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HR0003 • 2026

House Rules Resolution - Abandoning Legislation

House Rules Resolution - Abandoning Legislation

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Rep. Thurston, Norman K
Last action
2026-03-17
Official status
House/ to Lieutenant Governor
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.

House Rules Resolution - Abandoning Legislation

This House rules resolution authorizes abandoning legislation.

What This Bill Does

  • This House rules resolution authorizes abandoning legislation.

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. 2026-03-17 Clerk of the House

    House/ received enrolled bill from Printing

  2. 2026-03-17 Clerk of the House

    House/ received enrolled bill from Printing

  3. 2026-03-17 Lieutenant Governor's office for filing

    House/ to Lieutenant Governor

  4. 2026-03-17 Lieutenant Governor's office for filing

    House/ to Lieutenant Governor

  5. 2026-03-12 Clerk of the House

    Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate

  6. 2026-03-12 Clerk of the House

    House/ enrolled bill to Printing

  7. 2026-02-10 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling

    Bill Received from House for Enrolling

  8. 2026-02-10 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling

    Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared

  9. 2026-02-09 House 3rd Reading Calendar for House bills

    House/ 3rd reading

  10. 2026-02-09 House 3rd Reading Calendar for House bills

    House/ floor amendment

  11. 2026-02-09 House Speaker

    House/ passed 3rd reading

  12. 2026-02-09 Legislative Research and General Counsel / Enrolling

    House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling

  13. 2026-01-29 House 3rd Reading Calendar for House bills

    House/ 2nd reading

  14. 2026-01-29 House Rules Committee

    House/ committee report favorable

  15. 2026-01-28 House Rules Committee

    House Comm - Favorable Recommendation

  16. 2026-01-20 House Rules Committee

    House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

  17. 2026-01-14 Clerk of the House

    House/ received bill from Legislative Research

  18. 2026-01-14 Clerk of the House

    House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst

  19. 2026-01-08 Released

    LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HR0003

  20. 2026-01-08 Version Sponsor

    LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HR0003

  21. 2026-01-06 Legislative Research and General Counsel

    Bill Numbered but not Distributed

  22. 2026-01-06 Legislative Fiscal Analyst

    LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HR0003

  23. 2026-01-06 Legislative Fiscal Agency

    LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HR0003

  24. 2026-01-06 Legislative Research and General Counsel

    Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

Official Summary Text

This House rules resolution authorizes abandoning legislation.

Current Bill Text

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HR2-5-102
HR2-5-102
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House Rules Resolution - Abandoning Legislation
2026 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Norman K Thurston
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This House rules resolution authorizes abandoning legislation.
Highlighted Provisions:
This resolution:
defines terms; and
establishes a process for a chief sponsor to abandon the chief sponsor's legislation.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This resolution provides a special effective date.
Legislative Rules Affected:
ENACTS:
HR2-5-102
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the state of Utah:
Section 1.
HR2-5-102
is enacted to read:
HR2-5-102
. Abandoning legislation.
(1)
As used in this rule:
(a)
"Chief sponsor" means the member of the House of Representatives who:
(i)
approves a request for legislation for numbering; or
(ii)
becomes the chief sponsor of legislation in accordance with
HR2-5-101
or
JR4-2-101
.
(b)
"Legislation" means a bill or resolution introduced for consideration by the
Legislature.
(2)
A chief sponsor may abandon the chief sponsor's legislation by submitting to the chief
clerk, before the legislation passes the Senate on third reading, an abandoning legislation
form.
(3)
Once the chief clerk is in possession of the abandoned legislation, the chief clerk shall
file the abandoned legislation.
(4)
No later than one legislative day after the day on which a chief sponsor submits an
abandoning legislation form, the presiding officer shall publicly announce that the chief
sponsor abandoned the legislation.
(5)
(a)
Abandoning legislation has the effect of striking the enacting clause.
(b)
Legislation may not be revived once the chief sponsor submits an abandoning
legislation form.
(6)
For legislation abandoned under this rule, the Office of Legislative Research and
General Counsel shall note the abandonment on the legislation's webpage.
(7)
Nothing in this rule precludes a representative from introducing new legislation
identical to the legislation abandoned under this rule.
Section 2.
Effective Date.
This resolution takes effect May 6, 2026.
3-12-26 3:19 PM