---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 66 Local Government Modifications"
description: "H.B. 66 Local Government Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 66"
citation: "Utah H.B. 66 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Governments", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Handy, Stephen G."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-12-15"
last_action: "2018-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba122bbf-e644-477a-a076-b671e71c384c"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0066.html"
source_hash: "4c2d8c0f099c3fe04a5890a2f8aff8e5c8ac46aa69263db54a42b9795a31efb0"
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. 66 (2018) — H.B. 66 Local Government Modifications

## 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/HB0066S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0066.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **23–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Handy, Stephen G. — primary (person)
- Hemmert, Daniel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-12-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** to House Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-01-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-23** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-01-24** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-01-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-01-30** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-01-30** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-01-30** to Senate
- **2018-01-31** received from House
- **2018-01-31** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-05** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-05** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-15** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-15** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-02-15** to House
- **2018-02-16** received from Senate
- **2018-02-16** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-02-19** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-02-19** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-16** 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/ba122bbf-e644-477a-a076-b671e71c384c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).