---
type: "Bill"
title: "H.B. 298 Offender Registry Amendments"
description: "H.B. 298 Offender Registry Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "H.B. 298"
citation: "Utah H.B. 298 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Code", "Criminal Conduct", "Criminal Identification", "Offenses", "Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", "Sexual Offenses", "Public Safety", "Department of Public Safety", "Driver License", "Transportation", "Punishments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunnigan, James A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 47
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e598f9b8-8bb4-4ae2-9783-45982367fa3b"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0298.html"
source_hash: "db0d77c90ef59fd6fb62371f690cb75c54896924571aec3ea74364854d36eecc"
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. 298 (2019) — H.B. 298 Offender Registry 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/HB0298S03.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/hbillenr/HB0298.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Held — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2 — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed — **3–7** (fail) · lower
- concurs with Senate amendment — **60–4** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- passed 3rd reading — **68–1** (pass) · lower
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **4–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dunnigan, James A. — primary (person)
- Hillyard, Lyle W. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2019-02-07** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2019-02-08** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2019-02-08** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2019-02-14** to House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1
- **2019-02-22** House Comm - Motion to Recommend Failed
- **2019-02-22** House Comm - Held
- **2019-03-01** House Comm - Substitute Recommendation from # 1 to # 2
- **2019-03-01** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** comm rpt/substituted
- **2019-03-01** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-04** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2019-03-04** to Senate
- **2019-03-05** received from House
- **2019-03-05** 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`
- **2019-03-07** Senate Comm - Consent Calendar Recommendation
- **2019-03-08** comm rpt/placed on Consent Calendar
- **2019-03-08** 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** placed back on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2019-03-12** substituted from # 2 to # 3
- **2019-03-12** circled
- **2019-03-12** fiscal note sent to sponsor
- **2019-03-12** fiscal note publicly available
- **2019-03-12** uncircled
- **2019-03-12** passed 2nd & 3rd readings/suspension `passage`
- **2019-03-12** to House with amendments
- **2019-03-12** received from Senate
- **2019-03-12** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2019-03-13** concurs with Senate amendment
- **2019-03-13** to Senate
- **2019-03-13** received from House
- **2019-03-13** signed by President/returned to House
- **2019-03-13** to House
- **2019-03-13** received from Senate
- **2019-03-13** 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/e598f9b8-8bb4-4ae2-9783-45982367fa3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).