State Holiday Amendments

This bill proposes to establish Election Day—the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November—as an official state holiday in Utah, beginning on May 6, 2026. On this day, most state government offices and courts would be closed, and many public employees, as well as potentially teachers and students in public schools, would have the day off. Private businesses would not be required to close, so they can choose whether to stay open or not. The intent is to make it easier for people to participate in voting and to serve as poll workers by removing work and school conflicts.

66.7%

Alignment

Yes

Abstain

House

House/ failed · Feb 9, 2026 · fail

Legislator	Party	District	Their vote	District vote
Tom Peterson	Republican	UT0001L	N/A	N/A
Mike Petersen	Republican	UT0002L	yes	N/A
Jason Thompson	Republican	UT0003L	no	N/A
Tiara Auxier	Republican	UT0004L	yes	N/A
Casey Snider	Republican	UT0005L	no	N/A
Matt Gwynn	Republican	UT0006L	yes	N/A
Ryan Wilcox	Republican	UT0007L	yes	N/A
Jason Kyle	Republican	UT0008L	no	N/A
Jake Sawyer	Republican	UT0009L	yes	yes
Jill Koford	Republican	UT0010L	no	N/A
Katy Hall	Republican	UT0011L	no	N/A
Mike Schultz	Republican	UT0012L	no	N/A
Karen Peterson	Republican	UT0013L	yes	N/A
Karianne Lisonbee	Republican	UT0014L	no	N/A
Ariel Defay	Republican	UT0015L	no	N/A
Trevor Lee	Republican	UT0016L	yes	N/A
Stewart Barlow	Republican	UT0017L	no	N/A
Paul Cutler	Republican	UT0018L	no	N/A
Ray Ward	Republican	UT0019L	no	N/A
Melissa Ballard	Republican	UT0020L	no	N/A
Sandra Hollins	Democratic	UT0021L	yes	N/A
Jen Dailey-Provost	Democratic	UT0022L	yes	N/A
Hoang Nguyen	Democratic	UT0023L	yes	N/A
Grant Miller	Democratic	UT0024L	yes	yes
Angela Romero	Democratic	UT0025L	yes	N/A
Matt MacPherson	Republican	UT0026L	yes	N/A
Anthony Loubet	Republican	UT0027L	yes	yes
Nicholeen Peck	Republican	UT0028L	yes	N/A
Bridger Bolinder	Republican	UT0029L	N/A	N/A
Jake Fitisemanu	Democratic	UT0030L	yes	N/A
Verona Mauga	Democratic	UT0031L	yes	N/A
Sahara Hayes	Democratic	UT0032L	yes	N/A
Doug Owens	Democratic	UT0033L	yes	N/A
Carol Moss	Democratic	UT0034L	no	N/A
Rosalba Dominguez	Democratic	UT0035L	yes	N/A
Jim Dunnigan	Republican	UT0036L	no	N/A
Ashlee Matthews	Democratic	UT0037L	yes	N/A
Cheryl Acton	Republican	UT0038L	no	N/A
Ken Ivory	Republican	UT0039L	yes	N/A
Andrew Stoddard	Democratic	UT0040L	yes	yes
Gay Lynn Bennion	Democratic	UT0041L	N/A	N/A
John Arthur	Democratic	UT0041L	yes	N/A
Clint Okerlund	Republican	UT0042L	no	N/A
Steve Eliason	Republican	UT0043L	no	N/A
Jordan Teuscher	Republican	UT0044L	yes	N/A
Tracy Miller	Republican	UT0045L	no	N/A
Cal Roberts	Republican	UT0046L	no	N/A
Mark Strong	Republican	UT0047L	no	N/A
Doug Fiefia	Republican	UT0048L	no	N/A
Candice Pierucci	Republican	UT0049L	yes	N/A
Derek E Brown		UT0049L	N/A	N/A
Stephanie Gricius	Republican	UT0050L	no	yes
Leah Hansen	Republican	UT0051L	no	N/A
Cory Maloy	Republican	UT0052L	yes	N/A
Kay Christofferson	Republican	UT0053L	yes	N/A
Kristen Chevrier	Republican	UT0054L	no	N/A
Jon Hawkins	Republican	UT0055L	yes	N/A
Val Peterson	Republican	UT0056L	no	N/A
Nelson Abbott	Republican	UT0057L	no	N/A
Dave Shallenberger	Republican	UT0058L	no	N/A
Mike Kohler	Republican	UT0059L	yes	N/A
Tyler Clancy	Republican	UT0060L	N/A	N/A
Lisa Shepherd	Republican	UT0061L	yes	N/A
Norm Thurston	Republican	UT0062L	no	N/A
Stephen Whyte	Republican	UT0063L	no	N/A
Jeff Burton	Republican	UT0064L	yes	N/A
Doug Welton	Republican	UT0065L	yes	N/A
Troy Shelley	Republican	UT0066L	no	N/A
Christine Watkins	Republican	UT0067L	no	N/A
Scott Chew	Republican	UT0068L	no	N/A
Logan Monson	Republican	UT0069L	no	N/A
Carl Albrecht	Republican	UT0070L	no	N/A
Rex Shipp	Republican	UT0071L	no	yes
Joseph Elison	Republican	UT0072L	no	N/A
Colin Jack	Republican	UT0073L	no	N/A
Neil Walter	Republican	UT0074L	no	N/A
Walt Brooks	Republican	UT0075L	no	N/A