---
type: "Bill"
title: "Free Expression Regulation Amendments"
description: "Free Expression Regulation Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 36"
citation: "Utah H.B. 36 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Rights", "Local Governments", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Municipal Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thurston, Norman K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-12-13"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e4a6013-0dc1-4d75-8921-32d14670097f"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0036.html"
source_hash: "84428356b507ec6251bee803c17f495ee01a9f5439f6072a02d4bc8337e502a3"
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. 36 (2018) — Free Expression Regulation 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/HB0036.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0036.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Thurston, Norman K. — primary (person)
- Henderson, Deidre M. — 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
- **2017-12-15** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-11** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-01-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-01-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-01-24** to Senate
- **2018-01-24** received from House
- **2018-01-25** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-07** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-08** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-02-08** to House
- **2018-02-08** received from Senate
- **2018-02-08** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-02-08** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-02-08** 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/5e4a6013-0dc1-4d75-8921-32d14670097f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).