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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 50: Child Protection Ombudsman 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 February 27, 2026. This bill makes changes related to the child protection ombudsman.

  • Allows the child protection ombudsman to receive a complaint with respect to a parent
  • Requires the child protection ombudsman to: provide information about a parent's and child's rights on the child protection ombudsman's website; and annually report to the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel and the Health and Human Services Interim Committee
  • Requires a peace officer or child welfare caseworker who takes a child into protective custody to provide the child's parent or guardian with information about the child protection ombudsman
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Karianne Lisonbee

Utah House, January 21, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · HB 50
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 74 Nays 0 N/V 1
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (70)

56 Republican, 14 Democratic

Absent or not voting (1)

1 Republican

Utah Senate, February 4, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · HB 50
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 24 Nays 0 Abs 5
Official record

Yes (24)

19 Republican, 1 Forward, 4 Democratic

Absent or not voting (5)

2 Democratic, 3 Republican

Utah Senate, February 5, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · HB 50
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 27 Nays 0 Abs 2
Official record

Yes (27)

20 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (2)

2 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.