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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 539: Public Safety Modifications

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 amends provisions related to public safety.

  • Modifies the venue for a criminal action
  • Clarifies the definition of cohabitant for the battered person mitigation statute
  • Defines and modifies terms related to domestic violence, including expanding the definition of a domestic violence offense
  • Addresses the right to bail for a domestic violence offense
  • Clarifies a term regarding a predominant aggressor when a law enforcement officer is responding to multiple incidents of domestic violence
  • Modifies the requirements for responding to an allegation of a domestic violence offense

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Matt MacPherson

Utah House, February 24, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 3rd Sub. HB 539
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 66 Nays 0 N/V 9
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (62)

52 Republican, 10 Democratic

Absent or not voting (9)

5 Republican, 4 Democratic

Utah House, March 6, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 4th Sub. HB 539
Result as recorded: Yeas 53 Nays 10 N/V 12
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (50)

3 Democratic, 47 Republican

No (10)

10 Democratic

Absent or not voting (11)

10 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, March 6, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 4th Sub. HB 539
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 19 Nays 6 Abs 4
Official record

Yes (19)

17 Republican, 1 Forward, 1 Democratic

No (6)

1 Republican, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

4 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.