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2026 floor votes

S.B. 145: Lobbying 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 and enacts provisions relating to lobbying.

  • Defines terms
  • Modifies and clarifies the definitions of lobbyist, lobbying, and a principal
  • Modifies the limits for certain expenditures
  • Prohibits consideration, a reward, or an incentive for lobbying that is contingent on certain government action and provides criminal and civil penalties for violation of the prohibition
  • Replaces the offense of employing or soliciting a person to lobby for contingent compensation with the offense described in the preceding paragraph
  • Creates an exception to the definition of "expenditure" in relation to certain sporting events, performances, or exhibitions of a state institution of higher education or a private, nonprofit institution of higher education

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Brady Brammer

Utah Senate, February 9, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · SB 145
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 Senate, February 13, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · SB 145
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 27 Nays 0 Abs 2
Official record

Yes (27)

21 Republican, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (2)

1 Forward, 1 Republican

Utah House, February 26, 2026

Senate 3rd Reading, Final Passage · SB 145
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 74 Nays 0 N/V 1
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (70)

56 Republican, 14 Democratic

Absent or not voting (1)

1 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.