---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 20 Driving Under the Influence Sentencing Amendments"
description: "H.B. 20 Driving Under the Influence Sentencing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 20"
citation: "Utah HB 20 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol", "Crimes", "Driving Under the Influence (DUI)", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Roads/Highways", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eliason, Steve"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-15"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbfd252e-3804-440e-b225-2c5ae079f102"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0020.html"
source_hash: "5b63c7c0ce816c6ad74d2d86eb9102581708e7ed545e68635f10972c1381d75c"
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 20 (2021) — H.B. 20 Driving Under the Influence Sentencing 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/HB0020S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillamd/HB0020S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0020.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eliason, Steve — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — 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
- **2021-01-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2021-01-22** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-25** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-01-25** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-25** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2021-01-26** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-01-29** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-01-29** circled
- **2021-02-02** uncircled
- **2021-02-02** floor amendment # 3
- **2021-02-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-02** to Senate
- **2021-02-03** received from House
- **2021-02-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-11** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-11** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-12** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-02-12** to House
- **2021-02-12** received from Senate
- **2021-02-12** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-17** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-02-17** 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/fbfd252e-3804-440e-b225-2c5ae079f102`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).