---
type: "Bill"
title: "Candidate Replacement Amendments"
description: "Candidate Replacement Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 16"
citation: "Utah H.B. 16 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Local Governments", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arent, Patrice M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-12-12"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7463312c-23b9-4b7b-aca2-4c462a413cdf"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0016.html"
source_hash: "3ff26ab2b371308eafb37dba89dfdf322ad205856c60ddc2ae60979c3cac5dbe"
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. 16 (2018) — Candidate Replacement 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/~2018/bills/hbillint/HB0016.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0016.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Arent, Patrice M. — primary (person)
- Dayton, Margaret — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-12** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-12-14** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-12-14** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-12-14** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-11** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-01-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-01-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-01-22** to Senate
- **2018-01-22** received from House
- **2018-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-26** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-31** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-31** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-01** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-02** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-02-02** to House
- **2018-02-02** received from Senate
- **2018-02-02** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-02-05** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-02-05** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-13** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-13** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-14** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-21** 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/7463312c-23b9-4b7b-aca2-4c462a413cdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).