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2026 floor votes

H.B. 57: Motor Vehicle Division Amendments

4 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 23, 2026. This bill makes technical changes including standardization of vehicle weight definitions and usage, exempting street-legal all-terrain vehicles from certain provisions, correcting a sales tax earmark, and various technical and cleanup changes.

  • Standardizes terms used to refer to the weight of a vehicle for consistency throughout the code
  • Allows alternative registration term provisions to apply to rental car fleets
  • Discontinues the issuance of special interest vehicle license plates
  • Amends the definition of "rack" to only include those in operation before a certain date
  • Amends provisions related to consignment sales of motor vehicles and motor vehicle auction licenses
  • Strikes language requiring owner's or operator's security for a vehicle merely registered in the state but not operated on a highway

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Kay J. Christofferson

Utah House, February 3, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 57
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 69 Nays 1 N/V 5
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (65)

52 Republican, 13 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (5)

1 Democratic, 4 Republican

Utah Senate, February 18, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · 1st Sub. HB 57
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 22 Nays 0 Abs 7
Official record

Yes (22)

16 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (7)

6 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, March 4, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 2nd Sub. HB 57
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 23 Nays 0 Abs 6
Official record

Yes (23)

17 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (6)

5 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah House, March 5, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 2nd Sub. HB 57
Result as recorded: Yeas 69 Nays 0 N/V 6
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (65)

51 Republican, 14 Democratic

Absent or not voting (6)

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.