District Court Amendments

This bill changes how major civil lawsuits against the State of Utah or its officials are handled. In any case challenging the constitutionality of a Utah law, the Attorney General is guaranteed the right to participate. When a state agency or official is sued, the Attorney General, Governor, or Legislature can require the case to be decided by a randomly selected panel of three district court judges from different regions, instead of a single judge. Usual venue rules do not apply, and any decisions by these panels are appealed directly to the Utah Supreme Court, skipping the regular appeals court.

75.0%

Alignment

Yes

Abstain

House

House/ concurs with Senate amendment · Feb 13, 2026 · pass

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

Senate

Senate/ passed 3rd reading · Feb 12, 2026 · pass

Legislator	Party	District	Their vote	District vote
Scott Sandall	Republican	UT0001U	yes	N/A
Chris Wilson	Republican	UT0002U	yes	N/A
John Johnson	Republican	UT0003U	yes	N/A
Cal Musselman	Republican	UT0004U	yes	N/A
Ann Millner	Republican	UT0005U	yes	N/A
Jerry Stevenson	Republican	UT0006U	yes	N/A
Deidre M. Henderson		UT0007U	N/A	N/A
Stuart Adams	Republican	UT0007U	yes	N/A
Todd Weiler	Republican	UT0008U	yes	N/A
Jen Plumb	Democratic	UT0009U	no	no
Luz Escamilla	Democratic	UT0010U	no	N/A
Daniel Thatcher	Forward	UT0011U	N/A	no
Emily Buss	Forward	UT0011U	no	no
Karen Kwan	Democratic	UT0012U	no	N/A
Nate Blouin	Democratic	UT0013U	no	N/A
Stephanie Pitcher	Democratic	UT0014U	no	N/A
Kathleen Riebe	Democratic	UT0015U	no	N/A
Wayne Harper	Republican	UT0016U	yes	N/A
Lincoln Fillmore	Republican	UT0017U	yes	N/A
Dan McCay	Republican	UT0018U	yes	N/A
Kirk Cullimore	Republican	UT0019U	yes	N/A
Ron Winterton	Republican	UT0020U	yes	N/A
Brady Brammer	Republican	UT0021U	yes	N/A
Heidi Balderree	Republican	UT0022U	yes	N/A
Keith Grover	Republican	UT0023U	yes	N/A
Keven Stratton	Republican	UT0024U	yes	N/A
Mike McKell	Republican	UT0025U	yes	N/A
David Hinkins	Republican	UT0026U	yes	N/A
Derrin Owens	Republican	UT0027U	yes	N/A
Evan Vickers	Republican	UT0028U	yes	N/A
Don Ipson	Republican	UT0029U	yes	N/A