Utah Legislature 2027 Session Dates: Jan. 19 to March 5

Utah’s 2027 General Session runs from Tuesday, Jan. 19 to Friday, March 5, 2027, and bill requests without floor approval close Friday, Jan. 29, according to the Utah State Legislature. The 67th Legislature’s schedule from the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel gives every deadline by session day, and the free printable tracker below lists them in date order.

The office says that “The accuracy of a date provided may be an estimate and users should consult the Utah Code, the Utah Constitution, and Legislative Rules for definitive provisions.” It also says some dates may not be included. All times here are Mountain Time (MT); noon MT is 2 p.m. ET.

Utah Legislature 2027 session dates by day

Session day 1 is the “1st Tuesday after the 3rd Monday in January” under Utah Code 36-3-201. Monday, Jan. 18, 2027 is the third Monday, so the session opens the next day, Tuesday, Jan. 19. The table copies the office’s wording. Rules are the references the schedule prints (JR is a joint rule, “A7 S8” is Article 7, Section 8 of the Utah Constitution, “A6 S16” is Article 6, Section 16).

Date	Weekday	Session day	Milestone (schedule wording)	Rule
Nov. 16, 2026 (passed)	Monday	-67	Last day to designate the first priority bill request (House and Senate) and the second (Senate)	JR4-2-102(3)(a)
Dec. 3, 2026	Thursday	-47	Last day to designate priority bill request number two (House) or number three (Senate)	JR4-2-102(3)
Jan. 7, 2027	Thursday	-19	Last day to designate priority bill request number three (House) or number four (Senate)	JR4-2-102(3)(a)
Jan. 19	Tuesday	1	First day of the annual General Session	36-3-201
Jan. 21	Thursday	3	Last day to designate priority bill request number four (House) or number five (Senate)	JR4-2-102(3)(a)
Jan. 28	Thursday	10	Last day for the Legislature to pass or defeat each base budget bill, by noon	JR4-4-201(2)
Jan. 29	Friday	11	“Last day to request bills without floor approval (by noon on the 11th day)”	JR4-2-101(4)(c)
Jan. 29	Friday	11	Last day to request appropriations without floor approval, by noon	JR3-2-701(3)
Feb. 22	Monday	34	Last day to present a bill to the governor when the governor must act before the session ends	A7 S8
Feb. 26	Friday	38	Last day for the Executive Appropriations Committee to finish decisions for the final appropriations bill	JR3-2-402(4)(b)
Mar. 2	Tuesday	42	Last day for the Senate to consider Senate bills and for the House to consider House bills	SR4-3-106, HR4-3-104
Mar. 3	Wednesday	43	Last day for legislators to prioritize fiscal note bills	JR4-4-101(3)(a)
Mar. 4	Thursday	44	Last day to pass any bill with a fiscal note of $20,000 or more, by noon	JR4-4-101(3)(b)
Mar. 5	Friday	45	“Last day of the annual General Session (45 days, excluding state and federal holidays)”	A6 S16
Mar. 25	Thursday	65	Last day the governor may sign or veto bills (within 20 days after adjournment)	A7 S8
May 4	Tuesday	105	Last day a veto-override session may begin (within 60 days after adjournment)	A7 S8
May 5	Wednesday	106	Normal effective date for bills; first day to open a bill file for the next General Session	A6 S25, JR4-2-101

The schedule also lists Dec. 16, 2026 for the Executive Appropriations Committee’s revenue estimates, Jan. 10 for conflict of interest disclosures and the March 1 date when appropriations bills must be available to legislators. The Nov. 16 deadline has already passed; it moves to the next regular business day when Nov. 15 falls on a weekend or holiday.

When is the Utah bill request deadline in 2027?

Friday, Jan. 29, 2027, by noon MT (2 p.m. ET), is session day 11 and the last day to request bills without floor approval, under joint rule JR4-2-101(4)(c). The same day and time apply to appropriations requests without floor approval (JR3-2-701(3)). After noon on the 11th day, the schedule says, the short titles of all requests for legislation are made public unless the sponsor abandons them.

Before the session, the schedule sets priority request deadlines: Dec. 3, 2026 and Jan. 7, 2027, with a fourth-request deadline on Thursday, Jan. 21 (day 3).

How does Utah count a 45-day session?

Article VI, Section 16 of the Utah Constitution says “no annual general session of the Legislature may exceed 45 calendar days, excluding state holidays and federal holidays.” By our count, Jan. 19 to March 5 spans 46 calendar days. The schedule numbers March 5 as day 45 and Feb. 22 as day 34, which fits one skipped holiday: Presidents Day, Monday, Feb. 15, 2027, a federal holiday. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 18, falls the day before the session opens.

Day 42, Tuesday, March 2, is the last day each chamber can consider its own bills. Day 44, Thursday, March 4, is the noon deadline to pass bills with a fiscal note of $20,000 or more.

What happens after Utah’s session ends?

The governor has until Thursday, March 25, 2027 to sign or veto bills, within 20 days after adjournment. A veto-override session can begin no later than Tuesday, May 4. Wednesday, May 5 is the normal effective date for bills and the first day a legislator can open a bill file for the 2028 General Session, 60 days after adjournment.

How do Utah’s 2027 and 2026 sessions compare?

The Legislature’s 2026 page for the 66th Legislature says “January 20, 2026 to March 6, 2026.”

Item	2026 (66th Legislature)	2027 (67th Legislature)
First day	Tue., Jan. 20, 2026	Tue., Jan. 19, 2027
Last day	Fri., March 6, 2026	Fri., March 5, 2027

Both sessions start on a Tuesday and end on a Friday, one calendar day earlier in 2027.

Print the Utah Legislature 2027 session tracker

The free tracker lists the priority request deadlines, opening day, the Jan. 29 request cutoff, the February and March cutoffs, the governor’s deadline and the effective date, each with a box to check off. Pair it with a January 2027 calendar, a March 2027 calendar or a yearly calendar. Other legislatures open around the same time: see the Colorado Legislature 2027 session, the New Mexico Legislature 2027 session and the Montana Legislature 2027 session.