---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 20 Political Activities and Elections"
description: "H.B. 20 Political Activities and Elections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 20"
citation: "Utah H.B. 20 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson, Jeremy A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-12-12"
last_action: "2018-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e31c8a1-4c1c-4e30-9b2c-26db7bf35ce5"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0020.html"
source_hash: "8e4746301b7a48e38021fdf09294c144a16fef79f2a91fd0b7228e28e8f155cf"
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. 20 (2018) — H.B. 20 Political Activities and Elections

## 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/HB0020S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillamd/HB0020S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0020.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with Senate amendment — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Peterson, Jeremy A. — primary (person)
- Harper, Wayne A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-12** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-12-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **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`
- **2018-01-24** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-01-24** 2nd suspended
- **2018-01-30** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-01-30** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-01-30** to Senate
- **2018-01-31** received from House
- **2018-01-31** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2018-02-02** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-02-02** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-05** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-02-05** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** floor amendment # 1
- **2018-02-14** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-15** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-15** to House with amendments
- **2018-02-16** received from Senate
- **2018-02-16** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2018-02-20** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2018-02-20** to Senate
- **2018-02-20** received from House
- **2018-02-20** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-02-20** to House
- **2018-02-20** received from Senate
- **2018-02-20** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-02-20** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-02-20** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-02-22** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-02-22** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-02-22** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-02-22** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-01** 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/2e31c8a1-4c1c-4e30-9b2c-26db7bf35ce5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).