---
type: "Bill"
title: "Laser Pointer Amendments"
description: "Laser Pointer Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 531"
citation: "Utah HB 531 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aeronautics", "Crimes", "Department of Public Safety", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Motor Vehicles", "Peace Officers", "Public Safety", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eliason, Steve"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/413fb485-3e8e-4df5-988b-93adc514c8c0"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0531.html"
source_hash: "de20d155f5310dc3368899c060b02632c1bfdcdb279d37f71a40b4e28866428a"
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 531 (2024) — Laser Pointer 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/~2024/bills/hbillint/HB0531.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0531.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eliason, Steve — primary (person)
- Ipson, Don L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2024-02-12** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-02-12** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2024-02-12** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-02-12** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2024-02-14** fiscal note publicly available
- **2024-02-15** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-02-16** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee
- **2024-02-21** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2024-02-21** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2024-02-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-23** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-23** to Senate
- **2024-02-23** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-26** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee
- **2024-02-27** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2024-02-28** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2024-02-28** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** placed back on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-01** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-01** placed back on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-01** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2024-03-01** signed by President/returned to House `passage`
- **2024-03-01** to House
- **2024-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2024-03-02** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-03-02** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2024-03-11** received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2024-03-11** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-20** 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/413fb485-3e8e-4df5-988b-93adc514c8c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).