---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human Trafficking Amendments"
description: "Human Trafficking Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 20"
citation: "Utah H.B. 20 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Conduct", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Pornography", "Sexual Offenses", "Disabilities", "Abuse", "Neglect", "or Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero, Angela"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-12-18"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/973c368e-efe2-4b6e-86a5-a7d128d1c432"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0020.html"
source_hash: "e3284dc8765be674a3fd725a42a8cd2e56e52fe408e9da087c17f60f99118066"
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. 20 (2019) — Human Trafficking 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/HB0020.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillamd/HB0020.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0020.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Romero, Angela — primary (person)
- Anderegg, Jacob L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-18** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2018-12-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2018-12-18** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-01-05** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-01-07** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-01-22** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-01-28** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
- **2019-01-28** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-01-28** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-01-28** floor amendment # 1
- **2019-01-28** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-01-28** to Senate
- **2019-01-28** received from House
- **2019-01-29** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-02-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-06** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-02-07** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-02-07** to House
- **2019-02-07** received from Senate
- **2019-02-07** signed by Speaker/sent for enrolling
- **2019-02-08** Bill Received from House for Enrolling
- **2019-02-08** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2019-03-19** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2019-03-19** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2019-03-20** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2019-03-20** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** 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/973c368e-efe2-4b6e-86a5-a7d128d1c432`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).