---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 128 License Plate Reading Technology Amendments"
description: "H.B. 128 License Plate Reading Technology Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 128"
citation: "Utah H.B. 128 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Technology", "License Plates", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks, Walt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed5530ca-345e-45f1-828b-dd3896818d5c"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0128.html"
source_hash: "3996da60f24340ed7ffbbe2db9e771f9a1cac56e26fed8829d9d4998fe907531"
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. 128 (2020) — H.B. 128 License Plate Reading Technology Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillint/HB0128S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0128.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **70–2** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brooks, Walt — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-09** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-01-09** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-01-22** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-29** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2020-02-06** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-07** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-02-07** comm rpt/substituted
- **2020-02-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-13** to Senate
- **2020-02-14** received from House
- **2020-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-06** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-03-06** to House
- **2020-03-06** received from Senate
- **2020-03-06** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-06** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-03-06** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2020-03-20** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2020-03-23** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-23** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-24** 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/ed5530ca-345e-45f1-828b-dd3896818d5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).