---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 204 Presidential Primary Amendments"
description: "H.B. 204 Presidential Primary Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 204"
citation: "Utah H.B. 204 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arent, Patrice M."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a037ede-2934-4354-a857-5ab09c29c262"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0204.html"
source_hash: "073f954c2036ccedb1ad4ad67159235313e24991a5441f0f0db71c1f6ee1d562"
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. 204 (2017) — H.B. 204 Presidential Primary Amendments

## 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/HB0204S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillamd/HB0204S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0204.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with Senate amendment — **67–3** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **25–1** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **56–15** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **25–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Arent, Patrice M. — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-25** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-26** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-01** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-08** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09** comm rpt/substituted
- **2017-02-09** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-09** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-02-10** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-21** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-21** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-21** to Senate
- **2017-02-22** received from House
- **2017-02-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08** floor amendment # 1
- **2017-03-08** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-08** to House with amendments
- **2017-03-08** received from Senate
- **2017-03-08** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2017-03-09** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2017-03-09** to Senate
- **2017-03-09** received from House
- **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
- **2017-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-17** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-22** 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/7a037ede-2934-4354-a857-5ab09c29c262`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).