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Judicial retention elections in Utah currently allow a sitting judge or justice to keep their seat as long as they receive more "yes" votes than "no" votes. This bill would raise that bar significantly, requiring a judge to receive at least 67% "yes" votes—a two-thirds supermajority—in order to be retained in office. Any judge who falls short of that threshold would lose their seat, creating a vacancy, and would be barred from being reappointed to that same position until the original term would have ended. This change means a judge could receive a clear majority of "yes" votes, even 60% or more, and still be removed from the bench.