---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 224 County Government Change Election Amendments"
description: "H.B. 224 County Government Change Election Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 224"
citation: "Utah H.B. 224 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Elections", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Froerer, Gage"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 49
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b528cfb8-c3ca-4325-b3b7-b11a70e74fbb"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0224.html"
source_hash: "e9f81972b8453be45c8c65362ef322f57c8b7567b2643faf52244493e4c83ebb"
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. 224 (2018) — H.B. 224 County Government Change Election 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/HB0224S05.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0224.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **71–2** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with Senate amendment — **70–2** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Froerer, Gage — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-24** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-25** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-31** to House Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** House Comm - Held
- **2018-02-02** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2018-02-07** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2018-02-07** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-02-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** circled
- **2018-02-21** uncircled
- **2018-02-21** substituted from # 2 to # 3
- **2018-02-21** circled
- **2018-02-21** uncircled
- **2018-02-21** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-21** to Senate
- **2018-02-22** received from House
- **2018-02-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2018-02-27** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** comm rpt/amended
- **2018-02-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-07** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2018-03-08** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-08** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2018-03-08** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** substituted from # 3 to # 5
- **2018-03-08** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2018-03-08** to House with amendments
- **2018-03-08** received from Senate
- **2018-03-08** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2018-03-08** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2018-03-08** to Senate
- **2018-03-09** received from House
- **2018-03-09** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-03-09** to House
- **2018-03-12** received from Senate
- **2018-03-13** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-13** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-03-13** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-15** 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/b528cfb8-c3ca-4325-b3b7-b11a70e74fbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).