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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections Study"
description: "Elections Study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 311"
citation: "Utah HB 311 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Administration", "Election Law", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "Higher Education", "Voting and Voter Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burton, Jefferson S."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-21T20:04:26+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-23T16:51:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbea8579-f697-49f2-9b12-fc51d5473214"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0311.html"
source_hash: "322cbd33e7e2dfebb41f8fe45189d9ef0e809bdef47509afd2aa3d6cc962e6e9"
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 311 (2026) — Elections Study
## 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/HB0311.xml)
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](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0311S01.xml)
5. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0311S02.xml)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0311.xml)
## Votes
- House/ concurs with Senate amendment — **6012** (pass) · lower
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **681** (pass) · lower
- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **225** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbea8579-f697-49f2-9b12-fc51d5473214`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).