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2026 floor votes

S.B. 278: Point of the Mountain State Land Authority 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 18, 2026. This bill deals with the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority.

  • Defines terms
  • Authorizes a municipality to coordinate with a state agency, independent entity, or regional economic development authority with exclusive control over the management, development, and disposition of a parcel of state-owned land in order to ensure future alignment with municipal general plans and land use regulations
  • Requires a public infrastructure district created by a development authority to have a majority of the public infrastructure district's board members appointed by the governing body of the development authority, subject to exceptions
  • Provides that a public infrastructure district created by a development authority that issues a bond may not issue additional or subsequent bonds but may refinance bonds one time
  • Provides that the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority (authority) may coordinate with Draper when the authority intends to dispose of a parcel of point of the mountain state land to a private party
  • Modifies the distribution percentages of privilege tax to the authority for certain parcels of point of the mountain state l

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Jerry W Stevenson

Utah Senate, February 26, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · 1st Sub. SB 278
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 21 Nays 3 Abs 5
Official record

Yes (21)

18 Republican, 3 Democratic

No (3)

2 Republican, 1 Democratic

Absent or not voting (5)

2 Republican, 1 Forward, 2 Democratic

Utah Senate, February 27, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. SB 278
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 25 Nays 3 Abs 1
Official record

Yes (25)

19 Republican, 6 Democratic

No (3)

2 Republican, 1 Forward

Absent or not voting (1)

1 Republican

Utah House, March 6, 2026

Senate 3rd Reading, Final Passage · 4th Sub. SB 278
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 54 Nays 8 N/V 13
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (52)

13 Democratic, 39 Republican

No (7)

7 Republican

Absent or not voting (12)

11 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, March 6, 2026

Concurrence, Final Passage · 4th Sub. SB 278
Result as recorded: Ayes 27 Nays 1 Abs 1
Official record

Yes (27)

20 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (1)

1 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.