---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 145 Citizen Political Process Amendments"
description: "H.B. 145 Citizen Political Process Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 145"
citation: "Utah H.B. 145 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Initiatives / Referendums", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thurston, Norman K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 50
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/965b6178-a52a-499f-9085-934d732f2e50"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0145.html"
source_hash: "682e8b31a1192d9fd7065962fa51c4444abc75b9a03fc5682f1c970fffad5098"
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. 145 (2019) — H.B. 145 Citizen Political Process 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/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0145S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0145.pdf)

## Votes

- failed — **13–10** (fail) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **50–21** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **19–6** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **50–21** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thurston, Norman K. — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-01-17** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-22** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-20** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-02-27** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** comm rpt/substituted
- **2019-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2019-03-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-04** to Senate
- **2019-03-05** received from House
- **2019-03-05** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-11** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-03-11** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2019-03-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12** circled
- **2019-03-12** uncircled
- **2019-03-12** substituted from # 2 to # 3
- **2019-03-12** circled
- **2019-03-12** uncircled
- **2019-03-12** failed `failure`
- **2019-03-12** to House
- **2019-03-12** motion to reconsider
- **2019-03-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-12** to House with amendments
- **2019-03-12** received from Senate
- **2019-03-12** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2019-03-13** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2019-03-13** to Senate
- **2019-03-13** received from House
- **2019-03-13** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-13** to House
- **2019-03-13** received from Senate
- **2019-03-13** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-21** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-21** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-21** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-21** 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/965b6178-a52a-499f-9085-934d732f2e50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).