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2026 floor votes

H.J.R. 4: Resolution Regarding Prison Security and Successful Inmate Reentry

1 recorded floor vote 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 17, 2026. This joint resolution encourages Congress to support policies or programs that assist with successful inmate reentry and enhance security within correctional facilities.

  • This resolution:
  • Calls upon Congress to vote in favor of the 2025 Second Chance Reauthorization Act and restore eliminated funding of the Act
  • Encourages Congress to support policies and programs that provide inmates with affordable health care prior to reentry
  • Urges Congress to vote in favor of the 2025 Cell Phone Jamming Reform Act
  • Requests that Congress criminalize the flying of drones over correctional facilities
  • Asks Congress to allow law enforcement and correctional agencies to implement a pilot program to mitigate drones that fly over critical infrastructure

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

Utah House, March 2, 2026

Consent, Final Passage · HJR 4
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 63 Nays 0 N/V 12
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (59)

45 Republican, 14 Democratic

Absent or not voting (12)

12 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.