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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 374: Speech, Language, and Hearing Occupations Licensing Amendments

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 modifies the regulations for hearing professionals.

  • Defines terms
  • Allows the division to create temporary working groups when no board is available to assist the division
  • Allows an audiologist to supervise a hearing instrument specialist intern
  • Repeals the creation of the Speech-language Pathologist and Audiologist Licensing Board
  • Repeals the exemption permitting an individual to receive licensure as a speech-language pathologist or an audiologist from the State Board of Education
  • Creates an alternative path for licensure as an audiologist and as a speech-language pathologist

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Melissa G. Ballard

Utah House, February 18, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 374
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)

52 Republican, 13 Democratic

Absent or not voting (6)

5 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, February 26, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · 2nd Sub. HB 374
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 27 Nays 0 Abs 2
Official record

Yes (27)

20 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (2)

2 Republican

Utah Senate, February 27, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 2nd Sub. HB 374
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 23 Nays 0 Abs 6
Official record

Yes (23)

17 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (6)

5 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah House, March 3, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 2nd Sub. HB 374
Result as recorded: Yeas 69 Nays 1 N/V 5
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (66)

52 Republican, 14 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (4)

4 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.