---
type: "Bill"
title: "Traffic Code Modifications"
description: "Traffic Code Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 302"
citation: "Utah H.B. 302 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Public Safety", "Highways", "Motor Vehicles", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hutchings, Eric K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b9ced17-4733-42a9-99e5-f15cd2983ed7"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0302.html"
source_hash: "ef5628052974b7aecf3acf4df4fc7edf3cb9b85fc376cac69ea2a7d620ddb4fc"
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 H.B. 302 (2019) — Traffic Code Modifications

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0302.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0302.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hutchings, Eric K. — primary (person)
- Thatcher, Daniel W. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-02-08** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-02-08** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-02-11** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-02-11** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-02-11** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-12** to House Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2019-02-19** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2019-02-19** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** circled
- **2019-02-21** uncircled
- **2019-02-21** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-21** to Senate
- **2019-02-21** received from House
- **2019-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** to Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-01** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-01** to House
- **2019-03-01** received from Senate
- **2019-03-01** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-04** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-03-04** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-19** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-19** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-20** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-20** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-22** 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/1b9ced17-4733-42a9-99e5-f15cd2983ed7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).