# Utah H.B. 445: Revisions to Election Law

Utah H.B. 445, Revisions to Election Law, is a 2025 General Session House bill sponsored by Doug Fiefia (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-03-07 (House/ filed) (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB445-2025GS
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Utah H.B. 445
- State: Utah
- Session: 2025 General Session
- Title: Revisions to Election Law
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-07
- Last action: 2025-03-07, House/ filed
- Sponsor: Doug Fiefia (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Election Law, Voting and Voter Registration, Government Operations (State Issues), Election Administration
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 6 (83 yes, 20 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Doug Fiefia (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Daniel McCay (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-04 | Senate | Senate Comm - Held | pass | 6 | 1 |   |
| 2025-02-26 | House | House/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-26 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 57 | 14 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | House | House Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 12 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 8 | 5 |   |
|   | House | House/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 |   |

## Actions (23)

- 2025-03-07: House/ filed (House)
- 2025-03-07: House/ received from Senate (House)
- 2025-03-07: Senate/ to House (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Senate/ strike enacting clause (Senate)
- 2025-03-05: Senate/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Senate Comm - Returned to Rules (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Senate Comm - Held (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Senate/ received from House (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: House/ to Senate (House)
- 2025-02-26: House/ passed 3rd reading (House)
- 2025-02-26: House/ substituted (House)
- 2025-02-26: House/ 3rd reading (House)
- 2025-02-21: House/ 2nd reading (House)
- 2025-02-21: House/ comm rpt/ substituted (House)
- 2025-02-20: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (House)
- 2025-02-20: House Comm - Substitute Recommendation (House)
- 2025-02-18: House/ to standing committee (House)
- 2025-02-12: House/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst (House)
- 2025-02-07: House/ 1st reading (Introduced) (House)
- 2025-02-07: House/ received bill from Legislative Research (House)
- 2025-02-07: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed

## Bill text

- Substitute #2, 2025-02-26: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0445S02.pdf)
- Substitute #1, 2025-02-20: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0445S01.pdf)
- Introduced, 2025-02-07: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0445.pdf)

## Related bills

- S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments (signed)
- H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments (signed)
- H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments (signed)
- H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements (signed)
- S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments (vetoed)
- S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments (signed)

## Sources
- [Substitute #2 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0445S02.pdf)
- [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0445S01.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0445.pdf)

## Related
- [S.B. 199: Guardianship Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB199-2025GS)
- [H.B. 562: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB562-2025GS)
- [H.B. 493: Medical Examiner Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB493-2025GS)
- [H.B. 482: Health and Human Services Reporting Requirements](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB482-2025GS)
- [S.B. 197: Property Tax Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB197-2025GS)
- [S.B. 3: Appropriations Adjustments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-SB3-2025GS)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB445-2025GS (as of 2026-10-17).