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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 247: Great Salt Lake Related 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 25, 2026. This bill addresses activities that are related to the Great Salt Lake.

  • Directs revenue generated by the brine shrimp royalty tax to the Sovereign Lands Management Account instead of the Species Protection Account under certain circumstances
  • Modifies the rate of the brine shrimp royalty tax
  • Modifies a provision concerning calculation of severance tax related to certain Great Salt Lake extraction operators
  • Addresses the timing of certification of information related to severance taxes and certain Great Salt Lake extraction operators
  • Provides for the deposit of proceeds from a judgment, settlement, or compromise into the Sovereign Lands Management Account
  • Provides for how the revenue in the Sovereign Lands Management Account is to be spent

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Raymond P. Ward

Utah House, February 17, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 2nd Sub. HB 247
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 71 Nays 0 N/V 4
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (67)

54 Republican, 13 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

1 Democratic, 3 Republican

Utah House, March 6, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 5th Sub. HB 247
Result as recorded: Yeas 67 Nays 0 N/V 8
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (64)

51 Republican, 13 Democratic

Absent or not voting (7)

6 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, March 6, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 5th Sub. HB 247
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 21 Nays 0 Abs 8
Official record

Yes (21)

15 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (8)

7 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.