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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Municipal Office Vacancy Modifications"
+description: "Municipal Office Vacancy Modifications"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
+legislature: "Utah Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 420"
+citation: "Utah HB 420 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Election Administration", "Election Law", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Municipal Officers", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Voting and Voter Registration"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Stoddard, Andrew"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-28T20:53:27+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-03-23T17:24:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f756792-4b61-4314-9cbe-76cd89a0c1dd"
+source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0420.html"
+source_hash: "d459a3aa8de57ab5a11eed06c773cd60c82070fd0d5da46512d5c5d4cddef95a"
+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 420 (2026) — Municipal Office Vacancy 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/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0420.xml)
+2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0420 To HB0420S01.pdf)
+3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0420S01.xml)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0420.xml)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **27–0** (pass) · upper
+- House/ passed 3rd reading — **58–9** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Stoddard, Andrew — primary (person)
+- Kwan, Karen — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-28T20:53:27+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
+- **2026-01-28T20:53:27+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
+- **2026-01-28T20:53:28+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0420
+- **2026-01-28T20:53:28+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0420
+- **2026-01-29T14:24:22+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
+- **2026-01-29T18:42:09+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
+- **2026-01-30T19:49:31+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0420
+- **2026-01-30T19:49:32+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0420
+- **2026-02-02T14:41:46+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
+- **2026-02-05T18:59:58+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Political Subdivisions Committee] `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-12T18:38:48+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0420S01
+- **2026-02-12T18:38:48+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0420S01
+- **2026-02-13T21:17:55+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Political Subdivisions Committee]
+- **2026-02-13T21:18:27+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-16T19:01:54+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0420S01
+- **2026-02-16T19:01:55+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0420S01
+- **2026-02-17T17:26:49+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Political Subdivisions Committee]
+- **2026-02-17T17:26:50+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-23T21:31:04+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-23T21:33:59+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
+- **2026-02-23T21:34:01+00:00** House/ to Senate
+- **2026-02-23T23:48:04+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
+- **2026-02-24T17:16:47+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
+- **2026-02-25T21:16:34+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-27T00:30:04+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-27T17:20:34+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-27T17:20:35+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
+- **2026-03-05T00:03:06+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-06T03:02:26+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
+- **2026-03-06T17:49:21+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
+- **2026-03-06T17:49:40+00:00** Senate/ circled
+- **2026-03-06T18:24:26+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
+- **2026-03-06T18:29:33+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
+- **2026-03-06T18:29:34+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
+- **2026-03-06T18:29:35+00:00** Senate/ to House
+- **2026-03-06T22:35:33+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
+- **2026-03-06T22:35:34+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
+- **2026-03-07T06:28:28+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
+- **2026-03-07T06:28:30+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
+- **2026-03-12T16:05:57+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-12T16:06:04+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
+- **2026-03-16T22:14:53+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
+- **2026-03-16T22:14:55+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-23T17:24:00+00:00** 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/8f756792-4b61-4314-9cbe-76cd89a0c1dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).
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