On March 14, the Utah legislature passed SB 123. It governs how parties nominate in special U.S. House elections. The bill says party meetings would choose the two highest vote-getters, and then a special primary would be held between those two candidates. There would be no ability for anyone to get the party nomination if that individual had not done well at a party meeting.

The existing code is vague about how parties nominate in special U.S. House elections.

The bill also says that if there is a U.S. Senate vacancy, the legislature, not the Governor, would appoint the new Senator. This appears to violate the 17th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It is conceivable that the Governor will veto this bill.