---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 37 Voter Signature Verification Amendments"
description: "H.B. 37 Voter Signature Verification Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 37"
citation: "Utah HB 37 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rulemaking", "Disabilities", "Election Administration", "Election Law", "Electronic Databases", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Government Records", "New Rulemaking Authority", "Rulemaking Procedures", "Voting and Voter Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eliason, Steve"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 49
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-12-19"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b03b5207-e8c4-4e30-9567-091c9332f376"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0037.html"
source_hash: "fd2b9b5eb2c6704d7607a97fa6ad45bcd0213b07a73262ee9d51da0d560fe4cc"
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 37 (2023) — H.B. 37 Voter Signature Verification 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/HB0037S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0037.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with Senate amendment — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eliason, Steve — primary (person)
- Harper, Wayne A. — 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
- **2023-01-04** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-01-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-01** to House Government Operations Committee
- **2023-02-03** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-02-03** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-06** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** circled
- **2023-02-09** uncircled
- **2023-02-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-09** to Senate
- **2023-02-10** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-10** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee
- **2023-02-15** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** circled
- **2023-02-16** uncircled
- **2023-02-16** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2023-02-21** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-21** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-03-03** placed back on 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** substituted from # 1 to # 2 `substitution`
- **2023-03-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-03-03** to House with amendments
- **2023-03-03** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2023-03-03** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-03** to Senate
- **2023-03-03** received from House `receipt`
- **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
- **2023-03-10** 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/b03b5207-e8c4-4e30-9567-091c9332f376`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).