---
type: "Bill"
title: "Small Claims Amendments"
description: "Small Claims Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 170"
citation: "Utah H.B. 170 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Judiciary"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kwan, Karen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4232bc51-a536-45aa-9997-173afc5ea5c5"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0170.html"
source_hash: "65ff56029c13aca001897c40d56d3bb55f790224ec6f6d7854ffade9256e0fb5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
---

# Utah H.B. 170 (2017) — Small Claims Amendments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillint/HB0170.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillamd/HB0170.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0170.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with Senate amendment — **74–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **72–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kwan, Karen — primary (person)
- Harper, Wayne A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-20** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-01-23** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-24** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-01-25** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-01-26** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-03** House Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2017-02-06** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2017-02-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-08** to Senate
- **2017-02-08** received from House
- **2017-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-15** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-15** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-16** floor amendment # 1
- **2017-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-16** to House with amendments
- **2017-02-17** received from Senate
- **2017-02-17** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2017-02-21** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2017-02-21** to Senate
- **2017-02-21** received from House
- **2017-02-21** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-02-21** to House
- **2017-02-21** received from Senate
- **2017-02-21** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-02-22** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-02-22** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-17** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4232bc51-a536-45aa-9997-173afc5ea5c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).