Utah 2026 bill graveyard: Stoddard, Lee top the bill body count
Welcome to the bill graveyard. So far in the 2026 Utah Legislature, 92 bills have been voted down, tabled or “held” in committee. For those not fluent in legislative speak, “voted down” is a no, “tabled” is a polite no, and “held” is a slow, quiet no.
As of Tuesday morning, 1,000 bills and resolutions have been numbered, and 130 have passed so far.
⏰ Tick Tock
10 days - The final day of the 2026 Utah Legislature (3/6/2026)
13 days - First day congressional candidates can file to run for the 2026 election. (3/9/2026)
21 days - Neighborhood caucus night. (3/17/2026)
46 days - Utah Forward Party nominating convention (4/11/2026)
61 days - Utah State Republican and Democratic State Party nominating conventions (4/25/2026)
120 days - Utah's 2026 primary election (6/23/2026)
252 days - 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026)
987 days - 2028 presidential election (11/7/2028)
On the House side, Rep. Andrew Stoddard, D‑Sandy, tops the casualty list with six bills stopped. Two, HB80 (criminal penalties for improper firearm storage in some cases) and HB443 (changing how legislative vacancies are filled), were voted down. Four more were held in committee.
Close behind is Rep. Trevor Lee, R-Layton, with five bills dead or stalled. HB288, which allowed Utahns to register to vote when purchasing a hunting and fishing license, cleared the House, then got tabled in a Senate committee after Lee tacked on a provision letting the lieutenant governor contract with a private firm to maintain Utah’s voter rolls. Two more, HB152 (easier exemptions from public‑school vaccine requirements) and HB96 (OTC ivermectin), were voted down in committee. The rest were held.
On the other side of the rotunda, two Democrats—Sen. Nate Blouin and Sen. Jen Plumb, both D‑Salt Lake City—have seen four bills each stopped.
Blouin’s SB282, which tightened the rules for power plants serving high-consumption customers to prevent cost-shifting to other consumers, was defeated in committee. Three others were held.
Plumb’s SB137, proposing changes to the Utah Homeless Services Board, was voted down on the Senate floor.
Scoreboard so far: 64 bills have died in the House—49 from Republicans, 15 from Democrats—and 28 in the Senate—12 from Republicans, 16 from Democrats.
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