On February 8, the Utah legislature passed HB 262. Under current law, anyone can decide to join a party on primary day, and then vote in that party’s primary. But current law says that starting July 1, 2013, voters could no longer do this, and would have to have joined a party a month earlier. The bill eliminates the part of the current law that says the more restrictive policy would commence on July 1, 2013. Therefore, the policy that has been in place for the last several years (letting people join parties as late as primary day) will continue indefinitely.