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2026 floor votes

H.B. 325: Government Records Classification 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 24, 2026. This bill modifies provisions related to the classification of certain government records.

  • Amends the definition of "initial contact report" for purposes of the Government Records Access and Management Act
  • Classifies as public any record that documents a governmental entity's receipt or expenditure of funds, including: a record related to a financial account, budget, voucher, or grant; a financial report or general ledger; and a record documenting compensation a governmental entity pays to a vend
  • If properly classified by the governmental entity, makes private any portion of a record that reveals whether a taxpayer receives a specified property tax exemption, deferral, abatement, or other relief
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Lisa Shepherd

Utah House, February 13, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 3rd Sub. HB 325
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 69 Nays 0 N/V 6
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (65)

14 Democratic, 51 Republican

Absent or not voting (6)

6 Republican

Utah Senate, March 6, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 3rd Sub. HB 325
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 21 Nays 2 Abs 6
Official record

Yes (21)

17 Republican, 1 Forward, 3 Democratic

No (2)

2 Republican

Absent or not voting (6)

3 Democratic, 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.