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2026 floor votes

H.B. 38: County Government Amendments

3 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 deals with provisions related to counties and special districts.

  • Defines the term "finance officer" and modifies definitions
  • Describes when a county legislative body shall submit the question of moving the county seat to the county's voters
  • Modifies provisions related to the annexation or consolidation of counties and the creation of a new county
  • Addresses pending criminal and civil proceedings following the creation of a new county
  • Provides that a county shall hold an election on an optional plan to change the form of county government at the next regular general election that is no less than 180 days after the day on which the county attorney submits to the county clerk the attorney's report
  • Modifies provisions related to county costs following a change of venue

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor James A. Dunnigan

Utah House, February 9, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 3rd Sub. HB 38
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 56 Nays 13 N/V 6
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (53)

41 Republican, 12 Democratic

No (12)

12 Republican

Absent or not voting (6)

4 Republican, 2 Democratic

Utah Senate, February 19, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · 3rd Sub. HB 38
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 24 Nays 4 Abs 1
Official record

Yes (24)

18 Republican, 6 Democratic

No (4)

3 Republican, 1 Forward

Absent or not voting (1)

1 Republican

Utah Senate, February 20, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 3rd Sub. HB 38
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 19 Nays 4 Abs 6
Official record

Yes (19)

13 Republican, 6 Democratic

No (4)

4 Republican

Absent or not voting (6)

5 Republican, 1 Forward

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.