# Utah H.B. 59: Identification Verification Amendments Utah H.B. 59, Identification Verification Amendments, is a 2026 General Session House bill sponsored by Steve Eliason (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-03-17 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-14). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB59-2026GS - 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. 59 - State: Utah - Session: 2026 General Session - Title: Identification Verification Amendments - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-12-22 - Last action: 2026-03-17, Governor Signed - Sponsor: Steve Eliason (Republican) - Cosponsors: 3 - Subjects: Business, Alcohol, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Public Safety - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 8 (188 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 5 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Voluntary alcohol-ban IDs get fee relief: benefit, low. 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: benefit, low. 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… - Alcohol-banned defendants must surrender Utah IDs: cost, low. 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 surrende… - Alcohol sellers face stricter ID checks: cost, low. 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… - Alcohol ID checks can hold fake cards: mixed, low. 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… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Steve Eliason (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Tiara Auxier (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jill Koford (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Evan J. Vickers (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-06 | Senate | Senate/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 25 | 0 | | | 2026-03-06 | House | House/ concurs with Senate amendment | pass | 66 | 0 | | | 2026-03-02 | Senate | Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 6 | 0 | | | 2026-03-02 | Senate | Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2026-03-02 | Senate | Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2026-02-25 | House | House/ passed 3rd reading | pass | 68 | 0 | | | 2026-02-25 | House | House/ substituted | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-20 | House | House Comm - Favorable Recommendation | pass | 13 | 0 | | ## Actions (41) - 2026-03-17: Governor Signed - 2026-03-16: House/ to Governor (House) - 2026-03-16: House/ received enrolled bill from Printing (House) - 2026-03-12: House/ enrolled bill to Printing (House) - 2026-03-12: Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate - 2026-03-10: Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared - 2026-03-10: Bill Received from House for Enrolling - 2026-03-07: House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling (House) - 2026-03-07: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2026-03-06: Senate/ to House (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Senate/ signed by President/ returned to House (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2026-03-06: House/ to Senate (House) - 2026-03-06: House/ concurs with Senate amendment (House) - 2026-03-06: House/ placed on Concurrence Calendar (House) - 2026-03-06: House/ received from Senate (House) - 2026-03-06: Senate/ to House with amendments (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Senate/ passed 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Senate/ 3rd reading (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Senate/ 2nd reading (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Senate/ comm rpt/ substituted/ Consent Calendar (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation - 2026-03-02: Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-03-02: Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation - 2026-02-27: Senate/ to standing committee (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Senate/ 1st reading (Introduced) (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Senate/ received from House (Senate) - 2026-02-25: House/ to Senate (House) - 2026-02-25: House/ passed 3rd reading (House) - 2026-02-25: House/ substituted (House) - 2026-02-25: House/ 3rd reading (House) - 2026-02-20: House/ 2nd reading (House) - 2026-02-20: House/ committee report favorable (House) - 2026-02-20: House Comm - Favorable Recommendation - 2026-02-18: House Comm - Not Considered - 2026-02-17: House/ to standing committee (House) - 2026-02-17: Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm - 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) - 2025-12-22: Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2026-03-12: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0059.pdf) - Substitute #4, 2026-03-02: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0059S04.pdf) - Substitute #5, 2026-03-02: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0059S05.pdf) - Substitute #3, 2026-02-25: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0059S03.pdf) - Substitute #2, 2026-02-23: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0059S02.pdf) - Substitute #1, 2026-02-17: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0059S01.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-12-22: [PDF](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0059.pdf) ## Related bills - H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments (signed) - H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments (signed) - H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments (signed) - H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments (signed) - H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments (signed) - H.B. 220: Public Safety Data Amendments (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/HB0059.pdf) - [Substitute #4 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0059S04.pdf) - [Substitute #5 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0059S05.pdf) - [Substitute #3 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0059S03.pdf) - [Substitute #2 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0059S02.pdf) - [Substitute #1 (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0059S01.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/HB0059.pdf) ## Related - [H.B. 94: Criminal Accounts Receivable Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB94-2026GS) - [H.B. 101: Firearm Background Check Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB101-2026GS) - [H.B. 178: School Zone Speeding Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB178-2026GS) - [H.B. 134: Offender Transfer Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB134-2026GS) - [H.B. 136: Unlicensed Driver Amendments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/UT-HB136-2026GS) - [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-HB59-2026GS (as of 2026-10-14).