---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 272 Election Law Amendments"
description: "H.B. 272 Election Law Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 272"
citation: "Utah H.B. 272 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson, Merrill F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 48
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/054f755a-c0e3-4a56-8f1a-cb05a585529c"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0272.html"
source_hash: "02d4fb864f050f18e38cb294f543b602f387f2c6e16e9bf72bd296133bce27d1"
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. 272 (2019) — H.B. 272 Election Law 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/HB0272S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0272.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **23–1** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **24–1** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nelson, Merrill F. — primary (person)
- Ipson, Don L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-02-05** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-02-06** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-12** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-02-19** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2019-02-19** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2019-02-19** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2019-02-20** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** floor amendment # 3
- **2019-02-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-26** to Senate
- **2019-02-26** received from House
- **2019-02-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-28** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-09** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-03-11** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2019-03-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2019-03-12** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** circled
- **2019-03-13** uncircled
- **2019-03-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-13** to House with amendments
- **2019-03-13** received from Senate
- **2019-03-13** 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`
- **2019-03-22** 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/054f755a-c0e3-4a56-8f1a-cb05a585529c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).