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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.C.R. 8: Concurrent Resolution Directing PEHP to Establish the Weight Management and Obesity Pilot Program

2 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 resolution directs the Public Employees' Benefit Insurance Program to establish the Weight Management and Obesity Pilot Program.

  • This resolution:
  • Recognizes the existing bariatric surgery pilot program within the Public Employees' Benefit Insurance Program (PEHP)
  • Directs PEHP to establish a new Weight Management and Obesity Pilot Program that combines the bariatric surgery pilot program with an option for GLP-1 coverage

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Stewart E. Barlow

Utah House, February 23, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HCR 8
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 68 Nays 2 N/V 5
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (64)

50 Republican, 14 Democratic

No (2)

2 Republican

Absent or not voting (5)

5 Republican

Utah Senate, March 6, 2026

Consent, Final Passage · 1st Sub. HCR 8
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 22 Nays 0 Abs 7
Official record

Yes (22)

17 Republican, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (7)

5 Republican, 1 Forward, 1 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.