Leah Hansen

Voted for House Bill 192, which removes the state's limits on what a vehicle safety inspection station may charge. Before, a station could charge no more than $14 for a motorcycle, $30 for most cars, and $40 for a four-wheel-drive or other vehicle that takes more work to inspect. Now a station may charge any reasonable fee for its labor, as long as it posts the price before the inspection. The Utah House passed it 40-31 and it was signed into law.

February 5, 2026Opposes Cost of Living Reduction

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Voted for House Bill 259, which gives parents the right to see all of their minor child's medical records, with a few exceptions such as sexual assault counseling. Hospitals and clinics may not block parents from a child's online records. They face a $1,000 fine for each record not handed over within five business days, and starting in 2028 a $1,000 fine for each day they block online access. The Utah House passed it 56-14 and it was signed into law.

March 6, 2026Opposes Data Privacy

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Voted for House Bill 404, which lets landlords, including private owners of dorms, boarding houses, and shared rentals, set aside housing for one sex where tenants share a bedroom or bathroom. They may limit it to people of that sex at birth, and Utah's fair housing law no longer counts this as unlawful bias. The rule does not cover housing run by state or local governments. The Utah House passed it 50-20 and it was signed into law.

February 10, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

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Voted for Senate Bill 292, which limits what people hurt by self-driving cars can recover. In a suit over a self-driving car, damages for pain and suffering are capped at $1 million, except in a death, and a fully driverless system cannot be made to pay punitive damages. A person hurt by a driverless car may instead sue its owner without proving fault, but can then recover no more than $100,000 in all. The companies that build driverless systems cannot be sued for ordinary carelessness. A design flaw counts only if a safer design existed and the system hurts more people than human drivers do. The limits end in 2030. The Utah House passed it 55-15 and it was signed into law.

March 6, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability

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Voted for House Bill 330, which gives a person or a company a new defense when sued over harm. The defense applies if what they did was allowed or required at the time by a law, a rule, a permit, a license, or a government order. It does not apply if the agency that gave the permission found that they broke its terms, went past it, or got it by fraud. It does not cover suits over faulty products. The act also says it does not erase the duty to take reasonable care. The Utah House passed it 50-15 and it was signed into law.

February 26, 2026Opposes Corporate Accountability

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On 2026-02-27, the Utah House Economic Development and Workforce Services Standing Committee minutes recorded Representative Leah Hansen voting no on the motion to pass HB0584 out favorably.

February 27, 2026

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On 2026-02-12, the Utah House Economic Development and Workforce Services Standing Committee minutes recorded Representative Leah Hansen voting yea on Amendment 1 to HB0373S01.

February 12, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 314, which tells the state health department to teach the public about sleep health and sleep problems, such as narcolepsy and sleep apnea. The goal is to help people spot the signs, get tested and treated, and see the risks of sleep problems left untreated, including on the road and at work. The department may work with schools, insurers, doctors' groups, and others to spread the word. The Utah House passed it 56-14 and it was signed into law.

March 6, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 252, which requires state agencies to save water on the grounds of state buildings. When an agency puts in or replaces a lawn, it must plant a grass that needs little water, unless the state finds the land makes that impractical. Sprinkler systems put in from May 6, 2026 must spread water evenly, scoring at least 75 percent on a standard test. The state's facilities office must check state sites and list the repairs needed to meet that mark. The Utah House passed it 41-28 and it was signed into law.

March 6, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 337, which raises Utah's taxes on tobacco and nicotine, starting July 1, 2026. The cigarette tax rises to 11 cents a cigarette, or $2.20 for a pack of 20, up from $1.70. The tax on e-cigarettes and other nicotine devices rises from 56 to 71 percent of the maker's sale price. Nicotine pouches are now taxed $1 a package plus 5 cents for each pouch over 20. Other nicotine products are taxed at 73 percent of the maker's price instead of by weight. The Utah House passed it 51-19 and it was signed into law.

March 6, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 48, which lets a court send a teen convicted of aggravated murder to an adult prison instead of a youth lockup. This applies if the teen was 17 at the time of the crime, is at least 18 at sentencing, and would be a danger to others in the youth lockup. A prosecutor may also ask the parole board to move such a person to adult prison. The act also has state agencies report wider measures of how often people return to crime. The Utah House passed it 52-15 and it was signed into law.

March 5, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 58, which requires public schools to track attendance more closely. They must tell parents within two school days of an unexcused absence, watch for students who miss 10% or more of school, and step in with added help. The state school board must audit attendance records, and it may hold back state money from a school system that fails to fix bad records. The Utah House passed it 48-22 and it was signed into law.

March 4, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 174, which ends the path that let some minors start cross-sex hormones under a state approval process. Starting in January 2027, doctors may not give the hormones to a minor who was under 16 when the law took effect or who had not already started them. Doctors may still help a minor stop treatment. The Utah House passed it 53-15 and it was signed into law.

March 2, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 68, which lets a Utah person or business that is sued over a website disabled people cannot use sue back if the first lawsuit was abusive. A suit counts as abusive if its main aim was to get paid rather than to fix the website. The law presumes abuse if the business tried in good faith to fix the problem within 30 days of a detailed notice, or fixed it within 90 days. A court may award legal fees, plus punitive damages and sanctions of up to three times those fees. The attorney general may bring the claim. The law ends in 2031. The Utah House passed it 58-15 and it was signed into law.

February 26, 2026

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Voted against Senate Bill 69, which widens Utah's school phone ban to the whole school day. Before, students could not use a cellphone, smart watch, or similar device during class time. Now the ban runs from the first bell to the last, including lunch, recess, and the time between classes. Schools may still set their own exceptions. They must also let a parent ask for a child to use a phone briefly, in a set spot, outside class time. The Utah House passed it 46-21 and it was signed into law.

February 25, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 296, which lets a water supplier count water it sets aside for the Great Salt Lake as part of its water conservation plan. The act adds a commitment of available water to uses on the lake to the list of steps a conservation plan may include. The Utah House passed it 48-19 and it was signed into law.

February 6, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 258, which requires a health plan that covers hormones or surgery for a sex transition to also cover the hormones or surgery needed to reverse one. It applies to plans that start or renew in 2027 or later. The Utah House passed it 53-16 and it was signed into law.

February 5, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 60, which narrows the reasons Utah's state engineer may use to turn down a request for a new water right. To judge harm to the public, the engineer may now look only at how the plan affects the use, amount, quality, or supply of water, plus factors a law names. The engineer may not turn down a request over a harm that another agency is better placed to handle, or one that is small. Protests count only if they speak to those points. Only a person who would be hurt in a direct, personal way may ask a court to review a decision. The Utah House passed it 54-17 and it was signed into law.

February 3, 2026

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