---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 23 Tobacco and Electronic Cigarette Amendments"
description: "H.B. 23 Tobacco and Electronic Cigarette Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "H.B. 23"
citation: "Utah H.B. 23 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Tobacco and Other Nicotine Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawkins, Jon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 72
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2019-12-20"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29aeb97f-acda-4fe0-a407-2111f3d535ef"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/HB0023.html"
source_hash: "985596f15c9719159e997b3b22b2a2dc5918d50ca6935fb1653693719c3c42ba"
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. 23 (2020) — H.B. 23 Tobacco and Electronic Cigarette 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/HB0023S07.pdf)
2. **Conference Committee Report 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/comreport/HB023C10.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/hbillenr/HB0023.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Held — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage — **24–2** (pass) · lower
- House Conference Committee - Final Passage — **51–19** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 5 — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **22–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hawkins, Jon — primary (person)
- Cullimore, Kirk A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-12-23** 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`
- **2020-02-10** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2020-02-20** House Comm - Held
- **2020-02-25** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation
- **2020-02-25** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation
- **2020-02-25** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2020-02-25** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2020-02-25** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2020-02-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-28** to Senate
- **2020-03-02** received from House
- **2020-03-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-03** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2020-03-06** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2020-03-09** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 2 to # 5
- **2020-03-09** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** comm rpt/substituted
- **2020-03-09** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-10** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2020-03-10** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-11** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2020-03-11** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** substituted from # 5 to # 6
- **2020-03-11** floor amendment # 1
- **2020-03-11** floor amendment failed # 6
- **2020-03-11** floor amendment failed # 4
- **2020-03-11** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2020-03-11** to House with amendments
- **2020-03-12** received from Senate
- **2020-03-12** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2020-03-12** refuse to concur with Senate amendment
- **2020-03-12** to Senate
- **2020-03-12** refused to recede from Senate amendments
- **2020-03-12** Senate Conference Committee Appointed Meeting Information
- **2020-03-12** to House
- **2020-03-12** received from Senate
- **2020-03-12** House Conference Committee Appointed Meeting Information
- **2020-03-12** to Senate
- **2020-03-12** Bill Substituted by Conference Committee from # 6 to # 7
- **2020-03-12** Conference Committee Report
- **2020-03-12** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-03-12** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-03-12** received from House
- **2020-03-12** Senate Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt
- **2020-03-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage
- **2020-03-12** to House
- **2020-03-12** received from Senate
- **2020-03-12** House Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt
- **2020-03-12** House Conference Committee - Final Passage
- **2020-03-12** to Senate
- **2020-03-12** received from House
- **2020-03-12** signed by President/returned to House
- **2020-03-12** to House
- **2020-03-12** received from Senate
- **2020-03-12** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-16** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2020-03-16** 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`
- **2020-03-30** 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/29aeb97f-acda-4fe0-a407-2111f3d535ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).