---
type: "Bill"
title: "Signature Gathering and Verification Amendments"
description: "Signature Gathering and Verification Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 32"
citation: "Utah HB 32 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Administration", "Election Law", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Initiatives", "Lieutenant Governor", "Referenda"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cutler, Paul A."]
version_count: 8
action_count: 64
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-12-05T22:56:11+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-23T14:38:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2db8ff33-1397-41e2-bfe3-29679e9b3974"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0032.html"
source_hash: "c0348d028e2ef13b0b56775a0546812990f86acd6be371a2cbd9419b6271d194"
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 32 (2026) — Signature Gathering and Verification 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/HB0032.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0032 To HB0032S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0032S01 To HB0032S02.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Sub #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0032S02 To HB0032S03.pdf)
5. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0032S01.xml)
6. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0032S02.xml)
7. **Substitute #3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0032S03.xml)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0032.xml)

## Votes

- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **22–7** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **56–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cutler, Paul A. — primary (person)
- Winterton, Ronald M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-05T22:56:11+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-05T22:56:11+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-05T22:56:16+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0032
- **2025-12-05T22:56:16+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0032
- **2026-01-13T18:40:30+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0032
- **2026-01-14T17:44:04+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0032
- **2026-01-14T20:37:41+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-16T22:56:04+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0032
- **2026-01-17T00:59:58+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0032
- **2026-01-20T15:33:09+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:22+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-21T18:43:02+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Government Operations Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02T23:28:01+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0032S01
- **2026-02-02T23:28:01+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0032S01
- **2026-02-03T23:34:42+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Government Operations Committee]
- **2026-02-03T23:35:55+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Government Operations Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-04T18:10:45+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Government Operations Committee]
- **2026-02-04T18:10:46+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-05T07:39:45+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0032S01
- **2026-02-05T14:50:19+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0032S01
- **2026-02-12T17:40:32+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0032S02
- **2026-02-12T17:40:32+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0032S02
- **2026-02-12T18:29:26+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-12T18:40:56+00:00** House/ substitute adoption failed `failure`
- **2026-02-12T18:43:20+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-12T18:43:22+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-12T20:08:39+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-14T00:07:37+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0032S02
- **2026-02-17T17:26:53+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-17T19:02:40+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0032S03
- **2026-02-17T19:02:40+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0032S03
- **2026-02-17T21:25:08+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19T04:44:19+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0032S03
- **2026-02-19T17:52:15+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0032S03
- **2026-02-23T16:58:59+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee]
- **2026-02-23T17:01:18+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23T21:36:34+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee]
- **2026-02-23T21:36:35+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-26T18:32:31+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-02-26T18:32:45+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-02-26T18:46:58+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-02-26T18:49:47+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26T18:49:53+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-26T18:50:01+00:00** Senate/ placed on 3rd Reading Calendar table
- **2026-03-05T00:06:06+00:00** Senate/ 3nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee]
- **2026-03-05T02:35:54+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T03:02:58+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T03:02:59+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2026-03-05T17:12:35+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T17:12:36+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-05T18:18:15+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-05T18:18:16+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-05T22:25:38+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T22:25:39+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-05T22:25:40+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T00:00:30+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T00:00:31+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T19:42:21+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T19:42:24+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T18:57:25+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T18:57:30+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T16:47:06+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T16:47:08+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23T14:38:00+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/2db8ff33-1397-41e2-bfe3-29679e9b3974`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).