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---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 23 Voter Referendum Amendments"
description: "H.B. 23 Voter Referendum Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 23"
citation: "Utah HB 23 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "County Officers", "Election Law", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Initiatives", "Land Use", "Metro Townships", "Municipalities", "Planning and Zoning", "Political Subdivisions (Local Issues)", "Referenda", "Voting and Voter Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson, Merrill F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-16"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/464edc9e-7ebd-4da6-b0bc-2d3f0adfd35a"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0023.html"
source_hash: "3b6c5db7083838faf3ab4e2e09ea5132f434c1762a84f8ac3ec8c7d10ad2ae47"
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 23 (2021) — H.B. 23 Voter Referendum 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/~2021/bills/hbillint/HB0023S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0023.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **30** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd reading — **250** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **221** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2 — **30** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **720** (pass) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **681** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Nelson, Merrill F. — primary (person)
- Sandall, Scott D. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-12-16** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2020-12-16** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-01-06** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-01-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-01-19** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2021-01-19** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-19** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-01-19** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-01-19** to Senate
- **2021-01-20** received from House
- **2021-01-20** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** Senate Comm - Not Considered
- **2021-02-05** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2021-02-16** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 2
- **2021-02-16** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** comm rpt/substituted
- **2021-02-16** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-18** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-19** to House with amendments
- **2021-02-19** received from Senate
- **2021-02-19** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-02-22** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2021-02-22** to Senate
- **2021-02-22** received from House
- **2021-02-22** signed by President/returned to House
- **2021-02-22** to House
- **2021-02-23** received from Senate
- **2021-02-23** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2021-02-24** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2021-02-24** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-11** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-11** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-16** 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/464edc9e-7ebd-4da6-b0bc-2d3f0adfd35a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).