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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 491: State Highway Designation 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 creates a process and standards for the special designation of state highways.

  • Provides standards and a process for the proposal of a special designation of a highway
  • Provides limitations on multiple designations for the same individual, or multiple designations on the same highway
  • Allows special designations by the Legislature to apply only to state highways
  • Limits designations to proposals to honor an individual who has been deceased for at least five years
  • Creates a committee for review of the special designation proposals
  • Limits special designations to one per year

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor David Shallenberger

Utah House, February 27, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 491
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 65 Nays 0 N/V 10
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (61)

47 Republican, 14 Democratic

Absent or not voting (10)

10 Republican

Utah House, March 6, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 491
Result as recorded: Yeas 65 Nays 3 N/V 7
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (61)

48 Republican, 13 Democratic

No (3)

3 Republican

Absent or not voting (7)

6 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, March 6, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 1st Sub. HB 491
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 25 Nays 1 Abs 3
Official record

Yes (25)

20 Republican, 5 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (3)

1 Forward, 1 Democratic, 1 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.