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Close votes in the Utah legislature

Close votes are rare in the Utah legislature. It's more common for Republicans and Democrats alike to join on the same side of the vote in overwhelming majorities. (Details about that are here.) But close votes do happen on occasion. The tables below list the closest votes from the 2024 general session. To see close votes from another year, click one of these links:

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Click a bill's number to learn about the bill generally. Click on the vote result to see how each legislator voted. Each bill's number gives the number of the highest substitute, even if the vote shown here was on a previous version of the bill.

The 20 closest votes in the 2024 Utah House

Bill Vote type Ayes-Nays-Absent Vote margin
HB0242S02 House/ failed 35-34-6 1
HB0243S04 House/ failed 35-36-4 1
HB0068S02 House/ floor amendment failed # 1 34-36-5 2
HB0232S01 House/ failed 34-36-5 2
HB0258 House/ failed 36-34-5 2
HB0472S01 House/ failed 34-31-10 3
SB0092S01 House/ floor amendment failed 35-38-2 3
SB0031S03 House/ passed 3rd reading 38-33-4 5
HB0303S01 House/ failed 32-39-4 7
SB0265S01 House/ passed 3rd reading 39-32-4 7
HB0268 House/ passed 3rd reading 40-33-2 7
HB0409S01 House/ failed 32-40-3 8
HB0068S02 House/ concurs with Senate amendment 39-31-5 8
SB0173S03 House/ passed 3rd reading 40-32-3 8
HB0429 House/ passed 3rd reading 38-28-9 10
SB0161S06 House/ substituted from # 5 to # 6 39-29-7 10
SB0175S01 House/ passed 3rd reading 42-32-1 10
HB0068S02 House/ failed 29-41-5 12
SB0204S02 House/ passed 3rd reading 42-30-3 12
HB0272S05 House/ circled 37-24-14 13

The 20 closest votes in the 2024 Utah Senate

Bill Vote type Ayes-Nays-Absent Vote margin
HB0215S02 Senate/ failed 14-12-3 2
HB0290 Senate/ failed 12-15-2 3
HB0153S03 Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension 15-12-2 3
HB0514 Senate/ failed 12-16-1 4
SB0204S02 Senate/ passed 2nd reading 15-11-3 4
SJR008 Senate/ failed 10-15-4 5
HB0144S01 Senate/ failed 11-16-2 5
HB0047S02 Senate/ passed 2nd reading 16-11-2 5
HB0198S02 Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension 17-12-0 5
SB0026S02 Senate/ failed 10-16-3 6
HJR003S01 Senate/ failed 11-17-1 6
HB0208S02 Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension 16-10-3 6
SB0161S06 Senate/ passed 2nd reading 17-10-2 7
HB0408S01 Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension 17-10-2 7
HB0047S02 Senate/ failed 10-18-1 8
HB0029S02 Senate/ passed 3rd reading 15-7-7 8
SB0185S04 Senate/ passed 3rd reading 17-9-3 8
HB0353 Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension 17-9-3 8
SB0161S06 Senate/ concurs with House amendment 18-10-1 8
HB0265S02 Senate/ failed 8-17-4 9