---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 81 Safety Belt Violations Amendments"
description: "H.B. 81 Safety Belt Violations Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 81"
citation: "Utah H.B. 81 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation", "Seat Belt Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKell, Michael K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2017-12-19"
last_action: "2018-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31e60377-1543-486e-a56e-866480847597"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0081.html"
source_hash: "b02dc503ee21aced372f0e116b64dd6caa050ae9d416f6f2b2332769b6d1da59"
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. 81 (2018) — H.B. 81 Safety Belt Violations 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/HB0081S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0081.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with Senate amendment — **51–18** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **21–5** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **23–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- McKell, Michael K. — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-12-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-22** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** to House Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2018-01-25** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2018-01-25** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-26** comm rpt/amended
- **2018-01-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-06** to Senate
- **2018-02-07** received from House
- **2018-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-08** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2018-02-08** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-02-12** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-02-13** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-23** to House with amendments
- **2018-02-23** received from Senate
- **2018-02-23** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2018-02-26** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2018-02-26** to Senate
- **2018-02-26** received from House
- **2018-02-26** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-02-26** to House
- **2018-02-26** received from Senate
- **2018-02-26** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-02-27** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-02-27** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-13** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-13** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-20** 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/31e60377-1543-486e-a56e-866480847597`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).