---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire Code Amendments"
description: "Fire Code Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 45"
citation: "Utah HB 45 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Construction", "Construction and Fire Codes", "Real Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson, Thomas W."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-12-19T04:06:56+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-13T23:15:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa381b02-e5a9-4a05-8c78-49e2864efd1f"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0045.html"
source_hash: "a88ca9f53542edc502dcf6014746ff6757c1d01a0716e036a7bf810c33fc39df"
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 45 (2026) — Fire Code 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/HB0045.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0045 To HB0045S01.pdf)
3. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0045S01.xml)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0045.xml)

## Votes

- House/ passed 3rd reading — **70–3** (pass) · lower
- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **68–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Peterson, Thomas W. — primary (person)
- Vickers, Evan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-19T04:06:56+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-12-19T04:06:56+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-12-19T04:06:58+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0045
- **2025-12-19T04:06:58+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0045
- **2026-01-02T12:39:05+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0045
- **2026-01-02T12:39:07+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0045
- **2026-01-14T20:40:24+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-14T21:19:49+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T17:43:19+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T18:20:03+00:00** House/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2026-01-20T18:21:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-01-21T18:15:48+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-01-21T18:21:11+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-01-21T18:21:13+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-01-21T19:16:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-01-22T18:08:30+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-22T20:46:37+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0045S01
- **2026-01-22T20:46:37+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0045S01
- **2026-01-23T20:18:42+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0045S01
- **2026-01-23T20:18:43+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0045S01
- **2026-01-26T18:16:36+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26T21:23:46+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Business and Labor Committee]
- **2026-01-26T21:26:55+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Business and Labor Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27T18:15:28+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Business and Labor Committee]
- **2026-01-27T18:15:29+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-04T21:17:23+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-04T21:20:49+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-05T18:16:05+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-05T18:18:49+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-05T18:18:50+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2026-02-05T21:07:31+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-05T21:07:32+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-02-06T18:36:56+00:00** House/ circled
- **2026-02-09T21:15:37+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2026-02-09T21:20:03+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-09T21:20:04+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-10T18:12:42+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-10T18:12:43+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-10T18:12:44+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-10T19:42:56+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-10T19:42:57+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-12T14:21:34+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-02-12T14:21:39+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-02T17:43:45+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-02T17:43:58+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-03T19:09:04+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T19:09:06+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-13T23:15:23+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/fa381b02-e5a9-4a05-8c78-49e2864efd1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).