---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 223 Drug and Alcohol Enforcement Amendments"
description: "H.B. 223 Drug and Alcohol Enforcement Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 223"
citation: "Utah HB 223 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol", "Business", "Department of Public Safety", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Public Funds and Accounts", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burton, Jefferson S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 51
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a583d052-4a2b-449d-a1d5-55dbc12934a0"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0223.html"
source_hash: "fd094e047f285f03c70b53b5f8d6972483adc04eb9784855c5f65afdcfb6b6ab"
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 223 (2023) — H.B. 223 Drug and Alcohol Enforcement 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/HB0223S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0223.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with Senate amendment — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burton, Jefferson S. — primary (person)
- Stevenson, Jerry W. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-17** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-18** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-18** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-01-24** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-01-25** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-01-25** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-01-26** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-01-31** to Senate
- **2023-02-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** to Senate Business and Labor Committee
- **2023-02-08** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2023-02-08** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-09** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-12** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-14** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** circled
- **2023-02-22** uncircled
- **2023-02-22** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2023-03-01** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** circled
- **2023-03-01** uncircled
- **2023-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-03-01** to House with amendments
- **2023-03-02** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-02** circled
- **2023-03-02** uncircled
- **2023-03-02** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-02** to Senate
- **2023-03-02** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-02** to House
- **2023-03-02** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-02** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-03-03** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2023-03-10** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2023-03-10** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-20** 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/a583d052-4a2b-449d-a1d5-55dbc12934a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).