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2026 floor votes

H.B. 392: District Court 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 February 13, 2026. This bill addresses civil actions in the district court.

  • Grants the attorney general an unconditional right to intervene in a civil action in the district court upon notice that a party is challenging the constitutionality of a statute
  • Provides that the Utah Supreme Court has exclusive and original appellate jurisdiction over a judgment or order from a panel of three district court judges
  • Provides that the attorney general, the governor, or the Legislature may file a notice to convene a three-judge panel in a civil action in the district court
  • Requires a panel of three district court judges to be convened to hear and decide a civil action upon the filing of a notice to convene a district court panel
  • Requires each judge of a district court panel to be randomly selected and from a different judicial district than the other judges on the panel
  • Addresses the structure and voting process for a district court panel

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Matt MacPherson

Utah House, February 4, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 2nd Sub. HB 392
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 56 Nays 15 N/V 4
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (52)

51 Republican, 1 Democratic

No (15)

11 Democratic, 4 Republican

Absent or not voting (4)

2 Democratic, 2 Republican

Utah Senate, February 11, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · 3rd Sub. HB 392
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 21 Nays 7 Abs 1
Official record

Yes (21)

21 Republican

No (7)

1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (1)

1 Republican

Utah Senate, February 12, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 3rd Sub. HB 392
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 22 Nays 7 Abs 0
Official record

Yes (22)

22 Republican

No (7)

1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Utah House, February 13, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 3rd Sub. HB 392
Result as recorded: Yeas 55 Nays 16 N/V 4
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (51)

50 Republican, 1 Democratic

No (16)

13 Democratic, 3 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.