---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 244 Driver License Hearings Amendments"
description: "S.B. 244 Driver License Hearings Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 244"
citation: "Utah SB 244 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Public Safety", "Driver License", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Owens, Derrin R."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ed6456c-13b3-4bc1-a186-453ecfbc8699"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0244.html"
source_hash: "e9c0cf7629ff193f357b467a6dab31e4f4e80297eff13b87e621205ce20d5397"
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 SB 244 (2023) — S.B. 244 Driver License Hearings 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/sbillint/SB0244S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/sbillenr/SB0244.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Owens, Derrin R. — primary (person)
- Bolinder, Bridger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-02-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2023-02-16** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2023-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee
- **2023-02-20** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2023-02-21** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2023-02-21** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2023-02-21** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** comm rpt/substituted
- **2023-02-22** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2023-02-27** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2023-02-27** to House
- **2023-02-27** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** to House Transportation Committee
- **2023-02-28** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** return to Rules due to fiscal impact
- **2023-03-03** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2023-03-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2023-03-03** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-03** to Senate
- **2023-03-03** received from House `receipt`
- **2023-03-03** signed by President/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Bill Received from Senate 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`
- **2023-03-23** 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/9ed6456c-13b3-4bc1-a186-453ecfbc8699`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).