How to testify before the Utah legislature

This page covers what's specific to Utah. For the general steps of signing up and speaking, see the general guide.

How Utah does it

Committees meet at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City and are open to the public, in person or, in many cases, remotely. To testify in person, contact the staff policy analyst assigned to the committee before the meeting to ask to be added to the chair's speaker list. Agendas post 24 hours in advance on le.utah.gov and on the Capitol's third floor. Arrive early: agenda items aren't always heard in posted order and can be removed without notice.

Remote participation runs through each committee's webpage, which links to a livestream and, for many meetings, a request-to-speak form. Submitting the form doesn't guarantee a chance to speak, and chairs may also take spontaneous comment from people who never signed up, or cut off sign-up if time runs short. Oral testimony is typically brief: plan to summarize your position in about one minute, since that may be all the time a chair allows.

Deadlines and numbers

• Remote request-to-speak form: generally due at least 12 hours before the meeting
• In-person: contact the committee's staff policy analyst in advance
• Speaker time limit: no single statutory minute limit, plan for about 1 minute
• Written testimony: to committee staff before a meeting, via a committee's public comment page on le.utah.gov, or by email to legislators
• 2026 General Session: January 20 to March 6, 2026 (statutory 45-day session)
• 2027 General Session: begins January 19, 2027, also 45 days

Where to go

• Committee schedules, agendas, public comment links: le.utah.gov
• Full guide to testifying: le.utah.gov/documents/aboutthelegislature/TestifyingbeforeaLegislativeCommittee.htm
• Session dates and deadlines: le.utah.gov/sessionSchedule/sessdates.jsp

Rules

Utah does not set one uniform statutory time limit across all committees. Each chair sets the limit per meeting, so a 1-minute estimate is a planning guideline, not a guarantee. Because remote sign-up doesn't guarantee a turn to speak either, written testimony submitted to staff or emailed directly to legislators is a reliable fallback if your time runs out. For anything committee-specific that isn't posted, route to /engage.