Ronald M. Winterton

• S.B. 227 Punitive Damages Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Winterton explained that after the bill was heard in the House committee, a substitute was made to add a definition, the House adopted it, and the Senate is now concurring with that substitute.

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  Sure. Uh, when I presented to the house standing committee on this, after that, uh, I indicated there might be changes. There was another party that wanted to change or add a definition in, in that. So we made a substitute and they adopted over there. That's what we're doing. Here is concurring with that substitute.

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• H.B. 265 Non-nicotine Inhalation Product Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Introduces the fourth substitute H.B. 360 as a bill brought forward from interim government operations work, which centralizes election notices, aligns candidate filing periods, and converts deadlines to business days.

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  Thank you Mr. President. This bill is a reification bill, uh, of it was brought to the government, uh, operations from the Lieutenant Governor's office during interim. So basically, I'll just give you the highlights. It centralizes, uh, election notices, aligns candidate filing periods, converts deadlines to business days, ballot nutrition, uh, neutrality in which,

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• H.B. 361 Elections Provisions Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Presents H.B. 361, covering ballot name and envelope provisions, county commission election clarifications, voter roll and election material instructions, and Great Seal duties, and opens the floor for questions.

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  to business days, ballot nutrition, uh, neutrality in which, uh, the county clerks won't have their names on the ballots anymore. On the return envelopes, it clarifies county commission elections, uh, which race they're actually in, uh, special district, uh, alignments when their elections are take are taking place. And then the voter roll and election material clarification. It gives the county clerks, uh, their instructions. And then in the last thing that it does is the Great Seal regulation, uh, on the duties of, of who handles that. And with that, I'm open for suggestion or Questions. Thank you. Uh, looking for questions, discussions.

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• H.B. 457 County Governance Modifications · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Presents H.B. 457 as a condensed fifth substitute that lets unincorporated islands in second class counties be annexed by municipalities, with exemption authority that depends on county population and removes the planning requirement.

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  Thank you Mr. President. This is on the fifth sub and so this bill is very condensed in what it started out to be. Um, the key provisions on this, uh, bill, it defines the eligibility of unincorporated lands in, in a lot of our populated counties, we have a lot of unincorporated areas that are participating or having municipal services. And so this bill is to give them the ability to annex those in. Um, there's, they have to be 55 acres or smaller. They're surrounded by a single municipality and they are local located in a second class county. So this bill only addresses second class counties. I received a lot of emails and other counties don't want …

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• H.B. 457 County Governance Modifications · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Moves under suspension of the rules that the fifth substitute of H.B. 457 pass.

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  Okay. Under suspension of the rules, I am motion to fifth house Bill 4 57 pass.

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• H.B. 3 Appropriations Adjustments · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Praises Senator Stevenson as a mentor and says he will miss him, recalling his work on state programs.

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  Yeah. Senator Stevenson has been a really great mentor. Uh, he's always got a story or a joke and, uh, that's probably the one thing I'll miss, but I remember a plane ride back from Moab one night. We all went down there and, uh, he educated me and he, he had this little twinkle in his eyes. He says, don't worry about it, I get the picture. And I appreciate that because he's looked after some of the special needs of the state and because of that, that, uh, long side or foresight that he saw that we have a lot of programs that are very successful because he's looked after him. So I will miss him. But, uh, …

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• H.B. 510 Municipal Incorporation Modifications · Senate floor debate (day 45) · Mar 6, 2026

  Supports the bill, saying it moves in the right direction and that the House sponsor worked hard on it.

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  Yes. I appreciate the, the sponsor of this bill in the house. They've worked hard and, and in my district, I have two counties that this would be very good. We always hear that we keep taking power away from the locals and trying to do their work for them. And this bill is headed in the right direction and she's worked long and hard and I think it's a good start on where we need to be with this.

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• H.B. 123 Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registration Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Explains that the bill clarifies that out-of-state sex offenders on probation or parole who transfer to Utah must be on the Utah sex offender registry, and says stakeholders support it.

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  Bill. It clarifies that an out if an OUTTA state offender on probation or parole transfers to Utah, they're required to be on Utah sex offender registry. As some have interpreted the current statute differently, allowing some sex offenders to stay off the registry. So this bill helps with the need for public safety and compliance. There's no physical note to it. It's not a new program. Um, c JJs the sentencing Commission Interstate Compact Commission and swap all approve and, uh, support this bill.

