---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 35 Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project"
description: "H.B. 35 Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 35"
citation: "Utah H.B. 35 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Municipal Government", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberts, Marc K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-12-13"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/642626aa-e8e8-4fd0-8e6e-db5c879b9727"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0035.html"
source_hash: "d613ef0fc44e5be6847743043b939eab71d793efeda8ac42f4acc81e05f6aa5d"
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. 35 (2018) — H.B. 35 Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project

## 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/HB0035S04.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillamd/HB0035S04.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0035.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with Senate amendment — **67–3** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3 — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **64–2** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **22–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Roberts, Marc K. — primary (person)
- Stephenson, Howard A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-12-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2018-02-07** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **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** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2018-02-20** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2018-02-20** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-20** to Senate
- **2018-02-21** received from House
- **2018-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 3
- **2018-02-27** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-02-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-07** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2018-03-07** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-07** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-03-07** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2018-03-08** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** substituted from # 3 to # 4
- **2018-03-08** floor amendment # 1
- **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
- **2018-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-16** 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/642626aa-e8e8-4fd0-8e6e-db5c879b9727`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).