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Committee approves technical cleanup to remove bracketed section titles from constitution

Utah House Rules Committee · February 4, 2026

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Summary

The committee favorably recommended SJR2, a technical housekeeping resolution from Senator Weiler directing the state's legal office to remove bracketed section titles (so‑called 'brackets') from published versions of the Utah Constitution; sponsors said the change has no legal effect.

Senator Weiler told the committee SJR2 is a technical effort to remove bracketed section titles in the Utah Constitution and to direct the state's legal office to omit those brackets in future published versions.

"This resolution clarifies that the titles, the bracket sections, in the Utah Constitution were only added for convenience and didn't change the meaning of the law," Senator Weiler said. He described the change as a formatting clean‑up that would not alter legal text or substantive rights.

Committee members raised no clarifying questions. Representative Jason Peterson moved to recommend SJR2 favorably; summations were waived and the committee adopted the recommendation by voice vote. Chair Fisher ruled the motion passed unanimously.

The committee's recommendation sends SJR2 on with a favorable committee report.