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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.B. 79: Governmental Immunity 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 February 27, 2026. This bill amends the Governmental Immunity Act of Utah.

  • Defines terms
  • Provides that a governmental entity and the governmental entity's employees are immune from suit for engaging in the following activities: responding to a disaster or potential disaster; or if the employee is a first responder, providing emergency medical services
  • Clarifies that immunity from suit for providing emergency medical services is not limited to providing medical services resulting from emergencies of a certain type
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Matthew H. Gwynn

Utah House, February 2, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 79
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)

55 Republican, 12 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

2 Democratic, 2 Republican

Utah Senate, February 11, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · 1st Sub. HB 79
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 28 Nays 0 Abs 1
Official record

Yes (28)

22 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (1)

1 Democratic

Utah Senate, February 12, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HB 79
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 25 Nays 0 Abs 4
Official record

Yes (25)

20 Republican, 1 Forward, 4 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

2 Republican, 2 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.