---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 154 Amusement Ride Safety"
description: "H.B. 154 Amusement Ride Safety"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 154"
citation: "Utah H.B. 154 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Business", "Consumer Protection", "Administrative Rulemaking", "Transportation", "Department of Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawkes, Timothy D."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6519ead-5bce-41b3-b731-427bb1e65f85"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0154.html"
source_hash: "c96c5e5fd8e5519a3129c6958f9002d9aeebf4ae29b0af7bd1d686a73b74805b"
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. 154 (2020) — H.B. 154 Amusement Ride Safety

## 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/HB0154S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillamd/HB0154S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0154.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hawkes, Timothy D. — primary (person)
- Cullimore, Kirk A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-01-17** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-01-22** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-01-27** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-01-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** to House Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-02-19** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2020-02-21** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2020-02-21** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-24** comm rpt/substituted
- **2020-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-27** to Senate
- **2020-02-28** received from House
- **2020-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2020-03-03** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** comm rpt/amended
- **2020-03-04** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-10** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2020-03-10** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-11** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** circled
- **2020-03-11** uncircled
- **2020-03-11** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2020-03-11** to House with amendments
- **2020-03-11** received from Senate
- **2020-03-11** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2020-03-11** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2020-03-11** to Senate
- **2020-03-11** received from House
- **2020-03-11** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-03-11** to House
- **2020-03-12** received from Senate
- **2020-03-12** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-12** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-03-12** 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`
- **2020-03-31** 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/d6519ead-5bce-41b3-b731-427bb1e65f85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).