---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 281 Voter Eligibility Amendments"
description: "H.B. 281 Voter Eligibility Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 281"
citation: "Utah H.B. 281 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Voter Registration", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briscoe, Joel K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a54beb0-70ba-471f-b645-420246a76ba0"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0281.html"
source_hash: "17aa4beed3d259ca76db2c500ad205dfa76c020f05f85888d39082cd5daa4dfe"
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. 281 (2018) — H.B. 281 Voter Eligibility 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/HB0281S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillamd/HB0281S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0281.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **51–18** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Briscoe, Joel K. — primary (person)
- Van Tassell, Kevin T. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-30** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-30** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-31** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-31** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-06** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2018-02-13** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-02-13** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-16** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-02-16** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-23** floor amendment # 1
- **2018-02-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-23** held
- **2018-02-26** to Senate
- **2018-02-26** received from House
- **2018-02-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-07** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2018-03-07** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-08** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2018-03-08** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-03-08** to House
- **2018-03-08** received from Senate
- **2018-03-08** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-14** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-03-14** 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/7a54beb0-70ba-471f-b645-420246a76ba0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).