State Legislative Sessions: Montana and Utah, 2026

In Montana, Republicans held a 32-18 majority in the state Senate and a 59-41 majority in the House during 2026, alongside Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte, forming a Republican trifecta; no regular legislative session was scheduled in Montana that year. Montana was noted as one of 23 states where neither party held a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers. The Montana Republican Party censured nine of its own senators, withholding electoral support ahead of the 2026 elections, following a coalition of moderate Republicans and Democrats acting together in the state Senate. In Utah, the 2026 legislative session concluded with Gov. Spencer Cox describing it as 'the best legislative session in the 14 years I've been doing this,' citing new funding for homelessness programs, a bell-to-bell cellphone ban in schools, and investments in student literacy. The Utah session also featured continued tension between the Republican-controlled Legislature and the judiciary, including an expansion of the Utah Supreme Court amid ongoing legal disputes. The two states' 2026 legislative developments are not directly connected and are reported as separate state-level events. Details about which specific senators were censured in Montana, the exact nature of the coalition's actions, and the specifics of the Utah judicial disputes and Supreme Court expansion remain unspecified in available reporting. No further legislative action or resolution is confirmed for either state beyond what is described.