---
type: "Bill"
title: "Doxing Prohibition Amendments"
description: "Doxing Prohibition Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "S.B. 227"
citation: "Utah S.B. 227 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Code", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephenson, Howard A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4153e6b-f45e-4f2d-98ed-23f29da32e6e"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/SB0227.html"
source_hash: "372d2ef27d15ea300236aa12401b291f23a8be72df104428303946adc76773cd"
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. 227 (2017) — Doxing Prohibition 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/SB0227.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillamd/SB0227.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/sbillenr/SB0227.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **62–9** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with House amendment — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **27–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Stephenson, Howard A. — primary (person)
- Perry, Lee B. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-02-15** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-02-15** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2017-02-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2017-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-20** fiscal note publicly available
- **2017-02-21** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2017-02-21** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2017-03-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** comm rpt/amended
- **2017-03-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-03** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-03** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-06** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** circled
- **2017-03-06** uncircled
- **2017-03-06** floor amendment # 2
- **2017-03-06** floor amendment # Verbal
- **2017-03-06** circled
- **2017-03-06** uncircled
- **2017-03-06** floor amendment # Verbal
- **2017-03-06** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-06** to House
- **2017-03-06** received from Senate
- **2017-03-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-08** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2017-03-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** floor amendment # 5
- **2017-03-09** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2017-03-09** to Senate
- **2017-03-09** received from House
- **2017-03-09** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2017-03-09** concurs with House amendment
- **2017-03-09** to House
- **2017-03-09** received from Senate
- **2017-03-09** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2017-03-09** to Senate
- **2017-03-09** received from House
- **2017-03-09** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2017-03-10** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2017-03-17** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2017-03-17** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2017-03-20** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2017-03-20** 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/b4153e6b-f45e-4f2d-98ed-23f29da32e6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).