---
type: "Bill"
title: "Second Amendment Special License Plates"
description: "Second Amendment Special License Plates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 245"
citation: "Utah S.B. 245 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Constitution", "License Plates", "Transportation", "Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephenson, Howard A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-20"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50aa3be1-991a-42e0-8b1e-cf7928269c19"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0245.html"
source_hash: "b72f8bba32f3ae8be71ff10cb4dd79cc8236ecc9406f841ef851d06125cafc4f"
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 S.B. 245 (2017) — Second Amendment Special License Plates

## 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/sbillint/SB0245.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillamd/SB0245.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0245.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **63–5** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Stephenson, Howard A. — primary (person)
- Maloy, A. Cory — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-20** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-02-21** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-02-22** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-23** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-24** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2017-02-24** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-24** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-02-24** comm rpt/amended/placed on Consent Cal
- **2017-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-01** to House
- **2017-03-01** received from Senate
- **2017-03-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-01** to House Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-03** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-07** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-03-07** to Senate
- **2017-03-07** received from House
- **2017-03-07** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-07** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-03-07** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-16** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-24** 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/50aa3be1-991a-42e0-8b1e-cf7928269c19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).