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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 352: Higher Education Alignment

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 19, 2026. This bill directs the alignment of the system of higher education into regions for vertical and horizontal integration.

  • Requires the Utah Board of Higher Education to: organize the institutions of higher education within the state's system of higher education into geographic regions; report to the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee; and ensure certain products of horizontal and vertical integration within the institutional regions

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Karen M. Peterson

Utah House, February 10, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · HB 352
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 70 Nays 0 N/V 5
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (66)

52 Republican, 14 Democratic

Absent or not voting (5)

5 Republican

Utah Senate, March 5, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · HB 352
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 29 Nays 0 Abs 0
Official record

Yes (29)

22 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 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.