---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ballot Drop Box Amendments"
description: "Ballot Drop Box Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 347"
citation: "Utah HB 347 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Law", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Petersen, Michael J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62354149-2b37-4398-889a-1a28ee1eaff7"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0347.html"
source_hash: "15095b3993fb8f2c6364b621e46b6d969f0c83e2d14f794558b275f51e6c28c8"
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 347 (2023) — Ballot Drop Box 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/HB0347.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0347.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **21–6** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–2** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **54–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Petersen, Michael J. — primary (person)
- Owens, Derrin R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-01-31** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-01-31** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2023-01-31** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-31** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-03** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-07** to House Government Operations Committee
- **2023-02-08** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-13** held
- **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
- **2023-02-23** 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`
- **2023-03-01** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-02** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **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`
- **2023-03-14** 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/62354149-2b37-4398-889a-1a28ee1eaff7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).