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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah Resolution Proposes Replacing Annual Legislative Session with One Budget and Two General Sessions
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsors: Ryan Wilcox and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
This proposes amending the Utah Constitution to replace the single annual general session with one budget session and two general sessions per year, subject to voter approval in the next regular general election. If approved by voters, the changes take effect on January 1, 2028.
Changes the calendar, duration, and scheduling of lawmaker meetings in Utah, altering how and when state laws and budgets are considered each year.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Utah Legislature
Lawmakers face a modified calendar featuring one budget session and two general sessions, each capped at 15 calendar days.
Utah voters
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
15 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ strike enacting clause
- Feb 12, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HJR022S01
- Feb 12, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Feb 11, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HJR022
- Feb 11, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HJR022S01
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- Feb 11, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HJR022S01
- Feb 11, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HJR022S01
- Feb 6, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HJR022
- Feb 6, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Feb 6, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Feb 6, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HJR022
- Feb 6, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HJR022
- Feb 6, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Feb 6, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
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Restructuring of Legislative Calendar
The measure shifts Utah from an annual general session model to a system featuring one budget session and two general sessions with shorter durations.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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