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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

S.B. 43: Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Office Amendments

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 19, 2026. This bill clarifies the Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Office's role and implements distribution accountability requirements for non-public education trust beneficiaries.

  • Defines terms
  • Clarifies the authority and purpose of the advocacy office as the primary representative of the trust beneficiaries
  • Refines the duties of the advocacy office direct
  • Defines accountability requirements for use of trust distributions in response to a legislative audit
  • Updates the composition of the nominating committees for the trustee boards
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Derrin R. Owens

Utah Senate, January 20, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · SB 43
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 5, 2026

Senate 3rd Reading, Final Passage · SB 43
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 67 Nays 3 N/V 5
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (63)

50 Republican, 13 Democratic

No (3)

3 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.