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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

S.B. 185: Child Welfare Parental Representation Program 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 23, 2026. This bill addresses the Child Welfare Parental Representation Program.

  • Allows the Child Welfare Parental Representation Program to: provide education and support for all parental representation attorneys; support indigent parental defense services through grants; and administer the existing Interdisciplinary Parental Representation Program
  • Removes the requirement for attorneys to be contracted
  • Modifies the way the executive director shall prepare the budget

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Wayne A. Harper

Utah Senate, February 9, 2026

Consent, Final Passage · SB 185
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 24 Nays 0 Abs 5
Official record

Yes (24)

17 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (5)

5 Republican

Utah House, February 19, 2026

Senate 3rd Reading, Final Passage · SB 185
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 71 Nays 1 N/V 3
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (67)

53 Republican, 14 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (3)

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.