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2026 floor votes

S.B. 194: Election Modifications

4 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 amends provisions relating to elections.

  • Defines terms
  • Beginning on January 1, 2027, prohibits a county clerk's or election officer's name from: inclusion in the official endorsement for a ballot; inclusion on a return envelope for a ballot; or inclusion on a ballot, except to the extent that the county clerk or election officer is listed as a candidate on the ballot
  • Enacts a temporary provision regarding the computation of time
  • Prohibits certain action by a county clerk
  • Requires the lieutenant governor to create a written conflict of interest avoidance plan
  • Establishes the crime of electronic communications abuse of elections or elected office

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Michael K. McKell

Utah Senate, February 17, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · 3rd Sub. SB 194
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 22 Nays 6 Abs 1
Official record

Yes (22)

21 Republican, 1 Democratic

No (6)

1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (1)

1 Republican

Utah Senate, February 18, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 3rd Sub. SB 194
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 23 Nays 2 Abs 4
Official record

Yes (23)

18 Republican, 5 Democratic

No (2)

1 Forward, 1 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

4 Republican

Utah House, March 6, 2026

Senate 3rd Reading, Final Passage · 5th Sub. SB 194
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 63 Nays 7 N/V 5
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (59)

51 Republican, 8 Democratic

No (7)

6 Democratic, 1 Republican

Absent or not voting (5)

5 Republican

Utah Senate, March 6, 2026

Concurrence, Final Passage · 5th Sub. SB 194
Result as recorded: Ayes 20 Nays 7 Abs 2
Official record

Yes (20)

20 Republican

No (7)

1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (2)

2 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.