---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repatriation Tax Amendments"
description: "Repatriation Tax Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018S2"
identifier: "H.B. 2002"
citation: "Utah H.B. 2002 (2018S2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporate Tax", "Revenue and Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eliason, Steve"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-07-17"
last_action: "2018-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42341e50-c91d-47b2-83c9-cca1f07da950"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018S2/bills/static/HB2002.html"
source_hash: "4d6e1a5b7a44fa6c961e18ebacf20648427a657fc342d4b1ee5f38a1f79d9ea2"
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. 2002 (2018S2) — Repatriation Tax 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/~2018S2/bills/hbillint/HB2002.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018S2/bills/hbillenr/HB2002.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **65–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eliason, Steve — primary (person)
- Stephenson, Howard A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-07-17** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-07-17** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-07-17** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-07-18** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-07-18** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-07-18** received bill from Legislative Printing
- **2018-07-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-07-18** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-07-18** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-07-18** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-07-18** circled
- **2018-07-18** uncircled
- **2018-07-18** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-07-18** to Senate
- **2018-07-18** received from House
- **2018-07-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-07-18** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2018-07-18** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2018-07-18** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-07-18** to House
- **2018-07-18** received from Senate
- **2018-07-18** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-07-19** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-07-19** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-07-19** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-07-19** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-07-19** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-21** 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/42341e50-c91d-47b2-83c9-cca1f07da950`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).