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HB0538 • 2026

Legislative Session Amendments

Legislative Session Amendments

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Rep. Wilcox, Ryan D.
Last action
2026-03-06
Official status
House/ filed
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Legislative Session Amendments

This bill, contingent on passage of a proposed constitutional amendment, provides the beginning date for the Legislature's annual sessions.

What This Bill Does

  • This bill, contingent on passage of a proposed constitutional amendment, provides the beginning date for the Legislature's annual sessions.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-06 House file for bills not passed

    House/ filed

  2. 2026-03-06 Clerk of the House

    House/ strike enacting clause

  3. 2026-02-12 House Rules Committee

    House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst

  4. 2026-02-12 Released

    LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0538

  5. 2026-02-12 Version Sponsor

    LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0538

  6. 2026-02-10 Legislative Research and General Counsel

    Bill Numbered but not Distributed

  7. 2026-02-10 House Rules Committee

    House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

  8. 2026-02-10 Clerk of the House

    House/ received bill from Legislative Research

  9. 2026-02-10 Legislative Fiscal Analyst

    LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0538

  10. 2026-02-10 Legislative Fiscal Agency

    LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0538

  11. 2026-02-10 Legislative Research and General Counsel

    Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

Official Summary Text

This bill, contingent on passage of a proposed constitutional amendment, provides the beginning date for the Legislature's annual sessions.

Current Bill Text

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36-3-201
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Legislative Session Amendments
2026 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Ryan D. Wilcox
Senate Sponsor: Daniel McCay
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill, contingent on passage of a proposed constitutional amendment, provides the
beginning date for the Legislature's annual sessions.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
contingent on passage of a proposed constitutional amendment, establishes the beginning
date of the Legislature's annual budget session and each of the Legislature's general
sessions.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a special effective date.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
REPEALS AND REENACTS:
36-3-201
, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 383
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section
36-3-201
is repealed and reenacted to read:
36-3-201
. Beginning date of annual budget and general sessions.
(1)
The annual budget session of the Legislature shall begin the fourth Monday in February.
(2)
The first annual general session of the Legislature shall begin the first Monday in May.
(3)
The second annual general session of the Legislature shall begin the second Monday in
September.
Section 2.
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect January 1, 2028, if the amendment to the Utah Constitution
proposed by H.J.R. 22, Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution - Legislative Session, 2026
General Session, passes the Legislature and is approved by a majority of those voting on it at
the next regular general election.
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