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2026 floor votes

H.B. 545: Budgetary 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 modifies provisions related to public funds.

  • Changes the name of: the Agriculture Conservation Easement Account; and the LeRay McAllister Working Farm and Ranch Fund
  • Repeals the following accounts and funds, including related references: the Navajo Water Rights Negotiation Account; the Conversion to Alternative Fuel Grant Program Fund, including the Conversion to Alternative Fuel Grant Program; the Wildlife Resources Conservation Easement Account; the Wild Game Meat Donation Fund; and the Colorado River Authority Restricted Account
  • Modifies the permissible uses of funds in the Department of Public Safety Restricted Account
  • Clarifies that an agency that administers a state grant on another agency's behalf shall comply with the applicable grant requirements
  • Clarifies that the state auditor may audit grant funds in accordance with the state auditor's authority
  • For a direct award grant, prohibits an administering agency from using grant funds to administer the grant, unless otherwise provided in the grant appropriation's intent language

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Val L. Peterson

Utah House, February 26, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 2nd Sub. HB 545
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 71 Nays 1 N/V 3
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (67)

53 Republican, 14 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (3)

3 Republican

Utah Senate, March 5, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 4th Sub. HB 545
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 29 Nays 0 Abs 0
Official record

Yes (29)

22 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Utah House, March 6, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 4th Sub. HB 545
Result as recorded: Yeas 66 Nays 1 N/V 8
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (62)

51 Republican, 11 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (8)

5 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.