---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcohol Amendments"
description: "Alcohol Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 597"
citation: "Utah HB 597 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol", "Business", "Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burton, Jefferson S."]
version_count: 12
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-24T16:18:09+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-13T23:19:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42974da8-c2be-4940-baf1-74cbb9b229c1"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0597.html"
source_hash: "9607923f3088765bdb60213fc078fd38c4ae28490807d1e42b9dec424ce9500f"
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 597 (2026) — Alcohol 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/HB0597.xml)
2. **Amended 3/2/2026 11:03:931** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0597_2026-03-02_11-20-32.pdf)
3. **Amended 3/4/2026 20:03:657** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0597S01_2026-03-04_20-09-49.pdf)
4. **Amended Excerpts 3/2/2026 11:03:931** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0597_2026-03-02_11-20-32.pdf)
5. **Amended Excerpts 3/4/2026 20:03:657** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0597S01_2026-03-04_20-09-49.pdf)
6. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0597 To HB0597S01.pdf)
7. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0597.Hamd.1.pdf)
8. **House Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0597.Hamd.2.pdf)
9. **House Amendment 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0597.Hamd.3.pdf)
10. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0597S01.Samd.1.pdf)
11. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0597S01.xml)
12. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0597.xml)

## Votes

- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **67–2** (pass) · lower
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **65–3** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burton, Jefferson S. — primary (person)
- Stevenson, Jerry W — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-24T16:18:09+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-02-24T16:18:09+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-02-24T16:18:10+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0597
- **2026-02-24T16:18:10+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0597
- **2026-02-24T16:50:24+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Printing `receipt`
- **2026-02-24T17:17:24+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-24T23:02:48+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27T12:22:52+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0597
- **2026-02-27T15:13:24+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0597
- **2026-02-27T16:03:22+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-02-27T23:50:38+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-27T23:51:27+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02T17:22:48+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ amended [House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-02T17:22:49+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-03-03T17:12:17+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-03-03T17:17:55+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-03-03T17:17:57+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-03T18:45:53+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-03T18:47:29+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-03-04T01:41:17+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04T20:17:50+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0597S01
- **2026-03-04T20:17:50+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0597S01
- **2026-03-04T22:18:45+00:00** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee]
- **2026-03-04T22:22:19+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04T23:42:17+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0597S01
- **2026-03-04T23:59:46+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0597S01
- **2026-03-05T00:01:05+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee]
- **2026-03-05T00:01:06+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T00:03:14+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05T00:08:09+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T02:46:59+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T02:49:26+00:00** Senate/ floor amendment
- **2026-03-05T02:57:01+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T02:57:02+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2026-03-05T17:12:38+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T17:12:39+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2026-03-05T19:20:43+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-05T19:20:44+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-03-05T22:22:30+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T22:22:31+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-05T22:22:32+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-06T00:10:52+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-06T00:10:53+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T15:56:20+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T15:56:26+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-07T00:00:25+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-07T00:00:34+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T18:32:32+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T18:32:34+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-13T23:19:37+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/42974da8-c2be-4940-baf1-74cbb9b229c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).