H.B. 92: Presidential Electors Amendments

What the bill does

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026.

It would have changed how Utah awards presidential electors, giving one electoral vote to the winner in each congressional district and two to the statewide winner. It never reached a floor vote: a committee sent it back to the Rules Committee, and it was filed on March 6, 2026.

This bill modifies provisions governing the distribution of electoral votes.

• In an election for president and vice president of the United States: allocates one electoral vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidates who receive the highest number of votes in a Congressional district; allocates two electoral votes for the presidential and vice presidential candidates who receive the highest number of statewide votes; and requires a registered political party, or an unaffiliated candidate or a write-in candidate for president of the United States, to notify the lieutenant governor if a vacancy occurs in the office of a presidential elect
• Standardizes the deadlines to file a declaration of candidacy for the office of vice president of the United States and to choose presidential electors
• Makes technical and conforming changes

The description and list come from the bill's own long title as recorded by the Legislature; the paragraph above is the Ledger’s summary. Read the official bill. The Ledger takes no position on it.

Subjects: Election Law · Voting and Voter Registration · Government Operations (State Issues) · Constitutional Officers · Election Administration · Lieutenant Governor · Political Parties · Elected Official

How it moved

1. January 20, 2026 · House1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
2. February 2, 2026 · Houseto standing committeeGovernment Operations Committee
3. March 2, 2026 · HouseHouse Comm - Recommends Returned to RulesGovernment Operations Committee
4. March 6, 2026 · Housefiledfile for bills not passed

Steps as the Legislature recorded them; clerical and fiscal-staff entries are left out. Numbers such as 54-14-7 are yeas, nays and absent.

Fiscal note

The Legislative Fiscal Analyst's note on H.B. 92 found no material cost or revenue effect for the state, local governments or businesses.

Bill overview

Sponsor: Andrew Stoddard

Legislature passed-list status: Not available in the saved metadata.

Passed-list membership is not a finding that a bill was signed or took effect. A bill absent from that list is not necessarily pending or defeated.

Latest recorded action

filed
Action date: March 6, 2026

The full step list is above. Find the bill in the official session list for status, hearings and committee records.

Recorded floor votes

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Ledger coverage

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