---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 75 Child Sexual Abuse Amendments"
description: "H.B. 75 Child Sexual Abuse Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 75"
citation: "Utah H.B. 75 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abuse", "Neglect", "or Dependency", "Judiciary", "Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson, Merrill F."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-12-15"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faef2c86-bc5f-410c-8ae8-0934ab17a620"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0075.html"
source_hash: "16d7b5900a1598e62d29ee432129f719b6362c7bdde2d831fbafdfa147e3472a"
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. 75 (2018) — H.B. 75 Child Sexual Abuse 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/HB0075S01.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillamd/HB0075S01.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0075.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **24–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Nelson, Merrill F. — primary (person)
- Harper, Wayne A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-12-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-11** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Bill Substituted by Sponsor in House Rules Comm from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-01-29** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-01-31** House Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2018-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** comm rpt/amended
- **2018-02-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-12** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-12** to Senate
- **2018-02-12** received from House
- **2018-02-13** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-16** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-01** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-03-01** to House
- **2018-03-01** received from Senate
- **2018-03-01** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-05** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2018-03-05** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-15** 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/faef2c86-bc5f-410c-8ae8-0934ab17a620`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).