---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 119 Initiatives, Referenda, and Other Political Activities"
description: "H.B. 119 Initiatives, Referenda, and Other Political Activities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 119"
citation: "Utah H.B. 119 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Initiatives / Referendums", "Lobbying", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daw, Brad M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 51
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e2f5b4e-bf11-4dac-a77d-ae9b06844595"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0119.html"
source_hash: "036cd886651bcfce6326670dd873803db681266c0ced016908e67b6e3b338770"
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. 119 (2019) — H.B. 119 Initiatives, Referenda, and Other Political Activities

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0119S04.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0119.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 4 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **21–1** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **59–12** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 3 to # 4 — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Held — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **64–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daw, Brad M. — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-01-22** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-28** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-28** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-02-27** House Comm - Held
- **2019-03-04** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2019-03-04** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3
- **2019-03-04** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 4
- **2019-03-04** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-04** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2019-03-04** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** circled
- **2019-03-05** uncircled
- **2019-03-05** substituted from # 2 to # 3
- **2019-03-05** floor amendment # 1
- **2019-03-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-05** to Senate
- **2019-03-06** received from House
- **2019-03-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-03-11** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 3 to # 4
- **2019-03-11** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-03-11** comm rpt/substituted
- **2019-03-11** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-13** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2019-03-13** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-14** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2019-03-14** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2019-03-14** to House with amendments
- **2019-03-14** received from Senate
- **2019-03-14** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2019-03-14** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2019-03-14** to Senate
- **2019-03-14** received from House
- **2019-03-14** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-14** to House
- **2019-03-14** received from Senate
- **2019-03-14** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-22** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-22** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-22** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-22** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** 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/9e2f5b4e-bf11-4dac-a77d-ae9b06844595`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).