republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2019/h-b-23.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 23 Gambling Machines Amendments"
description: "H.B. 23 Gambling Machines Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 23"
citation: "Utah H.B. 23 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gambling", "Criminal Code", "Offenses", "Judiciary", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKell, Michael K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 74
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-12-18"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b7cdd80-ba30-4080-99f5-a6f1cb9fec57"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0023.html"
source_hash: "7e17663c1068afe558a609f7d3ac4e812fe1c450cff74593677f7e20abcb5b64"
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 H.B. 23 (2019) — H.B. 23 Gambling Machines Amendments

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0023S02.pdf)
2. **Conference Committee Report 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/comreport/HB023C10.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0023.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- House Conference Committee - Final Passage — **72–2** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **69–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage — **23–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McKell, Michael K. — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-18** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-12-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-07** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-22** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-01** to Senate
- **2019-02-04** received from House
- **2019-02-04** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2019-02-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-07** comm rpt/amended
- **2019-02-07** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-02-14** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-14** floor amendment # 2
- **2019-02-14** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-15** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-15** circled
- **2019-02-15** uncircled
- **2019-02-15** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-15** to House with amendments
- **2019-02-19** received from Senate
- **2019-02-19** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2019-02-20** refuse to concur with Senate amendment
- **2019-02-20** to Senate
- **2019-02-21** refused to recede from Senate amendments
- **2019-02-21** Senate Conference Committee Appointed Meeting Information
- **2019-02-21** to House
- **2019-02-21** received from Senate
- **2019-02-21** House Conference Committee Appointed Meeting Information
- **2019-02-21** to Senate
- **2019-02-22** Bill Substituted by Conference Committee from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-02-22** Conference Committee Report
- **2019-02-22** received from House
- **2019-02-22** Senate Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt
- **2019-02-22** Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage
- **2019-02-22** to House
- **2019-02-25** received from Senate
- **2019-02-28** comm rpt/rejected
- **2019-02-28** to Senate
- **2019-03-01** Senate Conference Committee Appointed Meeting Information
- **2019-03-01** to House
- **2019-03-01** received from Senate
- **2019-03-01** House Conference Committee Appointed Meeting Information
- **2019-03-01** to Senate
- **2019-03-01** Bill Substituted by Conference Committee from # 0 to # 2
- **2019-03-01** Conference Committee Report
- **2019-03-01** received from House
- **2019-03-01** Senate Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt
- **2019-03-01** Senate Conference Committee - Final Passage
- **2019-03-01** to House
- **2019-03-02** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-03-04** received from Senate
- **2019-03-04** House Motion to Adopt Joint Conference Comm Rpt
- **2019-03-04** House Conference Committee - Final Passage
- **2019-03-04** to Senate
- **2019-03-04** received from House
- **2019-03-04** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-04** to House
- **2019-03-04** received from Senate
- **2019-03-04** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-05** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-03-05** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-21** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-21** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-21** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-21** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** 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/6b7cdd80-ba30-4080-99f5-a6f1cb9fec57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).