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1House Rules Resolution - Legislation Disclosure
  2026 GENERAL SESSION
  STATE OF UTAH
  Chief Sponsor: Matt MacPherson
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3  LONG TITLE
4  General Description:
5      This House rules resolution addresses disclosure requirements when a representative
6  requests legislation.
7  Highlighted Provisions:
8      This resolution:
9      ▸ defines terms;
10      ▸ when filing a request for legislation, allows a representative to indicate whether the
11  representative filed the request for legislation at the request of an agency head; and
12      ▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
13  Money Appropriated in this Bill:
14      None
15  Other Special Clauses:
16      None
17  Legislative Rules Affected:
18  AMENDS:
19      HR1-10-101
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21  Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the state of Utah:
22Section 1. HR1-10-101 is amended to read:
23HR1-10-101 . Requests for legislation -- Sharing with caucus staff -- Disclosure.
24  (1) As used in this rule[,] :
25      (a) "Agency head" means a cabinet officer or an executive director with responsibility to
26administer policy for a state agency.
27      (b) [ "caucus ] "Caucus staff" means House staff assigned to the chief sponsor's caucus.
28      (c) "State agency" means an executive branch department, division, or office.
29  (2)(a) After a representative files a request for legislation in accordance with JR4-2-101,
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30the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall provide caucus staff the
31drafting instructions, as defined in JR4-1-101, provided in the request for legislation
32and the request's assigned short title, unless the representative elects not to share the
33drafting instructions and short title with caucus staff.
34[(3)] (b) Caucus staff or staff from the Office of Legislative Research and General
35Counsel may share information provided under Subsection [(2) ] (2)(a) with other
36representatives who are members of the chief sponsor's caucus.
37   (3)(a) When a representative files a request for legislation in accordance with JR4-2-101,
38the representative may disclose whether the representative filed the request for
39legislation at the request of an agency head and the nature of the agency head's
40request.
41(b) The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall:
42(i) track whether a disclosure is made under Subsection (3)(a); and
43(ii) provide to caucus staff the number of requests for legislation that contain a
44disclosure.
45Section 2. Effective Date.
46   This resolution takes effect upon a successful vote for final passage.
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