On March 25, Utah Governor Gary Herbert vetoed SB 123, a bill to set out procedures for special U.S. House elections. He vetoed it because it provided no means for candidates in special elections to get on the special primary ballot unless they did well at a party endorsements convention. On April 30 legislative leaders let it be known that they will not try to override the veto.

Utah had never had a special U.S. House election until 2017, and then it was noticed that the election code had no rules for such elections. As a result of the veto, that is still the case.