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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "H.B. 23 Voter Referendum Amendments"
+description: "H.B. 23 Voter Referendum Amendments"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
+legislature: "Utah Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 23"
+citation: "Utah HB 23 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties", "County Officers", "Election Law", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Initiatives", "Land Use", "Metro Townships", "Municipalities", "Planning and Zoning", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Referenda", "Voting and Voter Registration"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nelson, Merrill F."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-12-16"
+last_action: "2021-03-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/464edc9e-7ebd-4da6-b0bc-2d3f0adfd35a"
+source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0023.html"
+source_hash: "3b6c5db7083838faf3ab4e2e09ea5132f434c1762a84f8ac3ec8c7d10ad2ae47"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
+---
+
+# Utah HB 23 (2021) — H.B. 23 Voter Referendum Amendments
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillint/HB0023S02.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0023.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
+- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
+- passed 3rd reading — **22–1** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **3–0** (pass) · lower
+- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+- concurs with Senate amendment — **68–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nelson, Merrill F. — primary (person)
+- Sandall, Scott D. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-12-16** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
+- **2020-12-16** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
+- **2021-01-06** received bill from Legislative Research
+- **2021-01-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
+- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-01-19** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
+- **2021-01-19** 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-01-19** 3rd reading `reading-3`
+- **2021-01-19** passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2021-01-19** to Senate
+- **2021-01-20** received from House
+- **2021-01-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-01-26** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-29** Senate Comm - Not Considered
+- **2021-02-05** to Printing with fiscal note
+- **2021-02-16** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
+- **2021-02-16** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-16** comm rpt/substituted
+- **2021-02-16** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
+- **2021-02-18** 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-18** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-19** 3rd reading `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-19** passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2021-02-19** to House with amendments
+- **2021-02-19** received from Senate
+- **2021-02-19** placed on Concurrence Calendar
+- **2021-02-22** concurs with Senate amendment
+- **2021-02-22** to Senate
+- **2021-02-22** received from House
+- **2021-02-22** signed by President/returned to House
+- **2021-02-22** to House
+- **2021-02-23** received from Senate
+- **2021-02-23** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
+- **2021-02-24** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
+- **2021-02-24** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
+- **2021-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
+- **2021-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
+- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
+- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-16** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/464edc9e-7ebd-4da6-b0bc-2d3f0adfd35a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).
+