---
type: "Bill"
title: "Breastfeeding Protection Act"
description: "Breastfeeding Protection Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 196"
citation: "Utah H.B. 196 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Civil Rights", "Antidiscrimination"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fawson, Justin L."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4aeda00e-fc05-4040-b855-1d9e8f617afa"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0196.html"
source_hash: "4090f4424a0ba2fcac15bab3093e11e08d52eaaee0fc8e865a32ec714c01a04d"
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. 196 (2018) — Breastfeeding Protection Act

## 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/HB0196.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillamd/HB0196.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0196.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **66–5** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **22–2** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Fawson, Justin L. — primary (person)
- Henderson, Deidre M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-22** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-22** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-01-23** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-23** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-01-24** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-25** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-09** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-09** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** circled
- **2018-02-21** uncircled
- **2018-02-21** floor amendment # 1
- **2018-02-21** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-21** to Senate
- **2018-02-21** received from House
- **2018-02-21** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-06** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** circled
- **2018-03-07** uncircled
- **2018-03-07** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2018-03-07** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-03-07** to House
- **2018-03-07** received from Senate
- **2018-03-07** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-13** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-03-13** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-15** 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/4aeda00e-fc05-4040-b855-1d9e8f617afa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).