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2026 floor votes

S.B. 139: Notary 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 March 17, 2026. This bill amends provisions of the Notaries Public Reform Act.

  • Defines terms
  • Modifies requirements for providing satisfactory evidence of identity
  • For a notary who, on or after May 6, 2026, receives a notary commission, or receives a new notary commission: implements a requirement for the notary to keep a journal; and modifies requirements for the content of a journal
  • Modifies requirements relating to the retention of a journal or an electronic recording of a remote notarization
  • Provides that a journal or an electronic recording of a remote notarization are not records under the Government Records Access and Management Act
  • Describes the circumstances under which a journal may be inspected

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Calvin R. Musselman

Utah Senate, February 20, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · 2nd Sub. SB 139
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 22 Nays 0 Abs 7
Official record

Yes (22)

16 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (7)

6 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, February 23, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 2nd Sub. SB 139
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 25 Nays 0 Abs 4
Official record

Yes (25)

18 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

4 Republican

Utah House, March 5, 2026

Senate 3rd Reading, Final Passage · 2nd Sub. SB 139
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 65 Nays 0 N/V 10
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (62)

48 Republican, 14 Democratic

Absent or not voting (9)

9 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.