Utah legislation · 2025 General Session
Utah HB165: Process for Submitting Nonbinding Opinion Question
Status: Chaptered, March 17, 2026
This bill modifies the Election Code to establish a procedure for the Legislature to submit a nonbinding opinion question to the voters of Utah.
What the bill says
A joint resolution for a nonbinding opinion question under Section 36-16c-201 , the lieutenant governor shall: (a) assign a number to the nonbinding opinion question that is unique to the nonbinding opinion question; and (b) assign numbers to each nonbinding opinion question sequentially, in the order in which the lieutenant governor receives the joint resolutions. Section 2, Section 20A-6-301 is amended to read: 20A-6-301. Manual ballots -- Regular general election. (1) Each election officer shall ensure that: (a) all manual ballots furnished for use at the regular general election contain: (.
From the introduced text:
a joint resolution for a nonbinding opinion question under Section 36-16c-201 , the lieutenant governor shall: (a) assign a number to the nonbinding opinion question that is unique to the nonbinding opinion question; and (b) assign numbers to each nonbinding opinion question sequentially, in the order in which the lieutenant governor receives the joint resolutions. Section 2, Section 20A-6-301 is amended to read: 20A-6-301. Manual ballots -- Regular general election. (1) Each election officer shall ensure that: (a) all manual ballots furnished for use at the regular general election contain: (i) no captions or other endorsements except as provided in this section; (ii) no symbols, markings, or other descriptions of a political party or group, except for a registered political party that has chosen to nominate its candidates in accordance with Section 20A-9-403 ; and (iii) no indication that a candidate for elective office has been nominated by, or has been endorsed by, or is in any way affiliated with a political party or group, unless the candidate has been nominated by a registered political party in accordance with Subsection 20A-9-202(4) or Subsection 20A-9-403(5) ; (b) at the top of the ballot, the following endorsements are printed in 18 point bold type: (i) "Official Ballot for ____ County, Utah"; (ii) the date of the election; and (iii) the words "certified …