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2026 floor votes

H.B. 73: Public Employee Retaliatory Action 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 17, 2026. This bill amends the Utah Protection of Public Employees Act.

  • Modifies the definition of retaliatory action by an employer to include making a complaint, in violation of the whistle-blowing statute, to a person that licenses the employee to practice a profession or perform other types of work

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor R. Neil Walter

Utah House, January 23, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · HB 73
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 71 Nays 0 N/V 4
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (67)

53 Republican, 14 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

4 Republican

Utah Senate, February 4, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · HB 73
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 24 Nays 0 Abs 5
Official record

Yes (24)

18 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (5)

4 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, March 5, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · HB 73
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 24 Nays 0 Abs 5
Official record

Yes (24)

17 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (5)

5 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.