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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 510: Municipal Incorporation Modifications

2 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

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026. This bill modifies the process to incorporate as a preliminary municipality.

  • Defines terms and modifies definitions
  • Authorizes the lieutenant governor's office to charge and collect a fee
  • Modifies uses of the Municipal Incorporation Expendable Special Revenue Fund
  • Requires an applicant to engage in good faith coordination with a county for 18 months before the applicant may file a feasibility request as part of an application to incorporate an area as a preliminary municipality, with an exception
  • Modifies the process for a person to apply to incorporate an area as a preliminary municipality
  • Authorizes a sponsor and a county to submit data, information, and analysis to the feasibility consultant evaluating a proposed preliminary municipality

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Tiara Auxier

Utah House, February 27, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 510
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 68 Nays 0 N/V 7
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (65)

51 Republican, 14 Democratic

Absent or not voting (6)

6 Republican

Utah Senate, March 6, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 3rd Sub. HB 510
Result as recorded: Failed, Ayes 14 Nays 12 Abs 3
Official record

Yes (14)

10 Republican, 1 Forward, 3 Democratic

No (12)

10 Republican, 2 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.