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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 170: School Board Referendum Amendments

2 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

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026. This bill amends provisions related to local referendums.

  • Defines terms
  • Subject to certain exceptions, establishes a process for voters who are residents of a school district to hold a referendum on a law passed by the school district's local school board, including a law that increases a tax or imposes a new tax
  • Includes a coordination clause to add a reference to a referable local school tax law being enacted in this bill to similar language being enacted in H.B. 32, Signature Gathering and Verification Amendments
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

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

Utah House, February 13, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 2nd Sub. HB 170
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 50 Nays 21 N/V 4
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (46)

46 Republican

No (21)

14 Democratic, 7 Republican

Absent or not voting (4)

4 Republican

Utah Senate, March 6, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 2nd Sub. HB 170
Result as recorded: Failed, Ayes 9 Nays 15 Abs 5
Official record

Yes (9)

9 Republican

No (15)

9 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (5)

4 Republican, 1 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.