HJR 1 Utah House · 2025 General Session

Joint Rules Resolution - Sponsor's Handout

HJR 1 is a procedural resolution that establishes rules for "sponsor's supporting information" provided by legislators. It defines this as non-binding documents (like policy goals or impact descriptions) created by a bill's chief sponsor (senator or representative), clarifies it is not part of the legislation itself, and requires it to be submitted as a PDF (max 2 pages) with a specific disclaimer. The resolution mandates that the Senate secretary and House chief clerk make this information publicly accessible on the bill's webpage. It affects chief sponsors who wish to share supplementary context about their legislation, ensuring transparency without altering the bill's legal text. The rules take effect May 7, 2025.

Bill status failed 3 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Mar 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

Substitute #2 → Substitute #3 · 6 edits

MODERATE

The bill was renamed from 'Sponsor's Handout' to 'Sponsor's Supporting Information' and expanded to allow more content and flexibility. The document size limit increased from one page to two pages, and the definition now explicitly includes policy objectives, anticipated impacts, and other information the sponsor wishes to convey. A mandatory disclaimer statement must now appear on the first page, and sponsors can replace the document if legislation is amended or if factual errors are corrected.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from a single-page factual document to a two-page document with broader content allowances and a required disclaimer.

DEFINITION

The term 'sponsor's handout' was renamed to 'sponsor's supporting information' to reflect broader content allowances.

The definition now explicitly includes policy objectives, anticipated impacts, and other information the sponsor wishes to convey, rather than just factual information.

REQUIREMENT

The document size limit increased from one page to two pages, allowing more detailed information.

A mandatory disclaimer statement must now appear at the bottom of the first page stating the document is not official legislation and has not been reviewed for accuracy.

The document must now be in portable document format (PDF) instead of just paper format.

Sponsors can now replace the document if legislation is amended or substituted, not just to correct factual errors.

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How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Feb 21, 2025

Introduced

Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation

upper

Feb 20, 2025

Introduced

Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)

upper

Feb 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

House/ passed 3rd reading

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

House Comm - Favorable Recommendation

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor