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2026 floor votes

H.B. 521: Public Education Economic Stabilization Restricted Account 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 requires the appropriation of a certain amount of funds in the Public Education Economic Stabilization Restricted Account to a new trust fund for public education.

  • Establishes the Public Education Economic Stabilization Trust Fund (trust fund) that the state treasurer manages
  • Provides the duties and authority of the state treasurer regarding the trust fund
  • Exempts the trust fund from the Money Management Act
  • Requires the appropriation of a certain amount of funds in the Public Education Economic Stabilization Restricted Account to the trust fund before other statutory one-time appropriations
  • Corrects the application of a certain minimum appropriation
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor R. Neil Walter

Utah House, February 27, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 521
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)

50 Republican, 12 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (8)

2 Democratic, 6 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.