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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 207: Competency 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 17, 2026. This bill amends provisions related to competency evaluations.

  • Requires that when a court orders two competency evaluations, the evaluations must be ordered in the same order
  • Provides that a court may order the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct additional or updated competency evaluations under certain circumstances
  • Permits a defendant to be transferred to a clinical or inpatient setting for a competency evaluation
  • Clarifies that certain provisions do not apply to progress toward competency evaluations
  • Amends a provision related to a report of a progress toward competency evaluation
  • Provides for the portability of an involuntary medication order when an individual is transferred between facilities

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Nelson T. Abbott

Utah House, February 17, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 207
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 70 Nays 0 N/V 5
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (67)

54 Republican, 13 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

3 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah House, March 5, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 2nd Sub. HB 207
Result as recorded: Yeas 67 Nays 1 N/V 7
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (64)

51 Republican, 13 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (6)

1 Democratic, 5 Republican

Utah Senate, March 5, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 2nd Sub. HB 207
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 23 Nays 0 Abs 6
Official record

Yes (23)

17 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (6)

5 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.