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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah House modifies internal rules for sponsor materials, committee decorum, and floor debates
Last action · March 17, 2026: House/ to Lieutenant GovernorSponsor: Jim Dunnigan
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What This Bill Does
This rules resolution modifies Utah House procedures by allowing bill sponsors to file supporting information, requiring sponsors to sit at the presenter's table during committee hearings, and adjusting rules for s and floor debate references.
Changes internal legislative operating rules for how House members present bills, debate motions, and handle committee documents, without altering state laws or public funding.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
House of Representatives of the state of Utah
Members must comply with updated internal rules governing committee seating, motion procedures, verbal amendment word counts, and floor debate restrictions.
Key Facts
You don't have to trust us. Each fact below is taken straight from the official document - click any one to see the exact passage, highlighted in the original.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is sponsor's supporting information under the new rules?
Where must a bill sponsor sit while a standing committee considers their legislation?
What else do you want to know?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: signed.
Procedural history
39 actions- Mar 17, 2026HouseHouse/ to Lieutenant Governor
- Mar 17, 2026HouseHouse/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- Mar 3, 2026HouseHouse/ enrolled bill to Printing
- Mar 3, 2026Clerk of the HouseEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- Mar 3, 2026Legislative Research and General Counsel / EnrollingDraft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- Mar 3, 2026Legislative Research and General Counsel / EnrollingBill Received from House for Enrolling
Show 33 earlier actions
- Mar 2, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HR0007S03
- Mar 2, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HR0007S03
- Mar 2, 2026HouseHouse/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
- Mar 2, 2026HouseFloorHouse/ passed 3rd reading
- Mar 2, 2026HouseHouse/ substituted
- Mar 2, 2026HouseHouse/ uncircled
- Mar 2, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HR0007S03
- Mar 2, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HR0007S03
- Feb 28, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HR0007S02
- Feb 28, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HR0007S02
- Feb 27, 2026HouseHouse/ circled
- Feb 27, 2026HouseHouse/ substituted
- Feb 27, 2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
- Feb 27, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HR0007S02
- Feb 27, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HR0007S02
- Feb 26, 2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
- Feb 26, 2026HouseHouse/ comm rpt/ substituted/ amended
- Feb 25, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Feb 25, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Amendment Recommendation
- Feb 25, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- Feb 25, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HR0007S01
- Feb 25, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HR0007S01
- Feb 25, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HR0007S01
- Feb 25, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HR0007S01
- Feb 23, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Feb 23, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HR0007
- Feb 23, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HR0007
- Feb 23, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Feb 23, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Feb 23, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HR0007
- Feb 23, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HR0007
- Feb 23, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Feb 23, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
View official text →Voting Record
House/ passed 3rd reading
Total
75
- Yes
- 74
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 1
- Abstain
- 0
How they voted (72)
48 more members
Show 3 earlier roll calls
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Total
7
- Yes
- 6
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 1
- Abstain
- 0
House Comm - Amendment Recommendation
Total
7
- Yes
- 6
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 1
- Abstain
- 0
House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Total
7
- Yes
- 6
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 1
- Abstain
- 0
Lobbying Activity
No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
Full breakdown
Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.
Sponsors
Connected Entities
Sources
le.utah.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance15How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy5Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment2Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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