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2026 floor votes

S.B. 233: Judicial Performance Evaluation 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 23, 2026. This bill makes changes related to the Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission.

  • Amends definitions
  • Renumbers and reorganizes statutory provisions in Title 78A, Chapter 12, Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission
  • Addresses the requirements for a meeting of the Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (Commission)
  • Requires the Commission to perform a study regarding reversal on appeal and provide a report to the Judiciary Interim Committee on the study
  • Requires the Commission to allow a judge to appear and speak at a commission meeting in certain circumstances
  • Modifies the requirements for the judicial performance survey, including the contents of the survey

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

Utah Senate, February 23, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · 1st Sub. SB 233
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 20 Nays 5 Abs 4
Official record

Yes (20)

19 Republican, 1 Forward

No (5)

5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

3 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, February 24, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. SB 233
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 18 Nays 7 Abs 4
Official record

Yes (18)

18 Republican

No (7)

1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

4 Republican

Utah House, March 4, 2026

Senate 3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. SB 233
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 51 Nays 18 N/V 6
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (48)

48 Republican

No (18)

13 Democratic, 5 Republican

Absent or not voting (5)

1 Democratic, 4 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.