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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

H.J.R. 8: Joint Resolution Regarding LEA Reporting Requirements

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 resolution addresses the need for comprehensive fiscal impact analysis of legislation on local education agencies.

  • This resolution:
  • Acknowledges the importance of understanding fiscal impacts of legislation on local education agencies
  • Recognizes the partnership between the Legislature, State Board of Education (state board), and local education stakeholders
  • Supports the development of systematic processes for collecting and analyzing local education agency fiscal impact data
  • Calls on the state board to collaborate with local education agencies and stakeholders to provide real-time fiscal impact information to the Legislature
  • Requests specific recommendations for implementing local education agency fiscal impact analysis systems

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Doug Welton

Utah House, February 23, 2026

Consent, Final Passage · HJR 8
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 68 Nays 0 N/V 7
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (64)

51 Republican, 13 Democratic

Absent or not voting (7)

6 Republican, 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.