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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 373: Higher Education Innovation

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 18, 2026. This bill creates a pilot grant program for higher education research funding.

  • Defines terms
  • Amends provisions regarding the Nucleus Institute, including: authority regarding a facility on point of the mountain state land; renaming the Utah Innovation Fund to the Nucleus Fund; amending the appointment of certain positions and board members; and amending compensation
  • Allows the commissioner of higher education to undertake certain duties previously dedicated to the Utah Board of Higher Education (board)
  • Creates a pilot grant program for higher education research funding
  • Requires the board to administer and approve funding grants, potentially through the Nucleus Institute, the Talent, Education, and Industry Alignment Board, or an ad hoc committee
  • Requires the board to report on the research funding grant program

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

Utah House, February 20, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 373
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 66 Nays 1 N/V 8
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)

1 Democratic, 6 Republican

Utah Senate, March 4, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 2nd Sub. HB 373
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 28 Nays 1 Abs 0
Official record

Yes (28)

21 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Utah House, March 5, 2026

Concurrence, Motion to Concur · 2nd Sub. HB 373
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 0 Nays 0 N/V 75
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Absent or not voting (71)

57 Republican, 14 Democratic

Utah House, March 5, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 2nd Sub. HB 373
Result as recorded: Yeas 64 Nays 5 N/V 6
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (61)

47 Republican, 14 Democratic

No (5)

5 Republican

Absent or not voting (5)

5 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.