---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special Group License Plate for Motorcycle Safety Awareness"
description: "Special Group License Plate for Motorcycle Safety Awareness"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 65"
citation: "Utah H.B. 65 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["License Plates", "Motorcycles", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wheatley, Mark A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/945123bd-1869-41cd-8236-81cb8ff2629b"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0065.html"
source_hash: "ef79098ab5044051429d2291fe991117870c46682a956aa87d8dc3aef62d5208"
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. 65 (2019) — Special Group License Plate for Motorcycle Safety Awareness

## 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/HB0065.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0065.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wheatley, Mark A. — primary (person)
- Escamilla, Luz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-01-09** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-09** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-01-22** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-26** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-01-28** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-01-28** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** to House Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-11** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-11** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-11** to Senate
- **2019-02-12** received from House
- **2019-02-12** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2019-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21** 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
- **2019-03-04** 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/945123bd-1869-41cd-8236-81cb8ff2629b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).