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Utah Senate unanimously honors Sundance Film Festival with joint resolution
Summary
The Utah Senate on the floor passed Senate Joint Resolution 26 recognizing the Sundance Institute and Sundance Film Festival for its economic and cultural contributions; Senators noted a corrected typographical error in the resolution's economic figure before final passage.
The Utah State Senate passed Senate Joint Resolution 26 on the floor recognizing the contributions of the Sundance Institute and the Sundance Film Festival to the state's economy and cultural profile. Sen. Jerry Stevenson introduced the resolution and asked the body to join him in acknowledging the festival’s national and international profile.
"We have known for a long while of the contributions of the Sundance Film Festival in Utah," Sen. Jerry Stevenson said during his remarks. The reading clerk recited the resolution’s findings, which included festival milestones and claimed annual visitor counts, estimated media reach and reported economic impacts.
Sen. Stevenson noted a typographical error in the resolution's economic figures and asked that the number reported in the text be corrected from $34,000,000 to $3,400,000 before final action. Advisory committee members Robert Lee, Jay Wilson, Peter Rolle and Michelle Allred were introduced and recognized for their service to the festival and institute.
To expedite final action, Sen. Stevenson moved to suspend the rules so SJR 26 could be read for second and third times. The motion to suspend the rules carried, and the Senate then voted to consider and pass SJR 26. The transcript records the final tally as 23 yay, 0 nay with 6 members absent; the resolution will be forwarded to the House for their action.
The resolution’s text, as read into the record, attributes tens of thousands of visitors and multimillion‑dollar media value and job impacts to the festival; those figures were recited as findings in the resolution. The resolution also memorializes the Institute's role in film discovery and development, and the festival’s multi‑decade presence in Utah.
Next steps: SJR 26 will be sent to the Utah House of Representatives for consideration and any further action.
