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2026 floor votes

H.B. 68: Housing and Community Development 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 25, 2026. This bill creates the Division of Housing and Community Development within the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity.

  • Creates the Division of Housing and Community Development (HCD) within the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity by enacting, renumbering, and amending certain provisions from the Housing and Community Development Division within the Department of Workforce Services and the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget to HCD
  • Defines terms
  • Provides for personnel transfer from the Housing and Community Development Division within the Department of Workforce Services to HCD
  • Creates the state housing coordinator (housing coordinator) position within HCD, who is appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the Senate
  • Renames the Housing and Community Development Division within the Department of Workforce Services to the Division of Community Services within the Department of Workforce Services
  • Repeals certain obsolete sections of code

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Calvin Roberts

Utah House, February 13, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 3rd Sub. HB 68
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 55 Nays 13 N/V 7
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (52)

13 Democratic, 39 Republican

No (12)

12 Republican

Absent or not voting (7)

6 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, February 25, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · 4th Sub. HB 68
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 19 Nays 2 Abs 8
Official record

Yes (19)

14 Republican, 1 Forward, 4 Democratic

No (2)

2 Republican

Absent or not voting (8)

6 Republican, 2 Democratic

Utah House, March 5, 2026

Concurrence, Concurred/Final Passage · 6th Sub. HB 68
Result as recorded: Yeas 54 Nays 10 N/V 11
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (51)

13 Democratic, 38 Republican

No (10)

10 Republican

Absent or not voting (10)

1 Democratic, 9 Republican

Utah Senate, March 5, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 6th Sub. HB 68
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 25 Nays 3 Abs 1
Official record

Yes (25)

18 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

No (3)

3 Republican

Absent or not voting (1)

1 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.