---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 162 Driving Under the Influence Classification and Sentencing Revisions"
description: "H.B. 162 Driving Under the Influence Classification and Sentencing Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 162"
citation: "Utah H.B. 162 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driving Under the Influence (DUI)", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eliason, Steve"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a0e8818-7665-4887-86ad-79bdba220eda"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0162.html"
source_hash: "31e3287edbcb0592bc1261a21a811d8a39a72dfe308eaac46a4b9ca6ded2dac8"
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 H.B. 162 (2017) — H.B. 162 Driving Under the Influence Classification and Sentencing Revisions

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillint/HB0162S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0162.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Eliason, Steve — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-23** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-02-14** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2017-02-15** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-17** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2017-02-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-24** comm rpt/substituted
- **2017-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2017-03-01** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-02** to Senate
- **2017-03-03** received from House
- **2017-03-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-03** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-06** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-06** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-07** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2017-03-09** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-09** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2017-03-09** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-03-09** to House
- **2017-03-09** received from Senate
- **2017-03-09** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-28** 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/6a0e8818-7665-4887-86ad-79bdba220eda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).