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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

S.B. 49: Natural Organic Reduction Amendments

1 recorded floor vote in the 2026 General Session. The bill's official page has its text, sponsors, committee votes and full history.

About this bill

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026. This bill addresses natural organic reduction.

  • Defines terms
  • Allows a funeral service establishment to offer natural organic reduction
  • Requires that a funeral service director meet certain requirements if the funeral service director offers natural organic reduction
  • Grants immunity to a funeral service establishment that relies on a natural organic reduction authorization form in carrying out natural organic reduction
  • Updates a funeral service establishment's recordkeeping requirements
  • Provides requirements for accepting remains for natural organic reduction

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Jen Plumb

Utah Senate, February 9, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · 2nd Sub. SB 49
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 16 Nays 10 Abs 3
Official record

Yes (16)

9 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

No (10)

10 Republican

Absent or not voting (3)

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.