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Wednesday, November 4, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 531: Scarification 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 19, 2026. This bill addresses scarification.

  • Requires a body art facility that offers scarification to comply with certain requirements
  • Establishes the criminal offense of unlawful scarification of a min
  • Requires the Office of Professional Licensure Review to review the practice of scarification
  • Defines terms

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Ashlee Matthews

Utah House, February 24, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 531
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 67 Nays 1 N/V 7
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (63)

50 Republican, 13 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (7)

6 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, March 5, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 3rd Sub. HB 531
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 28 Nays 0 Abs 1
Official record

Yes (28)

21 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (1)

1 Republican

Utah House, March 6, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 3rd Sub. HB 531
Result as recorded: Yeas 64 Nays 1 N/V 10
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (60)

49 Republican, 11 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (10)

7 Republican, 3 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.