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Thursday, November 5, 2026

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2026 floor votes

S.B. 8: State Agency and Higher Education Compensation Appropriations

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 26, 2026. This bill supplements or reduces appropriations otherwise provided for the support and operation of state government for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026 and for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027.

  • Provides funding for a 2.5% labor market increase for state employees and higher education employees
  • Provides funding equivalent to a 2.5% labor market increase for employees of the judicial branch and constitutional offices
  • Provides funding for health and dental benefit cost changes as recommended by the Public Employees Health Programs
  • Provides funding for retirement rate changes for certain state employees
  • Provides funding for an up-to $26 per pay period match for qualifying state employees enrolled in a defined contribution plan
  • Provides funding for step and lane increases for employees of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Scott D. Sandall

Utah Senate, March 3, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on 2nd & 3rd Under suspension of the rules · 1st Sub. SB 8
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 24 Nays 5 Abs 0
Official record

Yes (24)

22 Republican, 1 Forward, 1 Democratic

No (5)

5 Democratic

Utah House, March 4, 2026

Senate 3rd Reading, Final Passage · 1st Sub. SB 8
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 67 Nays 1 N/V 7
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (63)

50 Republican, 13 Democratic

No (1)

1 Republican

Absent or not voting (7)

6 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.