---
type: "Bill"
title: "Personal License Plate Amendments"
description: "Personal License Plate Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "S.B. 97"
citation: "Utah S.B. 97 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["License Plates", "Motor Vehicles", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Escamilla, Luz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-02-04"
last_action: "2020-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a622515-04a8-4453-8a05-9fa66817fa0c"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0097.html"
source_hash: "588f8ef49f00ce517450faa883b0b55d944c26183742345dfa704737a9f189de"
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. 97 (2020) — Personal 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/SB0097.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillamd/SB0097.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/sbillenr/SB0097.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **20–7** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **20–8** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **23–5** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3 — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 4 — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Escamilla, Luz — primary (person)
- Roberts, Marc K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-04** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-02-04** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2020-02-04** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2020-02-04** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2020-02-04** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** fiscal note publicly available
- **2020-02-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2020-02-06** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-07** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-07** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2020-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-14** floor amendment # 1
- **2020-02-14** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** circled
- **2020-02-19** uncircled
- **2020-02-19** floor amendment # 2
- **2020-02-19** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-19** to House
- **2020-02-19** received from Senate
- **2020-02-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** to House Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3
- **2020-02-24** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 4
- **2020-02-24** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** comm rpt/amended
- **2020-02-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2020-02-26** to Senate
- **2020-02-27** received from House
- **2020-02-27** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2020-02-28** concurs with House amendment
- **2020-02-28** to House
- **2020-02-28** received from Senate
- **2020-02-28** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2020-02-28** to Senate
- **2020-03-02** received from House
- **2020-03-02** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2020-03-02** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2020-03-02** 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`
- **2020-03-28** 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/1a622515-04a8-4453-8a05-9fa66817fa0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).