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2026 floor votes

H.B. 597: Alcohol 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 13, 2026. This bill amends provisions relating to alcohol.

  • Provides that the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority is a local authority under Title 32B, Alcoholic Beverage Control Act
  • Provides that a driver license issued by a foreign country or a driver license card is a valid proof of age
  • Enacts provisions relating to the local consent of a local authority when the commission issues a license
  • Amends provisions related to a designated conveyance area
  • Lowers the number of rooms for a facility to qualify as a hotel
  • Provides that a restaurant licensee is only required to verify proof of age if the individual appears to be 35 years old or younger

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Jefferson S. Burton

Utah House, March 3, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · HB 597
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 65 Nays 3 N/V 7
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (61)

47 Republican, 14 Democratic

No (3)

3 Republican

Absent or not voting (7)

7 Republican

Utah Senate, March 4, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 1st Sub. HB 597
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 29 Nays 0 Abs 0
Official record

Yes (29)

22 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Utah House, March 5, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 597
Result as recorded: Yeas 67 Nays 2 N/V 6
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (63)

49 Republican, 14 Democratic

No (2)

2 Republican

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.