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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 2017 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.
| Bill | Vote type | Ayes-Nays-Absent | Vote margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB0029S04 | House/ failed | 37-38-0 | 1 |
| HB0176 | House/ passed 3rd reading | 38-37-0 | 1 |
| HB0348S02 | House/ passed 3rd reading | 38-37-0 | 1 |
| HB0078 | House/ failed | 34-36-5 | 2 |
| HB0408 | House/ passed 3rd reading | 38-36-1 | 2 |
| HB0428S01 | House/ passed 3rd reading | 38-36-1 | 2 |
| HB0291S01 | House/ floor amendment failed | 35-39-1 | 4 |
| HB0178 | House/ floor amendment # 1 | 38-34-3 | 4 |
| HB0395S05 | House/ passed 3rd reading | 39-34-2 | 5 |
| HB0326 | House/ failed | 32-38-5 | 6 |
| SB0114S06 | House/ substituted from # 4 to # 6 | 40-33-2 | 7 |
| HB0156S01 | House/ passed 3rd reading | 40-32-3 | 8 |
| HB0360S03 | House/ failed | 32-41-2 | 9 |
| HB0132S01 | House/ failed | 30-40-5 | 10 |
| HB0134S02 | House/ passed 3rd reading | 39-29-7 | 10 |
| HB0289S03 | House/ passed 3rd reading | 40-30-5 | 10 |
| SB0158 | House/ passed 3rd reading | 40-29-6 | 11 |
| HB0222S02 | House/ passed 3rd reading | 42-31-2 | 11 |
| HB0128S08 | House/ substitute adoption failed from # 6 to # 7 | 29-41-5 | 12 |
| HB0055S02 | House/ passed 3rd reading | 38-26-11 | 12 |
| Bill | Vote type | Ayes-Nays-Absent | Vote margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB0029 | Senate/ failed | 14-14-1 | 0 |
| SB0088 | Senate/ failed | 12-13-4 | 1 |
| HB0099S01 | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | 15-14-0 | 1 |
| SB0115S01 | Senate/ failed | 13-15-1 | 2 |
| SB0115S01 | Senate/ failed | 13-16-0 | 3 |
| HB0149S02 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | 15-12-2 | 3 |
| HJR003S01 | Senate/ failed | 12-16-1 | 4 |
| HB0222S02 | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | 15-11-3 | 4 |
| HB0155S01 | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | 17-12-0 | 5 |
| SB0029 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | 17-12-0 | 5 |
| SB0159 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | 17-12-0 | 5 |
| HB0207S02 | Senate/ failed | 11-17-1 | 6 |
| SB0115S01 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | 17-9-3 | 8 |
| HB0149S02 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | 18-10-1 | 8 |
| SB0159 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | 18-10-1 | 8 |
| HJR008 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | 16-7-6 | 9 |
| SB0016 | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | 18-9-2 | 9 |
| SB0080 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | 19-9-1 | 10 |
| HB0442S03 | Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension | 20-9-0 | 11 |
| SB0264S02 | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | 18-6-5 | 12 |
