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Wednesday, November 4, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 540: Judicial Transparency and Information Access 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 25, 2026. This bill addresses public access to court records and proceedings and judicial financial disclosures.

  • Defines terms
  • Addresses access to an audio recording of a public court proceeding
  • Requires the Judicial Council to create and maintain a single website for all public court records
  • Provides the requirements for the website containing all public court records
  • Addresses fees for court records
  • Requires the Judicial Council to create a rule on judicial financial disclosures and to report to the Judiciary Interim Committee

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Logan Monson

Utah House, February 23, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 540
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 57 Nays 11 N/V 7
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (54)

47 Republican, 7 Democratic

No (11)

7 Democratic, 4 Republican

Absent or not voting (6)

6 Republican

Utah Senate, March 4, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 2nd Sub. HB 540
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 20 Nays 6 Abs 3
Official record

Yes (20)

19 Republican, 1 Forward

No (6)

6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (3)

3 Republican

Utah House, March 5, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 2nd Sub. HB 540
Result as recorded: Yeas 57 Nays 8 N/V 10
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (54)

48 Republican, 6 Democratic

No (8)

7 Democratic, 1 Republican

Absent or not voting (9)

8 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.