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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

S.B. 304: Protective Order Amendments

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 addresses protective orders.

  • Defines terms
  • Provides that a party may file a motion alleging that another party knowingly falsified certain information for the purpose of obtaining a protective order
  • Allows a court to sanction a party after determining whether a party knowingly falsified certain information for the purpose of obtaining a protective order
  • Addresses make-up parent-time when a parent has been denied parent-time due to the other parent's falsification of certain information for the purpose of obtaining a protective order
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Keven J. Stratton

Utah Senate, March 3, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 1st Sub. SB 304
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 21 Nays 6 Abs 2
Official record

Yes (21)

20 Republican, 1 Forward

No (6)

6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (2)

2 Republican

Utah Senate, March 3, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 2nd Sub. SB 304
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 21 Nays 8 Abs 0
Official record

Yes (21)

20 Republican, 1 Forward

No (8)

6 Democratic, 2 Republican

Utah House, March 6, 2026

Senate 3rd Reading, Final Passage · 2nd Sub. SB 304
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 44 Nays 15 N/V 16
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (42)

42 Republican

No (13)

11 Democratic, 2 Republican

Absent or not voting (16)

3 Democratic, 13 Republican

Utah Senate, March 6, 2026

Concurrence, Final Passage · 2nd Sub. SB 304
Result as recorded: Ayes 21 Nays 6 Abs 2
Official record

Yes (21)

20 Republican, 1 Forward

No (6)

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.