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2026 floor votes

H.B. 143: Special Education 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 19, 2026. This bill creates a written notice requirement related to special education.

  • Defines terms
  • Requires a local education agency to give written notice to a parent of an eligible student under certain circumstances
  • Enacts a certain certain exclusion related to the notice requirement
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Karen M. Peterson

Utah House, January 30, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · HB 143
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 71 Nays 1 N/V 3
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (67)

54 Republican, 13 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (3)

2 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, February 19, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · 1st Sub. HB 143
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 25 Nays 0 Abs 4
Official record

Yes (25)

18 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

4 Republican

Utah Senate, February 20, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 143
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 23 Nays 0 Abs 6
Official record

Yes (23)

17 Republican, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (6)

5 Republican, 1 Forward

Utah House, February 23, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 143
Result as recorded: Yeas 67 Nays 0 N/V 8
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (63)

49 Republican, 14 Democratic

Absent or not voting (8)

8 Republican

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.