This bill amends provisions related to the Legislative Management Committee (LMC), the State Capitol Preservation Board, and the Legislature.
This bill:
- clarifies that LMC oversees workplace harassment and discrimination policy governance and updates references to that policy;
- modifies LMC's quorum and meeting requirements;
- provides that LMC shall oversee and develop policies governing branch-wide internal administrative matters for the Legislature;
- eliminates certain administrative duties of the presiding officer and the majority and minority leader of each chamber of the Legislature and the chairs of LMC;
- repeals the LMC Subcommittee on Oversight;
- provides that LMC policy governs the general counsel's representation of a legislative client before a court or administrative agency or tribunal;
- reorganizes and amends the legislative general counsel's responsibility to correct technical errors in legislation and the Utah Code;
- eliminates the Legislature's responsibility to print, store, and distribute the Utah Code Annotated;
- repeals a provision governing legislators who attend meetings of the Legislature;
- updates the definition of a legislative procurement unit to include the House of Representatives, the Senate, or a state office of the Legislature;
- repeals certain quinquennial reporting requirements applicable to legislative boards and the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel;
- directs the State Capitol Preservation Board (board) to make rules related to specified activities on capitol hill;
- provides that the board's authority to make rules to govern, administer, and regulate capitol hill does not restrict LMC's authority to adopt policies that govern the legislative area;
- provides that, if there is a conflict between a board rule and an LMC policy governing the legislative area, the LMC policy prevails;
- directs the executive director of the board to notify and consult with the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives when a person appeals an administrative denial of a requested activity in the legislative area;
- provides that a bill summary by a staff member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, or by a staff office for the Legislature, is not evidence of legislative intent; and
- make technical and conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 36-11-501, 36-12-6, 36-12-7, 36-12-12, 36-13-1, 63O-2-301
Amended 2/4/2026 11:02:606: 36-11-501, 36-12-6, 36-12-7, 36-12-12, 36-13-1, 63O-2-301