---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 247 Alcohol Control Amendments"
description: "H.B. 247 Alcohol Control Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 247"
citation: "Utah HB 247 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol", "Driving Under the Influence (DUI)", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Liability", "Public Safety", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ivory, Ken"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ea83464-0f43-4787-b5bd-b49f628aa0cf"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0247.html"
source_hash: "ed7a5b207073f4b12ffa489142dc5fe2c88dfc23ed477f3b16dbf4fca77e5d8c"
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 247 (2023) — H.B. 247 Alcohol Control 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/HB0247S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0247.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **64–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ivory, Ken — primary (person)
- Sandall, Scott D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-20** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-07** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-02-10** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2023-02-10** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-10** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-10** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** circled
- **2023-02-14** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-14** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-14** uncircled
- **2023-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-14** to Senate
- **2023-02-15** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-15** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2023-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** circled
- **2023-02-23** uncircled
- **2023-02-23** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-24** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-02-24** to House
- **2023-02-24** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-24** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-02-26** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-02-26** 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`
- **2023-03-20** 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/7ea83464-0f43-4787-b5bd-b49f628aa0cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).