---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law Enforcement Protection Amendments"
description: "Law Enforcement Protection Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 230"
citation: "Utah S.B. 230 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Peace Officer", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ipson, Don L."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-26"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01cb6aad-51e9-4e0f-8532-c6288c57d639"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0230.html"
source_hash: "270779fbdf943e69efcf29587f57db6151efb255de79e68f906a894e8a360d93"
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 S.B. 230 (2018) — Law Enforcement Protection 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/sbillint/SB0230.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0230.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **70–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ipson, Don L. — primary (person)
- Perry, Lee B. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-26** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-02-26** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-02-26** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-02-26** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-02-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-02-28** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-02-28** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-05** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2018-03-05** to House
- **2018-03-05** received from Senate
- **2018-03-05** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2018-03-08** 2nd suspended
- **2018-03-08** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-03-08** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-03-08** to Senate
- **2018-03-08** received from House
- **2018-03-08** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-03-14** Bill Received from Senate 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** received enrolled bill from 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/01cb6aad-51e9-4e0f-8532-c6288c57d639`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).