---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gambling Revisions"
description: "Gambling Revisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 243"
citation: "Utah HB 243 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gambling", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elison, Joseph"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-13T21:18:21+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-25T16:09:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46d9948e-0f67-41df-9ec4-39bf8138f841"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0243.html"
source_hash: "2ade062e924accb1a33eb88445c42e930265990293791d599f6122a883782ddf"
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 243 (2026) — Gambling Revisions

## 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/HB0243.xml)
2. **Amended 2/2/2026 11:02:628** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0243_2026-02-02_11-08-18.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 2/2/2026 11:02:628** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0243_2026-02-02_11-08-18.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0243.Hamd.1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0243.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **63–9** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elison, Joseph — primary (person)
- Brammer, Brady — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13T21:18:21+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-13T21:18:21+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-13T21:18:26+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0243
- **2026-01-13T21:18:26+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0243
- **2026-01-14T21:14:37+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-17T12:09:55+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0243
- **2026-01-17T12:09:57+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0243
- **2026-01-20T16:28:28+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:26+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-22T18:43:24+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30T21:13:55+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-01-30T21:15:40+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-02T18:11:17+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ amended [House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-02T18:11:18+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-10T21:39:57+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-10T21:48:51+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-10T21:48:53+00:00** House/ held
- **2026-02-11T19:28:54+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-11T22:00:20+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-12T17:33:01+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-17T17:22:53+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19T23:42:39+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20T17:19:11+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20T17:19:12+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-25T22:10:47+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-25T22:10:58+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-26T18:17:26+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-26T18:25:02+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-27T17:45:39+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-27T17:48:41+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-27T17:48:42+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-27T17:48:43+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-27T19:01:14+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-27T19:01:15+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-03T15:43:30+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-03T15:43:35+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-03T23:05:44+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-03T23:05:50+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-11T16:25:34+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-11T16:25:36+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25T16:09:00+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/46d9948e-0f67-41df-9ec4-39bf8138f841`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).