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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 457: County Governance Modifications

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 26, 2026. This bill modifies provisions relating to county governance.

  • Modifies definitions
  • Requires certain unincorporated islands in a county of the second class to automatically annex into a bordering municipality
  • Requires a county of the second class to provide notice of an automatic annexation
  • Permits certain local legislative bodies to exempt unincorporated islands from automatic annexation
  • Permits a final local entity plat for an annexation to depict non-contiguous areas
  • Modifies the authority of a county operating under the council-manager form of government to delegate accounting services

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

Utah House, February 27, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 3rd Sub. HB 457
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 62 Nays 2 N/V 11
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (58)

14 Democratic, 44 Republican

No (2)

2 Republican

Absent or not voting (11)

11 Republican

Utah House, March 6, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 5th Sub. HB 457
Result as recorded: Yeas 61 Nays 6 N/V 8
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (58)

45 Republican, 13 Democratic

No (5)

5 Republican

Absent or not voting (8)

1 Democratic, 7 Republican

Utah Senate, March 6, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 5th Sub. HB 457
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 25 Nays 1 Abs 3
Official record

Yes (25)

18 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

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.