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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 311: Elections Study

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 23, 2026. This bill directs the Gary R. Herbert Institute for Public Policy at Utah Valley University and the Center for Constitutional Studies at Utah Valley University to conduct an elections study.

  • Directs the Gary R. Herbert Institute for Public Policy at Utah Valley University (the institute) and the Center for Constitutional Studies at Utah Valley University (the center) to conduct an elections study regarding: the security of in-person voting versus voting by mail; and best practices for conducting and implementing a process where identification must be presented before depositing a ballot in a ballot drop box
  • Directs the institute and the center to present the study to the Government Operations Interim Committee

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Jefferson S. Burton

Utah House, February 9, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · HB 311
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 68 Nays 1 N/V 6
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (64)

51 Republican, 13 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (6)

1 Democratic, 5 Republican

Utah Senate, March 5, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 2nd Sub. HB 311
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 22 Nays 5 Abs 2
Official record

Yes (22)

21 Republican, 1 Forward

No (5)

5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (2)

1 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah House, March 6, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 2nd Sub. HB 311
Result as recorded: Yeas 60 Nays 12 N/V 3
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (56)

52 Republican, 4 Democratic

No (12)

10 Democratic, 2 Republican

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.