---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 12 Deceased Voter Amendments"
description: "H.B. 12 Deceased Voter Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 12"
citation: "Utah HB 12 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Health", "Election Law", "Electronic Databases", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Government Records", "Health", "Vital Statistics", "Voting and Voter Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Winder, Mike"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-12-14"
last_action: "2021-02-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dff7306b-c0fc-4d58-8b1f-64cc131c7de9"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0012.html"
source_hash: "eb6242d96a326041f3429bb92eb7621735f131ceb6671f3ee802f8394314cad5"
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 HB 12 (2021) — H.B. 12 Deceased Voter 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/~2021/bills/hbillint/HB0012S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillamd/HB0012S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0012.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Winder, Mike — primary (person)
- McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-14** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-12-14** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-06** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-01-19** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-19** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-01-19** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-01-19** circled
- **2021-01-19** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-01-20** uncircled
- **2021-01-20** floor amendment # 1
- **2021-01-20** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-01-20** to Senate
- **2021-01-21** received from House
- **2021-01-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** to Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-04** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-05** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-02-05** to House
- **2021-02-05** received from Senate
- **2021-02-05** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-12** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-02-12** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-02-12** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-02-12** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-02-12** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-02-12** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-15** 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/dff7306b-c0fc-4d58-8b1f-64cc131c7de9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).