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2026 floor votes

H.B. 44: School Security Personnel Standards

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 19, 2026. This bill provides amendments to school safety standards regarding requirements for various safety related personnel.

  • Allows county security chiefs to designate approved private security companies to administer required school safety personnel training
  • Requires the State Board of Education to administer stipends for a school guardian in coordination with the state security chief
  • Requires a local education agency (LEA) to provide a panic alert device for certain school safety personnel
  • Expands the definition of an armed school security guard to include a special function officer
  • Clarifies requirements of a school guardian concealed carrying a firearm while on duty
  • Prohibits certain devices in schools;directs the Cybersecurity Commission to make rules establishing minimum cybersecurity standards for local education agencies (LEAs) aligned with industry recognized frameworks

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Ryan D. Wilcox

Utah House, February 26, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 6th Sub. HB 44
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 71 Nays 0 N/V 4
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (67)

14 Democratic, 53 Republican

Absent or not voting (4)

4 Republican

Utah House, March 6, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 7th Sub. HB 44
Result as recorded: Yeas 67 Nays 0 N/V 8
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (63)

49 Republican, 14 Democratic

Absent or not voting (8)

8 Republican

Utah Senate, March 6, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 7th Sub. HB 44
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 24 Nays 1 Abs 4
Official record

Yes (24)

20 Republican, 1 Forward, 3 Democratic

No (1)

1 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

2 Democratic, 2 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.