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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 508: State Facilities Modifications

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 26, 2026. This bill addresses state facilities.

  • Establishes the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee as the subcommittee to hear and prioritize requests for state funding of capital facility projects within the Utah System of Higher Education
  • Establishes requirements for the proposal of a technical college or degree-granting institution for a capital facility project funding request
  • Requires compliance with the dedicated and non-dedicated project approval process for higher education capital facility projects
  • Clarifies the process for requesting capital development appropriations by distinguishing between architectural programming and design-and-construction phases
  • Authorizes an agency to request funding for architectural programming without requiring the submission of a feasibility study
  • Requires an agency to complete architectural programming before requesting an appropriation for the design and construction of a capital development project

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Walt Brooks

Utah House, February 24, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 2nd Sub. HB 508
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 65 Nays 1 N/V 9
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (62)

48 Republican, 14 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (8)

8 Republican

Utah House, March 5, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 3rd Sub. HB 508
Result as recorded: Yeas 71 Nays 1 N/V 3
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (67)

54 Republican, 13 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (3)

1 Democratic, 2 Republican

Utah Senate, March 5, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 3rd Sub. HB 508
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 19 Nays 7 Abs 3
Official record

Yes (19)

17 Republican, 2 Democratic

No (7)

3 Republican, 1 Forward, 3 Democratic

Absent or not voting (3)

2 Republican, 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.