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Vote Smart provides easy access to congressional and state voting records and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. Vote Smart uses the following criteria to select key votes:

  1. The vote should be helpful in portraying how a member stands on a particular issue
  2. The vote should be clear for any person to understand
  3. The vote has received media attention
  4. The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
  5. Occasionally, if a specific bill is consistently inquired about on the Voter's Research Hotline, the vote will be added

Vote Smart provides a summary of the version of the bill text associated with each selected key vote. Our summaries are written by Vote Smart's staff and interns, who adhere to our strict policies and procedures in order to guarantee absolute impartiality and accuracy. They do not necessarily reflect the content of the final version of the bill, but rather the version voted on in that stage. While many procedural votes take place before a full chamber vote, our voting stages reflect the final reading of each chamber vote. Each key vote selection is reviewed by the project's community of advisors, who are political scientists and journalists from all fifty states.

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Date State Bill No. Title Outcome
Jan. 20, 2022 UT HB 183 Amends In-Person Learning Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 5)
Nov. 10, 2021 UT SB 2004 Establishes Workplace COVID-19 Vaccine Exemptions Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (24 - 5)
Nov. 10, 2021 UT HB 2004 Amends State Congressional Districts Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 7)
Aug. 20, 2020 UT SB 6007 Requires Counties to Provide an In-Person Voting Option (26 - 0)
Aug. 20, 2020 UT SB 6005 Exempts Certain Loans and Grants From State Income Tax Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 0)
April 23, 2020 UT SB 3007 Establishes Immunity from COVID-19 Injury Litigation to Businesses after Reopening Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 6)
April 16, 2020 UT HB 3006 Amends the Election Code to Provide for 2020 Primary Election Exclusively by Mail Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 0)
April 16, 2020 UT SB 3004 Establishes Public Health and Economic Emergency Commission and Requires COVID-19 Response Plan Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 6)
March 12, 2020 UT HB 494 Appropriates Funds In Response to the COVID-19 Emergency Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 0)
March 6, 2020 UT SB 67 Amends Requirements for Disposal of Fetal Remains Conference Report Adopted - Senate (22 - 6)
March 6, 2020 UT HB 243 Requires Warning Labels on Pornography Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 6)
March 3, 2020 UT HB 116 Establishes a Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Task Force Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 0)
Feb. 26, 2020 UT SB 39 Increases Funding for Affordable Housing Development Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 11)
March 13, 2019 UT HB 324 Increases Age for Legal Tobacco Sales to 21 Bill Passed - Senate (15 - 12)
March 13, 2019 UT HB 136 Prohibits Abortion After 18 Weeks Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 6)
March 12, 2019 UT HB 57 Requires Search Warrants for Electronic Information Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 0)
March 7, 2019 UT HB 114 Expands "Stand Your Ground" Laws Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 8)
Feb. 26, 2019 UT SB 132 Increases Alcohol Cap for Beer Sales Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 2)
Feb. 22, 2019 UT HB 40 Repeals the Misdemeanor Crime of Sodomy and Adultery Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 2)
Feb. 4, 2019 UT SB 96 Expands Medicaid Eligibility Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 7)
Dec. 3, 2018 UT HB 3001 Authorizes Medical Cannabis in the State Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 4)
July 18, 2018 UT HB 2001 Amends Jurisdictional Boundaries of Utah Inland Port Authority Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 2)
Jan. 26, 2018 UT SB 65 Amends Definition of Child Neglect Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 0)
March 9, 2017 UT HB 99 Amends Bigamy Laws Bill Passed - Senate (15 - 14)
Feb. 17, 2017 UT HB 11 Removes Political Party Affiliation Requirements for Certain State Commissions Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 7)
Date No. Title Outcome
1/20 HB 183 Amends In-Person Learning Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 5)
11/10 SB 2004 Establishes Workplace COVID-19 Vaccine Exemptions Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (24 - 5)
11/10 HB 2004 Amends State Congressional Districts Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 7)
8/20 SB 6007 Requires Counties to Provide an In-Person Voting Option (26 - 0)
8/20 SB 6005 Exempts Certain Loans and Grants From State Income Tax Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 0)
4/23 SB 3007 Establishes Immunity from COVID-19 Injury Litigation to Businesses after Reopening Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 6)
4/16 HB 3006 Amends the Election Code to Provide for 2020 Primary Election Exclusively by Mail Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 0)
4/16 SB 3004 Establishes Public Health and Economic Emergency Commission and Requires COVID-19 Response Plan Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 6)
3/12 HB 494 Appropriates Funds In Response to the COVID-19 Emergency Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 0)
3/06 SB 67 Amends Requirements for Disposal of Fetal Remains Conference Report Adopted - Senate (22 - 6)
3/06 HB 243 Requires Warning Labels on Pornography Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 6)
3/03 HB 116 Establishes a Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Task Force Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 0)
2/26 SB 39 Increases Funding for Affordable Housing Development Bill Passed - Senate (16 - 11)
3/13 HB 324 Increases Age for Legal Tobacco Sales to 21 Bill Passed - Senate (15 - 12)
3/13 HB 136 Prohibits Abortion After 18 Weeks Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 6)
3/12 HB 57 Requires Search Warrants for Electronic Information Bill Passed - Senate (23 - 0)
3/07 HB 114 Expands "Stand Your Ground" Laws Bill Passed - Senate (18 - 8)
2/26 SB 132 Increases Alcohol Cap for Beer Sales Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 2)
2/22 HB 40 Repeals the Misdemeanor Crime of Sodomy and Adultery Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 2)
2/04 SB 96 Expands Medicaid Eligibility Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 7)
12/03 HB 3001 Authorizes Medical Cannabis in the State Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 4)
7/18 HB 2001 Amends Jurisdictional Boundaries of Utah Inland Port Authority Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 2)
1/26 SB 65 Amends Definition of Child Neglect Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 0)
3/09 HB 99 Amends Bigamy Laws Bill Passed - Senate (15 - 14)
2/17 HB 11 Removes Political Party Affiliation Requirements for Certain State Commissions Bill Passed - Senate (22 - 7)

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