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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 502: School Attendance Modifications

4 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 citizenship grade standards, attendance-based grading, and a test-out option for core classes.

  • Permits and establishes requirements for standardizing citizenship grades
  • Allows parents to opt out of citizenship grading
  • Allows attendance-based grading
  • Repeals individualized attendance plans for attendance-based grading
  • Creates a test-out option for core classes
  • Establishes a citizenship grade scholarship program in higher education funded through voluntary tax return contributions

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Doug Welton

Utah House, February 26, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 3rd Sub. HB 502
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 51 Nays 21 N/V 3
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (49)

14 Democratic, 35 Republican

No (19)

19 Republican

Absent or not voting (3)

3 Republican

Utah Senate, March 4, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 4th Sub. HB 502
Result as recorded: Failed, Ayes 12 Nays 16 Abs 1
Official record

Yes (12)

9 Republican, 1 Forward, 2 Democratic

No (16)

12 Republican, 4 Democratic

Absent or not voting (1)

1 Republican

Utah Senate, March 4, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 4th Sub. HB 502
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 20 Nays 9 Abs 0
Official record

Yes (20)

16 Republican, 1 Forward, 3 Democratic

No (9)

6 Republican, 3 Democratic

Utah House, March 5, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 4th Sub. HB 502
Result as recorded: Yeas 46 Nays 22 N/V 7
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (43)

13 Democratic, 30 Republican

No (21)

20 Republican, 1 Democratic

Absent or not voting (7)

7 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.