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State Government / Utah / Legislation / HB 25

HB 25Session 2026HouseIn committee

Candidate Petition Amendments

Official source overview

This bill amends provisions related to candidate nomination petitions.

Published by Utah State Legislature for H.B. 25 S1. Civixly has formatted, but not rewritten, the official text.

Latest development · Mar 7, 2026

House/ filed

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Official Utah record ↗
Session
2026
Introduced
Dec 5, 2025
Latest passage
Date unavailable
Key provisionsTopicsSponsorsActionsRelated billsDiscussion

Official highlighted provisions

What the bill would do

These points come from the Utah Legislature’s published bill overview.

  • requires a candidate who seeks the nomination for an elective office by gathering signatures of registered voters to submit the signatures to the county clerk of each registered voter's residence;
  • provides that a county clerk may only certify the signature of a registered voter described above if the registered voter is a resident of the county clerk's county;
  • for a signature gathering candidate who seeks the nomination for an office in a district where the officeholder is elected by the voters from more than one county, requires the county clerk of each county to which the candidate submits signatures to: count the number of valid signatures submitted by the candidate; and certify the number of valid signatures to the lieutenant governor;
  • for an elective office described above, requires the lieutenant governor to: count the total number of valid signatures received from each county clerk; and if the aggregate number of valid signatures is sufficient for the candidate to qualify for placement on the ballot, certify the signatures;
  • amends the candidate nomination petition forms to specify that only a registered voter residing in the county where a candidate submits signatures for verification should sign the candidate's nomination petition;
  • for a candidate for elective office seeking the nomination of a qualified political party through signature-gathering, shortens the deadline for the candidate to submit signatures to an election official from 14 to 21 days before the day on which the party holds a convention to nominate a candidate for the same elective office; and
  • makes technical and conforming changes.
Verify this overview with the Utah Legislature ↗

Topics and classification

Civixly topics

HousingElections & Government

Source subjects

County OfficersElected OfficialElection LawGovernment Operations (State Issues)Lieutenant Governor

Document type

Bill

Sponsors

Primary sponsors are listed before cosponsors and other sponsoring entities.

Primary sponsorShepherd, Lisa
cosponsorMcCay, Daniel

Action timeline

Newest action first. Action language is supplied by the state source.

View full action timeline28 actions⌄
  1. Mar 7, 2026

    House/ filed

    FilingHouse
  2. Mar 7, 2026

    House/ strike enacting clause

    House
  3. Mar 5, 2026

    House/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules [House Rules Committee]

    House
  4. Mar 3, 2026

    House Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules [House Government Operations Committee]

    House
  5. Feb 23, 2026

    LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0025S03

    Utah State Legislature
  6. Feb 20, 2026

    LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0025S03

    Utah State Legislature
  7. Feb 18, 2026

    LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0025S03

    Utah State Legislature
  8. Feb 18, 2026

    LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0025S03

    Utah State Legislature
  9. Feb 2, 2026

    LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0025S02

    Utah State Legislature
  10. Jan 29, 2026

    LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0025S02

    Utah State Legislature
  11. Jan 26, 2026

    House Comm - Held [House Government Operations Committee]

    House
  12. Jan 26, 2026

    LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0025S02

    Utah State Legislature
  13. Jan 26, 2026

    LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0025S02

    Utah State Legislature
  14. Jan 23, 2026

    House/ to standing committee [House Government Operations Committee]

    Referral CommitteeHouse
  15. Jan 23, 2026

    Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm [House Rules Committee]

    SubstitutionHouse
  16. Jan 21, 2026

    LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0025S01

    Utah State Legislature
  17. Jan 21, 2026

    LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0025S01

    Utah State Legislature
  18. Jan 20, 2026

    House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

    House
  19. Jan 20, 2026

    House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst

    ReceiptHouse
  20. Jan 18, 2026

    LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0025S01

    Utah State Legislature
  21. Jan 18, 2026

    LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0025S01

    Utah State Legislature
  22. Jan 14, 2026

    LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0025

    Utah State Legislature
  23. Jan 14, 2026

    House/ received bill from Legislative Research

    ReceiptHouse
  24. Jan 12, 2026

    LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0025

    Utah State Legislature
  25. Dec 5, 2025

    LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0025

    Utah State Legislature
  26. Dec 5, 2025

    LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0025

    Utah State Legislature
  27. Dec 5, 2025

    Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

    Utah State Legislature
  28. Dec 5, 2025

    Bill Numbered but not Distributed

    Utah State Legislature

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Bill overview text and highlighted provisions are published by the Utah State Legislature and are not rewritten by Civixly.

Civixly tracks state bill actions, passage dates, and sponsors. Member-level state roll-call histories are not included.

Source data last updated Jul 9, 2026.