---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 52 Remote Notarization Standards"
description: "H.B. 52 Remote Notarization Standards"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 52"
citation: "Utah H.B. 52 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government Operations (State Issues)", "Notarization and Authentication"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall, Craig"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-12-27"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d64d41f-ae9a-4b6a-9f7b-1ec058958bf1"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0052.html"
source_hash: "17c7031119f1b2af0c64de77d411020a160b93fdd8f06ac8b5bb08aa1178621f"
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. 52 (2019) — H.B. 52 Remote Notarization Standards

## 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/HB0052S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HB0052S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0052.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall, Craig — primary (person)
- Cullimore, Kirk A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-27** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-12-28** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-07** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-27** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-01-28** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2019-01-29** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-01-29** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2019-01-29** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-30** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2019-01-30** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-01-31** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-01-31** floor amendment # 2
- **2019-01-31** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-01-31** to Senate
- **2019-02-01** received from House
- **2019-02-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-02-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-07** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-08** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-02-08** to House
- **2019-02-11** received from Senate
- **2019-02-11** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-02-13** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-02-13** 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/8d64d41f-ae9a-4b6a-9f7b-1ec058958bf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).