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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah Legislature restructures the Executive Appropriations Committee membership for joint subcommittees
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsor: Matt MacPherson
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What This Bill Proposed
This changes the composition of the Executive Appropriations Committee to consist of 20 members drawn from joint co-chairs and minority party appointees, effective May 6, 2026.
Changes how legislative budget decisions are organized by shifting committee seats away from party leadership toward chairs and minority party appointees.
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.
Legislators
Lawmakers participating in leadership or appropriations subcommittees face changes to committee eligibility and seating.
Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst
The office continues to provide staff support for the revised Executive Appropriations Committee.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This resolution did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
21 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ strike enacting clause
- Feb 16, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HJR024S02
- Feb 16, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HJR024S02
- Feb 16, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HJR024S02
- Feb 16, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HJR024S02
Show 15 earlier actions
- Feb 12, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed
- Feb 12, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- Feb 12, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HJR024S01
- Feb 12, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HJR024S01
- Feb 12, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HJR024S01
- Feb 12, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HJR024S01
- Feb 10, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Feb 9, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HJR024
- Feb 9, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HJR024
- Feb 9, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Feb 9, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Feb 9, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HJR024
- Feb 9, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HJR024
- Feb 9, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Feb 9, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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