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2026 floor votes

H.B. 49: Law Enforcement Salary Amendments

2 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

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026. This bill addresses the salary range and proposed pay progression for law enforcement officers within the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

  • To the extent appropriations are made for this purpose, requires the executive director of the Department of Natural Resources, in cooperation with the Division of Human Resource Management, to increase the salary range and proposed pay progression for DNR law enforcement officers
  • Makes technical changes

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

Utah House, January 21, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · HB 49
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 63 Nays 12 N/V 0
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (59)

45 Republican, 14 Democratic

No (12)

12 Republican

Utah Senate, February 12, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · 4th Sub. HB 49
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 28 Nays 0 Abs 1
Official record

Yes (28)

22 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (1)

1 Democratic

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.