Keith Grover is a Republican state senator from Utah who has represented District 23 since 2018 and is on the ballot for re-election in the November 3, 2026 general election.[1]He is a junior high school administrator in the Alpine School District and served in the Utah House of Representatives from 2007 to 2018.[1]
Keith Grover earned a B.S. from Brigham Young University and an M.Ed. from the University of Utah, according to Ballotpedia.[1]His career experience includes work as a school administrator.[1]
Grover represented District 61 in the Utah House of Representatives from 2007 to 2018 before moving to the Senate.[1]In 2023-2024 he was assigned to the Senate Education, Ethics, Health and Human Services, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment, and Rules committees.[1]
Their recorded votes on bills that divided the chamber (unanimous votes left out), grouped by topic. A bill can sit under more than one topic. "With" and "against" compare each vote with how most Republicans voted. How topics are assigned
›Rights & public safety170 with · 7 against177 votes
This bill modifies provisions relating to the Supreme Court. This bill: modifies provisions governing the membership and internal management of the Supreme Court; provides that the governor shall appoint a chief justice of the Supreme Court (chief justice) when a vacancy in the office occurs; modifies provisions related to an interim chief justice and appointment procedures; requires that a governor's selection for chief justice is subject to the advice and consent of the Senate; and makes conforming changes.
Feb 28, 2025 · Passed 17–12 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
This bill modifies provisions related to law enforcement and criminal justice. This bill: requires that counties offering probation services adopt certain probation standards and practices; modifies definitions; provides that the Office of State Debt Collection has the authority to collect civil accounts receivable or a civil judgment of restitution and interest thereon; provides that administrative garnishments also apply to a debtor's property or wages that are under control of a third party; requires the Office of State Debt Collection to provide an accounting of the unpaid balance of a…
Mar 6, 2025 · Passed 17–11 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
This bill amends provisions relating to voting. This bill: defines terms; provides a process for an election officer to independently determine whether a registered voter is not a citizen of the United States; provides a process to challenge a determination described in the preceding paragraph; prohibits an individual from voting if an election officer independently determines that the voter is not a citizen of the United States and the individual does not successfully dispute the determination; creates a bifurcated ballot system where, for an election held on or after November 1, 2026: a…
This bill modifies and enacts provisions related to municipal and county fees. This bill: defines terms; prohibits a city from imposing a fee on the general public for broadband or public safety service, with exceptions; prohibits a town from imposing a fee on the general public for public safety service, with exceptions; authorizes a municipality or county to impose a transportation utility fee if the municipality or county complies with certain requirements; establishes a process and requirements for a municipality or county to impose a transportation utility fee; provides that property…
This bill modifies provisions related to property tax. This bill: defines terms; prohibits taxpayers from receiving the homeowner's credit unless the taxpayer received the credit within the previous two years, beginning in 2026; removes requirements for annual inflation adjustments for the homeowner's credit; increases the household income limits and maximum credit amounts allowed for a renter's credit; changes the qualifications, scope, duration, and rates of interest applicable to the discretionary and nondiscretionary property tax deferral programs; prohibits taxpayers from receiving…
Feb 24, 2025 · Passed 15–10 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
This bill amends provisions governing public employee, public safety, and public fire labor organizations. This bill: defines terms; requires a labor organization for which a public employer collects union dues to provide an annual accounting to the labor organization members and to the Labor Commission; prohibits a public employer from recognizing a labor organization as a bargaining agent for public employees; prohibits a public employer from entering into collective bargaining contracts; prohibits using public money or public property to assist, promote, or deter union organizing or…
This bill modifies provisions relating to educator license discipline and restrictions on employment and volunteer service. This bill: amends provisions relating to ineligibility for educator licensure following license denial; establishes a tiered framework for restrictions on employment and volunteer service following license suspension or revocation; requires automatic restrictions for serious misconduct involving actual harm or credible risk to children; requires written findings demonstrating specific risk for restrictions in other cases; exempts technical violations from automatic work…
This bill amends the Excellence in Education and Leadership Supplement to expand access to the performance-based teacher award program. This bill: broadens statewide eligibility for the performance-based teacher award program; provides a process for teachers employed in non-participating local education agencies to be considered for an award; and makes conforming changes.
