Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB74: Signature Gathering Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill amends provisions for initiative and referendum petitions.
What the bill says
From the introduced text, December 23, 2025:
0 Signature Gathering Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Norman K Thurston Senate Sponsor: Karen Kwan LONG TITLE Committee Note: The Rules Review and General Oversight Committee recommended this bill. Legislative Vote: 7 voting for 0 voting against 3 absent General Description: This bill amends provisions for initiative and referendum petitions. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - modifies certain forms to provide that: - for an individual who signs an initiative or referendum petition, the individual had an opportunity to read the entire statement included in the initiative or referendum packet; and - for an individual who gathers signatures for an initiative or referendum petition, the individual believes that the individual described above had an opportunity to read the law that is the subject of the petition; - specifies that a person may use a spiral binder to bind together the pages that make up an initiative or referendum packet; - provides that an individual who gathers signatures for an initiative or referendum petition may remove a signature sheet from the initiative or referendum packet for the purpose of gathering signatures; and - makes technical and conforming changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 20A-1-102 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, First Special Session, Chapter 6 …
Sponsors
- Norman Thurston (R, 62) · primary sponsor
- Karen Kwan (D, 12)
- Jason Thompson (R, 3)
Latest actions
- : House/ filed
- : House/ strike enacting clause
- : House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- : House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- : House/ received bill from Legislative Research
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0074
- : LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0074
- : LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0074
- : LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0074
- : Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
Subjects: Government Operations (State Issues), Referenda, Initiatives
Common questions
- What is HB74?
- HB74 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Signature Gathering Amendments.
- What does HB74 do?
- This bill amends provisions for initiative and referendum petitions.
- What is the status of HB74?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: House/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB74?
- Norman Thurston (R, 62), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB74?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0074.html
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