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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 444: State Land Access Road 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 19, 2026. This bill amends provisions related to the abandonment and closure of a class D road and public access.

  • Amends requirements for off-highway vehicle equipment while operating in certain areas
  • Provides a process necessary for a county and the state to abandon a class D road
  • Requires public meetings and notice before abandonment of a class D road
  • Ensures that existing easements and access rights for public utilities and water infrastructure are not impacted by the abandonment of a class D road
  • Amends provisions related to the closure of a class D road due to lack of public use to include roads across property owned by a public entity or an institution of higher education
  • Amends a criminal provision related to discharging a firearm near a class D road

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Troy Shelley

Utah House, February 24, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 2nd Sub. HB 444
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 66 Nays 0 N/V 9
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (63)

50 Republican, 13 Democratic

Absent or not voting (8)

7 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah House, March 6, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 2nd Sub. HB 444
Result as recorded: Yeas 66 Nays 0 N/V 9
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (63)

50 Republican, 13 Democratic

Absent or not voting (8)

7 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, March 6, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 2nd Sub. HB 444
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 26 Nays 0 Abs 3
Official record

Yes (26)

19 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (3)

3 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.