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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 312: School Curriculum and Standards Modifications

4 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 modifies requirements for social studies education and establishes open education resources.

  • Requires the state superintendent to identify and develop high-quality open educational resource instructional materials
  • Requires social studies instruction on American self-governance and comparative government systems
  • Requires instruction from documents influencing America's founding and literary thought
  • Requires sourcing of English language arts assessment passages from primary source documents where appropriate
  • Requires instruction on the roles and responsibilities of government officials
  • Allows local education agencies to determine whether applied crafts and technical arts courses meet fine arts credit requirements

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Tiara Auxier

Utah House, February 20, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 2nd Sub. HB 312
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 51 Nays 17 N/V 7
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (47)

47 Republican

No (17)

13 Democratic, 4 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 · 5th Sub. HB 312
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 20 Nays 8 Abs 1
Official record

Yes (20)

19 Republican, 1 Forward

No (8)

2 Republican, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (1)

1 Republican

Utah House, March 5, 2026

Conference Committee/Final Passage · 6th Sub. HB 312
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 65 Nays 3 N/V 7
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (63)

13 Democratic, 50 Republican

No (2)

2 Republican

Absent or not voting (6)

1 Democratic, 5 Republican

Utah Senate, March 5, 2026

Final Passage · 6th Sub. HB 312
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 19 Nays 5 Abs 5
Official record

Yes (19)

18 Republican, 1 Forward

No (5)

5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (5)

4 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.