---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic Violence Modifications"
description: "Domestic Violence Modifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 243"
citation: "Utah H.B. 243 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Violence", "Human Services", "Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watkins, Christine F"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/384df84b-f432-4e3c-8ad2-8028786d7264"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0243.html"
source_hash: "d7c38064c4b2f99e2a44a921c40e1b44630a5df3769a84756e3d2d716b0cd7ad"
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. 243 (2019) — Domestic Violence Modifications

## 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/HB0243.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0243.pdf)

## Votes

- substitute adoption failed from # 0 to # 1 — **18–57** (fail) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **20–6** (pass) · upper
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–1** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **58–16** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **6–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Watkins, Christine F — primary (person)
- Hinkins, David P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-02-01** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-02-01** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2019-02-04** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-02-04** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-02-06** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-21** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-01** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-01** circled
- **2019-03-04** uncircled
- **2019-03-04** substitute adoption failed from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-03-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-04** to Senate
- **2019-03-04** received from House
- **2019-03-04** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** to Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-13** 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- **2019-03-13** Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-14** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2019-03-14** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2019-03-14** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-14** to House
- **2019-03-14** received from Senate
- **2019-03-14** 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/384df84b-f432-4e3c-8ad2-8028786d7264`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).