Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah SB264: Elected Official Publicity Amendments
Status: Failed, March 6, 2026
This bill creates an exception to the 60-day restriction on certain publicly funded mass communications.
What the bill says
From the substitute text, February 13, 2026:
0 Elected Official Publicity Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Stephanie Pitcher House Sponsor: Jason B. Kyle LONG TITLE General Description: This bill creates an exception to the 60-day restriction on certain publicly funded mass communications. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - creates an exception to the 60-day restriction on certain publicly funded mass communications to permit a public official's photograph to appear in a regularly published public entity newsletter as part of a neutral, uniformly displayed candidate profile that does not promote or oppose any candidacy; and - makes technical changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 20A-11-1203.5 , as enacted by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 96 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 20A-11-1203.5 is amended to read: 20A-11-1203.5 . Public official prohibited from expending public funds on certain communications. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2) , a public official may not make an expenditure from public funds for a billboard or mass communication that: (a) (i) includes a photograph, image, or likeness of the public official; or (ii) contains the name of the public official in a font size that is larger than any other font size on the billboard or mass communication; and (b) is posted, …
Sponsors
- Stephanie Pitcher (D, 14) · primary sponsor
- Kyle, Jason B. (R, 8)
Latest actions
- : Senate/ filed
- : Senate/ received from House
- : House/ to Senate
- : House/ strike enacting clause
- : House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- : House/ received from Senate
- : Senate/ to House
- : Senate/ passed 3rd reading
- : Senate/ uncircled
- : Senate/ circled
Votes
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading (February 27, 2026): 24 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading (February 26, 2026): 24 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (February 19, 2026): 4 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 19, 2026): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Government Operations (State Issues), Public Utilities and Technology, Election Administration, Elected Official, Administrative Rulemaking and Procedures, Publications and Broadcasting, Public Funds and Accounts, Election Law
Common questions
- What is SB264?
- SB264 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Elected Official Publicity Amendments.
- What does SB264 do?
- This bill creates an exception to the 60-day restriction on certain publicly funded mass communications.
- What is the status of SB264?
- Failed as of March 6, 2026. Latest action: Senate/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB264?
- Stephanie Pitcher (D, 14), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB264?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0264.html
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