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2026 floor votes

H.B. 40: Utah Construction Trades Licensing Act 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 17, 2026. This bill modifies the Utah Construction Trades Licensing Act.

  • Defines terms
  • Moves the licensing requirements for an alarm company and an alarm company agent into a new chapter
  • Restructures the licensing requirements for the remaining trades in the Utah Construction Trades Licensing Act
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Thomas W. Peterson

Utah House, January 30, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 40
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 70 Nays 1 N/V 4
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (66)

53 Republican, 13 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (4)

3 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, February 11, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · 1st Sub. HB 40
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 Senate, February 12, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 40
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 24 Nays 1 Abs 4
Official record

Yes (24)

19 Republican, 1 Forward, 4 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (4)

2 Republican, 2 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.