---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire Code Amendments"
description: "Fire Code Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 305"
citation: "Utah H.B. 305 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Construction and Fire Codes", "Fire Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks, Walt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a50fd4e9-5477-4c48-bd66-373eec0b5a9c"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0305.html"
source_hash: "8432fe999a0ae418da2cf96466232ad00819eaf18775cf389642823afc05e0e3"
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. 305 (2018) — Fire Code 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/HB0305.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0305.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **20–1** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brooks, Walt — primary (person)
- Ipson, Don L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-02-01** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-02-01** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-02-02** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-07** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2018-02-09** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2018-02-09** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-12** to Senate
- **2018-02-12** received from House
- **2018-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** circled
- **2018-03-01** uncircled
- **2018-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-01** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-03-01** to House
- **2018-03-01** received from Senate
- **2018-03-01** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-05** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-03-05** 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/a50fd4e9-5477-4c48-bd66-373eec0b5a9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).