---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 162 Voter Accessibility Amendments"
description: "H.B. 162 Voter Accessibility Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 162"
citation: "Utah HB 162 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disabilities", "Election Law", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Health", "Voting and Voter Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gwynn, Matthew H."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 52
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e54bf9d6-1cd9-4e76-95dc-24c265b105c3"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0162.html"
source_hash: "9e1cf01d955064f53a308476925762fba86bfceb4f26f85d7cea2be7aa230bcd"
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 162 (2023) — H.B. 162 Voter Accessibility 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/~2023/bills/hbillint/HB0162S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0162.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gwynn, Matthew H. — primary (person)
- Pitcher, Stephanie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-05** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** to House Government Operations Committee
- **2023-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-03** held
- **2023-02-06** to Senate
- **2023-02-06** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee
- **2023-02-10** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-16** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-02-16** to House
- **2023-02-16** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-16** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-21** recalled by House
- **2023-02-21** recalled by Senate
- **2023-02-21** to Senate
- **2023-02-21** motion to reconsider
- **2023-02-21** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-21** substituted from # 0 to # 1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-21** to House with amendments
- **2023-02-21** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-02-22** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** to Senate
- **2023-02-22** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-22** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-23** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-23** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-02-23** to House
- **2023-02-23** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-23** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-02-24** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-09** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-09** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** 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/e54bf9d6-1cd9-4e76-95dc-24c265b105c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).