---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic Violence Provisions"
description: "Domestic Violence Provisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 160"
citation: "Utah H.B. 160 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Violence", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eliason, Steve"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ae0929e-9613-406f-abb3-5339987f876d"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0160.html"
source_hash: "20dfc9059d22982058607f1fae1a9389d5e5944830dcafe3217593404fc08acf"
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. 160 (2018) — Domestic Violence Provisions

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillint/HB0160.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0160.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-09** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-09** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-20** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-01-22** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-05** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-05** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-16** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-16** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-16** to Senate
- **2018-02-16** received from House
- **2018-02-16** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2018-02-22** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2018-02-22** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-27** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-27** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-02-27** to House
- **2018-02-27** received from Senate
- **2018-02-27** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-05** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-03-05** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-13** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-13** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-14** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-16** 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/6ae0929e-9613-406f-abb3-5339987f876d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).