---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 171 Temporary Replacements for County Offices"
description: "H.B. 171 Temporary Replacements for County Offices"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 171"
citation: "Utah H.B. 171 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Public Officers", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Potter, Val K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 52
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56931edb-0fde-45fb-83b6-68b17fc871e6"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0171.html"
source_hash: "9f9c6faa6fd66d0d38105a2bfb7d5e5dbe1d7e8c4bd1f5c65032d51ff37ee2e6"
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. 171 (2019) — H.B. 171 Temporary Replacements for County Offices

## 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/HB0171S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0171.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Potter, Val K. — primary (person)
- Henderson, Deidre M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-01-25** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-28** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-01-31** to House Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2019-02-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-04** comm rpt/amended
- **2019-02-04** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-12** to Senate
- **2019-02-13** received from House
- **2019-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-22** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-02-22** to House
- **2019-02-22** received from Senate
- **2019-02-22** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-02-25** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-02-25** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-04** recalled by Senate
- **2019-03-04** recalled by House
- **2019-03-04** to Senate
- **2019-03-05** motion to reconsider
- **2019-03-05** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-03-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-05** to House with amendments
- **2019-03-05** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2019-03-05** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-03-06** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2019-03-06** to Senate
- **2019-03-06** received from House
- **2019-03-06** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-06** to House
- **2019-03-06** received from Senate
- **2019-03-06** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-07** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-03-07** 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/56931edb-0fde-45fb-83b6-68b17fc871e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).