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+type: "Bill"
+title: "H.B. 38 Initiative and Referendum Modifications"
+description: "H.B. 38 Initiative and Referendum Modifications"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
+legislature: "Utah Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 38"
+citation: "Utah HB 38 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Election Law", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Initiatives", "Referenda"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Musselman, Calvin R."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2022-12-20"
+last_action: "2023-03-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4e2ad2a-de99-4106-b6fa-79dc050f71f6"
+source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0038.html"
+source_hash: "a86b519fcb28d4424b63ef8d3010016307bf4d6f1a666b0a283b3868f88e314e"
+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 38 (2023) — H.B. 38 Initiative and Referendum Modifications
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillint/HB0038S01.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0038.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- concurs with Senate amendment — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- passed 2nd reading — **24–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Musselman, Calvin R. — primary (person)
+- Buxton, David G. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
+- **2022-12-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
+- **2023-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
+- **2023-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
+- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-01-30** to House Government Operations Committee
+- **2023-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2023-02-03** to Senate
+- **2023-02-06** received from House `receipt`
+- **2023-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-02-06** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee
+- **2023-02-07** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-08** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-08** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
+- **2023-02-09** 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-09** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-13** circled
+- **2023-02-16** fiscal note sent to sponsor
+- **2023-02-16** to Printing with fiscal note
+- **2023-02-27** uncircled
+- **2023-02-27** substituted from # 0 to # 1 `substitution`
+- **2023-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2023-02-27** to House with amendments
+- **2023-02-27** received from Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-02-27** placed on Concurrence Calendar
+- **2023-02-28** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-28** to Senate
+- **2023-02-28** received from House `receipt`
+- **2023-02-28** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
+- **2023-02-28** to House
+- **2023-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-03-01** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
+- **2023-03-01** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
+- **2023-03-01** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
+- **2023-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
+- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
+- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-14** 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/f4e2ad2a-de99-4106-b6fa-79dc050f71f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).
+