On The Record Utah

Where bills died

Most bills that fail never get a vote. They stall in a committee or wait on a calendar until the session ends. Here is every 2026 bill that died, and exactly where it stopped, from the Legislature's own records.

2026 at a glance

148 of these had already passed one chamber before stalling in the other.

Where the most bills stopped

  1. House Rules Committee116
  2. Senate Rules Committee24
  3. Senate Education Committee16
  4. House Education Committee13
  5. Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee12
  6. Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee12
  7. House Government Operations Committee11
  8. House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee11
  9. House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee10
  10. Senate Business and Labor Committee9

Never released by the Rules Committee (134)

Every bill goes to a Rules Committee first. These were never sent on to a committee or the floor, so no one ever voted on them.

Sent to a committee that never heard it (1)

These were assigned to a committee, but the chair never put them on an agenda.

Heard in committee, then held (146)

These got a hearing, but the committee held them or sent them back to the Rules Committee instead of sending them on.

Voted down in committee (33)

A committee voted against sending these to the floor.

Waited for a floor vote that never came (111)

These were ready for a vote of the full House or Senate, but were never brought up before the session ended.

Voted down on the floor (39)

The full House or Senate voted these down.

Passed, then held (2)

These passed one chamber, but that chamber held on to them instead of sending them to the other, so they ran out of time.

Read from each bill's official action history on le.utah.gov. End-of-session steps (striking the enacting clause, filing) are skipped so the page shows where each bill actually stopped.