---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 26 License Plate Amendments"
description: "H.B. 26 License Plate Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 26"
citation: "Utah HB 26 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rulemaking", "Department of Cultural and Community Engagement", "Division of Motor Vehicles", "Emissions Control", "License Plates", "Motor Vehicles", "Transportation", "Vehicle Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thurston, Norman K"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 54
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-12-19"
last_action: "2023-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48b64c7c-6c67-4533-9a29-1d5638c793bb"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0026.html"
source_hash: "912c0afef92044300fbcfb36c8d2a2547320f61607bb6ca2c096a51053dffaa1"
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 26 (2023) — H.B. 26 License Plate 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/HB0026S04.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0026.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **55–15** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **53–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thurston, Norman K — primary (person)
- Anderegg, Jacob L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2022-12-20** 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`
- **2023-01-20** to House Transportation 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
- **2023-02-15** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2023-02-15** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-16** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** circled
- **2023-02-22** uncircled
- **2023-02-22** substituted from # 2 to # 3 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** circled
- **2023-02-22** uncircled
- **2023-02-22** Senate/recedes from Senate Floor Substitute
- **2023-02-22** circled
- **2023-02-26** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-27** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-02-27** uncircled
- **2023-02-27** substituted from # 2 to # 4 `substitution`
- **2023-02-27** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** circled
- **2023-02-28** uncircled
- **2023-02-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-28** to House with amendments
- **2023-02-28** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-28** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-01** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-01** to Senate
- **2023-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2023-03-01** to House
- **2023-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-01** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2023-03-02** 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/48b64c7c-6c67-4533-9a29-1d5638c793bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).