Feb 20, 2026 · Passed 15–10 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
This bill changes the flexible allocation to teacher and classroom salary support. This bill: changes the flexible allocation to teacher and classroom salary support; and makes technical changes.
Feb 23, 2026 · Passed 17–12 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
This bill addresses reporting related to water use and large data centers. This bill: defines terms; directs land use authorities to issue certain notices; requires certain large data centers to communicate with water providers; requires reporting by operators of certain large data centers before construction and annually; addresses disclosure of the reported information; provides for enforcement mechanisms; addresses rulemaking; and makes technical and conforming amendments.
This bill addresses regulations related to water. This bill: provides circumstances of when a municipality may set different water rates based in part on water conservation; addresses special district fees; defines terms; addresses rate setting by a retail water supplier and public water systems; provides for how revenues from retail rates may be spent; creates a presumption regarding the reasonableness of certain water rates that include water conservation as an element in determining the rate; modifies provisions related to the Board of Water Resources; addresses tiered rates for secondary…
This bill addresses the jurisdictional management of public lands. This bill: defines terms; asserts the state's jurisdictional interest in land controlled by the federal government under a proprietary interest; directs the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office (office) to promote the state's jurisdictional interests on landscape-scale public lands; requires the office to: identify and map landscape-scale lands in the state; establish map layers for certain criteria on landscape-scale lands; map a landscape public nuisance area on landscape-scale lands containing forested areas; and report…
This bill amends provisions related to insurance coverage. This bill: requires a health benefit plan to cover certain procedures and treatment to reverse a sex transition if the health benefit plan covers certain treatments or procedures to effectuate a sex transition.
This bill amends provisions related to the provision of cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers to minors. This bill: prohibits providing cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers to minors after a certain date.
This bill restricts certain entities from involvement in health education in public schools. This bill: defines terms; and prohibits a local education agency from allowing entities that perform elective abortions to provide health-related instruction or materials in public schools.
This bill modifies and enacts provisions related to municipal and county fees. This bill: defines terms; prohibits a city from imposing a fee on the general public for broadband or public safety service, with exceptions; prohibits a town from imposing a fee on the general public for public safety service, with exceptions; authorizes a municipality or county to impose a transportation utility fee if the municipality or county complies with certain requirements; establishes a process and requirements for a municipality or county to impose a transportation utility fee; provides that property…
This bill amends provisions related to transportation, including road usage charge, towing dispatch, and local option sales tax use. This bill: allows a political subdivision to prohibit a mobile business from operating on a street or sidewalk that is temporarily closed for certain events; requires commercial electric vehicles with a gross weight of 6,001 pounds or more to pay a road usage charge with a higher road usage charge cap; exempts buses operating on the bus's planned route to temporarily cross lane lines to stop at a bus stop; exempts the Department of Transportation from certain…
This bill deals with a municipality's or county's ability to impose a transportation utility fee. This bill: defines terms; provides that a municipality or county may impose and collect a transportation utility fee under certain circumstances; describes the notice and public hearing requirements to establish a transportation utility fee; requires a municipality or county to establish different rates within a transportation utility fee for different classifications of users, if the rates and classifications have a reasonable basis; requires a municipality or county to exempt a religious…
This bill modifies provisions related to property tax. This bill: defines terms; prohibits taxpayers from receiving the homeowner's credit unless the taxpayer received the credit within the previous two years, beginning in 2026; removes requirements for annual inflation adjustments for the homeowner's credit; increases the household income limits and maximum credit amounts allowed for a renter's credit; changes the qualifications, scope, duration, and rates of interest applicable to the discretionary and nondiscretionary property tax deferral programs; prohibits taxpayers from receiving…
Feb 24, 2025 · Passed 15–10 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
This bill modifies provisions related to tax revenue. This bill: defines terms; limits the amount of reserve funds maintained by cities and counties; reduces the amount of the residential property tax exemption for rental properties, with certain exceptions; clarifies the applicability of the residential exemption for owners of multiple primary residences in the state; requires counties to provide information to the Multicounty Appraisal Trust regarding business entities that receive the residential exemption; excludes certain property valuation increases from the calculation of locally…
This bill modifies property tax relief provisions. This bill: defines terms; authorizes counties to provide certain property tax relief to qualifying individuals through a country relief program; establishes notice and public hearing requirements before a county may approve a county relief program by ordinance; requires a county to impose a separate county relief levy for the relief the county provides through a county relief program; changes the qualifications, scope, duration, and interest rate applicable to the nondiscretionary deferral program; authorizes the Multicounty Appraisal Trust…
This bill addresses reporting related to water use and large data centers. This bill: defines terms; directs land use authorities to issue certain notices; requires certain large data centers to communicate with water providers; requires reporting by operators of certain large data centers before construction and annually; addresses disclosure of the reported information; provides for enforcement mechanisms; addresses rulemaking; and makes technical and conforming amendments.
