---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 77 Criminal Code Amendments"
description: "H.B. 77 Criminal Code Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H.B. 77"
citation: "Utah H.B. 77 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Code", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Sexual Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKell, Michael K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-12-19"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0163c9b5-96f8-4e2f-969b-ef7b64367fb5"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0077.html"
source_hash: "c71e4b2a6939988cb973844a1c322966567309cfb6be585262a01396701d2773"
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. 77 (2018) — H.B. 77 Criminal Code 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/HB0077S04.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/hbillenr/HB0077.pdf)

## Votes

- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1 — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
- concurs with Senate amendment — **70–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- McKell, Michael K. — primary (person)
- Weiler, Todd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-19** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-12-19** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-01-11** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-22** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** to House Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2018-01-31** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** comm rpt/substituted
- **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 - Held
- **2018-02-20** Senate Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2018-02-20** Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation # 1
- **2018-02-20** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** comm rpt/substituted/amended
- **2018-02-21** 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** substituted from # 2 to # 4
- **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
- **2018-03-08** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2018-03-08** to Senate
- **2018-03-08** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-03-08** received from House
- **2018-03-08** signed by President/returned to House
- **2018-03-08** to House
- **2018-03-08** received from Senate
- **2018-03-08** 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`
- **2018-03-19** 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/0163c9b5-96f8-4e2f-969b-ef7b64367fb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).