---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 298 Victim Advocate Confidentiality Amendments"
description: "H.B. 298 Victim Advocate Confidentiality Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 298"
citation: "Utah H.B. 298 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature", "Task Force / Committees", "Judiciary", "Victims' Rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKell, Michael K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83da4d59-b2cc-466d-ac98-0e4fe1ab8033"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0298.html"
source_hash: "4ea5bb89d71f55d512bfacbc34000ac8e7ab0cdb7b0165714d061c6dd03770a4"
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. 298 (2018) — H.B. 298 Victim Advocate Confidentiality 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/~2018/bills/hbillint/HB0298S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillamd/HB0298S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0298.pdf)

## Votes

- concurs with Senate amendment — **60–10** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **22–1** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **68–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- McKell, Michael K. — primary (person)
- Bramble, Curtis S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-02-01** 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 Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** House Comm - Not Considered
- **2018-02-23** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-02-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-23** comm rpt/substituted
- **2018-02-23** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2018-02-27** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2018-02-27** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-27** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-03-02** 3rd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2018-03-02** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-02** 2nd suspended
- **2018-03-05** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-05** to Senate
- **2018-03-06** received from House
- **2018-03-06** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-07** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** floor amendment # 2
- **2018-03-07** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `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
- **2018-03-08** received from Senate
- **2018-03-08** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-12** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-03-12** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-16** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-19** 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/83da4d59-b2cc-466d-ac98-0e4fe1ab8033`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).