---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 159 Insurance Coverage Revisions"
description: "H.B. 159 Insurance Coverage Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 159"
citation: "Utah H.B. 159 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicle Insurance", "Driving Under the Influence (DUI)", "Motor Vehicles", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKell, Michael K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 55
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85415414-aa1f-4829-aee8-605d6a27e11f"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0159.html"
source_hash: "b272cbad97607b3375805874ce7b32f1f74f05bccd5083b5c42fba1947f47eae"
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. 159 (2020) — H.B. 159 Insurance Coverage Revisions

## 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/HB0159S02.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillamd/HB0159S02.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0159.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McKell, Michael K. — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — 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`
- **2020-01-29** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2020-02-05** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-07** comm rpt/substituted
- **2020-02-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** substituted from # 1 to # 2
- **2020-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-14** to Senate
- **2020-02-14** received from House
- **2020-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-16** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-02-20** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-24** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** circled
- **2020-02-27** uncircled
- **2020-02-27** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-28** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-02-28** to House
- **2020-02-28** received from Senate
- **2020-02-28** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-02-28** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-02-28** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2020-03-02** recalled by House
- **2020-03-02** recalled by Senate
- **2020-03-02** to Senate
- **2020-03-02** received from House
- **2020-03-02** circled
- **2020-03-02** uncircled
- **2020-03-02** floor amendment # 1
- **2020-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-02** to House with amendments
- **2020-03-02** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2020-03-03** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2020-03-03** to Senate
- **2020-03-03** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-03-04** received from Senate
- **2020-03-04** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-04** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-03-04** 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/85415414-aa1f-4829-aee8-605d6a27e11f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).