---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ballot Amendments"
description: "Ballot Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 196"
citation: "Utah HB 196 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Law", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Voting and Voter Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson, Merrill F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06a9c764-0b73-45e5-b966-1f588eec324b"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0196.html"
source_hash: "54672dc62cba6b95382c2626b02c17f38a8b80e25e3359f1a8ecdf05c69fc25b"
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 196 (2021) — Ballot 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/HB0196.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0196.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nelson, Merrill F. — primary (person)
- Thatcher, Daniel W. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-01-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-19** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-01-19** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-01-20** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-20** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-02** to Senate
- **2021-02-02** received from House
- **2021-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-18** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-19** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-02-19** to House
- **2021-02-19** received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-23** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-02-23** 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`
- **2021-03-16** 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/06a9c764-0b73-45e5-b966-1f588eec324b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).