---
type: "Bill"
title: "Missing and Exploited Children's Day"
description: "Missing and Exploited Children's Day"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 53"
citation: "Utah H.B. 53 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children", "Government Operations (State Issues)", "State Symbols and Designations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Handy, Stephen G."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-12-20"
last_action: "2017-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c405556-e94d-417a-9732-6d21e8e4fb98"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0053.html"
source_hash: "142a487dd0a361dd5ea00da420e88eeeaee2cbeb862a39e37c4454db92c6a73e"
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. 53 (2017) — Missing and Exploited Children's Day

## 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/HB0053.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0053.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **23–3** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **25–2** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Handy, Stephen G. — primary (person)
- Adams, J. Stuart — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2016-12-21** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2016-12-21** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-05** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-17** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-01-18** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-27** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-06** to Senate
- **2017-02-07** received from House
- **2017-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** 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** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-16** signed by President/returned to House
- **2017-02-16** to House
- **2017-02-16** received from Senate
- **2017-02-16** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-02-16** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-02-16** 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/1c405556-e94d-417a-9732-6d21e8e4fb98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).