Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah SJR16: Joint Rules Resolution - Legislative Ethics Amendments
Status: Passed both chambers, March 16, 2026
This joint rules resolution amends Joint Rules, Title 6, Legislative Ethics and Adjudication of Ethics Complaints.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, March 12, 2026:
0 Joint Rules Resolution - Legislative Ethics Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Ann Millner House Sponsor: Tyler Clancy LONG TITLE General Description: This joint rules resolution amends Joint Rules, Title 6, Legislative Ethics and Adjudication of Ethics Complaints. Highlighted Provisions: This resolution: - removes term limits for a member of the Independent Legislative Ethics Commission (commission); - modifies the circumstances under which the commission may dismiss a complaint; - authorizes, under certain circumstances, the chair of the commission or the chair of the House or Senate Ethics Committee (committee) to designate a member of the commission or committee to preside; - clarifies provisions related to the commission's and a committee's subpoena powers; - requires an affidavit from the complainants, respondent, and each witness involved in a complaint; - clarifies commission staff's role in reviewing a complaint; - clarifies provisions related to the privacy of an ethics complaint; - clarifies that the commission's recommendation is a private record; and - makes technical and conforming changes. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Legislative Rules Affected: AMENDS: JR6-2-103 JR6-2-201 JR6-2-302 JR6-2-303 JR6-3-101 JR6-3-102 JR6-4-101 JR6-4-102 JR6-4-103 JR6-4-204 JR6-4-302 Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. JR6-2-103 is amended to read: JR6-2-103 . Independent Legislative Ethics Commission -- Membership. (1) …
Sponsors
- Millner, Ann (R, 5) · primary sponsor
- Tyler Clancy (R, 60)
Latest actions
- : Senate/ to Lieutenant Governor
- : Senate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
- : Senate/ enrolled bill to Printing
- : Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- : Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- : Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- : Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
- : Senate/ received from House
- : House/ to Senate
- : House/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate
Votes
- House/ passed 3rd reading (March 6, 2026): 65 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (March 3, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading (March 2, 2026): 27 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading (February 27, 2026): 25 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation (February 23, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 23, 2026): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Resolutions, Rules, Correctional Facilities, Ethics, Appropriations, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Resolutions, Legislative Operations
Common questions
- What is SJR16?
- SJR16 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2026 General Session): Joint Rules Resolution - Legislative Ethics Amendments.
- What does SJR16 do?
- This joint rules resolution amends Joint Rules, Title 6, Legislative Ethics and Adjudication of Ethics Complaints.
- What is the status of SJR16?
- Passed both chambers as of March 16, 2026. Latest action: Senate/ to Lieutenant Governor (March 16, 2026).
- Who sponsored SJR16?
- Millner, Ann (R, 5), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SJR16?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SJR016.html
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