republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2026/hb-311.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Elections Study	Elections Study	us/states/ut	Utah Legislature	2026	HB 311	Utah HB 311 (2026)	bill	Election Administration Election Law Government Operations (State Issues) Higher Education Voting and Voter Registration	enacted	Burton, Jefferson S.	6	50	3	2026-01-21T20:04:26+00:00	2026-03-23T16:51:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/fbea8579-f697-49f2-9b12-fc51d5473214	https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0311.html	322cbd33e7e2dfebb41f8fe45189d9ef0e809bdef47509afd2aa3d6cc962e6e9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ut

Utah HB 311 (2026) — Elections Study

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Comparison to Original Bill (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0311 To HB0311S01.pdf)
3. Comparison to Sub #1 (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0311S01 To HB0311S02.pdf)
4. Substitute #1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Substitute #2 (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• House/ concurs with Senate amendment — 60–12 (pass) · lower
• House/ passed 3rd reading — 68–1 (pass) · lower
• Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — 22–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Burton, Jefferson S. — primary (person)
• McKell, Michael K. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-21T20:04:26+00:00 Bill Numbered but not Distributed
• 2026-01-21T20:04:26+00:00 Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
• 2026-01-21T20:04:27+00:00 LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0311
• 2026-01-21T20:04:27+00:00 LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0311
• 2026-01-22T17:15:56+00:00 House/ received bill from Legislative Research receipt
• 2026-01-22T18:20:52+00:00 House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
• 2026-01-25T20:37:26+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0311
• 2026-01-25T20:37:27+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0311
• 2026-01-26T16:47:39+00:00 House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst receipt
• 2026-01-27T19:03:10+00:00 House/ to standing committee [House Government Operations Committee] referral-committee
• 2026-01-29T22:35:11+00:00 House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Government Operations Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-30T18:46:04+00:00 House/ committee report favorable [House Government Operations Committee] committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-30T18:46:05+00:00 House/ 2nd reading
• 2026-02-09T21:40:06+00:00 House/ 3rd reading
• 2026-02-09T21:43:48+00:00 House/ passed 3rd reading passage
• 2026-02-09T21:43:50+00:00 House/ held
• 2026-03-04T18:50:07+00:00 LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0311S01
• 2026-03-04T18:50:07+00:00 LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0311S01
• 2026-03-04T20:14:40+00:00 House/ to Senate
• 2026-03-04T21:32:52+00:00 Senate/ received from House receipt
• 2026-03-04T23:04:30+00:00 Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
• 2026-03-04T23:41:38+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0311S01
• 2026-03-05T17:51:16+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0311S01
• 2026-03-05T17:56:34+00:00 Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
• 2026-03-05T23:30:24+00:00 Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
• 2026-03-05T23:31:45+00:00 Senate/ circled
• 2026-03-05T23:45:09+00:00 LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0311S02
• 2026-03-05T23:45:09+00:00 LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0311S02
• 2026-03-05T23:56:08+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0311S02
• 2026-03-05T23:56:19+00:00 LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0311S02
• 2026-03-06T01:24:22+00:00 Senate/ uncircled
• 2026-03-06T01:24:43+00:00 Senate/ substituted
• 2026-03-06T01:27:02+00:00 Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
• 2026-03-06T01:27:03+00:00 Senate/ to House with amendments
• 2026-03-06T03:28:49+00:00 House/ received from Senate receipt
• 2026-03-06T03:28:50+00:00 House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
• 2026-03-06T16:53:29+00:00 House/ concurs with Senate amendment amendment-passage
• 2026-03-06T16:53:30+00:00 House/ to Senate
• 2026-03-06T20:56:59+00:00 Senate/ received from House receipt
• 2026-03-06T20:57:01+00:00 Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House passage
• 2026-03-06T20:57:02+00:00 Senate/ to House
• 2026-03-06T22:35:33+00:00 House/ received from Senate receipt
• 2026-03-06T22:35:34+00:00 House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling passage
• 2026-03-07T06:38:43+00:00 Bill Received from House for Enrolling
• 2026-03-07T06:38:48+00:00 Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
• 2026-03-11T23:05:05+00:00 Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate enrolled
• 2026-03-11T23:05:07+00:00 House/ enrolled bill to Printing
• 2026-03-12T18:32:31+00:00 House/ received enrolled bill from Printing receipt
• 2026-03-12T18:32:33+00:00 House/ to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-03-23T16:51:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fbea8579-f697-49f2-9b12-fc51d5473214. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).