Utah legislation · 2025 General Session
Utah HB232: Candidate Nomination Procedures Amendments
Status: Chaptered, March 26, 2026
This bill amends provisions relating to nominating candidates for elective office and placing candidates on a ballot.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
Candidate Nomination Procedures Amendments 2025 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Andrew Stoddard LONG TITLE General Description: This bill amends provisions relating to nominating candidates for elective office and placing candidates on a ballot. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - defines terms; - repeals provisions relating to a qualified political party; - establishes two types of registered political parties: - a primary nominating party that nominates candidates through signature-gathering only, participates in the regular primary election, and has the name of the primary nominating party listed on the regular general election ballot in association with the party's candidates; and - a convention nominating party that nominates candidates using a method that does not involve the signature-gathering process described in the preceding paragraph or participation in the regular primary election, and whose candidates are listed on the regular general election ballot without an indication of the convention nominating party that nominated the candidates; - requires a registered political party to choose whether to be a primary nominating party or a convention nominating party; - modifies signature gathering thresholds; and - makes technical and conforming changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 17B-1-306 , (Effective 05/07/25) as last amended by Laws of Utah 2024, Chapters 382, 465 20A-1-102 , (Effective 05/07/25) as last …
Sponsors
- Stoddard, Andrew (D, 40) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Governor Signed
- : House/ to Governor
- : House/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- : House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- : Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- : Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- : Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- : House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
- : House/ received from Senate
- : Senate/ to House
Subjects: Election Administration, Political Parties, REITZ, AARON F. (NM0TC), Voting and Voter Registration, Election Law
Common questions
- What is HB232?
- HB232 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2025 General Session): Candidate Nomination Procedures Amendments.
- What does HB232 do?
- This bill amends provisions relating to nominating candidates for elective office and placing candidates on a ballot.
- What is the status of HB232?
- Chaptered as of March 26, 2026. Latest action: Governor Signed (March 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB232?
- Stoddard, Andrew (D, 40).
- Where is the official record for HB232?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0232.html
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