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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 518: School Curriculum Amendments

1 recorded floor vote 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 requirements for social studies education in elementary and secondary schools.

  • Requires American constitutional government and citizenship to be taught as two distinct semester courses
  • Requires United States history to be taught as two distinct semester courses
  • Prohibits students from taking the same semester course twice to meet graduation requirements
  • Requires literacy coaches to support the integration of social studies content into literacy instruction
  • Requires regular social studies instruction for elementary grades
  • Allows social studies instruction to be delivered through integrated instruction with English language arts and mathematics

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

Utah House, March 3, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 518
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 66 Nays 1 N/V 8
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

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.