---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voting Equipment Amendments"
description: "Voting Equipment Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 26"
citation: "Utah HB 26 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Administration", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Procurement", "Voting and Voter Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cutler, Paul A."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-05T21:43:54+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-07T14:42:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1053633f-1c16-434b-bb40-165d80496639"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0026.html"
source_hash: "10c2377469a86dcd95bc5168019286259db1fad3102f5267e6f80c015b0f652e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
---

# Utah HB 26 (2026) — Voting Equipment Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0026.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0026 To HB0026S01.pdf)
3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0026S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0026.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **74–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cutler, Paul A. — primary (person)
- Winterton, Ronald M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-12-05T21:43:54+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-05T21:43:54+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-05T21:44:00+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0026
- **2025-12-05T21:44:00+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0026
- **2026-01-12T17:04:02+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0026
- **2026-01-12T17:04:04+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0026
- **2026-01-14T20:37:41+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-14T21:19:49+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-17T21:17:31+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0026S01
- **2026-01-17T21:17:31+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0026S01
- **2026-01-20T17:43:19+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T17:55:00+00:00** Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-01-20T18:20:03+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-20T18:21:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-01-20T22:59:08+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-01-20T23:02:40+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-01-20T23:02:42+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-01-21T00:14:11+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-01-21T18:08:07+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0026S01
- **2026-01-21T18:08:09+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0026S01
- **2026-01-21T18:19:42+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-23T18:12:01+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T21:45:38+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29T18:44:01+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29T18:44:02+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-04T21:42:37+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-04T21:44:53+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-05T18:33:41+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-05T18:35:56+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-05T18:35:57+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-05T18:35:58+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-05T20:10:59+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-05T20:11:00+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-09T17:26:03+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-02-09T17:26:05+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-02-24T00:52:32+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-02-24T00:52:38+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-03T19:09:04+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T19:09:06+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-07T14:42:30+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1053633f-1c16-434b-bb40-165d80496639`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).