---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landscaping Restrictions Amendments"
description: "Landscaping Restrictions Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 215"
citation: "Utah HB 215 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Fire Control", "Fire Protection", "Local Government Ordinances", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Real Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson, Thomas W."]
version_count: 7
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-09T21:39:03+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T15:47:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/303242dd-0974-4956-b184-6cd631cec594"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0215.html"
source_hash: "b508013b11a940d97964c9f025e4664a3976bd46db50b1a10fa8a672eba0236b"
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 215 (2026) — Landscaping Restrictions 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/HB0215.xml)
2. **Amended 1/30/2026 10:01:856** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0215S01_2026-01-30_10-47-58.pdf)
3. **Amended Excerpts 1/30/2026 10:01:856** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AP_HB0215S01_2026-01-30_10-47-58.pdf)
4. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0215 To HB0215S01.pdf)
5. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/HB0215S01.Hamd.1.pdf)
6. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0215S01.xml)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0215.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd reading — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 3rd reading — **24–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09T21:39:03+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-09T21:39:03+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-09T21:39:05+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0215
- **2026-01-09T21:39:05+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0215
- **2026-01-14T21:05:32+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-17T11:01:33+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0215
- **2026-01-17T11:01:35+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0215
- **2026-01-20T16:28:28+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T17:43:19+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-20T18:33:38+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Political Subdivisions Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21T21:21:11+00:00** House Comm - Held [House Political Subdivisions Committee]
- **2026-01-27T23:23:15+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0215S01
- **2026-01-27T23:23:15+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0215S01
- **2026-01-29T15:21:54+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0215S01
- **2026-01-29T15:21:55+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0215S01
- **2026-01-29T21:46:40+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Political Subdivisions Committee]
- **2026-01-29T21:48:14+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation [House Political Subdivisions Committee] `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-01-29T21:49:15+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-30T18:47:35+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted/ amended [House Political Subdivisions Committee] `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-30T18:47:36+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-10T18:45:22+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-10T18:48:48+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-10T18:48:50+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-10T19:40:28+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-10T21:29:41+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-13T17:17:19+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18T00:02:03+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-18T17:29:59+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-18T17:30:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-19T22:14:49+00:00** Senate/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-19T22:16:43+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-20T18:09:11+00:00** Senate/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-20T18:11:13+00:00** Senate/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-20T18:11:14+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-02-20T18:11:15+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-02-20T19:20:42+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-20T19:20:43+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-02-24T21:54:49+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-02-24T21:54:52+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-04T17:15:35+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-04T17:15:40+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T17:30:02+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T17:30:04+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17T15:47:00+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/303242dd-0974-4956-b184-6cd631cec594`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).