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2026 floor votes

H.B. 219: Higher Education Civics 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

Signed by the governor on March 19, 2026. This bill amends provisions related to general education writing requirements.

  • Allows institutions of higher education to voluntarily adopt certain writing requirements
  • Directs the Utah Board of Higher Education to establish minimum requirements for using primary source documents in writing courses
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Melissa G. Ballard

Utah House, February 23, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 219
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 38 Nays 31 N/V 6
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (35)

6 Democratic, 29 Republican

No (30)

22 Republican, 8 Democratic

Absent or not voting (6)

6 Republican

Utah Senate, March 6, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 1st Sub. HB 219
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 17 Nays 3 Abs 9
Official record

Yes (17)

16 Republican, 1 Democratic

No (3)

1 Forward, 2 Democratic

Absent or not voting (9)

6 Republican, 3 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.