All Roll Calls
Yes: 188 • No: 0
UtahH.B. 592026 General SessionHouseWALLET
Identification Verification Amendments
Sponsored By: Steve Eliason (Republican)
Signed by Governor
BusinessAlcoholLaw Enforcement and Criminal JusticePublic Safety
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.
Voluntary alcohol-ban IDs get fee relief
Beginning May 6, 2026, voluntary applicants do not pay the administrative fee for processing and providing an alcohol-ban credential. The waiver covers an original, duplicate, or renewed Utah driver license, or an ID card, with an interdicted-person identifier. The law does not state the fee amount.
Alcohol sellers lose two checking duties
Beginning January 1, 2026, the law removes a seller-check requirement from one alcohol-sale section. It also removes a retail-license section’s requirement to examine specified IDs for underage or interdicted status. Sellers still cannot provide alcohol to minors or people they know are banned from receiving alcohol. These removals do not cancel the separate ID-check duties for covered alcohol venues, state stores, package agencies, and off-premise beer sellers.
Alcohol-banned defendants must surrender Utah IDs
People covered by DUI sentencing orders must surrender their Utah driver license or ID card when the court orders surrender. This applies when the court designates them as interdicted, meaning banned from receiving alcohol. For the covered court-designation process, the court must send the surrendered credential to the Driver License Division. When sentencing an interdicted defendant for negligent driving causing injury or automobile homicide, the court must require surrender and notify the division. The injury and homicide surrender rule took effect upon the governor’s approval.
Alcohol sellers face stricter ID checks
Beginning January 1, 2026, covered restaurants check customers who look 35 or younger before serving alcohol; dining clubs are excluded. Bars and taverns check everyone before entry, and off-premise beer sellers check everyone buying beer. These checks must confirm age 21 or older, a matching photo, and no interdicted status when a Utah driver license is shown. State alcohol stores, package agencies, and off-premise beer sellers also require proof of age before selling or providing alcohol. When customers show a Utah driver license or ID card, these sellers must check for interdicted status—a ban on receiving alcohol.
Alcohol ID checks can hold fake cards
Beginning January 1, 2026, Utah’s alcohol ID-check program must test state-issued cards using their back-side barcodes. It must compare them with valid barcodes or look for patterns found on valid cards. After requesting proof of age, authorized alcohol staff may temporarily take a physical ID they or the program determine is fake. Staff may ask law enforcement to verify it and must return it immediately if officers are unavailable to verify it within 30 minutes. If officers are available within 30 minutes, staff may hold the ID until they arrive.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Steve Eliason
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Tiara Auxier
Republican • House
Jill Koford
Republican • House
Evan J. Vickers
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/6/2026
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 25 • No: 0
House vote • 3/6/2026
House/ concurs with Senate amendment
Yes: 66 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/2/2026
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 6 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/2/2026
Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Yes: 5 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/2/2026
Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
Yes: 5 • No: 0
House vote • 2/25/2026
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 68 • No: 0
House vote • 2/25/2026
House/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/20/2026
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 13 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/17/2026House/ to Governor
3/16/2026HouseHouse/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/16/2026HouseHouse/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/12/2026HouseEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/12/2026Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/10/2026Bill Received from House for Enrolling
3/10/2026House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
3/7/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/7/2026HouseSenate/ to House
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ signed by President/ returned to House
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ received from House
3/6/2026SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ concurs with Senate amendment
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
3/6/2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/6/2026HouseSenate/ to House with amendments
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ passed 3rd reading
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ 3rd reading
3/6/2026SenateSenate/ 2nd reading
3/3/2026SenateSenate/ comm rpt/ substituted/ Consent Calendar
3/3/2026SenateSenate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
3/2/2026Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
3/2/2026Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation
3/2/2026Senate/ to standing committee
2/27/2026Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/12/2026
Substitute #4
3/2/2026
Substitute #5
3/2/2026
Substitute #3
2/25/2026
Substitute #2
2/23/2026
Substitute #1
2/17/2026
Introduced
12/22/2025