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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

S.B. 40: Business Entity 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 17, 2026. This bill amends provisions relating to business entities.

  • Defines terms
  • Lists the areas of code the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code (division) administers
  • Provides that the division shall offer to sell or license a copy of each document filed with the division under certain conditions
  • Enacts Title 16, Chapter 1a, Provisions Applicable to All Business Entities
  • Establishes standardized entity filing requirements for all business entities
  • Provides that the division may provide forms for an entity filing

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Evan J. Vickers

Utah Senate, January 20, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 2nd Sub. SB 40
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 26 Nays 0 Abs 3
Official record

Yes (26)

19 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (3)

3 Republican

Utah House, February 12, 2026

Senate 3rd Reading, Final Passage · 3rd Sub. SB 40
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 67 Nays 1 N/V 7
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (64)

52 Republican, 12 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (6)

2 Democratic, 4 Republican

Utah Senate, February 18, 2026

Concurrence, Final Passage · 3rd Sub. SB 40
Result as recorded: Ayes 25 Nays 0 Abs 4
Official record

Yes (25)

19 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (4)

3 Republican, 1 Democratic

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.