HR 1 Utah House · 2026 General Session

House Rules Resolution - Amendments to House Rules

This House Rules Resolution (HR 1) amends internal procedural rules for the Utah House of Representatives, affecting House members, committee staff, and leadership. It defines "minority leader" and "minority party," clarifies daily convening times (10 a.m. daily except weekends), and removes the requirement for the House Rules Committee to prepare minutes of its meetings. The resolution also modifies how committee chairs handle motions and makes technical adjustments to multiple rule sections (including HR1-3-102 and HR3-1-102). As a procedural bill, it does not change substantive policy or affect the public.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Jan 2026

House Passage

Jan 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 20, 2026 Last action Jan 30, 2026

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What changed between versions

Substitute #1 → Enrolled · 4 edits · Jan 20, 2026

MODERATE

The bill updates House rules to clarify committee meeting notice requirements, refine definitions of motions and legislative terms, and adjust the timeline for placing motions to a vote. These changes aim to improve procedural clarity and transparency during legislative sessions.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains focused on internal House procedures and definitions, with no change to the entities or subjects it applies to.

REQUIREMENT

Committee meeting notices must now be posted at least 24 hours in advance when the Legislature is not in session, whereas previously only oral notice was specified for certain situations.

The rule governing when a chair must place a motion for a vote was updated to reference the correct section number (HR3-2-313 instead of HR3-1-313).

DEFINITION

Definitions for 'Chair', 'Committee', 'Dispose of legislation', 'Favorable recommendation', 'Legislation', 'Legislative sponsor', 'Majority vote', 'Minority leader', 'Minority party', 'Original motion', 'Pending motion', 'Privileged motion', 'Substitute motion', and 'Under consideration' were renumbered and slightly reworded for clarity.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the resolution was changed from January 19, 2026, to January 21, 2026.

Floor votes · House Jan 20, 2026

How they voted

72–1

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 75

Jan 20, 2026

D Democratic14

14 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican61

58 Yea 1 Nay 2

95% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Jan 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling

lower

Jan 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

House/ passed 3rd reading

lower

Jan 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Rules Committee]

lower

Jan 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Rules Committee]

lower

Jan 20, 2026

Introduced

House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors