---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 137 Domestic Violence Enhancement Amendments"
description: "H.B. 137 Domestic Violence Enhancement Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 137"
citation: "Utah H.B. 137 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Violence", "Code of Criminal Procedure", "Criminal Conduct", "Judiciary", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pitcher, Stephanie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abb0b7b4-4758-44ec-a460-c25bab02ec45"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0137.html"
source_hash: "3e008e423bece2df52749cfa496f59e55ef0e0c9f526ec0378649a7fc32294b0"
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. 137 (2019) — H.B. 137 Domestic Violence Enhancement 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/~2019/bills/hbillint/HB0137S02.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0137.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pitcher, Stephanie — primary (person)
- Mayne, Karen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-01-16** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-01-22** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-07** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** circled
- **2019-02-25** uncircled
- **2019-02-25** substituted from # 0 to # 2
- **2019-02-25** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-25** to Senate
- **2019-02-26** received from House
- **2019-02-26** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-02-27** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-03-06** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-12** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2019-03-12** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-12** to House
- **2019-03-12** received from Senate
- **2019-03-12** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-21** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-21** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-22** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-22** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-27** 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/abb0b7b4-4758-44ec-a460-c25bab02ec45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).