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2026 floor votes

S.B. 90: Occupational Licenses for Veterans and Service Members

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 addresses provisions related to veterans and service members obtaining an occupational license.

  • Requires the Division of Professional Licensing, in consultation with the Department of Veterans and Military Affairs, to: prepare a document, spreadsheet, or other resource available to the public that details when a veteran or service member's past skills, experience, credentials, training, or education obtained in the military are substantially equivalent to current required training or education requirements for a license and can substitute for unfulfilled licensure requirements; and accept a veteran or service member's past substantially equivalent skills, experience, credentials, training, or education obtained while in the military when granting a license
  • Includes a sunset provision for a report by the Division of Professional Licensing

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Heidi Balderree

Utah Senate, January 22, 2026

2nd Reading, Passage on Second · SB 90
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 27 Nays 0 Abs 2
Official record

Yes (27)

21 Republican, 1 Forward, 5 Democratic

Absent or not voting (2)

1 Republican, 1 Democratic

Utah Senate, January 23, 2026

3rd Reading, Final Passage · SB 90
Result as recorded: Passed, Ayes 27 Nays 0 Abs 2
Official record

Yes (27)

20 Republican, 1 Forward, 6 Democratic

Absent or not voting (2)

2 Republican

Utah House, March 4, 2026

Senate 3rd Reading, Final Passage · SB 90
Result as recorded: Passed, Yeas 73 Nays 0 N/V 2
Listed below: the 71 who are on today's roster. Official record

Yes (70)

56 Republican, 14 Democratic

Absent or not voting (1)

1 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.