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2026 floor votes

H.B. 26: Voting Equipment 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 7, 2026. This bill amends provisions related to voting equipment.

  • Except for an electronic pollbook or official register, requires an election officer to ensure that all voting equipment used in this state is not capable of wireless communication
  • Repeals a provision governing the certification of voting equipment used in ranked-choice voting
  • Prohibits an election officer from acquiring voting equipment that is not part of the new voting equipment system selected for purchase by the lieutenant govern
  • Provides that the Voting Equipment Selection Committee shall assist the lieutenant governor in: conducting a competitive procurement for a new voting equipment system; and ensuring that the new voting equipment system complies with the requirements for casting a mechanical ballot
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Paul A. Cutler

Utah House, January 20, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 26
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 74 Nays 1 N/V 0
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (70)

56 Republican, 14 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Utah Senate, February 4, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · 1st Sub. HB 26
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 24 Nays 0 Abs 5
Official record

Yes (24)

17 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (5)

5 Republican

Utah Senate, February 5, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 26
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 29 Nays 0 Abs 0
Official record

Yes (29)

22 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 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.