republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2025/hb-261.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Towing Modifications"
description: "Towing Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 261"
citation: "Utah HB 261 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial Motor Vehicle Regulation", "Department of Public Safety", "Department of Transportation", "Division of Motor Vehicles", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "State Tax Commission", "Towing", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maloy, A. Cory"]
version_count: 23
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-17T20:30:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-26T14:45:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3c94aec-2280-4faf-abf9-9e000d84e180"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0261.html"
source_hash: "a2c95b3b78dce3a3e0dec94dfef3f70186425f26d5ceedf1c14e18fd0cc396e0"
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 261 (2025) — Towing Modifications

## 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/2025/bills/introduced/HB0261.xml)
2. **Amended 2/19/2025 10:02:25** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0261S02_2025-02-19_10-03-30.pdf)
3. **Amended 2/25/2025 11:02:06** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0261S02_2025-02-25_11-32-55.pdf)
4. **Amended 3/3/2025 08:03:340** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AV_HB0261S02_2025-03-03_08-56-24.pdf)
5. **Amended Excerpts 2/19/2025 10:02:25** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AP_HB0261S02_2025-02-19_10-03-30.pdf)
6. **Amended Excerpts 2/25/2025 11:02:06** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AP_HB0261S02_2025-02-25_11-32-55.pdf)
7. **Amended Excerpts 3/3/2025 08:03:340** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/AP_HB0261S02_2025-03-03_08-56-24.pdf)
8. **Comparison to Sub #0** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP HB0261 To HB0261S01.pdf)
9. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/CP HB0261S01 To HB0261S02.pdf)
10. **House Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/HB0261S02.Hamd.1.pdf)
11. **House Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/HB0261S02.Hamd.2.pdf)
12. **House Amendment 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/HB0261S02.Hamd.3.pdf)
13. **House Amendment 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/HB0261S02.Hamd.4.pdf)
14. **House Amendment 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/amended/HB0261S02.Hamd.5.pdf)
15. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/HB261H10.pdf)
16. **House Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB261H10.pdf)
17. **House Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB261H20.pdf)
18. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/comreport/HB261S10.pdf)
19. **Senate Transmittal Letter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB261S10.pdf)
20. **Senate Transmittal Letter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/transmit/HB261S20.pdf)
21. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0261S01.xml)
22. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0261S02.xml)
23. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/enrolled/HB0261.xml)

## Sponsors

- Maloy, A. Cory — primary (person)
- Harper, Wayne A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17T20:30:00+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2025-01-17T20:30:00+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2025-01-21T15:51:00+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2025-01-21T16:18:00+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2025-01-21T22:28:00+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-01-31T19:29:00+00:00** House/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-14T15:00:00+00:00** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2025-02-19T00:15:00+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- **2025-02-19T00:16:00+00:00** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-19T00:16:00+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19T17:51:00+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted/ amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-19T17:51:00+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2025-02-25T18:03:00+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2025-02-25T18:07:00+00:00** House/ floor amendment
- **2025-02-25T18:10:00+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2025-02-25T18:10:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-02-25T19:10:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-02-25T22:43:00+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2025-02-27T21:35:00+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28T23:31:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-28T23:35:00+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03T17:29:00+00:00** Senate/ comm rpt/ amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-03T17:29:00+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-05T21:43:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T21:25:00+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2025-03-07T21:36:00+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2025-03-07T21:36:00+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2025-03-07T22:19:00+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2025-03-07T22:21:00+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2025-03-07T22:21:00+00:00** Senate/ to House with amendments
- **2025-03-07T23:40:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-03-07T23:40:00+00:00** House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2025-03-07T23:55:00+00:00** House/ circled
- **2025-03-07T23:58:00+00:00** House/ uncircled
- **2025-03-08T00:00:00+00:00** House/ concurs with Senate amendment `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-08T00:00:00+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2025-03-08T03:02:00+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2025-03-08T03:02:00+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2025-03-08T03:02:00+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2025-03-08T03:56:00+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2025-03-08T03:56:00+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2025-03-08T05:22:00+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2025-03-08T05:22:00+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2025-03-12T19:21:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2025-03-12T19:21:00+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2025-03-13T15:02:00+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2025-03-13T15:02:00+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26T14:45:00+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/f3c94aec-2280-4faf-abf9-9e000d84e180`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).