---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 18 Driver Education Amendments"
description: "H.B. 18 Driver Education Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 18"
citation: "Utah HB 18 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver License", "Motor Vehicles", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballard, Melissa G."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-15"
last_action: "2021-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc5aba50-fedf-48b8-9f63-a243ea5352da"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0018.html"
source_hash: "b428d56f2d3b4e2b5f0dade26fa74ddbeb734714d9d3982fb443c2c0f655e322"
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 18 (2021) — H.B. 18 Driver Education 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/HB0018S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0018.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **45–28** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballard, Melissa G. — primary (person)
- Buxton, David G. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-12-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-06** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-19** 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** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-01-19** to Senate
- **2021-01-19** received from House
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-01-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-22** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-01-22** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-01-23** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-01-23** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-04** to House with amendments
- **2021-02-04** received from Senate
- **2021-02-04** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-02-05** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2021-02-05** to Senate
- **2021-02-05** received from House
- **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
- **2021-02-16** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-02-16** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-12** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-12** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-17** 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/bc5aba50-fedf-48b8-9f63-a243ea5352da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).