Publication Requirements for Constitutional Amendments Measure
Utah Ballot Measure - House Joint Resolution 10
Election: Nov. 3, 2026 (General)
Outcome: Pending
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The Utah constitution requires that any proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot be published in at least one newspaper in every county in the state for two months before the election. Under HJR 10, potential constitutional amendments would be required to be published for 60 days before the election in a manner provided by statute.
Utah Governor Cox signed into law House Bill 481 (HB 481) on March 27. It would go into effect only if HJR 10 is approved by voters in the November 2026 election. Under HB 481, proposed constitutional amendments would be required to be published as a Class A Notice. Criteria for a Class A Notice are outlined in state statute 63G-30-102. Class A Notices from the state legislature are required to be published on the Utah Public Notice Website and the state legislature's website.
Measure Text
Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, two-thirds of all members elected to each of the two houses voting in favor thereof:
Section 1. It is proposed to amend Utah Constitution, Article XXIII, Section 1, to read:
Article XXIII, Section 1. [Amendments: proposal, election.]
Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in either house of the Legislature, and if two-thirds of all the members elected to each of the two houses, shall vote in favor thereof, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their respective journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon; and the Legislature shall cause the same to be published, in a manner provided by statute, for 60 calendar days immediately preceding the next general election, at which time the said amendment or amendments shall be submitted to the electors of the state for their approval or rejection, and if a majority of the electors voting thereon shall approve the same, such amendment or amendments shall become part of this Constitution.
The revision or amendment of an entire article or the addition of a new article to this Constitution may be proposed as a single amendment and may be submitted to the electors as a single question or proposition. Such amendment may relate to one subject, or any number of subjects, and may modify, or repeal provisions contained in other articles of the Constitution, if such provisions are germane to the subject matter of the article being revised, amended or being proposed as a new article.
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