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2026 floor votes

H.B. 489: Water Infrastructure Amendments

1 recorded floor vote in the 2026 General Session. The bill's official page has its text, sponsors, committee votes and full history.

About this bill

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026. This bill addresses use of retention and detention basins.

  • Defines terms
  • Limits use of retention basins within the Great Salt Lake basin
  • Imposes design standards on certain detention basins within the Great Salt Lake basin
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

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

Utah House, February 24, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · HB 489
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 60 Nays 5 N/V 10
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (57)

43 Republican, 14 Democratic

No (5)

5 Republican

Absent or not voting (9)

9 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.