# Utah H.B. 26: Voting Equipment Amendments Utah H.B. 26, Voting Equipment Amendments, is a 2026 General Session House bill sponsored by Paul A. Cutler (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-03-07 (Governor Signed) (as of 2026-10-14). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB26-2026GS - As of: 2026-10-14 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah H.B. 26 - State: Utah - Session: 2026 General Session - Title: Voting Equipment Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-12-05 - Last action: 2026-03-07, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Paul A. Cutler (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Voting and Voter Registration, Government Operations (State Issues), Election Administration, Procurement - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (132 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Utah ballot machines must keep paper records: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, all equipment used to cast mechanical ballots must produce a permanent paper record. The rule is no longer limited to equipment certified after January 1, 2005. Records must be human-readable, available for voter inspection before leaving the polling place, and machine-readab… - Utah voting equipment cannot connect wirelessly: benefit, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah election officers must ensure voting equipment cannot communicate wirelessly. Electronic pollbooks and official registers are exempt. Voting equipment rules also cover parts of vote-counting equipment, voting devices, and voting machines. - Utah removes ranked-choice equipment approval path: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah removes one way to certify equipment for ranked-choice voting. That path relied on successful use in a federal race in the United States or a U.S. territory. Election officials can no longer use that path to obtain equipment approval. - Public input but tighter voting equipment choices: mixed, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah's lieutenant governor must use competitive bidding for a new voting equipment system. The Voting Equipment Selection Committee assists and must check proposed purchases against the state's mechanical-ballot requirements. The public must have time to review and comment on… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Paul A. Cutler (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ronald M. Winterton (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-02-05 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 29 | 0 | | | 2026-02-04 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | pass | 24 | 0 | | | 2026-01-28 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2026-01-20 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 74 | 1 | | ## Actions (31) - 2026-03-07: Governor Signed - 2026-03-03: House/ to Governor (House) - 2026-03-03: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2026-02-23: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2026-02-23: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2026-02-09: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2026-02-09: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2026-02-05: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2026-02-05: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2026-02-05: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2026-02-05: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2026-02-05: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-05: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-04: Senate/ passed 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-04: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-01-29: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2026-01-29: Senate/ committee report favorable (Senate) - 2026-01-28: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-01-23: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2026-01-21: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2026-01-20: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2026-01-20: House/ to Senate (House) - 2026-01-20: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2026-01-20: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2026-01-20: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2026-01-20: House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar (House) - 2026-01-20: Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm - 2026-01-20: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2026-01-14: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2026-01-14: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2025-12-05: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2026-02-23: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0026.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2026-01-17: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0026S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-12-05: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0026.pdf) ## Related bills - H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments (signed) - H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments (signed) - H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments (signed) - H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments (signed) - H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments (signed) - H.B. 220: Public Safety Data Amendments (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0026.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0026S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0026.pdf) ## Related - [H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB136-2026GS) - [H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB101-2026GS) - [H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB134-2026GS) - [H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB178-2026GS) - [H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB94-2026GS) - [H.B. 220: Public Safety Data Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB220-2026GS) - [Utah bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah/bills) - [Utah state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB26-2026GS (as of 2026-10-14).