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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 2015 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 2015 Utah House

Bill Vote type Ayes-Nays-Absent Vote margin
HCR006S01 House/ passed 3rd reading 38-36-1 2
SB0250 House/ failed 35-38-2 3
HB0406S01 House/ passed 3rd reading 39-36-0 3
HJR014 House/ failed 34-38-3 4
SJR001 House/ passed 3rd reading 38-34-3 4
HJR015S02 House/ failed 32-37-6 5
HB0244 House/ passed 3rd reading 38-33-4 5
HB0011 House/ passed 3rd reading 39-34-2 5
HB0313S02 House/ passed 3rd reading 39-34-2 5
HB0069S01 House/ passed 3rd reading 39-33-3 6
HB0376S01 House/ passed 3rd reading 40-34-1 6
SB0293 House/ failed 31-38-6 7
SB0033S01 House/ failed 32-39-4 7
SB0150 House/ passed 3rd reading 39-32-4 7
SB0033S01 House/ recalled by House 40-33-2 7
SB0078 House/ passed 3rd reading 39-31-5 8
SB0134S03 House/ passed 3rd reading 41-33-1 8
HB0060S02 House/ failed 31-40-4 9
HB0137S01 House/ failed 32-41-2 9
HB0394S02 House/ failed 32-41-2 9

The 20 closest votes in the 2015 Utah Senate

Bill Vote type Ayes-Nays-Absent Vote margin
HB0091S04 Senate/ failed 12-12-5 0
SB0085S02 Senate/ failed 11-12-6 1
SB0259S04 Senate/ failed 14-15-0 1
SJR002 Senate/ failed 14-15-0 1
HB0110S02 Senate/ passed 3rd reading 15-14-0 1
HB0420S02 Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension 15-14-0 1
SB0072 Senate/ failed 12-14-3 2
SB0208 Senate/ failed 12-14-3 2
HJR007S01 Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension 15-13-1 2
HB0011 Senate/ passed 2nd reading 15-12-2 3
SB0053 Senate/ passed 3rd reading 15-12-2 3
SB0127S01 Senate/ passed 2nd reading 15-12-2 3
SB0259S04 Senate/ passed 2nd reading 16-13-0 3
SB0281S02 Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension 16-13-0 3
SB0087 Senate/ failed 12-16-1 4
SB0242 Senate/ passed 2nd reading 15-11-3 4
HB0197S01 Senate/ passed 3rd reading 16-12-1 4
HB0285S03 Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension 16-12-1 4
HB0360S01 Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension 15-10-4 5
SB0207S06 Senate/ substituted from # 2 to # 3 15-10-4 5