---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jail Contracting Amendments"
description: "Jail Contracting Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 461"
citation: "Utah H.B. 461 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Corrections", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Noel, Michael E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-08"
last_action: "2017-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd41528d-a862-4557-a341-2cf840d68a93"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0461.html"
source_hash: "d212ab62d0b4e397de9a9deeebab515f59970bd7c34f504870c27ced1b29ec99"
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. 461 (2017) — Jail Contracting 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/HB0461.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0461.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **61–8** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Noel, Michael E. — primary (person)
- Thatcher, Daniel W. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-08** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-03-08** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-03-08** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-03-08** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-03-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-08** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-08** to Senate
- **2017-03-08** received from House
- **2017-03-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2017-03-09** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-03-09** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **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
- **2017-03-10** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-15** 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/cd41528d-a862-4557-a341-2cf840d68a93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).