---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 218 Modifications to Election Law"
description: "H.B. 218 Modifications to Election Law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 218"
citation: "Utah H.B. 218 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Voter Registration", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chavez-Houck, Rebecca"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f6091b5-c853-4324-8ede-c3409c81b5db"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0218.html"
source_hash: "3682a63295eeac7f7b38d26653646716e19ad57ba503306f27b08dfc604be38e"
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. 218 (2018) — H.B. 218 Modifications to Election Law

## 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/HB0218S06.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillamd/HB0218S06.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0218.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with Senate amendment — **70–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **24–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chavez-Houck, Rebecca — primary (person)
- Henderson, Deidre M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-23** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-24** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-26** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-01** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2018-02-20** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-02-20** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-27** substituted from # 2 to # 3
- **2018-02-27** circled
- **2018-02-27** uncircled
- **2018-02-27** substituted from # 3 to # 5
- **2018-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-27** to Senate
- **2018-02-28** received from House
- **2018-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-28** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-06** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-03-06** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2018-03-07** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** substituted from # 5 to # 6
- **2018-03-07** floor amendment # 1
- **2018-03-07** floor amendment # 2
- **2018-03-07** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2018-03-07** to House with amendments
- **2018-03-07** received from Senate
- **2018-03-07** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2018-03-07** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2018-03-07** to Senate
- **2018-03-07** received from House
- **2018-03-07** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-03-07** to House
- **2018-03-08** received from Senate
- **2018-03-08** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-12** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-03-12** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-19** 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/1f6091b5-c853-4324-8ede-c3409c81b5db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).