---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 291 Sentencing Commission Length of Supervision Guidelines"
description: "H.B. 291 Sentencing Commission Length of Supervision Guidelines"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 291"
citation: "Utah H.B. 291 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Probation", "Sentencing Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hutchings, Eric K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e2e60d5-12be-4a34-be3e-dc3bd555be7d"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0291.html"
source_hash: "2af53ac1a798d0b1eb78f249774864f532c70d3faf5217fc2f494776b64ff3b9"
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. 291 (2018) — H.B. 291 Sentencing Commission Length of Supervision Guidelines

## 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/HB0291S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillamd/HB0291S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0291.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **62–9** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3 — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with Senate amendment — **67–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hutchings, Eric K. — primary (person)
- Thatcher, Daniel W. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-01-31** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-02-01** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-02-01** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-07** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-02-09** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-02-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-13** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-21** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** circled
- **2018-02-26** uncircled
- **2018-02-26** floor amendment # 2
- **2018-02-26** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-26** to Senate
- **2018-02-27** received from House
- **2018-02-27** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-27** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 3
- **2018-03-01** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2018-03-02** comm rpt/amended/placed on Consent Cal
- **2018-03-02** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-07** to House with amendments
- **2018-03-07** received from Senate
- **2018-03-07** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2018-03-07** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2018-03-07** to Senate
- **2018-03-07** received from House
- **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
- **2018-03-14** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-03-14** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-16** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-16** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-20** 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/9e2e60d5-12be-4a34-be3e-dc3bd555be7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).