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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 509: Wetlands Study 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 25, 2026. This bill creates a study related to wetlands.

  • Directs the Department of Natural Resources (department) to: complete a study on wetlands in counties of the first or second class; make recommendations for legislative and administrative action; and report the study findings and recommendations to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee
  • Restores a requirement that the department publish land use permits for wetlands collected by the Utah Geological Survey
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

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

Utah House, February 24, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 2nd Sub. HB 509
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 58 Nays 10 N/V 7
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (55)

41 Republican, 14 Democratic

No (10)

10 Republican

Absent or not voting (6)

6 Republican

Utah Senate, March 4, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 3rd Sub. HB 509
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 26 Nays 0 Abs 3
Official record

Yes (26)

19 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (3)

3 Republican

Utah House, March 5, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 3rd Sub. HB 509
Result as recorded: Yeas 57 Nays 8 N/V 10
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (55)

41 Republican, 14 Democratic

No (7)

7 Republican

Absent or not voting (9)

9 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.