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Wednesday, November 4, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 280: Third Party Litigation Funding 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 18, 2026. This bill modifies provisions related to maintenance funding agreements.

  • Defines terms
  • Distinguishes between consumer maintenance funding agreements and commercial maintenance funding agreements
  • Requires maintenance funding providers to register with the Division of Consumer Protection
  • Extends the right of rescission for a consumer maintenance funding agreement
  • Imposes disclosure requirements in connection with consumer and commercial maintenance funding agreements
  • Restricts certain relationships between attorneys and maintenance funding providers

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor James A. Dunnigan

Utah House, February 24, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 3rd Sub. HB 280
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 67 Nays 1 N/V 7
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (63)

50 Republican, 13 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (7)

6 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, March 4, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 3rd Sub. HB 280
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 25 Nays 0 Abs 4
Official record

Yes (25)

19 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

3 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.