Utah HJR 10 — Publication Requirements for Constitutional Amendments (Nov 2026)

Statewide — All Utah Voters

What The Amendment Does

Removes the existing requirement that a proposed amendment be published in a newspaper in every county.
Lets the legislature decide where and how the amendment text is published.
Revises the timing to require publication during the 60 days leading up to the general election rather than 'for two months.'

How It Got On The Ballot

Legislatively referred constitutional amendment carried in House Joint Resolution 10 (2025 session).
Verified votes: House 70-0 (Feb 25, 2025); Senate approved unanimously (Mar 7, 2025).
Placed on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot.

Who Supports This

Rep. Anthony Loubet (R), sponsor
Unanimous legislative majorities (House 70-0, Senate unanimous)

Who Opposes This

Alliance for a Better Utah took a cautionary stance, warning against undermining constitutional integrity

RESOLUTE Citizen Analysis

This is the legislature rewriting a rule the courts just used against it. In 2024 two Utah amendments — including the much-litigated Amendment D — were voided in part for failing the old newspaper-publication requirement. Rather than meet that bar, this lowers it, handing lawmakers the choice of where and how amendments get announced. Supporters call it modernization, and it's true that newspapers are fading. The fair worry is that the same body proposing amendments shouldn't also decide how loudly they're publicized. Procedural on its face, but watch the incentive.

"For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad."

— Luke 8:17 (KJV)

Sources & Resources

Ballotpedia — Utah Publication Requirements for Constitutional Amendments Measure (2026)Ballotpedia News — Utah voters to decide two constitutional amendments on ballot-measure processes (Mar 13, 2025)Ballotpedia News — Utah publication-requirements amendment on 2026 ballot after 2024 removals (Mar 12, 2025)