---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 253 Federalism Commission Amendments"
description: "H.B. 253 Federalism Commission Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 253"
citation: "Utah HB 253 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Federalism", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ivory, Ken"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb391d8f-d72a-4837-8e2c-be236b23a607"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0253.html"
source_hash: "29d98c26d6a61eba97c9358eb0a9af5f2853657b7827687fda60a569bd8ef918"
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 253 (2023) — H.B. 253 Federalism Commission 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/HB0253S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0253.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **23–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ivory, Ken — primary (person)
- Winterton, Ronald M. — 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`
- **2023-01-20** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-01** to House Government Operations Committee
- **2023-02-01** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-02-08** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2023-02-08** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-09** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-13** to Senate
- **2023-02-14** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-15** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** to Senate Education Committee
- **2023-02-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-28** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-03** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2023-03-03** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-03** to House
- **2023-03-03** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-03-06** 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** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-13** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2023-03-13** to Governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb391d8f-d72a-4837-8e2c-be236b23a607`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).