This bill addresses website access litigation brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act. This bill: provides a sunset date for statutory provisions related to abusive website access litigation; defines terms; creates a civil action for a court to determine whether a lawsuit alleging a website access violation under the Americans with Disabilities Act is abusive; and allows a court to award attorney fees and costs, punitive damages, and sanctions if the lawsuit is abusive.
This bill modifies provisions related to telecommunications corporations and carrier of last resort obligations. This bill: modifies provisions related to pricing flexibility for incumbent telephone corporations; provides for the expiration of certain carrier of last resort obligations after July 1, 2025; modifies provisions regarding Universal Public Telecommunications Service Support Fund eligibility; requires continued basic residential service to existing locations under certain conditions; and makes technical and conforming changes.
This bill addresses a program that offers a discounted annual pass to state parks for qualified veterans. This bill: creates a program, as funding allows, that offers a discounted annual pass to state parks to qualified veterans who are residents of the state; requires the Division of State Parks to offer the discounted veteran pass at a reduction of at least 25% of the price of a state parks annual day-use pass; provides for the automatic repeal of the discounted annual pass program after three years; and grants rulemaking authority to establish the program.
This resolution urges the government of the United States to not resume explosive nuclear weapons testing. This resolution: urges the government of the United States to not resume explosive nuclear weapons testing.
This bill addresses state sovereignty. This bill: defines terms; prohibits the governor or the chief executive officer of a political subdivision from declaring a state of emergency exclusively in response to an international organization's proclamation declaring a state of emergency; declares that an international organization has no power, jurisdiction, or legal authority in the state; prohibits the state, state agencies, and local governments from implementing or enforcing an international directive issued by an international organization; and makes technical changes.
Feb 5, 2026 · Failed 12–17 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Voted against most of their party on 14 of 246 party-divided votes on file.
Most often on: Rights & public safety (6), Health & care (4), Jobs & cost of living (3)
Landscaper Certification Amendments
What it does: This bill amends provisions relating to landscape work. This bill: requires that the Division of Professional Licensing identify a specialty contractor that may engage in landscape work; provides continuing education…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 6–0, Republicans 8–13
What it does: This bill directs the attorney general to seek a three-digit dialing code for the National Human Trafficking Hotline. This bill: no later than December 31, 2026, requires the attorney general, in coordination with the…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 2–1, Republicans 7–11
What it does: This bill addresses public health education related to sleep disorders. This bill: requires the Division of Population Health (division) within the Department of Health and Human Services to develop educational materi…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 6–0, Republicans 9–12
What it does: This bill addresses use of force. This bill: amends when criminal intent may be transferred; amends the defense of justification when using force in defense of person or property to remove the actor's ability to claim…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 5–1, Republicans 7–11
What it does: This bill provides funding for dental care for uninsured children. This bill: creates the Uninsured Children Dental Care Restricted Account; and directs certain revenue to the Uninsured Children Dental Care Restricted…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 6–0, Republicans 9–10
Substantive votes concern legislation or nominations; procedural votes concern how the chamber considers them. A Yes vote applies to the motion shown, which may not be final passage.
