---
type: "Bill"
title: "S.B. 161 Bullying and Hazing Amendments"
description: "S.B. 161 Bullying and Hazing Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 161"
citation: "Utah S.B. 161 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "School Safety", "Public Education", "Local Boards of Education", "School Personnel", "State Board of Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Escamilla, Luz"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c025fdfa-afb0-49d8-8cae-25394d62d76f"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0161.html"
source_hash: "479bf5528efbd130049686877e22e31e5270a0f1a36d72d6c8e17d766f1d5406"
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 S.B. 161 (2017) — S.B. 161 Bullying and Hazing 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/sbillint/SB0161S01.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0161.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **55–16** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **21–1** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd reading — **22–6** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Escamilla, Luz — primary (person)
- Eliason, Steve — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-02** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-02** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-06** to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-02-16** to Printing with fiscal note
- **2017-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** substituted from # 0 to # 1
- **2017-02-23** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-24** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-02-24** to House
- **2017-02-24** received from Senate
- **2017-02-24** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-24** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24** lifted from standing committee
- **2017-02-24** to House Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** House Comm - Returned to Rules
- **2017-03-07** comm rpt/sent to Rules
- **2017-03-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-09** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-09** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-03-09** to Senate
- **2017-03-10** received from House
- **2017-03-10** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Bill Received from Senate 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** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-21** 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/c025fdfa-afb0-49d8-8cae-25394d62d76f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).