---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 99 Bigamy Offense Amendments"
description: "H.B. 99 Bigamy Offense Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "H.B. 99"
citation: "Utah H.B. 99 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage / Divorce", "Criminal Code", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Noel, Michael E."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-12-20"
last_action: "2017-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b738fd8-4df0-4395-aa84-c6a8e296400d"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0099.html"
source_hash: "3e2940da24e4ca18b596b79b7024c11bdaf9d575d0f6fdc91c794e12c247f42b"
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. 99 (2017) — H.B. 99 Bigamy Offense 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/HB0099S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillamd/HB0099S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/hbillenr/HB0099.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Held — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **48–25** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **15–14** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Noel, Michael E. — primary (person)
- Van Tassell, Kevin T. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-20** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2016-12-20** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-01-05** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-01-18** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** House Comm - Held
- **2017-02-07** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-07** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 2
- **2017-02-07** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-08** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2017-02-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-10** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-21** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-21** circled
- **2017-02-23** uncircled
- **2017-02-23** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-23** to Senate
- **2017-02-23** received from House
- **2017-02-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **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
- **2017-03-10** received from Senate
- **2017-03-10** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-17** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-17** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-17** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-28** 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/0b738fd8-4df0-4395-aa84-c6a8e296400d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).