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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 272: Tourism Taxes 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 18, 2026. This bill addresses reporting requirements for tourism-related taxes.

  • Includes the the state auditor in the analysis conducted by the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst to determine by consensus whether county expenditure reports sufficiently demonstrate compliance with the expenditure requirements for revenue generated by a transient room tax (TRT) or a tourism, recreation, cultural, convention, and airport facilities tax (TRCC)
  • Authorizes the state auditor to audit expenditures reported by counties as part of the analysis for county expenditure reports
  • Clarifies the state auditor's authority to prohibit counties from accessing revenue generated by a TRT or TRCC if the state auditor and the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst determine a county's expenditure report does not sufficiently demonstrate compliance with the expenditure requirements
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Bridger Bolinder

Utah House, February 5, 2026

Consent, Final Passage · HB 272
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)

13 Democratic, 54 Republican

Absent or not voting (4)

3 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, February 18, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · HB 272
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 27 Nays 0 Abs 2
Official record

Yes (27)

20 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (2)

2 Republican

Utah Senate, February 19, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · HB 272
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 26 Nays 0 Abs 3
Official record

Yes (26)

19 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (3)

3 Republican

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.