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2026 floor votes

H.B. 125: Department of Natural Resources Related Modifications Amendments

4 recorded floor votes in the 2026 General Session. The bill's official page has its text, sponsors, committee votes and full history.

About this bill

Signed by the governor on March 25, 2026. This bill addresses provisions related to the Department of Natural Resources and related regulated areas.

  • Removes language related to determining the work period for certain Department of Natural Resources' employees
  • Defines terms, including defining "invasive mussel"
  • Exempts an owner or operator of certain vessels from requirements related to invasive species and launching or operating the vessel on waters of the state
  • Addresses vessels owned by government agencies
  • Amends provisions related to a required aquatic invasive species education course
  • Addresses vessels rented or leased from a boat livery, including modifying recordkeeping requirements for a boat livery

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Rex P. Shipp

Utah House, February 25, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · HB 125
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 65 Nays 0 N/V 10
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (61)

48 Republican, 13 Democratic

Absent or not voting (10)

9 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah House, March 6, 2026

Conference Committee/Final Passage · 3rd Sub. HB 125
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 66 Nays 1 N/V 8
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (63)

49 Republican, 14 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (7)

7 Republican

Utah Senate, March 6, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 2nd Sub. HB 125
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 24 Nays 0 Abs 5
Official record

Yes (24)

17 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (5)

5 Republican

Utah Senate, March 6, 2026

Final Passage · 3rd Sub. HB 125
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 29 Nays 0 Abs 0
Official record

Yes (29)

22 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Votes are listed as the Utah Legislature's floor vote records show them. Names are matched to today's roster, so members who have since left the Legislature aren't in the lists; the totals are the record's own. Committee votes and voice votes aren't included.