Voter ID, oversight and transparency among changes in Utah's 157-page election bill
Utah Republican lawmakers crafted an election package in 2025, known as HB300, that cobbled together proposals to update voter verification by requiring state ID numbers, and to sanitize voter rolls by implementing an opt-in process.
This year state Senate leadership is proposing another “omnibus” elections bill — this one twice as long, at 157 pages — that would address a series of concerns about election oversight, voter identity and transparency that are shared by GOP leaders.
The bill, SB194, sponsored by Senate Majority Assistant Whip Mike McKell, R-Spanish Fork, combines a half-dozen ideas represented in other proposed pieces of legislation to produce a mega bill that McKell believes will “give confidence to voters.”
“We do a good job with our Utah elections but we can always improve,” McKell said.
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2026/01/26/utah-republicans-push-election-bills-to-increase-transparency-and-improve-voter-verification/