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2026 floor votes

S.B. 25: Retirement Modifications

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 18, 2026. This bill modifies provisions relating to public employee retirement and benefits.

  • Amends the definition of "bona fide termination of employment" for purposes of the Utah State Retirement and Insurance Benefit Act
  • Changes the membership of the Membership Council
  • Clarifies that service credit in the judges' retirement systems is not transferable to a Tier II retirement system
  • Authorizes the attorney general and senior staff in the Office of the Attorney General to elect to transfer the value of certain accrued defined benefits or elect to be exempt from the retirement systems, allowing employer contributions to vest immediately
  • Modifies the Utah Retirement Systems staff who may make an appeal ruling, if delegated by the executive direct
  • Amends provisions regarding permanently relinquishing a defined benefit or defined contribution benefit

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

Utah Senate, January 20, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · SB 25
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 28 Nays 0 Abs 1
Official record

Yes (28)

21 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (1)

1 Republican

Utah House, February 4, 2026

Senate 3rd Reading, Final Passage · SB 25
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 70 Nays 1 N/V 4
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (67)

54 Republican, 13 Democratic

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.