---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 222 Criminal Offenses Modifications"
description: "H.B. 222 Criminal Offenses Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 222"
citation: "Utah H.B. 222 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Handy, Stephen G."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-27"
last_action: "2017-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c6d3527-a8f6-4a89-8e2b-03e3e44fe3ac"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0222.html"
source_hash: "85b76281f585ecc9230c572ac87a3bbb770bc652f6ff6d8da0cbe85eadca376b"
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. 222 (2017) — H.B. 222 Criminal Offenses Modifications

## 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/HB0222S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0222.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **42–31** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **15–11** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Held — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Handy, Stephen G. — primary (person)
- Anderegg, Jacob L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-27** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-01-27** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-30** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-30** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-02** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** House Comm - Held
- **2017-02-28** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2017-02-28** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** comm rpt/amended
- **2017-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2017-03-01** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-02** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** substituted from # 0 to # 2
- **2017-03-02** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-02** to Senate
- **2017-03-03** received from House
- **2017-03-03** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-03** to Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-06** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-06** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-07** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2017-03-07** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-03-09** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-03-09** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-09** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2017-03-09** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-03-09** to House
- **2017-03-09** received from Senate
- **2017-03-09** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-09** recalled by Senate
- **2017-03-10** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-23** 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/5c6d3527-a8f6-4a89-8e2b-03e3e44fe3ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).