# Utah H.B. 243: Gambling Revisions Utah H.B. 243, Gambling Revisions, is a 2026 General Session House bill sponsored by Joseph Elison (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-03-25 (Governor Signed) (as of 2026-10-14). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB243-2026GS - As of: 2026-10-14 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Utah H.B. 243 - State: Utah - Session: 2026 General Session - Title: Gambling Revisions - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-13 - Last action: 2026-03-25, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Joseph Elison (Republican) - Cosponsors: 5 - Subjects: Gambling, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 8 (128 yes, 9 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Utah counts more bets as gambling: cost, low. Beginning May 6, 2026, Utah law expressly counts qualifying proposition bets as gambling. These include bets on an individual action, statistic, or whether something happens. The bet must risk something valuable, depend on chance, and include an agreement to award something valuable based on the re… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Joseph Elison (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Brady Brammer (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Ariel Defay (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Steve Eliason (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Raymond P. Ward (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Stephen L. Whyte (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-02-27 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 25 | 0 | | | 2026-02-26 | Senate | Senate/ passed 2nd reading | pass | 19 | 0 | | | 2026-02-26 | Senate | Senate/ uncircled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-25 | Senate | Senate/ circled | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-19 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2026-02-10 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 63 | 9 | | | 2026-01-30 | House | House Comm - Amendment Recommendation | pass | 8 | 0 | | | 2026-01-30 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 8 | 0 | | ## Actions (36) - 2026-03-25: Governor Signed - 2026-03-11: House/ to Governor (House) - 2026-03-11: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2026-03-03: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2026-03-03: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2026-03-03: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2026-03-03: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2026-02-27: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2026-02-27: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2026-02-27: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Senate/ passed 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Senate/ uncircled (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Senate/ circled (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-02-20: Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar (Senate) - 2026-02-20: Senate/ committee report favorable (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-02-17: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2026-02-11: House/ to Senate (House) - 2026-02-10: House/ held (House) - 2026-02-10: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2026-02-10: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2026-02-02: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2026-02-02: House/ comm rpt/ amended (House) - 2026-01-30: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-01-30: House Comm - Amendment Recommendation - 2026-01-22: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2026-01-20: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House) - 2026-01-20: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House) - 2026-01-14: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House) - 2026-01-13: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2026-03-03: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0243.pdf) - Amended 2/2/2026 11:02:628, 2026-02-02: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0243_2026-02-02_11-08-18.pdf) - Introduced, 2026-01-13: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0243.pdf) ## Related bills - H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments (signed) - H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments (signed) - H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments (signed) - H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments (signed) - H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments (signed) - H.B. 220: Public Safety Data Amendments (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0243.pdf) - [Amended 2/2/2026 11:02:628 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/amended/AV_HB0243_2026-02-02_11-08-18.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0243.pdf) ## Related - [H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB136-2026GS) - [H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB101-2026GS) - [H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB134-2026GS) - [H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB178-2026GS) - [H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB94-2026GS) - [H.B. 220: Public Safety Data Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB220-2026GS) - [Utah bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah/bills) - [Utah state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/utah) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB243-2026GS (as of 2026-10-14).