All Roll Calls
Yes: 151 • No: 47
UtahH.B. 3002025 General SessionHouseWALLET
Amendments to Election Law
Sponsored By: Burton, Jefferson S.
Signed by Governor
Election LawVoting and Voter RegistrationGovernment Operations (State Issues)Election Administration
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Utah mail ballots require voter requests
Before January 1, 2029, active Utah voters receive mailed ballots unless they opt out. Beginning that date, active voters must have requested them through registration, driver-license transactions, the online system, or in-person voting. Requests stop qualifying after an opt-out, no voting during a period covering two consecutive regular general elections, or eight years without renewal before bulk mailing. By November 5, 2025, registration forms must offer a mail-ballot or in-person choice. Voters can also request future mailed ballots from a poll worker while voting.
Mail voters face stronger identification checks
By January 1, 2026, return envelopes must accept identifying digits and hide those digits and signatures when sealed. Required notices explain the transition from November 5, 2025, through December 31, 2028, and the replacement rules beginning January 1, 2029. Before 2029, signature checks or other allowed checks can satisfy verification when identifying digits are missing. Beginning January 1, 2029, voters must supply the last four digits of a Utah license or state ID; voters lacking both can use Social Security digits or an accepted ID copy. Voters without accepted identification generally must vote in person, and officers can require ID copies when registration records lack valid identification.
More homebound voters qualify for emergency ballots
Emergency paper ballots cover registered voters in hospitals, hospice, treatment or long-term care, or unable to travel because of age or illness. Voters must lack possession of a mailed ballot and be able to vote on paper. Ballots are available after most manual ballots are mailed and before polls close on Election Day. A helper must apply in person during office hours, show valid voter ID, and sign a statement under penalty of perjury. The statement identifies both people, explains eligibility, and promises not to influence, reveal, or change the voter's choices.
Voters face Election Day receipt deadlines
Mailed ballots must reach the election officer by 8 p.m. on Election Day, subject to a separate statutory exception. Other returns must be deposited or received before 8 p.m. Voters in line at a polling place by 8 p.m. must still be allowed to vote. Voters in a drop-box line by then can deposit ballots already in their possession inside sealed return envelopes.
Utah voters get ballot request options
By July 1, 2025, Utah's public online voter system must let people request a mailed ballot. It must ask registered voters and people registering whether they want a mailed ballot or plan to vote in person. By November 5, 2025, qualifying Utah driver license and state ID application forms must ask the same question.
Voters can choose alternate ballot addresses
Election officers send ballots to the voter's registration address or an updated address. Voters can use the alternate-address form at least 11 days before Election Day to receive ballots elsewhere. Most initial ballots must be mailed from Utah. Officers can instead deliver them directly to an assigned out-of-state postal distribution center.
Voters get broader ballot status tracking
Utah's tracking system covers paper ballots cast at polling places and ballots returned by mail, drop box, or election office. It also covers ballots mailed to voters. Voters who choose electronic updates receive notices when a trackable ballot's status changes. Registration and other qualifying forms must ask whether applicants consent to official election texts at the phone number provided.
Candidate removals trigger election vacancy rules
Candidate vacancy rules cover removal because of death, resignation, or disqualification. This applies to candidates for positions created by Utah's Constitution or state law. Election officials use that definition when applying vacancy procedures.
More ballots follow common handling safeguards
Ballot custody and handling rules cover returns by mail, drop box, and other legally allowed methods. Polling-place ballots must also follow the applicable processing rules. These include opening envelopes, checking signatures when required, confirming eligibility, and placing ballots for counting.
Utah adds voter record accuracy checks
Before April 1, 2026, the lieutenant governor must develop address checks, including flags for eight or more voters at one single-family home. The office must establish procedures to investigate undeliverable ballots and join the federal immigration-status verification system by June 1, 2026. At least 90 days before each regular primary and general election, it must analyze voter records and tell clerks needed corrections. It must also seek a federal-court agreement to report people disqualified from jury service because of convictions or noncitizenship. The law does not require federal courts to agree.
Counties must provide more voting centers
Counties must provide one Election Day voting center, plus another for every 5,000 active voters not receiving mailed ballots. The law removes a statutory exception to registered voters' general authorization to vote at polling places. People helping voters under the assistance rule must tell a poll worker their name and reason for helping. Provisional ballot envelopes must include an affirmation, citizenship affidavit, and text-consent question. By November 5, 2025, those envelopes must also offer a mail-ballot or in-person choice.
