---
type: "Bill"
title: "DUI Penalty Amendments"
description: "DUI Penalty Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 143"
citation: "Utah HB 143 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Driving Under the Influence (DUI)", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson, Merrill F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37437614-82bf-4fd8-9b9a-8bdaa1ff87eb"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0143.html"
source_hash: "bf38475a47899a0a8fdf7577c4a6b3db5c8f59a3434b78eacc6c97e7002aeefd"
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 143 (2022) — DUI Penalty 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/~2022/bills/hbillint/HB0143.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0143.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **21–6** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **63–6** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **18–8** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-01-11** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2022-01-11** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2022-01-12** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-15** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2022-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-19** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-01-19** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-01-20** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-02** to Senate
- **2022-02-03** received from House
- **2022-02-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-04** to Senate Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-10** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-10** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2022-03-02** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-03-02** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-03-02** to House
- **2022-03-02** received from Senate
- **2022-03-02** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-03-02** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-03-02** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-22** 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/37437614-82bf-4fd8-9b9a-8bdaa1ff87eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).