Election DayTuesday, November 3, 2026
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Project 2025

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Little Cottonwood Canyon gondola

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Data centers

Data centers and water

In 2026 the Legislature passed H.B. 76: a new data center that uses 75 acre-feet of water a year or more (and is at least 10,000 square feet) must tell the state where its water comes from and how much it expects to use before it is built, then report what it actually uses every year. The state publishes how much each one draws. The House passed it 72-0; the Senate first voted it down, then passed it 19-5.

From Utah Legislature: H.B. 76 (2026) Data Center Water Transparency Amendments, enrolled text (PDF)

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Corruption and ethics

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Great Salt Lake

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Water

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Housing costs

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Public lands

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Air quality

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Property taxes

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Income tax

Income tax

In 2025 the Legislature passed H.B. 106, cutting Utah’s income tax rate from 4.55% to 4.5%. Utah’s income tax pays for public schools, colleges and services for people with disabilities.

From Utah Legislature: H.B. 106 (2025) Income Tax Revisions, enrolled text (PDF)

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School vouchers

Utah Fits All scholarships

In 2023 the Legislature passed H.B. 215: it created the Utah Fits All scholarship, public money families can spend on private school, homeschool and other approved education costs, in the same bill as a raise in teacher pay.

From Utah Legislature: H.B. 215 (2023) Utah Fits All Scholarship and teacher pay, enrolled text (PDF)

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Guns

Concealed carry in Utah

In 2021 the Legislature passed H.B. 60: adults 21 and older who may legally own a gun can carry it concealed in public without a permit.

From Utah Legislature: H.B. 60 (2021) Concealed Carry Firearms Amendments, enrolled text (PDF)

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Abortion

Abortion in Utah

In 2023 the Legislature passed H.B. 467: abortions must be done in a hospital (no new abortion clinics), and abortion after 18 weeks is not allowed even in cases of rape or incest. Legislators’ Yes or No votes on it are on the record.

From Utah Legislature: H.B. 467 (2023) Abortion Changes, enrolled text (PDF)

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Public-employee unions

Public-employee unions

In early 2025 the Legislature passed H.B. 267, which barred public employers (such as school districts and cities) from recognizing a union as their employees’ bargaining agent or signing collective bargaining contracts. After a referendum against it qualified, the Legislature repealed it in a December 2025 special session, so it is not in effect. Where each legislator stood is still on the record from the 2025 vote.

From Utah Legislature: H.B. 267 (2025) Public Sector Labor Union Amendments, enrolled text (PDF) · Utah Senate, Dec 7 2025: the Legislature will repeal H.B. 267 in a special session (repealed Dec 9, 2025)

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Gender treatment for minors

Transgender treatment for minors

In 2023 the Legislature passed S.B. 16: it bans sex-change surgery for minors and stops new minor patients from starting hormone treatment, while the state reviews the evidence.

From Utah Legislature: S.B. 16 (2023) Transgender Medical Treatments and Procedures Amendments, enrolled text (PDF)

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Public safety and crime

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Child care

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Fluoride

Fluoride in drinking water

In 2025 the Legislature passed H.B. 81, making Utah the first state to ban adding fluoride to public water systems. It also lets pharmacists prescribe fluoride.

From Utah Legislature: H.B. 81 (2025) Fluoride Amendments, enrolled text (PDF)

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School library books

Books in school libraries

In 2024 the Legislature passed H.B. 29: when a set number of school districts or charter schools find a book is objectively pornographic or indecent, it is removed from public schools statewide, unless the State School Board votes to overturn that. It also sets out who can ask for a book to be reviewed.

From Utah Legislature: H.B. 29 (2024) Sensitive Material Review Amendments, enrolled text (PDF)

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Voting by mail

Voting by mail

In 2025 the Legislature passed H.B. 300: starting in 2029, a voter gets a ballot by mail only after asking for one (a request lasts eight years), and a mail ballot must carry the last four digits of the voter’s Utah driver license or state ID, or of their Social Security number, on the return envelope. It also adds checks of the voter rolls. Today every active voter is mailed a ballot.

From Utah Legislature: H.B. 300 (2025) Amendments to Election Law, enrolled text (PDF)

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DEI offices

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)

In 2024 the Legislature passed H.B. 261: public colleges and universities, public schools and government employers may not keep offices that promote treating people differently by characteristics such as race or sex, may not require diversity statements or trainings that do so, and may not use those characteristics in hiring or admission decisions.

From Utah Legislature: H.B. 261 (2024) Equal Opportunity Initiatives, enrolled text (PDF)

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Flags

Flags on government property

In 2025 the Legislature passed H.B. 77: government buildings, public schools and their employees may not display flags other than those it lists, such as the U.S. and Utah flags, other countries’ and states’ flags, city and county flags, military, tribal, college and school flags. Flags for causes, such as Pride flags, are not on the list. It became law without the Governor’s signature.

From Utah Legislature: H.B. 77 (2025) Flag Display Amendments, enrolled text (PDF)

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Restrooms and locker rooms

Restrooms and locker rooms

In 2024 the Legislature passed H.B. 257: it defines sex in Utah law as biological sex and sets rules for sex-designated restrooms, showers and locker rooms in public schools and government buildings, with privacy plans and single-person facilities in new buildings.

From Utah Legislature: H.B. 257 (2024) Sex-based Designations for Privacy, Anti-bullying, and Women’s Opportunities, enrolled text (PDF)

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Phones in school

Phones in school

In 2026 the Legislature passed S.B. 69: the default rule for students’ phones and similar devices changes from no use during class time to no use for the whole school day, including lunch and recess.

From Utah Legislature: S.B. 69 (2026) School Device Revisions, enrolled text (PDF)

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Nuclear energy

Nuclear fuel recycling

In 2026 the Legislature passed S.B. 135: the state’s Office of Energy Development and Utah Energy Council are directed to work with companies and local communities toward developing nuclear fuel recycling facilities in Utah, and to report on it each year.

From Utah Legislature: S.B. 135 (2026) Nuclear Reprocessing Amendments, enrolled text (PDF)

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Amendment B (tax initiatives)

Amendment B: a higher bar for tax-raising citizen initiatives

Today a statewide citizen initiative passes with a simple majority (more than half). Amendment B would require at least 60% of voters for initiatives that create a new tax, expand a tax, raise a tax rate, or make a property tax rate fall by less than current law would. It applies to votes after November 1, 2026. Other initiatives, and taxes passed by the Legislature, are not affected.

From Utah Lt. Governor: 2026 Voter Information Pamphlet (candidate statements, amendment text, judge evaluations) · Utah Legislature: S.J.R. 2 (2025), enrolled text of the resolution that is Amendment B (PDF)

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