Hospitalized voters get alternative identification routes
Hospitalized voters returning emergency ballots must include an accepted ID copy if they have not provided the required identifying digits. Those lacking a listed ID can use another valid voter ID. Beginning January 1, 2029, hospitalized voters returning mailed ballots without the required digits can also include an accepted ID copy. Those lacking a listed ID must instead include another valid voter ID copy and a document showing hospitalization.
Local tax referenda retain all-mail voting
For a local tax referendum conducted entirely by mail, officers must send ballots to every registered voter in the jurisdiction. These elections are exempt from specified election procedures, including the general early-voting requirements.
Political groups can share protected voter records
Political parties and candidates can share certain information from withheld voter records with another eligible party or candidate. The permission also covers their agents, employees, and contractors. Recipients must be verified, and access must use industry-standard security. The information can be used only for the party's or candidate's political purpose.
Rejected ballots get notices and deadlines
Election officers generally must explain ballot rejections within two business days by phone, mail, email, or text with consent. That deadline does not apply when voters fix ballots within one business day or the rejection cannot be fixed. For unfixable rejections, notice is due by the later of 30 days after rejection or 30 days after the election. For identification problems, officers must explain the fix and provide a county-clerk affidavit authorizing use of identifying information and the voter's signature. The correctly completed affidavit must arrive by 5 p.m., three days before the official vote review begins, for the ballot to count.
Voters face new identification rules
At polling places, voters must first show a valid Utah driver license or state ID. Those lacking both can use listed government, concealed-carry, passport, military, or tribal documents; other valid voter ID follows only if they lack those. Tribal, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and tribal treaty cards qualify without photos. Utility bills and financial statements qualify only before January 1, 2029; these documents, government checks, and paychecks must be dated within 90 days before the election, and copies are allowed. Signing the official register affirms under penalty of perjury that the ID is valid and identifies the voter.
Electronic petition signatures face verification deadlines
Electronic petition signers generally show a driver license or state ID; those unable to provide either can use other valid voter ID. For that alternative route, clerks must certify within seven days when eligibility, matching records, and timely gatherer verification support certification. Gatherers must submit sworn verification within one business day through the website, or to the lieutenant governor for party-nomination petitions. Late verification prevents certification and requires removal of specified certifications and updates to posted totals. Signers can give an optional email address, but not for candidate-qualification petitions.
Petitions gain electronic signing with safeguards
Initiative, referendum, and candidate petition organizers can choose paper signatures, electronic signatures, or both after consulting election officials and signing a form. Electronic gatherers must use devices and websites or apps approved or designated by the lieutenant governor and follow security rules. The device must stay with the signer while the signer reviews and advances through each screen. The website records signer information, signing dates, and gatherer names; device storage is limited to legally allowed uses, including temporary uploading. Gatherers can sign petitions only when another person gathers their signature.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Burton, Jefferson S.
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
Michael K. McKell
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/6/2025
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/6/2025
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
Yes: 19 • No: 10
House vote • 3/6/2025
House/ concurs with Senate amendment
Yes: 56 • No: 15
Senate vote • 3/5/2025
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/5/2025
Senate/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/5/2025
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/5/2025
Senate/ floor amendment
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/5/2025
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/3/2025
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 5 • No: 3
Senate vote • 3/3/2025
Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Yes: 5 • No: 0
House vote • 2/25/2025
House/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/25/2025
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 57 • No: 15
House vote • 2/25/2025
House/ floor amendment
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/25/2025
House/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/11/2025
House/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/4/2025
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 9 • No: 4
House vote • Unknown
House/ uncircled
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House/ floor amendment
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
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Senate/ floor amendment
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Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/26/2025House/ to Governor
3/17/2025HouseHouse/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/17/2025HouseHouse/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/13/2025HouseEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/13/2025Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/7/2025Bill Received from House for Enrolling
3/7/2025House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/7/2025HouseSenate/ to House
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ signed by President/ returned to House
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ received from House
3/7/2025SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/6/2025HouseHouse/ concurs with Senate amendment
3/6/2025HouseHouse/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
3/6/2025HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/6/2025HouseSenate/ to House with amendments
3/6/2025SenateSenate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/6/2025SenateSenate/ uncircled
3/6/2025SenateSenate/ circled
3/5/2025SenateSenate/ floor amendment
3/5/2025SenateSenate/ substituted
3/5/2025SenateSenate/ uncircled
3/5/2025SenateSenate/ circled
3/5/2025SenateSenate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/5/2025Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/13/2025
Amended 3/6/2025 16:03:700
3/6/2025
Substitute #4
3/5/2025
Substitute #3
3/3/2025
Amended 2/25/2025 16:02:413
2/25/2025
Substitute #1
2/25/2025
Substitute #2
2/25/2025
Introduced
1/22/2025