republic-os/legislation/us/states/ut/2026/hb-228.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Sales Amendments"
description: "Vehicle Sales Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 228"
citation: "Utah HB 228 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Division of Motor Vehicles", "Insurance", "Motor Vehicle Insurance", "Motor Vehicles", "Transportation", "Vehicle Safety Equipment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Teuscher, Jordan D."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-12T20:57:36+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-23T15:28:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cbc2aeb-613b-4c71-b0e3-f58693005d09"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/HB0228.html"
source_hash: "fb538bfe0ccafca325276c81a2d47f7b31fa48f6d4e704f0d525021b386bd2df"
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 228 (2026) — Vehicle Sales 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/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0228.xml)
2. **Comparison to Original Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0228 To HB0228S01.pdf)
3. **Comparison to Sub #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/CP HB0228S01 To HB0228S02.pdf)
4. **Substitute #1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0228S01.xml)
5. **Substitute #2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0228S02.xml)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0228.xml)

## Votes

- Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- House/ passed 3rd reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Teuscher, Jordan D. — primary (person)
- Fillmore, Lincoln — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-12T20:57:36+00:00** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2026-01-12T20:57:36+00:00** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2026-01-12T20:57:40+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0228
- **2026-01-12T20:57:40+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0228
- **2026-01-14T21:07:03+00:00** House/ received bill from Legislative Research `receipt`
- **2026-01-17T11:48:18+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0228
- **2026-01-17T14:52:38+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0228
- **2026-01-20T16:28:28+00:00** House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T22:38:26+00:00** House/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-01-26T16:43:41+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0228S01
- **2026-01-26T16:43:41+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0228S01
- **2026-01-29T00:12:00+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0228S01
- **2026-02-02T15:24:01+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0228S01
- **2026-02-10T18:27:00+00:00** Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm [House Rules Committee]
- **2026-02-10T19:12:53+00:00** House/ to standing committee [House Revenue and Taxation Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11T22:15:38+00:00** LFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0228S02
- **2026-02-11T22:15:38+00:00** LFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0228S02
- **2026-02-12T15:55:00+00:00** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation [House Revenue and Taxation Committee]
- **2026-02-12T15:55:36+00:00** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation [House Revenue and Taxation Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T21:22:51+00:00** House/ comm rpt/ substituted [House Revenue and Taxation Committee]
- **2026-02-12T21:22:52+00:00** House/ 2nd reading
- **2026-02-13T18:54:16+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0228S02
- **2026-02-13T19:03:21+00:00** LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0228S02
- **2026-02-20T21:33:42+00:00** House/ 3rd reading
- **2026-02-20T21:37:59+00:00** House/ passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2026-02-20T21:38:01+00:00** House/ to Senate
- **2026-02-20T23:12:31+00:00** Senate/ received from House `receipt`
- **2026-02-23T17:16:37+00:00** Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- **2026-02-24T21:12:36+00:00** Senate/ to standing committee [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26T15:27:20+00:00** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26T22:59:41+00:00** Senate/ committee report favorable [Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee] `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26T22:59:42+00:00** Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T00:03:05+00:00** Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules [Senate Rules Committee] `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05T00:08:08+00:00** Senate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05T01:35:07+00:00** Senate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T01:35:27+00:00** Senate/ circled
- **2026-03-05T17:03:33+00:00** Senate/ uncircled
- **2026-03-05T17:05:51+00:00** Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
- **2026-03-05T17:05:52+00:00** Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House `passage`
- **2026-03-05T17:05:53+00:00** Senate/ to House
- **2026-03-05T17:47:13+00:00** House/ received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-03-05T17:47:14+00:00** House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling `passage`
- **2026-03-06T19:53:14+00:00** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2026-03-06T19:53:17+00:00** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2026-03-11T16:23:09+00:00** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11T16:23:13+00:00** House/ enrolled bill to Printing
- **2026-03-12T17:54:17+00:00** House/ received enrolled bill from Printing `receipt`
- **2026-03-12T17:54:19+00:00** House/ to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23T15:28:00+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/2cbc2aeb-613b-4c71-b0e3-f58693005d09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).