---
type: "Bill"
title: "Traffic Amendments"
description: "Traffic Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 128"
citation: "Utah HB 128 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Roads/Highways", "Traffic Violations", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Defay, Ariel"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-11-07T20:11:48+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T16:03:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b95eb21-f8fe-48ca-91a8-0ac756afbacd"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0128.html"
source_hash: "dbb55b197eab4f0d395b6f06a917db2f39694626ff578b355b06b52b13f17f1d"
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 128 (2026) — Traffic 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/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0128.xml)
2. **Amended 1/26/2026 10:01:659** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0128_2026-01-26_10-34-22.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 1/26/2026 10:01:659** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0128_2026-01-26_10-34-22.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0128.Hamd.1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0128.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **59–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Defay, Ariel — primary (person)
- Harper, Wayne A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-07T20:11:48+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0128
- **2025-11-07T20:11:48+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0128
- **2025-11-17T15:43:36+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0128
- **2026-01-02T22:50:02+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-02T22:50:02+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-12T16:19:35+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0128
- **2026-01-12T16:54:37+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0128
- **2026-01-14T20:52:05+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-14T21:27:01+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:23+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-22T18:44:27+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Transportation Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23T21:28:33+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation [House Transportation Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-01-23T21:28:51+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Transportation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-26T18:18:07+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ amended [House Transportation Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-26T18:18:08+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-03T22:15:15+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-03T22:25:28+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-03T22:25:30+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-03T22:42:03+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-04T18:14:03+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-05T21:12:24+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10T00:12:33+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10T21:34:29+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10T21:34:30+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-18T18:53:12+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-18T18:56:08+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19T17:36:40+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-19T17:38:18+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-19T17:38:19+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-19T17:38:20+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-19T19:23:39+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-19T19:23:40+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-23T20:58:15+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-02-23T20:58:19+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-02-25T17:10:31+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-02-25T17:10:33+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-03T20:24:12+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T20:24:14+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25T16:03:00+00:00** 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/6b95eb21-f8fe-48ca-91a8-0ac756afbacd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).