HJR 22 Utah House · 2026 General Session

Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution - Legislative Session

HJR 22 proposes amending the Utah Constitution to change the structure of legislative sessions. It would replace the current annual session with one February budget session (focused solely on budget/appropriations) and two general sessions (in May and September), each limited to 15 days. The amendment also sets strict duration limits for special sessions (10 days for legislature-convened, 30 days for governor-convened) and requires voter approval before taking effect on January 1, 2028. This directly affects how Utah's Legislature organizes its work and schedules meetings.

Bill status introduced 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

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Governor

Introduced Feb 6, 2026 Last action Mar 7, 2026

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Introduced → Substitute #1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill substitute removes the Lieutenant Governor from the submittal process and deletes the Senate Sponsor line, while keeping the core text of the constitutional amendment proposal largely intact. The substantive policy changes regarding legislative sessions remain the same as the original version, but the procedural mechanism for sending the proposal to voters has been altered.

Scope change

The scope of the amendment proposal itself remains unchanged, but the procedural scope of how the bill moves through the legislative process has been modified by removing the Lieutenant Governor from the submittal chain.

TECHNICAL

Removed the Senate Sponsor name (Daniel McCay) from the bill header, leaving it blank.

Changed the submittal authority from the Lieutenant Governor to an unspecified entity by removing the line directing the Lieutenant Governor to submit the proposal to voters.

Added a timestamp and bill version identifier (1st Sub. (Buff) H.J.R. 22) throughout the document, indicating this is a substitute version.

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Committee

Feb 6, 2026

Introduced

House/ 1st reading (Introduced)

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor