---
type: "Bill"
title: "Manufacturer License Plates"
description: "Manufacturer License Plates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 389"
citation: "Utah H.B. 389 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["License Plates", "Motor Vehicles", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fawson, Justin L."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-02-13"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cbd4b8d-0a65-476a-a6be-431bc760d47b"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0389.html"
source_hash: "8912f595d678867558343345180b605bea8730ede26cc99772c4a24296730ab2"
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. 389 (2018) — Manufacturer License Plates

## 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/HB0389.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillamd/HB0389.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0389.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Fawson, Justin L. — primary (person)
- Buxton, David G. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-13** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-02-13** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-02-13** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-02-14** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-20** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-21** to House Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2018-02-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-23** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2018-02-23** comm rpt/amended/placed on Consent Cal
- **2018-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-26** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **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 Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2018-02-28** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2018-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-05** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-03-05** to House
- **2018-03-05** received from Senate
- **2018-03-05** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-05** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-03-05** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-14** 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/4cbd4b8d-0a65-476a-a6be-431bc760d47b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).