---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 470 Government Digital Verifiable Record Amendments"
description: "H.B. 470 Government Digital Verifiable Record Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 470"
citation: "Utah HB 470 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Archives and Records", "Blockchain", "Department of Government Operations", "Division of Technology Services", "Electronic Databases", "Electronic Information", "Government Records", "Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cutler, Paul A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d7c0618-be1a-4a79-bdc3-7f8f78d401b4"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0470.html"
source_hash: "e9fb0fa79e6c1ae369a339a1e9d355b63afb719a9f003e4b0d9ca38e1369e7b5"
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 470 (2023) — H.B. 470 Government Digital Verifiable Record 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/HB0470S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillamd/HB0470S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/hbillenr/HB0470.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **59–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cutler, Paul A. — primary (person)
- Cullimore, Kirk A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-02-14** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-02-15** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-15** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-21** to House Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee
- **2023-02-23** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-02-23** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** comm rpt/substituted/amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2023-02-25** fiscal note publicly available
- **2023-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-02-27** to Senate
- **2023-02-27** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** to Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
- **2023-02-28** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** comm rpt/sent to Rules
- **2023-03-01** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-01** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **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`
- **2023-03-14** 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/1d7c0618-be1a-4a79-bdc3-7f8f78d401b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).