubet | Encourages Utahns, businesses, and other entities to take steps to reduce vehicle idling | Sustainable Future | Clean Air | |
| 116 | Support | SCR 6 Concurrent Resolution Regarding the Great Salt Lake Elevation Targets | Sen. Nate Blouin | 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 | Sustainable Future | Natural Resources | ||
| 117 | Oppose | SCR 9 Concurrent Resolution Opposing Efforts to Weaken the Economy or Restrict Energy Supply | Sen. Chris Wilson | Supports the State Treasurer and government entities in opposing environmental, social. and governance (ESG) investing | Sustainable Future | Sustainability | ||
| 118 | Oppose | SJR 10 Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution - Income Tax | Sen. Daniel McCay | Proposes to amend the Utah Constitution by removing the earmark on income taxes that require all such revenue go toward public and higher education and some social services | Good Government | Taxation and Revenue | ||
| 119 | Support | SR 1 Senate Resolution Supporting Washington D.C. Statehood | Sen. Nate Blouin | Proclaims that the Senate of the state of Utah supports admitting Washington, D.C. into the Union as a state of the United States of America; and urges the members of the United States Congress to enact federal legislation granting statehood to the people of Washington, D.C. | Equal Rights | Constitutional Rights | ||
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