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2026 floor votes

H.J.R. 18: Joint Resolution Urging Congress to Eliminate Marriage Penalties

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

Passed by the Legislature and sent to the lieutenant governor on March 12, 2026. This resolution urges Congress to eliminate marriage penalties in federal law.

  • This resolution:
  • Recognizes the role of marriage in promoting an optimal environment for children and helping to ensure economic mobility and well-being
  • Discusses the extent to which federal tax policies and assistance programs create marriage penalties and impact Utah's tax policies and assistance programs as a result
  • Urges Congress to pass legislation eliminating all marriage penalties, both direct and indirect, that are embedded within federal tax policies and assistance programs

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Melissa G. Ballard

Utah House, February 26, 2026

Consent, Final Passage · HJR 18
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 66 Nays 0 N/V 9
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (63)

51 Republican, 12 Democratic

Absent or not voting (8)

6 Republican, 2 Democratic

Utah Senate, March 5, 2026

Consent, Final Passage · HJR 18
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 24 Nays 3 Abs 2
Official record

Yes (24)

20 Republican, 1 Forward, 3 Democratic

No (3)

3 Democratic

Absent or not voting (2)

2 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.