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• H.B. 123 Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registration Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Responds on the motion to substitute; the captions for this part are partly unclear. · speaker not certain

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  Yes, I'm Amina Wolf. To to that it seems like it, it's only appropriate that we Thank you. Make sure. Thank you. Thank you. We're looking

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• H.B. 123 Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registration Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Waives summation and calls for the question on the bill.

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  I'm going to go to you summation in a motion. I'll waive summation and call the question.

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• H.B. 445 County Government Land Purchasing · Senate floor debate (day 44) · Mar 5, 2026

  Asks whether a county entity that buys property in another county is still subject to taxes.

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  I appreciate this bill, but let me ask you a question. I think you addressed it. I heard you say that they would a county entity that purchases in another county is still subject to taxes, correct?

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• H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026

  Presents H.B. 209, which sets criteria for voter identification using driver licenses, ID cards, and tribal ID cards, and says it is separate from the federal registration process.

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  Thank you Mr. President Pro Tem. Uh, this was one of the three, uh, election bills that we had about the first week of the session. Senator Mikel had one and this is, uh, a chunk that he took outta his and we ran it on this bill. It identifies and sets up the criteria for what voter ID is. It's nothing different than what we've already had in that we explained that a driver's license, um, identification cards, uh, tribal identification cards and that these are all ways that you can I, uh, show your identity to register to vote. A lot of people's got this mixed up with the federal, uh, registration process, which is, uh, more, um, …

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• H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026

  Offers an amendment to correct a missing word that the drafting attorney identified, and moves to adopt it.

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  I have an amendment, yes. The drafting attorney came to me afterwards and said in his haste, he forgot to put a word in so he went and made that amendment. So I'd like to move the first amendment or amendment to in my name.

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• H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026

  Moves that third substitute H.B. 209 pass.

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  for summation or a motion? I would motion that Third sub substitute house bill 2 0 9 pass. And the reque.

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• H.B. 158 Unlawful Tracking Amendments · Senate floor debate (day 43) · Mar 4, 2026

  Asks whether the bill covers a cell phone.

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  As you read off those, my mind goes to tracking devices. Does this include a cell phone?

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How they voted

Their full voting record, attendance, and party-line score are still being compiled from the official roll calls. Each bill page shows their vote on that bill.

Bills they sponsored

• S.B. 15 County Forms of Government Amendments · Governor Signed
• S.B. 17 Credit Card Processing Fees Amendments · Did not pass
• S.B. 23 Airborne Chemicals Amendments · Did not pass
• S.B. 28 County Classification Modifications · Did not pass
• S.B. 120 Towing Modifications · Governor Signed
• S.B. 227 Punitive Damages Amendments · Governor Signed
• S.B. 266 County Governance Revisions · Did not pass
• S.B. 280 Damages Amendments · Did not pass
• S.B. 325 Amendments to Cannabis Agreements With Tribes · Did not pass
• S.C.R. 4 Concurrent Resolution Regarding Permitting of Oil, Gas, and Mining · Governor Signed

Carried in the Senate as floor sponsor

• H.B. 26 Voting Equipment Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 32 Signature Gathering and Verification Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 61 Navajo Trust Fund Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 75 American Indian and Alaska Native Education Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 85 State Sovereignty Amendments · Did not pass
• H.B. 112 Political Advertising Amendments · Did not pass
• H.B. 123 Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registration Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 209 Voting Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 330 Liability Limitations Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 361 Elections Provisions Amendments · Governor Signed
• H.B. 434 Child Welfare Fatality Review Report Amendments · Did not pass
• H.B. 457 County Governance Modifications · Governor Signed

About

In office since

January 1, 2019

Counties

Daggett, Duchesne, Summit, Uintah, Wasatch

Profession

Professional Service consultant

Affiliations

Former Transportation CEO , County Commissioner, Tri County Health Board, Uintah Basin Association of Government Board, Permanent Cummunity Impact Board,

Education

High School, Technical college

Honors and awards

None listed in their official profile.

Committees

• Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcommittee
• Transportation and Infrastructure Appropriations Subcommittee
• Government Operations Interim Committee
• Transportation Interim Committee
• Federalism Commission
• Senate Government Operations Confirmation Committee
• Native American Legislative Liaison Committee
• Senate Political Subdivisions Confirmation Committee
• Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Confirmation Committee
• Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee
• Senate Rules Committee
• Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee

Profile details come from the Utah Legislature's official legislator data.