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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah bill offers voter registration forms with hunting and fishing licenses
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsors: Trevor Lee and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Utah requires the Division of Wildlife Resources to offer voter registration forms and information to individuals purchasing hunting or fishing licenses in person or online, starting May 6, 2026.
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.
hunting and fishing license applicants in Utah
Division of Wildlife Resources
The division must distribute voter registration forms, include specific disclosure text on license forms, and provide online application links.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
36 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ to House
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ strike enacting clause
- Feb 23, 2026SenateSenate/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules
- Feb 23, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Not Lifted from Table
Show 30 earlier actions
- Feb 18, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0288S02
- Feb 13, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0288S02
- Feb 13, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Tabled
- Feb 13, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0288S02
- Feb 13, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0288S02
- Feb 12, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate/ to standing committee
- Feb 10, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0288S01
- Feb 10, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0288S01
- Feb 10, 2026SenateIntroducedSenate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Feb 9, 2026SenateSenate/ received from House
- Feb 9, 2026HouseHouse/ to Senate
- Feb 9, 2026HouseFloorHouse/ passed 3rd reading
- Feb 9, 2026HouseHouse/ substituted
- Feb 9, 2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
- Feb 5, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0288S01
- Feb 5, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0288S01
- Jan 30, 2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
- Jan 30, 2026HouseHouse/ comm rpt/ amended
- Jan 29, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Jan 29, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Amendment Recommendation
- Jan 26, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse/ to standing committee
- Jan 22, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Jan 22, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0288
- Jan 21, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0288
- Jan 20, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Jan 20, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Jan 19, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0288
- Jan 19, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0288
- Jan 19, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Jan 19, 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 40)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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