---
type: "Bill"
title: "Justice Court Judge Elections Amendments"
description: "Justice Court Judge Elections Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 45"
citation: "Utah HB 45 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Law", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Judges", "Judicial Administration", "Judicial Operations", "Voting and Voter Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawkins, Jon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-12-14"
last_action: "2022-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c9f5ed4-a11e-423a-aaad-3471f7a43204"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0045.html"
source_hash: "cbee6627b743055872902f7b4cd29f218e30d1d6e0d953dc5c6df4ec334744a8"
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 45 (2022) — Justice Court Judge Elections 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/HB0045.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/hbillenr/HB0045.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hawkins, Jon — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-14** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-12-14** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-12-14** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-12-14** fiscal note publicly available
- **2022-01-12** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2022-01-12** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2022-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-18** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2022-01-18** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-19** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-01-19** circled
- **2022-01-20** uncircled
- **2022-01-20** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-01-20** to Senate
- **2022-01-21** received from House
- **2022-01-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-31** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2022-02-01** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2022-02-04** signed by President/returned to House
- **2022-02-04** to House
- **2022-02-04** received from Senate
- **2022-02-04** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2022-02-15** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2022-02-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2022-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2022-03-10** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-23** 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/1c9f5ed4-a11e-423a-aaad-3471f7a43204`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).