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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

S.B. 15: County Forms of Government Amendments

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

Signed by the governor on March 17, 2026. This bill repeals restrictions on including a part-time or full-time county executive or legislative body in a new or amended optional county government plan.

  • Repeals a restriction on a county with a population of 225,000 or more from including in an optional county government plan a full-time county commission in an expanded county commission form of government
  • Repeals a requirement that a majority of a county's registered voters must vote to amend an optional plan that changes the status of a county executive or legislative body from full-time to part-time, or from part-time to full-time

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Ronald M. Winterton

Utah Senate, January 20, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · SB 15
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 27 Nays 0 Abs 2
Official record

Yes (27)

20 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (2)

2 Republican

Utah House, February 5, 2026

Senate 3rd Reading, Final Passage · SB 15
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 51 Nays 20 N/V 4
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (48)

35 Republican, 13 Democratic

No (19)

19 Republican

Absent or not voting (4)

1 Democratic, 3 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.