HB 212 · UT SENATE
County Formation Amendments
YesVOTED
Motion: Senate/ failed
This bill modifies provisions related to the creation of a new county. This bill: defines terms; establishes a process for the legislative body of a petitioning municipality to initiate a process to create a new county; imposes a threshold for petitioners and certain viability requirements on the formation of a new county, including the completion of a feasibility study; allows certain rural property to remain in a seceding county, in certain circumstances; provides for the continuation of property taxation between a seceding county and a new county to satisfy general obligation or revenue…
This bill enacts provisions relating to punitive damages. This bill: provides that an insurer may not rely on the existence, likelihood, possibility, or exposure to punitive damages when taking actions under Title 31A, Insurance Code; provides the circumstances in which a court may award punitive damages against an employer, managing agent, or principal for the conduct of the employer's, managing agent's, or principal's employee or agent; provides that the provisions this bill enacts apply only to a claim arising after the effective date of the bill; and makes technical changes.
This bill requires the State Board of Education (state board) to study best practices regarding the use of software in public schools. This bill: defines terms; requires the state board to: conduct a study regarding the use of software and digital services in public schools; review best practices related to the educational effectiveness, design, and data practices of software that students use; publish guidance describing best practices for the responsible use of software in a public school; and upon request, report the findings of the study to the Education Interim Committee; and makes…
Concurrent Resolution Emphasizing Utah's Commitment to Advanced Air Mobility
YesVOTED
Motion: Senate/ concurs with House amendment
This resolution recognizes Utah's role in aerospace innovation and affirms the state's commitment to developing and implementing Advanced Air Mobility technologies. This resolution: recognizes Utah's history as a global leader in aerospace innovation and research; describes the potential of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) technologies; recognizes Utah's ideal political, economic, and geographic environments for the testing and implementation of AAM technologies; outlines Utah's long-term goal to establish an operational AAM system and vertiport network before the 2034 Winter Olympic Games; and…
This bill concerns public assistance fraud. This bill: amends certain criminal provisions concerning obtaining or using public assistance; creates the offense of public assistance fraud by a person facilitating an inaccurate public assistance application; adds the newly created offense to the list of predicate offenses for a pattern of unlawful activity; and makes technical and conforming changes.
This bill amends a definition related to a student being excused from school. This bill: amends a definition related to a student being excused from school; and makes technical and conforming changes.
This bill concerns criminal conduct on public lands. This bill: defines terms; creates the Public Lands Restoration and Protection Fund (fund) to be administered by the State Historic Preservation Office; amends the criminal offense of defacing by graffiti on public lands, including to add conduct involving natural and archaeological features; amends penalty provisions for certain criminal violations of the offense of antiquities alteration, removal, injury, or destruction; provides that a court may order criminal restitution to be deposited into the fund for a violation of: defacing by…
This bill amends provisions related to general education writing requirements. This bill: allows institutions of higher education to voluntarily adopt certain writing requirements; directs the Utah Board of Higher Education to establish minimum requirements for using primary source documents in writing courses; and makes technical and conforming changes.
Motion: Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage
This bill addresses natural resources within the state. This bill: facilitates faster permitting by the Department of Environmental Quality and the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining; modifies the tax credit for mining exploration; creates the State Reinvestment Restricted Account and diverts various streams of income related to severance taxes into the State Reinvestment Restricted Account; addresses property tax differentials based on critical minerals zones; defines terms; establishes the state critical minerals objectives and policy, including providing for annual reviews; creates the…
This bill amends the criminal offense of emergency reporting abuse. This bill: modifies the offense of emergency reporting abuse to include conduct in which an actor contacts a 911 emergency response service when the actor knows, or reasonably should know, that no actual or perceived emergency, crime, or other circumstance jeopardizing public safety exists; adds new penalties to the criminal offense of emergency reporting abuse; moves a definition to the statute in which the definition is referenced; and makes technical and conforming changes.
