H.B. 487: Legislative Branch Amendments

About this bill

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026. This bill modifies and enacts provisions related to the Legislature.

• Provides that a legislator may introduce and vote on legislation according to the legislator's own judgment and conscience
• Reorganizes and amends the legislative general counsel's responsibility to correct technical errors in legislation and the Utah Code by: directing the legislative general counsel to correct erroneous statutory history in the long title of legislation and the names of officers and funds; removing the requirement that the legislative general counsel modify the highlighted provisions of legislation to correct an inconsistency between the highlighted provisions and the legislation's enacted provisions; and prohibiting the legislative general counsel from making a correction that would alter the meaning or effect of law
• Makes technical and conforming changes

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