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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 148: Tax Return Donation Amendments

3 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 School Meals Debt Relief Fund and provides for the fund's administration.

  • Creates a School Meals Debt Relief Fund
  • Allows individual taxpayers to designate contributions to the fund on tax returns
  • Establishes reporting requirements for local education agencies regarding school meals debt
  • Provides for a distribution process based on each local education agency's proportion of total statewide school meals debt
  • Requires the State Board of Education to collect and verify school meals debt data
  • Delegates rulemaking authority to the State Board of Education for program administration

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Matt MacPherson

Utah House, February 9, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 148
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 70 Nays 1 N/V 4
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 148
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 19 Nays 0 Abs 10
Official record

Yes (19)

12 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (10)

10 Republican

Utah Senate, February 20, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 148
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 26 Nays 0 Abs 3
Official record

Yes (26)

19 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (3)

3 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.