---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 149 Traffic Code Amendments"
description: "H.B. 149 Traffic Code Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 149"
citation: "Utah H.B. 149 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Motorcycles", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks, Walt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/676ed1c6-181a-40a9-bbba-b6666ecec1ba"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0149.html"
source_hash: "c10b819ff36f09272de1c292ecd9907922d05d4eeb0f5f5bf9c60541ae802f03"
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. 149 (2019) — H.B. 149 Traffic Code 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/HB0149S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HB0149S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0149.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with Senate amendment — **59–3** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **17–9** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **23–3** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **54–12** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–2** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brooks, Walt — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-01-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-22** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-28** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** to House Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2019-02-05** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2019-02-06** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-02-06** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-02-07** comm rpt/substituted
- **2019-02-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-19** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-19** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-19** to Senate
- **2019-02-20** received from House
- **2019-02-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-25** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-25** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-02-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** floor amendment failed # verbal
- **2019-02-27** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-28** floor amendment # VERBAL
- **2019-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-28** to House with amendments
- **2019-02-28** received from Senate
- **2019-02-28** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2019-03-01** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2019-03-01** to Senate
- **2019-03-01** received from House
- **2019-03-01** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-01** to House
- **2019-03-01** received from Senate
- **2019-03-01** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-04** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-03-04** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-19** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-19** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-20** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-20** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** 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/676ed1c6-181a-40a9-bbba-b6666ecec1ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).