---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 79 Initiatives and Referenda Amendments"
description: "H.B. 79 Initiatives and Referenda Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 79"
citation: "Utah HB 79 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Law", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Initiatives", "Referenda"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dailey-Provost, Jennifer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-12-28"
last_action: "2024-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2448972-251e-400d-b1c9-e7d7a9a3d015"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0079.html"
source_hash: "b9d0f25906fd70f78db9dba4767b7224196f80a05e9e3535501c41ac335aa4f0"
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 79 (2024) — H.B. 79 Initiatives and Referenda 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/HB0079S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0079.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Held — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dailey-Provost, Jennifer — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-28** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2023-12-28** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2024-01-10** received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2024-01-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** to House Government Operations Committee
- **2024-01-19** House Comm - Held
- **2024-02-02** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2024-02-02** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-05** comm rpt/substituted
- **2024-02-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2024-02-13** to Senate
- **2024-02-14** received from House `receipt`
- **2024-02-14** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-21** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee
- **2024-02-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-23** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-23** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-27** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2024-02-29** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2024-02-29** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** substituted from # 1 to # 3 `substitution`
- **2024-02-29** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2024-02-29** to House with amendments
- **2024-03-01** received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-03-01** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2024-03-01** concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-01** to Senate
- **2024-03-01** received from House `receipt`
- **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`
- **2024-03-01** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2024-03-01** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2024-03-08** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2024-03-08** 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/f2448972-251e-400d-b1c9-e7d7a9a3d015`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).