---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special Group License Plate Amendments"
description: "Special Group License Plate Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S.B. 212"
citation: "Utah S.B. 212 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["License Plates", "Motor Vehicles", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Escamilla, Luz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-28"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba8d6414-93ac-4d5a-bbff-793142109460"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0212.html"
source_hash: "ea39239ddf0f7177594ab141ff0a7403ea0781bbf6a3bd7f8bc8a97824e7a98a"
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 S.B. 212 (2020) — Special Group License Plate 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/sbillint/SB0212.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillamd/SB0212.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillenr/SB0212.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-28** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-02-28** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-02-28** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-02-28** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-02-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2020-03-03** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-03-04** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-03-04** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-03-06** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** floor amendment # 2
- **2020-03-06** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2020-03-06** to House
- **2020-03-06** received from Senate
- **2020-03-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-06** to House Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-03-12** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2020-03-12** to Senate
- **2020-03-12** received from House
- **2020-03-12** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-16** Bill Received from Senate 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
- **2020-03-28** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2020-03-28** 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/ba8d6414-93ac-4d5a-bbff-793142109460`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).